Originally planned as a 3-day meeting in Montenegro in April 2020, the meeting was adapted to a virtual one-day meeting following the outbreak of COVID-19.
Here are some of the first outcomes to be shared:
We asked participants:
Responses collected through Mentimeter questions
Padlet collecting suggestions, concerns and questions regarding the new EU youth programmes
The meeting was a follow up to the first two Europe – Western Balkans Youth Meetings held in 2016 and 2018. It brought together 50 stakeholders in youth work from EU and Western Balkan countries. Together, we took stock of achievements of past EU – WB cooperation projects and explored what is needed, and what youth work practitioners, policy makers and the various other stakeholders involved, including the relevant support structures and institutions, could do to increase impact and positive societal change and to initiate ways forward under the EU youth programmes after 2020.
In the framework of a panel discussion and workshops, examples of practices and projects with a strong impact on youth work and community related developments were presented and explored. Participants were also invited to send their own "inspiring practices" to SALTO SEE in the form of videos, blogs etc.
The concrete objectives of the 3rd EU - Western Balkans Youth Meeting were:
Feedback from participants shared at the end of the meeting
The meeting was organised jointly by the Croatian, German, North Macedonian and Slovenian National Agencies for Erasmus+ Youth in Action (E+ YiA) and the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) and SALTO SEE Resource Centre.