Call for the Advisory Council on Youth (CCJ) 2026-27

 Do you wish to contribute the voice of European youth to policymaking in the Council of Europe youth sector?
 
 Do you want to work with governmental representatives, in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding, to find consensus on the youth sector's priorities and objectives?
 
 Are you aged between 18 and 30 (at the deadline for applications: 18 May 2025)?
 
 Do you represent a non-governmental youth organisation[1] or network with legal personality in one of the 46 member States of the Council of Europe, the Holy See or Kazakhstan2]?
 
 Are you resident in one of the 46 member States of the Council of Europe, the Holy See or Kazakhstan?

 

 If yes, then this call may well interest you!
 

The Council of Europe youth sector is looking for young, committed Europeans to sit on the Advisory Council on Youth.

The Council of Europe’s youth sector works on the basis of a partnership between non-governmental youth organisations and governments in what is known as the co-management system.

The Advisory Council is the non-governmental partner in this system. The European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) is the governmental partner. Together, these two committees make up the Joint Council on Youth (CMJ) which, working on the basis of consensus and in a spirit of mutual respect and understanding, establishes the youth sector's priorities, objectives and budgets.

  Call for applications document
    Apply on-line

  Deadline for applications: 18 May 2025, 6 p.m. CEST 

Only applications submitted on the official form will be accepted.

 


 

[1] According to Recommendation CM/Rec(2007)14 of the Committee of Ministers to member states on the legal status of non-governmental organisations in Europe, NGOs are "voluntary self-governing bodies or organisations established to pursue the essentially non-profit-making objectives of their founders or members" and they "should not be subject to direction by public authorities".

[2] In line with the Committee of Ministers’ Deputies decisions taken in their 1435th meeting.