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The Council of Europe and Young P eople

The Council of Europe and Young P eople. The Directorate of Youth and Sport http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth. elaborates guidelines, programmes and legal instruments for the development of coherent and effective youth policies at local, national and European levels.

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The Council of Europe and Young P eople

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  1. The Council of Europe andYoung People

  2. The Directorate of Youth and Sporthttp://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth • elaborates guidelines, programmes and legal instruments for the development of coherent and effective youth policies at local, national and European levels. • provides funding and educational support for international youth activities aiming at the promotion of youth citizenship, youth mobility and the value of human rights, democracy and cultural pluralism. • seeks to bring together and disseminate expertise and knowledge about the life situations, aspirations and ways of expression of young Europeans.

  3. Aims of activity of CoE for young people • to encourage young people to get actively involved in strengthening civil society in Europe • to defend the values of human rights, cultural diversity and social cohesion • to promote and develop youth policies, putting special emphasis on the participation of young people.

  4. Programme in the youth sector for the period 2010 to 2012 • Project N°1“Human rights and democracy: youth policy and youth work promoting the core values of the Council of Europe” • Project N° 2“Living together in diverse societies: youth policy and youth work promoting intercultural dialogue” • Project N° 3“Social inclusion of young people” • Project N° 4“Policy approaches and instruments benefiting young people and children”

  5. The European Youth Centres in Strasbourg and Budapest • are permanent structures for the implementation of the Council of Europe’s youth policy. • are international training and meeting centres with residential facilities, hosting most of the youth sector’s activities. • provide a flexible and modern working environment for international activities

  6. European Youth Foundation Provides financial support to the following types of activity undertaken by youth NGOs or networks: • educational, social, cultural and humanitarian activities of a European character; • activities aiming at strengthening peace and co-operation in Europe; • activities designed to promote closer co-operation and better understanding among young people in Europe, particularly by developing the exchange of information; • activities intended to stimulate mutual aid in Europe and in the developing countries for cultural, educational and social purposes; • studies, research and documentation on youth matters.

  7. The Human Rights Education Youth Programme has built on the potential of youth work and nonformal learning to strengthen human rights, while human rights education has contributed to anchor youth work and non-formal education within the human rights ethical, political and normative framework http://act4hre.coe.int/

  8. COMPASSA Manual on Human Rights Education with Young People http://eycb.coe.int/compass/

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