The 2018 EU-CoE youth partnership work programme includes the following objectives and activities:

• Symposium on young people and technological developments, bringing together 120 youth sector actors to exchange and learn about digitalisation, young people and the role of the youth sector therein
• Continuation of the mapping of educational pathways for youth workers, by organising different research activities on this topic
• European Knowledge Centre for Youth Policy (EKCYP), supporting evidence-based youth policy-making by the development of an adequate knowledge base
• Pool of European Youth Researchers (PEYR), generating knowledge on key themes of the EU-CoE work programme
• Open online course on youth policy essentials, accessible to all those interested in increasing their understanding about youth policy
• Youth Policy Seminar “Shaping European policies in theory and practice”, organised in co-operation with Croatian and French National Agencies for Erasmus+ to empower actors in the youth field to design and implement evidence-based and participatory youth policies
• Seminar on the role of the youth sector in supporting young refugees, an opportunity for sharing outcomes of the work done so far and connecting the migration sector with the youth sector
• European Platform on Learning Mobility (EPLM), developing guidelines for quality in learning mobility and ongoing work of the platform
• Seminar on citizenship education in youth work, bringing together different entities that support citizenship education with a European dimension
• Workshop on learning from the history of international youth organisations, their development, place and relevance, co-organised with the Slovenian government
• Regional event on the state of youth work and its relevance for youth policy in South East Europe, reflecting on the reality of youth work in SEE and on how to foster a better matching of its needs and those of the young people with the reality of youth policy

Contributions to activities initiated and led by other partners

The EU-CoE youth partnership contributes several activities organised by partners:

1. Contribution to the conference organised by Jugend fur Europa “Is Europe really lost?”, discussing the position and role of young people and the youth sector in the debate on the future of Europe
2. Involvement in the project Europe Goes Local, on strengthening youth work at municipal level
3. Developing an Academy for Youth Work in Europe – towards the 3rd EYWC convention
4. Contribution to the Erasmus+ NAs network strategy against radicalisation leading to violence.

Publications and communication

In 2018, the following publications will be finalised and disseminated: Youth Knowledge books, Training kits, and the online Coyote magazine.

Publications to be produced in 2018 include:

• “Support, tips, examples and possibilities for youth work with young refugees”, a publication offering advice and guidance for youth workers
• ‘Youth research essentials’, a brochure presenting what youth research is, what are its core themes and elements, for the practitioners of the youth field
• EKCYP Insights presenting cross-country analysis of specific questions relevant to youth policy and youth work, and thus supporting the development of national knowledge dialogues and evidence-based policy-making
• Handbook on quality in learning mobility, including principles, indicators and good practice examples
• Study on the role of youth work in combating radicalisation leading to violence.