UNDER 30'
Episodes
Youth civic space
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of UNDER 30 explores what recent research says about youth participation and civic space in Europe and beyond, and why the conditions cre...
After the 4th European Youth Work Convention
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Under 30 dives into the results and reflections from the 4th European Youth Work Convention (EYWC), which took place in May in Vallett...
Rural youth transitions
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of UNDER 30 reviews the EU-Council of Europe youth partnership’s new study on rural youth transitions before and after COVID-19. The gu...
Youth brain drain
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of UNDER 30, we explore the challenge of youth brain drain from the Western Balkans, the Eastern Partnership, and Türkiye. Our guests...
Youth mainstreaming and youth perspective(s)
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode explores the evolving concepts of youth mainstreaming and youth perspective(s). Researchers Marco Kovačič and Tomaž Deželan emphasize...
Quality youth work
30 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we explore findings from a new study on quality tools in youth work across 15 European countries. The discussion reveals that most na...
Young people's mental health and well-being
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of UNDER 30, the podcast of the European Union - Council of Europe youth partnership, delves into the topic of youth mental health and we...
4th European Youth Work Convention
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The government of Malta - Aġenzija Żgħażagħ (Malta's national youth agency) and the European Union Program Agency (EUPA) for Malta together wit...
Youth research
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are talking with Howard Williamson, a youth worker, academic youth researcher and lecturer, and youth policy adviser, Professor of...
Youth action for climate justice
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In September 2024 the European Union - Council of Europe Youth Partnership organised a symposium on Young people, democracy and climate action to disc...
Advocacy for youth work in Eastern and South-East Europe
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In October 2024 the EU-Council of Europe organised the Seminar on Advocating for youth work in Eastern and South-East Europe (Skopje, North Macedonia)...
Training participatory youth policy
10 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we are introducing the Youth Partnership's new training kit (T-kit) on participatory youth policy - what is it for, what's inside and...
How to be more sustainable in mobility projects?
21 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Sustain-Mobility was the fourth conference of the European Platform on Learning Mobility (EPLM) in the youth field that took place near Munich at the ...
Growing youth work in Europe: before the symposium
25 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
On 31 May-1 June 2023, the Youth Partnership's symposium “Visible Value: Growing youth work in Europe” will gather over 100 participants in the Eu...
Young women's political participation
08 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As we celebrate International Women's Day, we know that young women's participation in political life remains a challenge. How are young women enga...
Access to youth services during Covid-19
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The pandemic has redefined youth services and has reshaped the way they are delivered. What were the most impacted areas? Listen to the podcast episod...
Visible Value
22 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We have organised the “Visible Value – strengthening the implementation of the European Youth Work Agenda in Eastern and Southeast Europe” semin...
Media and information literacy
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Media and information literacy is crucial for a fully-fledged democracy to work. Young people need to understand how to navigate the web and different...
Value-based learning in mobility projects
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The training kit (T-kit) on value-based learning in mobility projects has recently been published by the Youth Partnership. Should youth work and lear...
Young European Ambassadors
01 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
More than a thousand young people have been involved in the European Union's YEAs initiative. Who are the Young European Ambassadors? Listen to this e...
The state of youth civil society
18 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Youth civil society was quick to respond to the recent challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine. What is the state of youth ci...
After Navigating Transitions
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The symposium on "Navigating Transitions: Adapting Policies to young People's changing realities" was organised by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Part...
Transitions and the war in Ukraine
22 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
During the symposium: Navigating Transitions organised by the EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership in Tirana on 21-23 June 2022, we talked to three ...
Types of learning mobility
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learning mobility activities in the youth field are restarting following the two years of break due to COVID-19 pandemic. How are youth workers, young...
Young People Revitalising Democracy
25 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How does revitalising democracy actually look on the ground and in practice? How can youth organisations contribute to democratic revival on the local...
Youth Action Week
23 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, we discuss the Council of Europe's youth campaign "Democracy Here, Democracy Now" and its flagship event the Youth Action Week taking...
Defining youth transitions
10 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Youth transitions to autonomy could be defined through many lenses. How did these definitions evolve in time? How have they been used to understand yo...
Restarting youth learning mobility – quality tools in practice
02 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Learning mobility activities in the youth field are restarting following the two years of break due to COVID-19 pandemic. How are youth workers, young...
Youth work and the war in Ukraine
25 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Youth work has been very fast in responding to the situation caused by the war in Ukraine, providing humanitarian aid and youth services for internall...
Making the value of youth work visible
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How far has youth work gained formal, social and political recognition? Bit by bit resources and actions are having an impact on how we perceive the v...
Meet the EU Youth Coordinator
21 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meet Biliana Sirakova, the newly appointed EU Youth Coordinator. What is the role of EU Youth Coordinator? How does she work on connecting and coordin...
Improving youth participation in Europe
07 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Participatory democracy does not rely only on elections, but also on a range of other tools and mechanisms which facilitate citizens' participation in...
Young people and the war in Ukraine: stories from Lviv and Moldova
31 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been more than a month since Ukraine was attacked by the troops of the Russian Federation. Many people fled Ukraine and found shelter in the ne...
Do we need Radical Citizenship Education?
24 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Citizenship education remains a contested term, lacking a universally accepted definition. Both, the understanding and practice of citizenship educati...
The limits of digital youth work
10 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Digital youth work comes, undoubtedly, with many benefits. It was even perceived as a beautiful, pink balloon, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic...
Youth sector in 2022
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The year 2022 is full of new initiatives in the youth sector: the European Year of Youth, announced by the European Commission, the Council of Europ...
A Thinking & Action Kit for the Future of Youth Work
10 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
All of us can contribute to the development of the youth work environment! What needs to change? Do I need to be a superhero and do everything on my o...
Youth work policy goals
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has recently published a research paper “European youth work policy goals analysed” written by Ilona-Ev...
Community impact of learning mobility projects
09 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The impact of learning mobility projects is quite well known, it is well researched, mainly when it comes to the impact on the individual level. We th...
About time... for a new youth policy manual
25 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
About time! is a new reference manual for youth policy from a European perspective published by the Youth Partnership. The manual is a reference tool ...
What's new on the Covid-19 Knowledge Hub?
04 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast series, we have discussed many times the impact of the pandemic and all related restrictions on the lives of young people. Some time a...
European Youth Strategies
14 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode we are discussing two European Youth Strategies, the EU youth Strategy and the Council of Europe youth sector strategy, looking a...
Rural youth: diverse, ignored and unfulfilled
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The EU-Council of Europe Youth Partnership has recently published a study “Young people in rural areas: diverse, ignored and unfulfilled” co-autho...
Greening the youth sector
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The issue of climate change and its impact on all of us has been discussed in many activities implemented both by the European Union and the Council o...
Digitalisation and young people with disabilities
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In previous episodes of our podcast, we have explored different topics covered in the latest Youth Knowledge Book on Young People, social inclusion an...
Digitalisation, young people's mental health and well-being
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This is another episode, in which we do deeper into different topics explored in the Youth Knowledge Book on Young People, social inclusion and digita...
Young migrants and refugees, social inclusion and digitalisation
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This time we are talking with two guests - Daniel Briggs, who wrote an article on the use of WhatsApp by newly arrived refugees in Europe and Antía P...
Power, participation and geographical isolation
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is one of the few ones, in which we will talk with different authors who contributed to the latest Youth Knowledge Book on Young people, ...
MOOC on Essentials of Youth Work
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Guests: Adina Serban, Ekaterina Sherer, Snezana Baclija Knoch and Dariusz GrzemnyHost: Marietta Balazs, project officer, EU-Council of Europe youth pa...
Young people, social inclusion and digitalisation
07 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The EU-Council of Europe youth partnership has done research on the topic of young people, social inclusion and digitalisation in 2019 and has recentl...
COVID-19 and young people’s mental health
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Under 30, the podcast series by the youth partnership that brings the research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes ...
Young people's access to rights
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Under 30, the podcast series by the Youth Partnership that brings the research results, explores trends in young people's lives and themes ...
COVID-19 and learning mobility
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The transcript of this podcast is available HERE----------COVID-19 had an impact on practically all aspects of young people’s lives. Learning mobili...
Shrinking civil society space for young people
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The audio file with the transcript is also available HEREYouth organisations experience a shrinking space for civil society in a variety of ways and o...
Youth work in Eastern and Southeast Europe
27 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
See the transcript of this episode HEREHow is youth work done? Who does it? Is it recognised? And if yes, how? How does one become a youth worker? Wha...
The impact of COVID-19 on youth services
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The transcript of this episode is available HERE-----The COVID-19 pandemic and all measures that were implemented by the European countries to control...
Young people, digitalisation and techlash
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The transcript of the podcast is available HERE__________________________________________________Technology and digitalization have become an integral...
Education and career paths of youth workers in Europe
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The transcript of the podcast is available HERE______________________________________________________In 2017, the youth partnership initiated the rese...