As experts in the field of minority youth in Europe YEN expresses the interests, ideas and demands of youth from the YEN network in a variety of ways. Publications are one of them.

Publikationen

Bericht „Minderheitenjugend in Europa: Eine Bestandsaufnahme"

2021

Dieser Bericht wurde als Abschluss eines dreijährigen Projekts erstellt – dem Minority Messengers-Projekt, das von 2018 bis Ende 2020 lief. Ziel war es, Minderheitenjugendliche zu stärken und ihnen eine Stimme zu geben. Der Bericht förderte kritisches Denken und die Beteiligung junger Menschen an politischen Prozessen.

Broschüre „Youth, make some noise“

2021

Diese Broschüre ist ein Leitfaden für Projektmanagement und eine Inspirationsquelle für Jugendorganisationen. Sie beschreibt Schritt für Schritt, wie ein Projekt erstellt wird: Projektmanagement-Theorie, Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten und Tipps. Sie zeigt anhand der Entstehung eines Podcasts Herausforderungen auf und ermutigt junge Menschen, eigene Projekte zu starten.

Toolkit on Youth Participation

(developed after the Kick-Off-Seminar 2019)

The toolkit is designed to be used in workshops, seminars or projects with young people, dealing with the topic of youth participation and using the methods of non-formal education. In it, you will find an introduction to the concept of youth participation, explanations of selected terminology, methods and activities which will help you explore this subject, as well as a collection of other resources that might be helpful when dealing with youth participation.

The YEN White Paper on Minority Rights

2014

The „YEN White Paper on Minority Rights,” has the following goals:

  • to call attention to the existing (and long-standing) problems faced by minority youth;
  • to develop a new strategy for the development of our network;
  • to present demands, advice, and measures for state and non-state organizations from the local to the international level, in the interest of improving the situation of autochthonous minorities.

The White Paper is:

  • a political instrument to influence decision-makers and to articulate YEN´s standpoints on the themes of Social Inclusion, Language and Education, the Roma Minority and Volunteering.
  • an internal instrument. It is an expression of YEN´s self-conception and vision as a European network, which contains a collection of ideas that shall support YEN and its member organization in implementing our goals.

YEN Resolutions

Adopted by the extraordinary General Assembly in November 2021

Adopted by the General Assembly in October 2020

Adopted by the General Assembly in March 2018

Adopted by the General Assembly in March 2017

Code of Conduct der JEV

To achieve our goals YEN uses a variety of activities. A main element of our work is implementing international youth exchanges, international seminars, congresses, workshops, cultural and social events. We believe that intercultural exchange is a key to achieving greater understanding and to empowering young people from minorities.

During YEN events we want participants to freely express themselves, and to gain a greater understanding of the diversity amongst minorities in Europe. We expect anyone joining our events to do so with an open mind and to treat everyone in a way that ensures respect, dignity, equality, and their right to participate.

Therefore in 2023 YENs General Assembly approved a Code of Conduct which describes how YEN envisions how everyone should act at a YEN event:

Other

Statement by the Youth of European Nationalities (YEN) on the topic of “Causes, scale and impact of hate speech targeting minorities on social media” at the United Nations thirteenth Forum on Minority Issues

November 2020

Demands of young people from minorities in Europe

(developed during the Easter Seminar 2019)

The demands have been developed by the participants of YEN ́s Easter Seminar 2019. The participants voiced them in the course of a workshop and after intensive debates about topics relevant to and chosen by them. These demands reflect the needs and interests of young people from national or ethnic minorities in Europe and shed a light on those topics most relevant to them.

YEN representative’s participation at the European Regional Forum on Education, Language and the Human Rights of Minorities

May 2019

Minority Safepack Initiative: Motion in support of the European Citizens’ Initiative: Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe

Adopted 2017 by the Council of Members of the European Youth Forum

CCIVS: Freedom of Movement: A Position Paper