YOUTH SECTOR
STRATEGY 2030
Engaging young people
with the Council of Europe’s values
The sustainability
of any democratic
society relies on the
creativity, dynamism,
social commitment
and competences
of its young people”
Capacity building of
young multipliers (youth
leaders and youth workers)
Financial support to youth
civil society development
Quality development and
standard setting in the
field of youth policy
Intergovernmental Our vision
co-operation ►► The youth sector aims at “enabling young people
at pan-European level across Europe to actively uphold, defend, pro-
on the development and mote and benefit from the Council of Europe’s
implementation of youth core values (human rights, democracy and the
policy, based on Council rule of law)”
of Europe standards
Our principles
►► mutual respect
►► trust
►► inclusiveness
►► sustained commitment participation
►► equity
►► transparency
►► collaboration
Assistance to
member States, in
particular through
youth policy advisory
missions and other
multilateral and bilateral
support measures
Youth sector
strategy 2030
Our missions
►► Broadening youth participation
… so that young people are
participating meaningfully in
decision-making at all levels, on the
basis of a broad social and political
consensus in support of participatory
Our priorities
governance and accountability. ►► Revitalising pluralistic
democracy
►► Strengthening young people’s
access to rights ►► Young people’s access to rights
… so that young people and all ►► Living together in peaceful and
forms of youth civil society can rely inclusive societies
on an enabling environment for ►► Youth work
the full exercise of all their human
rights and freedoms, including
concrete policies, mechanisms and Our instruments
resources.
►► Co-managed statutory bodies
►► Deepening youth knowledge ►► European Youth Centres Strasbourg
and Budapest
… so that young people’s democratic
engagement is supported by ►► European Youth Foundation
communities of practice that are ►► Partnership with the European
producing knowledge and expertise. Commission in the youth field
Good governance and youth participation through
the co-management system, bringing
young people and government representatives
together to take decisions, forming the main
platform for the development of Europe-
wide consensus in the field of youth
Contact us
Council of Europe
Youth Department
F-67075 Strasbourg Cedex France
www.coe.int/youth
Prems 127719
www.coe.int/en/web/youth/youth-strategy-2030
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The Council of Europe is the continent’s leading human
rights organisation. It comprises 47 member states,
including all members of the European Union. All Council
www.coe.int of Europe member states have signed up to the European
Convention on Human Rights, a treaty designed to
protect human rights, democracy and the rule of law.
The European Court of Human Rights oversees the
implementation of the Convention in the member states.
