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Zoran Ilijeski from SEGA - the coalition of youth organisations in North Macedonia - shares some of the developments that are taking place in the Macedonian youth work sector. read more

On 28th April 2025 the 4th European Youth Work Convention Preparation Webinar offered an opportunity for all participants of the Convention to prepare together for this unique event. read more

From the 27 to 30 May 2025, about 500 members of the youth work community of practice met in Malta for the 4th European Youth Work Convention. The series of Conventions serves as the most important platform for youth work development across Europe, happening every five years since 2010. read more

On the 8th of April 2025, the “Youth Work Talks” held another in its series of webinars, titled “Xcelerating the recognition of youth work”. This webinar provided information about the 4th European Youth Work Convention and its themes. At the same time, it highlighted the topic of recognising youth work, which is the current focus of the event series “Youth Work Talks” by the cooperation project “Growing Youth Work”. read more

We invite you to the Growing Youth Work Project Lab that will happen on 18 June, from 10.00 to 12.00. Join us if you want to grow projects from ideas to realistic plans! read more

The Survey Report on national processes 2025 shows how the development of national processes has contributed to putting the European Youth Work Agenda into practice since the 3rd European Youth Work Convention. read more

In March of 2025, the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership hosted the seminar “Youth mental health and well-being” at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. The purpose of the event was to bring together youth workers, researchers and policy makers to discuss how the youth sector is responding to the mental health and well-being needs of young people. read more

We met with Renate Mencendorfa from the Ministry of Education and Science in Latvia to talk about youth work developments in Latvia and the role the European Youth Work Agenda is taking in those developments. Learn about the huge developmental steps that Latvia has taken in recent years in this article. read more

The SNAC Growing Youth Work invites you to the Webinar of the Youth Work Talks on 8 April 2025 from 10.00 to 12.00 CET read more

Lately Jenny Haglund spoke to us about KEKS which is a network of organisations engaged in the provision of youth work, based in Sweden. Jenny is the Secretary General of the KEKS network and has been working with the organisation for 15 years. read more

What were the key takeaways from the Exchange Forum? What are the realities and challenges for youth work on national levels? And what are future steps? If you are interested to find out more - then read our article! read more

The SNAC "European Academy on Youth Work" published the research report “Futures of Youth Work”. Additionally, practical tools such as a game and a toolbox are available to support you in bringing future fitness and innovation to your youth work practice.  This is our reading tip for the turn of the year! read more