The Partial Agreement on Youth Mobility through the Youth Card and the European Youth Card Association (EYCA) organise the seminar ‘Youth ecosystems essentials: the role of European Youth Card in advancing ecosystems for youth empowerment’ in Podgorica, Montenegro on 29-31 May 2024.
There is a growing discussion in the European youth sector on the importance of creating youth public spaces, called youth ecosystems. A youth ecosystem refers to the available spaces, services, expertise and legal frameworks that allow young people to fully express themselves and be active citizens of our societies.
Youth work delivered in these spaces contributes to building democratic communities. The European Youth Card can play a strategic role in helping design and strengthen youth ecosystems.
Acting as a meeting point of different elements that make for a good youth ecosystem, the European Youth Card programme puts forward, in this PA seminar, a conversation that aims to:
- Create synergies between public sector, youth card organisations, NGOs, young people and companies to youth ecosystems (spaces, services, programmes);
- Offer a unique space for members of the PA on Youth Mobility to build stronger partnerships with the European Youth Card organisations in their countries;
- Identify concrete ways on how European Youth Card can be embedded and play a crucial role in youth ecosystems at national and local levels.
Concept note and draft programme
