Advocate for the elimination of age-based and multiple discrimination faced by young people in accessing their rights.

Advocate for the full realisation of young people’s rights, including through the implementation of a rights-based approach to policy-making.

Advocate for youth organisations and young people to have better access to and make greater use of available legal tools and human rights mechanisms, to address violations of their rights, considering youth-friendly language as being important to the accessibility.

Advocate for young people to be recognised as rights holders, for the full recognition of youth rights by relevant institutions and for specific mechanisms and legal tools to ensure their protection.

Advocate for full access to social rights for young people, including through increased and better targeted social investment, with particular attention to marginalised and vulnerable youth.

Advocate for welfare systems built on equality, intergenerational fairness and well-being, that focus on poverty reduction ensuring that everyone can live with dignity.

Advocate for young people’s access to social protection, investment in their skills, the protection of workers’ rights and well-being, progressive parental leave policies, the building of a youth-friendly labour market and investment in a new economy, in light of the changing nature of work. This should encourage the creation and exchange of innovative ideas and take into account the impacts of globalisation, demographic change, technological advancements, and the climate crisis.

Advocate for young people’s access to quality employment and transitions, banning unpaid internships, that allow them to reach their full potential and contribute to a fairer and more sustainable society.

Coordinate the actions of its Member Organisations to support young people from vulnerable and marginalised backgrounds, including young migrants and refugees, to have access to their rights, with an emphasis on ensuring their participation to policy and decision making,countering polarisation in our societies and standing for open and welcoming societies in Europe.

Coordinate the actions of our Member Organisations to strengthen their capacity to fight the climate crisis. We will work with other youth platforms and movements in order to amplify the voices of young people to increase our expertise on climate justice, sharing the burden of climate change by protecting and respecting human rights, including for the most vulnerable young people.

Advocate for a just transition from our current consumption and production models to a resource efficient and carbon neutral economy. We will support Member Organisations to be leaders in this field, as main experts and implementers.

Advocate for systemic change through existing governance frameworks.

Advocate for policy making to be based on holistic measures of progress, beyond economic growth, that encompass human and ecological well-being, including the one of future generations.

Advocate for post-growth policy making to be mainstreamed across all levels of governance in order to tackle the root causes of current unsustainable practices and combating insufficient action.

Advocate for young people and youth organisations to be recognised as essential actors in preventing and resolving conflict, countering violent extremism and building and sustaining peace.

Advocate for the recognition and validation of non-formal education by mainstreaming it through its advocacy and actions, whilst monitoring policy discussions related to the topic. We will support Member Organisations to be leaders in that field, as main experts and implementers, by relying on the existing work done by its Member Organisations.

Provide tools to those who offer non-formal education to better include young people that are now left behind.

Advocate for young people’s, in particular marginalised and vulnerable youth’s, increased access to quality mobility opportunities, through the enablement of more favourable legal, financial and political environments.

Monitor the policy developments related to the volunteering sector to ensure that it provides quality and recognised opportunities to the widest range possible of young people across Europe. We will support Member Organisations to be leaders in that field, as main experts and implementers.

Coordinate the action of its Member Organisations to promote the value of youth work and safeguard its founding principles.

Advocate for meaningful participation of young people and youth organisations to policy and decision making processes at all levels. with specific attention to the quality of youth representation mechanisms in institutional settings.

Advocate towards the policy-makers and decision-makers to systematically assess the impact of their work and decisions on young people and future generations.

Advocate for transparent and evidence-based policy and decision making at all levels, including data disaggregation and taking into account the potential of digitalisation and open governments methods.

Advocate for the voice of young people and youth organisations to contribute to policy and decision making beyond traditional “youth policy” topics.

Coordinate the actions of our Member Organisations in order to ensure that the voice of young people and youth organisations is at the heart of the debate on the future of Europe.

Monitor the developments related to digitalisation relevant for the lives of young people and how it will affect them. We will increase our expertise on the topic in order to be a relevant actor that can defend the rights of young people in that context, while raising awareness on its consequences among Member Organisations.