UNDER 30'
47 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 months ago -Welcome to UNDER 30, the podcast series by the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership that brings research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes relevant for youth policy and practice.
The EU-CoE youth partnership is a co-operation programme between the European Commission and the Council of Europe in the field of youth, created in 1998, connecting youth research, policy and practice.
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Training participatory youth policy
November 10, 2023 15:34 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBIn this episode, we are introducing the Youth Partnership's new training kit (T-kit) on participatory youth policy - what is it for, what's inside and how it can be used. Host: Dariusz Grzemny Contributors: Tanya Basarab, research and youth policy officer, Youth Partnership Ajša Hadžibegović, author Miriam Teuma, bureau member and former chairperson of the Council of Europe's European Steering Committee for Youth, one of the contributors of the T-kit. The transcript can be f...
How to be more sustainable in mobility projects?
September 21, 2023 12:27 - 26 minutes - 24.1 MBSustain-Mobility was the fourth conference of the European Platform on Learning Mobility (EPLM) in the youth field that took place near Munich at the end of March 2023. It was hosted by Jugend für Europa, the German National Agency for the EU programmes Erasmus+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps , in co-operation with the Youth Partnership and other EPLM members. In this episode, we are discussing the results of the conference and reflect on issues related to sustainability in you...
Growing youth work in Europe: before the symposium
May 25, 2023 09:54 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MBOn 31 May-1 June 2023, the Youth Partnership's symposium “Visible Value: Growing youth work in Europe” will gather over 100 participants in the European Youth Centre Budapest,at mid-point between two European Youth Work Conventions. This event takes stock of the steps forward on youth work development and in the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda (EYWA), and to streamline and promote a continuous constructive dialogue with the community of practice. In this episode ...
Young women's political participation
March 08, 2023 15:48 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MBAs we celebrate International Women's Day, we know that young women's participation in political life remains a challenge. How are young women engaging with political processes at European, national and local levels? What are the main barriers and support mechanism for their participation? Who can be an ally in building a fairer and more inclusive society? Guest: Caterina Bolognese (the Head of the Gender Equality Division at the Council of Europe) and Anna Lavizzari (a rese...
Access to youth services during Covid-19
January 19, 2023 13:20 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBThe pandemic has redefined youth services and has reshaped the way they are delivered. What were the most impacted areas? Listen to the podcast episode exploring this topic and read our study. Guests: Ruzanna Ivanian (PEYR member and co-author) and Rares Craiut (Secretary General, ECYC) Hosts: Ismael Páez Civico and Tanya Basarab Would you like to know more? Read the study: Youth services during the Covid-19 pandemic – a patchy net in need of investment, by Dunja Potočnik and R...
Visible Value
December 22, 2022 10:46 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBWe have organised the “Visible Value – strengthening the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda in Eastern and Southeast Europe” seminar in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in November 2022. The event brought together 60 participants to reflect on the way the youth work sector and community of practice had fared since the 3rd European Youth Work Convention and what structures and mechanisms had been put in place to deliver on the commitments made during the Convention and...
Media and information literacy
October 20, 2022 12:10 - 31 minutes - 42.6 MBMedia and information literacy is crucial for a fully-fledged democracy to work. Young people need to understand how to navigate the web and differentiate between truthful and misleading or false information. In this episode, we discuss the threat misinformation can pose to young people and how to counter it through critical thinking translated to the digital sphere, that being MIL. Guests: Evaldas Rupkus and Meelika Hirmo Hosts: Ismael Páez Civico and Lana Pasic Would you lik...
Value-based learning in mobility projects
October 06, 2022 14:16 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBThe training kit (T-kit) on value-based learning in mobility projects has recently been published by the Youth Partnership. Should youth work and learning mobility be value-based? Which values should guide us in design and implementation of youth work activities? We are discussing value-based learning and the new T-kit with: - Snežana Bačlija Knoch - a trainer and facilitator, editor of T-kit 14 - Romina Matei from SALTO European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre, contributors ...
Young European Ambassadors
September 01, 2022 03:00 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBMore than a thousand young people have been involved in the European Union's YEAs initiative. Who are the Young European Ambassadors? Listen to this episode and meet three of them, Joanna Bagadzińska (Poland), Anna Bazarna (Ukraine) and Valentin Josan (Republic of Moldova) who tell us more about this initiative and their experiences. Hosts: Marietta Balázs and Dariusz Grzemny Links: Young European Ambassadors initiative EU Neighbours East Council of Europe's Youth Action Week Me...
The state of youth civil society
August 18, 2022 14:26 - 28 minutes - 22.8 MBYouth civil society was quick to respond to the recent challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. What is the state of youth civil society nowadays? How does it need to be supported? We are discussing these questions with Alex Kent from Restless Development that has published the report on the state of youth civil society and Lucas Stede from the Advisory Council on Youth in the Council of Europe. Hosts: Lana Pasic and Dariusz Grzemny The transcript is avai...
After Navigating Transitions
August 04, 2022 10:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBThe symposium on "Navigating Transitions: Adapting Policies to young People's changing realities" was organised by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership in Tirana on 21-23 June 2023. It brought together more than 100 participants to reflect on what paradigm shift is needed in youth research, youth policy and youth work to support young people’s aspirations in the realities changed by the Covid-19 pandemic and related measures. In this episode, we are reflecting on lessons learn...
Transitions and the war in Ukraine
July 22, 2022 14:37 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBDuring the symposium: Navigating Transitions organised by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership in Tirana on 21-23 June 2022, we talked to three youth workers from Kremenchuk in Ukraine: Svitlana Ivanova, Anna Kovalenko and Alina Shevela. They decided to share their stories and reflected on young people's transitions in the times of war. Hosts: Marietta Balázs and Dariusz Grzemny The transcript of this episode is HERE.
Types of learning mobility
July 07, 2022 13:48 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBLearning mobility activities in the youth field are restarting following the two years of break due to COVID-19 pandemic. How are youth workers, young people, trainers, facilitators and youth organisations experiencing the return to in-person activities? How are blended, online and hybrid activities taking place? In this episode we discuss the experiences of learning mobility during and post pandemic, and the use of online, hybrid and blended activities. What types of learning envi...
Young People Revitalising Democracy
June 25, 2022 09:59 - 29 minutes - 41.2 MBHow does revitalising democracy actually look on the ground and in practice? How can youth organisations contribute to democratic revival on the local and on the international level? How does the European Youth Foundation support local and international projects in the framework of the Democracy Here, Democracy Now campaign? We speak to Gabriella from Fantapolitica and Sophie from the World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM) about the tokenisation of young people, the relat...
Youth Action Week
June 23, 2022 08:54 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBIn this podcast, we discuss the Council of Europe's youth campaign "Democracy Here, Democracy Now" and its flagship event the Youth Action Week taking place in Strasbourg between 28 June and 1 July. What is the campaign, why was it launched and what are the issues in its focus? What is the purpose of the Youth Action Week and what are the expectations for bringing together over 400 young people from across Europe for a week? Guests: Alice Bergholtz, vice-chair of the Advisory Coun...
Defining youth transitions
June 10, 2022 09:06 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBYouth transitions to autonomy could be defined through many lenses. How did these definitions evolve in time? How have they been used to understand young people's lives and societal changes? How were policies developed to support young people? This episode was made as a preparation for our symposium Navigating Transitions, which will take place in Tirana on 21-23 June 2022. Guests: Ewa Krzaklewska, Maria-Carmen Pantea and Howard Williamson Host: Tanya Basarab Would you like to...
Restarting youth learning mobility – quality tools in practice
June 02, 2022 12:35 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBLearning mobility activities in the youth field are restarting following the two years of break due to COVID-19 pandemic. How are youth workers, young people, trainers, facilitators and youth organisations experiencing the return to in-person activities? In this episode we discuss the experiences of learning mobility during and post pandemic, and the changing needs of all actors. What should be done to ensure the quality of learning mobility activities in the current context? How...
Youth work and the war in Ukraine
May 25, 2022 14:46 - 34 minutes - 47.2 MBYouth work has been very fast in responding to the situation caused by the war in Ukraine, providing humanitarian aid and youth services for internally displaced young people within Ukraine and also to young refugees outside Ukraine. How do youth work competences help youth workers in dealing with the situation? How can young refugees from Ukraine benefit from youth work? What support is needed for youth workers who work with internally displaced young people and Ukrainian refugees?...
Making the value of youth work visible
May 05, 2022 14:12 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBHow far has youth work gained formal, social and political recognition? Bit by bit resources and actions are having an impact on how we perceive the valuable contribution it has to young people and society as a whole and an ongoing objective. In this episode we introduce the Visible Value library of resources and inspiring stories on youth work recognition developed by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership. With Nik, Darko and Tanya we are discussing recognition from grass-roo...
Meet the EU Youth Coordinator
April 21, 2022 15:21 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBMeet Biliana Sirakova, the newly appointed EU Youth Coordinator. What is the role of EU Youth Coordinator? How does she work on connecting and coordinating different youth initiatives, aimed at achieving EU Youth Goals? What are her daily tasks and challenges? Listen to the podcast to learn more about how EU Youth Coordinator supports co-creation of the European Year of Youth with other stakeholders and inclusion of young people's voices in policy making. What are her impressions ...
Improving youth participation in Europe
April 07, 2022 14:18 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBParticipatory democracy does not rely only on elections, but also on a range of other tools and mechanisms which facilitate citizens' participation in decision-making. These tools can help young people to organise, engage with policy-makers at all governance levels and demand policy changes. In this episode we discuss the contemporary youth participation trends, what different tools and methods are used by the Council of Europe and its member states, the European Youth Forum, and ...
Young people and the war in Ukraine: stories from Lviv and Moldova
March 31, 2022 09:47 - 32 minutes - 44.9 MBIt’s been more than a month since Ukraine was attacked by the troops of the Russian Federation. Many people fled Ukraine and found shelter in the neighbouring countries, many also moved to other regions of Ukraine, which are not suffering from heavy bombing. How is the youth sector in Ukraine involved in supporting both civilians and the armed forces? How are young people involved in organising and delivering support to the refugees from Ukraine in Moldova? Guests: Mariana Țurca...
Do we need Radical Citizenship Education?
March 24, 2022 14:28 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBCitizenship education remains a contested term, lacking a universally accepted definition. Both, the understanding and practice of citizenship education have been discussed by educational institutions, the youth sector, political parties, ideologies, cultures and society as a whole. While citizenship education is often understood in relation to democracy, human rights and young people's participation in decision-making processes, some researchers and practitioners argue that we need...
The limits of digital youth work
March 10, 2022 10:16 - 31 minutes - 43.9 MBDigital youth work comes, undoubtedly, with many benefits. It was even perceived as a beautiful, pink balloon, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic when all youth work had to be done online. However, very quickly it turned out, it also comes with many costs. In this episode, we are discussing the limits of digital youth work based on the research paper published by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership on "Technology and the new power dynamics: limitations of digital youth w...
Youth sector in 2022
February 24, 2022 14:32 - 34 minutes - 46.9 MBThe year 2022 is full of new initiatives in the youth sector: the European Year of Youth, announced by the European Commission, the Council of Europe's campaign Democracy Here, Democracy Now and the 50th anniversary of the youth sector in the Council of Europe. In this episode, we are discussing these initiatives with Antje Rothemund, the Head of the Youth Department in the Council of Europe and Ioannis Malekos, the Head of Unit for Youth, Volunteer Solidarity and Traineeships Offi...
A Thinking & Action Kit for the Future of Youth Work
February 10, 2022 09:16 - 31 minutes - 42.8 MBAll of us can contribute to the development of the youth work environment! What needs to change? Do I need to be a superhero and do everything on my own? Where do I start? The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership's upcoming publication can support you in starting a change. In this episode, we are talking with Ajša Hadžibegović and Bastian Küntzel, the two authors of Thinking Together and Levelling Up: a thinking and action kit for the continuous development, improvement and stre...
Youth work policy goals
January 20, 2022 15:07 - 27 minutes - 38.5 MBThe EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has recently published a research paper “European youth work policy goals analysed” written by Ilona-Evelyn Rannala, Jelena Stojanovic and Marko Kovacic. The goal of this analysis is to showcase, examine and compare youth work policy goals/objectives of the European Union and the Council of Europe. Where do they meet? What is different? What tools do they propose to reach the youth work policy goals? In this episode, we are discussing the...
Community impact of learning mobility projects
December 09, 2021 15:37 - 31 minutes - 43.1 MBThe impact of learning mobility projects is quite well known, it is well researched, mainly when it comes to the impact on the individual level. We think about it when we develop project ideas - what impact will the project have on the participants. But the impact does not end with the individuals, it also extends to a community - people who are sometimes intentionally or unintentionally affected by the project actions. Recent developments in European youth policies and programmes s...
About time... for a new youth policy manual
November 25, 2021 10:12 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBAbout time! is a new reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective published by the Youth Partnership. The manual is a reference tool for initiating youth policy and learning about the diversity of national and international governance and about the infrastructure available for youth policy, its implementation, review and evaluation. Thematically, it focuses very specifically on those areas of youth policy that have been formulated and developed through European cons...
What's new on the Covid-19 Knowledge Hub?
November 04, 2021 15:36 - 24 minutes - 34 MBIn this podcast series, we have discussed many times the impact of the pandemic and all related restrictions on the lives of young people. Some time ago, we also had an episode on the Covid-19 Knowledge Hub developed by the Youth Partnership. The Hub has been there for a year now, and since it was officially launched at the Youth Knowledge Forum in October 2021 it has been filled with new information, research papers and other relevant materials. In this episode, we take a closer ...
European Youth Strategies
October 14, 2021 18:16 - 35 minutes - 48.2 MBIn today’s episode we are discussing two European Youth Strategies, the EU youth Strategy and the Council of Europe youth sector strategy, looking at what they have in common and where they differ but also how relevant they are now in the COVID or post-COVID period. Both strategies are institutional reactions to the situation of young people in Europe. The reason for our discussion is the paper written by Frederike Hofmann-van de Poll and Howard Williamson who are reflecting on and...
Rural youth: diverse, ignored and unfulfilled
September 23, 2021 14:47 - 33 minutes - 45.6 MBThe EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has recently published a study “Young people in rural areas: diverse, ignored and unfulfilled” co-authored by Adina Marina Șerban and Rūta Brazienė. One of the most striking findings is that rural policies ignore young people and youth policies ignore rural youth. Generally, there is little understanding and acceptance in policy that young people in rural areas represent a diversity of groups, interests, needs and aspirations. Hosts: Da...
Greening the youth sector
September 02, 2021 07:56 - 27 minutes - 25.3 MBThe issue of climate change and its impact on all of us has been discussed in many activities implemented both by the European Union and the Council of Europe. It also appears in many policy papers issued by both institutions. It is also present in many initiatives undertaken by youth organisations and youth movements. How can we, in the youth sector, be more environmentally conscious? How can we mainstream environmentally responsible practices? How can we make the youth sector gree...
Digitalisation and young people with disabilities
August 12, 2021 12:37 - 24 minutes - 22 MBIn previous episodes of our podcast, we have explored different topics covered in the latest Youth Knowledge Book on Young People, social inclusion and digitalisation. With this episode, we would like to focus on another topic you can find in the Knowledge book - digitalisation and social inclusion of youth people with disabilities. This topic is explored in two articles, which you can find in chapter 3 and 4 of the book. Today we are having two authors of these chapters: Roman ...
Digitalisation, young people's mental health and well-being
July 20, 2021 12:27 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBThis is another episode, in which we do deeper into different topics explored in the Youth Knowledge Book on Young People, social inclusion and digitalisation. This time we look into two chapters that discuss how digitalisation is affecting young people’s mental health and well-being. Our guest, Cathy Street wrote a chapter, in which she looks into young people’s digital well-being outlining current research findings about both positive and negative effects of digitalisation, inclu...
Young migrants and refugees, social inclusion and digitalisation
July 01, 2021 13:20 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBThis time we are talking with two guests - Daniel Briggs, who wrote an article on the use of WhatsApp by newly arrived refugees in Europe and Antía Pérez-Caramés, who reflected on the virtual communities created and used by young Spanish migrants in Europe. Both articles were published in the Youth Knowledge Book on Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation [LINK]. Hosts: Dariusz Grzemny and Lana Pasic. The transcript is available HERE
Power, participation and geographical isolation
June 10, 2021 13:02 - 27 minutes - 25 MBThis episode is one of the few ones, in which we will talk with different authors who contributed to the latest Youth Knowledge Book on Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation. Dariusz Grzemny and Lana Pasic are talking with two guests who wrote the chapter on Power, participation and geographical isolation exploring the impact of a digital project run with young people in the Scottish Highlands: John Taylor - Area Youth Officer from High Life Highland and Anja Johnsto...
MOOC on Essentials of Youth Work
May 17, 2021 06:56 - 17 minutes - 16.2 MBGuests: Adina Serban, Ekaterina Sherer, Snezana Baclija Knoch and Dariusz Grzemny Host: Marietta Balazs, project officer, EU-Council of Europe youth partnership Join the MOOC on Essentials of Youth Work here: [LINK] More information about the course: [LINK] The transcript of this episode [LINK]
Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation
May 07, 2021 16:03 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBThe EU-Council of Europe youth partnership has done research on the topic of young people, social inclusion and digitalisation in 2019 and has recently published the youth knowledge book on “Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation”. In 16 chapters, the authors critically examine if and how digitalisation can support the quest for social inclusion, ranging from the exploration of policies, tools and platforms available to young people and youth workers in Europe, supportin...
COVID-19 and young people’s mental health
April 15, 2021 15:33 - 30 minutes - 41.3 MBWelcome to Under 30, the podcast series by the youth partnership that brings the research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes relevant for youth policy and practice. The issue of young people’s mental health and psychological well-being appeared in some of the previous episodes of our podcast when we were discussing the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of young people and on the youth services. It was also discussed during the 3rd European Youth Work Conventi...
Young people's access to rights
March 25, 2021 15:21 - 29 minutes - 24 MBWelcome to Under 30, the podcast series by the Youth Partnership that brings the research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes relevant for youth policy and practice. Young people across Europe are increasingly experiencing challenges to accessing their rights. Even more so nowadays in times of COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode we are discussing some of these challenges, related with accessing the right to free and peaceful assembly and association and freed...
COVID-19 and learning mobility
February 25, 2021 15:02 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBThe transcript of this podcast is available HERE ---------- COVID-19 had an impact on practically all aspects of young people’s lives. Learning mobility of young people is one of them. Borders were closed, people were not able to move freely, students’ dormitories were turned into places for people in quarantine, students were losing their jobs, youth exchanges were cancelled, youth work moved online. How big was the impact of COVID-19 on learning mobility of young people? How d...
Shrinking civil society space for young people
February 04, 2021 15:05 - 29 minutes - 40 MBThe audio file with the transcript is also available HERE Youth organisations experience a shrinking space for civil society in a variety of ways and on many different levels. Space can start to shrink when governments see civil society as a threat. As a result, they employ tactics to discredit and weaken them, thereby shrinking the space in which they can work. In this episode, we are discussing how the space for civil society is changing, particularly for young people. We also r...
Youth work in Eastern and Southeast Europe
December 27, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 40.6 MBSee the transcript of this episode HERE How is youth work done? Who does it? Is it recognised? And if yes, how? How does one become a youth worker? What are the trends and developments in youth work and youth policy? How will the results of the latest European Youth Work Convention impact youth work and how youth work can contribute to the Bonn Process? These are just a few questions we are discussing in this episode, with the geographical focus on Eastern and Southeast Europe. I...
The impact of COVID-19 on youth services
December 22, 2020 20:37 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBThe transcript of this episode is available HERE ----- The COVID-19 pandemic and all measures that were implemented by the European countries to control the spread of the coronavirus had a huge impact on young people's lives and the youth services. The youth partnership developed a Knowledge HUB to highlight the research and knowledge gathering initiatives that look at the two sides of the pandemic impact: challenges for the youth sector and positive initiatives. In this episode, w...
Young people, digitalisation and techlash
December 09, 2020 11:04 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBThe transcript of the podcast is available HERE __________________________________________________ Technology and digitalization have become an integral part of our lives, but particularly the lives of young people. What are the new challenges of digitalization for young people? What can youth work do to address these challenges? These are just a few questions we are discussing with: Lasse Siurala - a former Director of Youth Services at the City of Helsinki (1995-1999, 2001-2012)...
Education and career paths of youth workers in Europe
December 09, 2020 10:38 - 28 minutes - 26 MBThe transcript of the podcast is available HERE ______________________________________________________ In 2017, the youth partnership initiated the research project on educational and career paths of youth workers in Europe. After three years, a lot of materials were collected and recently the youth partnership has published a book within its Youth Knowledge Book series called "Youth worker education in Europe". In this podcast, we are talking about the research and the book tog...