Our T-Kit #8 on social inclusion is now published! It is conceived to support trainers and youth workers committed to work for the inclusion of all. You may navigate its contents online, at the link below. Alternatively, you could download it in its entirety in pdf format. Promoting social inclusion of young people has been stepped up in the European youth sector agenda. In a broad sense, “social inclusion” refers to the barriers young people might face in their pursuit of self-realisation and full participation in society. There is more research today on the realities of young people in contemporary Europe, more youth policy and cross-sectoral policy approaches that address social inclusion, and more programmes and services for young people with fewer opportunities. More young people are involved in youth work. This revised T-Kit brings up all these changes in the conceptual part, equipping youth workers with a better understanding of real experiences of social exclusion and how the related challenges are taken up in youth policy. The practical part includes examples of educational activities and inspiring projects on social inclusion. Enjoy its reading!

This week has already been a very important one for us, in Brussels. On Monday, the Partnership Management Board, with our two partner institutions and the European Youth Forum as observer, discussed our work plan for 2018, followed by our very first InfoSession, where 40 representatives of organisations active in the youth field gathered to learn about our achievements and plans. Finally, yesterday we organised the Partnership Consultative Meeting, aiming at discussing synergies for the year to come. An exciting week already, an exciting year ahead! Hold with us for it!

Yesterday we finalised our first edition of the MOOC on the essentials of youth policy. So much learning, sharing, debating! Over 1800 learners joined the course, which testifies of the interest in youth policy. Thank you for everyone who joined! More information about the course achievements will be available in the course report in early January! Just to give you a taste of the course, these are the topics learners raised for youth policy in the present and future.

Are you based in Brussels or for some reasons in town on 11 December in the evening? Do you want to learn about the achievements of the EU-CoE youth partnership in 2017, and about our plans for 2018? Do you want to discuss how to possibly contribute to our activities, and to collect some of our products and publications? Then, you are most welcome to the very first EU-CoE youth partnership InfoSession, which will take place at the cafeteria of MundoJ, rue de l’Industrie 10 in Brussels, on Monday 11 December as of 17:30, which will feature a presentation of our activities, achievements, plans for the future and also a networking opportunity with a small reception and finger food to close the day. Places are limited! If you are interested in participating, please register here: http://pjp-eu.coe.int/en/web/youth-partnership/form We are waiting for you!

Join the #nohatespeech Action Day and share the video #Lovehumanrights every day, everyone, everywhere bit.ly/NHSM-AD

We started today in Thessaloniki, Greece, the second workshop on the role of youth work in the inclusion and participation of young refugees. 43 practitioners in the youth field and not only gathered for 3 days to exchange practices and contribute ideas to approaches for the work with young refugees, with a focus on the specific situation of the so called transit countries

What's meant with 'Digital Youth Work'? What's the role of digital tools for supporting the theory and practice of youth work? What are the main actors in youth work in Europe doing to enrich and innovate their practice through digital tools? What tools are there to support digital practice of youth work? We are now in Vienna together with part of the editorial team of the Coyote Magazine to learn and contribute to the conference 'Digital Youth Work'. #digitalyouthwork

We are supporting the conference happening in Malta now. 14 partners and over 100 practitioners in youth work are here to reflect on the role of youth work in empowering young people and building their resilience against this problem #maltaPVR

Dear Friends, One of the latest special Eurobarometers is available online. This report presents the results of the Special Eurobarometer survey on the “Future of Europe”, with a special focus on questions dealing with social issues. http://ec.europa.eu/commfrontoffice/publicopinion/index.cfm/Survey/getSurveyDetail/instruments/SPECIAL/surveyKy/2179

The European Union Education, Youth, Culture and Sport Council meets today in Brussels: everyone can follow the public session on the link below. The policy debate is now on!

First residential seminar, Zagreb 13-15 November 2017

The steps for building a youth policy strategy are discussed this week in our MOOC "Essentials of youth policy". You can still join and become one of the over 1800 learners in the course. Click here to enrol : https://www.canvas.net/browse/council-of-europe/courses/essentials-of-youth-policy