European Youth Week 2021: Events, Activities and Competitions!
With European Youth Week fast approaching, we're delighted to hear from Eurodesk Ambassador, Maria Conte. Maria is currently volunteering as an in-country European Solidarity Corps volunteer with Voluntary Service International, where she manages...
European Youth Week 2021: Your Youth Week PR Kit
European Youth Week (EYW) is the flagship European gathering for young people and the youth sector in Europe. It takes place every second year and this is the tenth European Youth Week. This year European Youth Week runs from 24 to 30 May. It's...
Why Youth Work Works: Exploring its Personal and Professional Impact
Why does youth work, work? The Youth Advisory Committee Galway, which is a group of young people aged between 15 and 25 from various projects and clubs within the city and the wider county, began exploring that question through their European...
Confronting Racism Through Arts: Meet ABCD A Black Child’s Dilemma
Solidarity projects are funded through the European Solidarity Corps programme. They are initiated, developed and implemented by young people over a period of two to twelve months. They provide opportunities for groups of people aged 18 to 30 to...
From Scratch to Makerspace: How the Digital Age is Impacting Youth Work
Robbie Matthews is an Advocate and Tutor with Donegal ETB on the Youthreach programme. In January of this year, he attended a conference in Luxembourg entitled ‘Youth work in the Digital Era’. Here he discusses the topics covered, the questions...
Youth Dialogue and the European Youth Goals
Pia Janning works on Policy and Strategic Alliances in Léargas. In this post she explores how you can connect Youth Dialogue and the European Youth Goals in your Erasmus+ project. We would also like to credit Tara Killeen from Maynooth...
Erasmus+ Youth Dialogue: Use Your Voice to Make Equality a Policy
My name is Conor Dillon and I attend the Rehabilitative Training programme in the Central Remedial Clinic, or CRC. I have a physical disability and use a wheelchair full time. I have a huge interest in advocacy and equality for people with...
TCAs? For me?
Mailiis Komissarov joined Léargas on a placement earlier this year. In this post she explains how Transnational Cooperation Activities (TCAs) can provide great opportunities for personal and professional development. Mailiis worked directly on...
Erasmus+ Youth in Action Application Tips
The next deadline for Erasmus+ Youth project applications is 01 October 2020 at 11:00 am Irish time. It's a rule of Erasmus+ that late applications can't be accepted, and we know from experience that this applies to applications that are even...
The new European Youth Strategy – what’s it all about?
With all the news about Brexit, it may have escaped your attention that 2019 also sees the start of the new European Youth Strategy 2019-2027. The strategy aims to bring the EU closer to young people and to help address issues of concern to them....