Advisory Council on Youth

[14][15][16] Next to democracy and inclusion, the core value of the co-management structure is youth participation, as it is in the work and philosophy of the Council of Europe a goal, a principle and a practice at the same time.

Currently the promotion of the implementation in member states of the most recent recommendations on Protecting youth civil society and young people (2022),[19] young refugees (2019),[20] on youth work (2017),[21] on access to rights (2016)[22] and on access to social rights (2015)[23] is on a high agenda.

[24] The unique participatory co-management structure in the field of youth, received the 2019 Future Policy Award in Bronze at a ceremony on the margins of the 141st Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Belgrade.

[29] It takes the decisions on all applications submitted to the EYF as well as on the study sessions organised in co-operation with the European Youth Centres.

[30] At the first meeting of every two-year mandate, the Advisory Council elects its leadership out of its members, a so-called Bureau consisting of a Chairperson, a vice-chairperson and three additional members with the overall task to guide the Advisory Council on Youth politically.