Deadline: 05-May-24
The Council of Europe is pleased to announce the seminar Supporting Confidence at 18 that aims at reassessing the current needs and situations faced by young refugees and migrants in transition to adulthood and supporting advocacy and practice to implement the Recommendation of the Committee of Ministers on Supporting Young Refugees in Transition to Adulthood.
The seminar will consist of plenary sessions, working groups and sessions where participants can share their experiences with each other. It will also serve as a moment to reflect on the status of the implementation of the Recommendation five years after its adoption.
The seminar is organised by the Council of Europe Youth Department and PICUM (platform for International Cooperation on Undocumented Migrants), in cooperation with VOICIFY, Voice of Young Refugees in Europe and the Special Representative of the Secretary General of the Council of Europe on Migration and Refugees.
Objectives
- To collect experiences in the implementation of the guidelines of the Recommendation on Supporting Young Refugees in Transition to Adulthood and share current challenges faced by practitioners and young people themselves;
- To identify priorities for action and advocacy by young people and human rights organisations and by youth policy and youth work actors in the further promotion of the Recommendation.
- To raise awareness about the plight of young people affected by migration and refugee policies on the World Refugee Day (20 June)
- To reinforce cooperation and support among youth-, migrant- and refugee-led organisations and support he inclusion of a youth perspective in migration and refugeerelated policies and programmes which affect their transition into adulthood.
Benefits
- Travel expenses
- Travel expenses and visa fees for the training seminar in Budapest will be reimbursed according to the rules of the Council of Europe. Only the participants who attend the entire seminar can be reimbursed.
- Accommodation
- Board and lodging for the seminar will be provided and paid for by the Council of Europe at the European Youth Centre Budapest. The European Youth Centres are accessible to people with disabilities and can take measures to accommodate for any access needs of participants in this respect. Please provide the necessary information in your application form.
Eligibility Criteria
- The participants of the seminar will be practitioners, experts or youth workers who work to ensure a safe transition into adulthood of young migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and those who transition into undocumented adulthood, in a variety of projects and institutions. All participants are also expected to be:
- resident in one of the state parties to the European Cultural Convention (exceptions can be made if justified).
- committed to uphold and advocate for the rights of young migrants and refugees;
- be knowledgeable and motivated to share practices with other actors in the field.
- be under 30 years of age (for youth leaders only – exceptions can be made in justified cases).
- able to work autonomously in English.
- affiliated with a relevant youth organisation, youth centre, NGO or public institution.
- The Council of Europe welcomes applications from all candidates who fulfil the specific profile of participants irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, racial, ethnic or social origin, religion, belief or sexual orientation.
Language
- English will be the working language of the seminar. Participants are required to be able to express themselves autonomously in English.
For more information visit, Council of Europe.