youth empowerment
On 23 October 2025, the third edition of “Viva Marga – Margherita Hack e la Luna” competition opened in Gorizia
From 9 to 12 October 2025, the Rebuild Ukraine Ambassadors Lab brought together 30 Ambassadors in Brașov, Romania, to exchange ideas on Ukraine’s recovery, reconstruction, and EU accession.
On 8-9 October, the CEI – Executive Secretariat participated in the 10th Council of Europe’s Conference of Ministers responsible for Youth, held in La Valletta under the theme “Young People for Democracy: Youth Perspectives in Action”.
On 29-31 August 2025, young professionals from 26 countries gathered in Pokljuka, Slovenia at the Young Bled Strategic Forum (YBSF) to explore the role of values in international politics.
On 25–26 June 2025, the international conference DisCo 2025 – Empowering Futures: Leveraging Digital Technologies in Education for Youth, Women, and Vulnerable Groups was held in Prague at the Microsoft premises.
The international conference “Young music for a young Europe” was organised in the framework of the Palmanova International Music Competition on 4 May 2025.
Last October the CEI was granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.
Thanks to the CEI’s recent achievement of the Observer status within the Council of Europe’s intergovernmental committees on youth, namely the European Steering Committee for Youth (CDEJ) and Joint Council on Youth (CMJ), for the first time the CEI participated in the meetings of the aforementioned CoE youth statutory bodies.
The CEI has recently achieved a significant milestone by being granted observer status at the intergovernmental committees of the Council of Europe’s Youth Department.
The 13th edition of the Young Bled Strategic Forum (YBSF) took place in Pokljuka, Slovenia from 20 August 30 - 1 September, 2024, gathering 42 young leaders from 30 countries.