The Youth Partnership together with the Government of Malta is working on the preparation of the 4th European Youth Work Convention (EYWC). The Convention will be prepared and implemented by the ministry responsible for youth (Malta) through Malta's national youth agency (Agenzija Zghazagh) and the ministry responsible for EU funds (Malta) through the European Union Programmes Agency (EUPA), together with the Youth Partnership on 27-30 May 2025, in Malta.

A Steering Group is the main platform for the preparation of the 4th EYWC and offers a room for regular exchange of information between the European Commission and the Council of Europe, and those who play a role in youth work development at European level. It defines the focus, objectives, and outcomes of the convention – steer and support the implementation of the event.

Preparatory meetings:

• Online meetings of the Steering Group: 7 October and 19 November 2024
• Preparatory seminar (enlarged) in Malta, 29-30 January 2025

4th European Youth Work Convention (27-30 May 2025)

• Tuesday, 27 May 2025 : Arrivals and Welcome and social evening
• Wednesday, 28 -29 May 2025: Programme days
• Friday, 30 May 2025 : Departure of delegates.

• Symposium: Visible Value: Growing youth work in Europe (2023)
• Regional seminars
  • Visible Value - strenghtening the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda in Eastern and Southeast Europe (2022)
  • Growing youth work in Eastern and Southeast Europe: knowledge, realities and ideas for the future (2023)
• Strategic National Agencies’ Cooperation (SNAC)
• European Conference on Local Youth Work and Democracy (Brussels, 20-23 February 2024) and its background documents