Advisory Council on Youth presents Action Plan 2012 -2013

The Advisory Council on Youth (AC) of the Council of Europe is made up of 30 representatives from youth NGOs and networks who provide opinions and input on all youth sector activities. Former OBESSU Board member Ivica Alpeza is a member of the AC on behalf of OBESSU. They defined their priorities for the mandate from 2012-2013. Read more in their first newsletter and find the AC on .The priorities are divided into four sub-sections:

1) The Advisory Council is the voice of young people in Europe The Advisory Council on Youth is voicing the views, needs and demands of young people and is committed to defending the rights of young people across Europe.

2) A rights-based approach to youth policy Young people form a particular social group, united not only by their age, lifestyle and circumstances they share, but also by the problems related to their condition. Youth is also a category that often falls through the ‘nets’ of protection that existing legislation and support mechanisms offer and hence young people are not able to fully enjoy their political and social rights. The Advisory Council therefore calls for a rights-based approach to youth policy to ensure that young people have access to their full human and social rights. This rights-based approach is cross-sectoral in its nature and thus offers a way of not only combating the problems and challenges that youth today already face, but also to create a policy with the aim of preventing marginalisation and exclusion of young people.

In this priority, the Advisory Council will focus on the following:

  • Youth and Human Rights Continue to advocate a rights-based and evidence-based approach to youth policy; Work on social inclusion, specifically on the transition from vocational education and training and higher education trough apprenticeships and internships to the work field/job market; Work on Human Rights Education and especially Peace Education.
  • Democracy and Participation Promote youth participation at all levels.
  • Recognition of the role of youth organisations as the main channel for participation: Member States and European Institutions should increase the support to youth organisations and recognise their role as the main stakeholders that promote active citizenship and social inclusion. Youth Organisations are also the main providers of non-formal education and youth work.
  • Recognition of non-formal education and recognition of youth work:. Young people all over Europe deserve quality non-formal learning/education and proper recognition of their learning. The Member States should make sure that their policies benefit all young Europeans. The Advisory Council calls for support in the joint strategy called the Strasbourg process which needs to be based on a strong and sustainable political commitment to further support youth work in all its forms, including youth specific resources and infrastructure.
  • Environmental Protection

3) Agenda 2020 Implementation The Advisory Council reaffirms the priorities of the youth policy of the Council of Europe, as they are described in Agenda 2020.

4) Key activities Besides the main priorities and objectives of its mandate, the Advisory Council also identified key activities and events that will be attended and/or organised as a priority:

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