YES Forum EWIV YOUTH AND EUROPEAN SOCIAL WORK- EUROPAISCHE WIRTSCHAFTLICHE INTERESSENVEREINIGUNG ZUR FORDERUNG DER HUMANRESSOURCEN

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https://www.yes-forum.eu/about-us/members/

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Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Since 20 September 2021 self-declared 'non-commercial organisations' are no longer required to provide a lobby budget. See above timeline for this registrant's historical lobby budget.

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YES Forum’s main focus lies on policies related to youth participation, education and training, youth employment and social inclusion. The YES Forum supports the EU youth policy process by actively working toward the fulfilment of the 2019-27 EU Youth Strategy’s “Engage. Connect. Empower” objectives. We are resolute about the best way to reach these objectives: through a strong youth and social work sector across Europe.
ENGAGE – our organization’s activities promote the participation of young people with fewer opportunities in politics and society:
- Leading projects like the “Europe through young Eyes: Exchange, Explore. Exhibit (Europe3E)” (2019-2021), which is a follow up project of our highly successful “YourEP” and “Our Life. Our Voice. Young people and poverty” projects. It promoted meaningful active citizenship, raising political awareness and deepening social inclusion among youth, through peer and Photovoice research and the use of political simulations (shorturl.at/nEPZ9)
CONNECT – YES Forum brings together young people in cross-border mobilities, strengthens European youth work sharing of best practices, and connects policy makers, young people and youth workers in its projects and policy events.
- Promoting EVS/ESC for young people with fewer opportunities as well as using synergies in our network to prepare youth workers to host/send EVS/ESC.
- Bringing together youth workers for the exchange and advancement of good practices. E.g. Since 2021, YES Forum has been involved in the Breaching Reservation and Improving Dialogue through Generational Exchange (BRIDGE), a project which strengthens intergenerational dialogue in youth work organizations (shorturl.at/moxBD).
- Offering youth work practitioners from our network opportunities to discuss with policy makers and other youth organizations in EU policy meetings such as the European Parliament’s Youth Network Event in 2021.
EMPOWER – encouraging young people is the YES Forum’s motto and it seeks to empower young people and youth workers through its activities.
- Empowering young people for more inclusion in education. E.g. YES Forum collaborates with German, Dutch and French universities in the “POWERst– emPOWERing first generation STudents” project (2021-2023) to build a more inclusive higher education system in Europe (shorturl.at/brxCK).
- Participating in projects empowering young people and facilitating their access to the job market. E.g. “The Employable Youth: It Works!” project (2019-2022) is designed with a clear focus on Vocational Training and the need for on-the-job training. This project develops a holistic approach towards the employment and training of socially excluded youth, especially NEETs (shorturl.at/jFKSV).

RECENT POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS:
-European Policy Brief: PROMISE - Trusting All Youth To Build A Better Europe (2018): https://tinyurl.com/yes-policyb1
-Erasmus 2021-2027 - YES Forum's Feedback (2018): https://tinyurl.com/yes-policyb2
-Position Paper: Inclusive Youth and Educational Programs (2020) : shorturl.at/mAGM2
-Policy Recommendations: Europe3E – Making Young People’s Voice Heard (2021) : shorturl.at/lIU67

The YES Forum has been a member of the Social Platform for many years. Furthermore, we are invited to Consultations and Meetings of the European Parliament and Commission, the most recent one the DiscoverEU Stakeholders Meeting (EC, Oct 2018) and the Youth Stakeholder Meeting (EP, March 2019).

When organising YES Forum policy events, we offer room for the young people our members work with and practitioners to meet with policy makers. E.g. in 2017, we discussed with Director General DG EAC, Martine Reicherts, the project results of the “Our Life Our Voice. Young People and Poverty” project. Or in November 2018 we invited Denise CHIRCOP, Policy Analyst from the EP, Parliamentary Research Services.

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• Date	23 Apr 2015	Location	Brussels
  Subject	Tackling the radicalisation of young people
  Cabinet	Cabinet of Commissioner Tibor Navracsics
  Portfolio	Education, Culture, Youth and Sport
  Attending	Tibor Navracsics (Commissioner)
  Other Lobbyists	European Confederation of Youth Clubs European Educational Exchanges - Youth For Understanding Forum of European Muslim Youth and Student organisations European Federation for Intercultural Learning Jeunes Entrepreneurs de l'Union Européenne Youth for Exchange and Understanding European Students' Union European Union of Jewish Students European Youth Forum European Youth Press - Network of Young Media Makers, e.V.