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This document provides a methodological guide to the Youth Policy Lab (YPL) approach for youth organisations, local policymakers, and facilitators looking to plan, design, implement, and follow up on a Youth Policy Lab. It was developed by the EU4Youth Coordination and Policy Support project and has been revised and strengthened on the basis of comparative implementation experience documented acr…

The deadline for applications is 7 June. Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation, together with SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus (SALTO Resource Centre) and the European Solidarity Corps, invites youth workers, youth project managers, and municipal staff involved in rural youth work in their countries, to take part in a study visit to Tyrol, Austria, from 28 September to 2 Octobe…

With EU support, the ‘Armenian Progressive Youth’ NGO in mid-May organised a human rights youth camp in Agvaran (Armenia) for displaced and local young people. The camp was organised as part of the EU-funded programme ‘Human Rights with and for Refugees’. The initiative aims to support and empower refugees in Nagorno-Karabakh by increasing their knowledge and awareness of their rights, and ensuri…

What does a day in the life of a high-level diplomat actually look like? Srap Gevorgyan, a 17-year-old active young person from Gyumri and a dedicated member of the Youth Advisory Council, recently found out firsthand. Through the EU Delegation’s “A Day with the EU Ambassador” initiative, Srap spent a full, fast-paced day alongside the […]

Since 2018, the EU4Youth programme – the European Union’s largest youth initiative in the Eastern Partnership – has been working with young people and systematically tracking what works. Now, as the current phase of the programme wraps up, the new data is in. The ‘Youth Education, Employment and Participation in the Eastern Partnership: EU4Youth Achievements Report 2025’ documents results f…

The ‘Youth Education, Employment and Participation in the Eastern Partnership: EU4Youth Achievements Report 2025’ documents results from the final year of the EU’s largest youth initiative in the Eastern Partnership, covering Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. This edition serves as a comprehensive wrap-up of the current programme phase, placing particular emphasis…

The ‘EU4Youth: Youth Engagement and Empowerment’ project actively joined the Eastern Partnership Youth Conference, organised in Stockholm between 12-13 May by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum with the financial support of the European Union. Bringing together over 100 youth representatives, civil society representatives, and national youth councils from across the Eastern Partnership r…

Some experiences stay with you forever. For me, stepping into the European Parliament for the first time as an alumna of the Young European Ambassadors Initiative and Project Manager at the Youth Initiative Centre NGO was one of those unforgettable moments. Coming from Gyumri, I also voluntarily coordinate the YEAs EuroClub Gyumri – a platform that serves as a bridge between the European Union an…

Nine exceptional young individuals — the newly crowned winners of the Young Shapers of European Heritage initiative met the EU Ambassador Vassilis Maragos and Armenia’s Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport, Zhanna Andreasyan.

“We have different kinds of crises in our lives – relationships, loneliness, and many other challenges. That is why we try to bring into practice the idea that even a single meeting can be very meaningful,” says Miika Niemelä, Project Manager of the national rollout of walk-in therapy in Finland. Walk-in therapy is a format where there is no need to wait, book an appointment, or explain how “seri…

From 11 to 16 April 2026, 50 Young European Ambassadors (YEAs) from Armenia, the UK and EU Member States came together for the YEA-led communication campaign ‘More EU in Armenia’, implemented in partnership with the EU Delegation in Armenia. Throughout the week, we engaged in a series of activities among Armenian youth that strengthened awareness, trust, and engagement with the European Union. Co…

As part of the ‘More EU in Armenia’ campaign, we welcomed Young European Ambassadors from across Europe with the goal of bringing EU-Armenia dialogue closer to communities across the country. But somewhere along the way, this trip became something much more personal. While we were showing regions like Vayots Dzor and Syunik to our international peers, I found myself discovering them for the first…