Youth Worker Online proved to be an effective tool to allow young people to access complete and reliable information and recognise the work of youth information workers whilst also receiving the necessary support and being referred to professionals working within the mental health field.

An all-Estonian poetry contest was organised by the initiative of the young people. The aim was to encourage young people to think and write about environmental issues, and it was open to young people aged 7-26.

As part of the Summer of Smiles festival in Cardiff held on the City Hall Lawns from 20 July to 8 August, ProMo-Cymru teamed up with Child Friendly Cardiff to fund young people's artistic work.

The national-level programme focused this time on health issues - mental, physical, and social health. The program offered youth-friendly information via different channels, from social media posts and videos to newspaper articles.

The Students Empowerment Summer School was held for the 5th consecutive year by the Youth Information Centres of the Youth Board of Cyprus and aimed at encouraging and cultivating personal and emotional development and the acquisition of skills that will help the participants become more efficient as students.

Youth information improves in speed and proximity with ambassadors in secondary schools, neighbourhoods, and organizations, as evidenced in the three meetings of youth ambassadors that were held this summer at the youth camp Jaume I in Alcossebre.

Recognising that some young people are hesitant about getting the vaccine, Young Scot worked with the volunteers to understand their experiences of getting vaccinated and identify any fears they might have. Their new partnership with the Scottish Government, allow them to provide bespoke information on vaccines – and encourage young people to sign up to get their vaccine too.

The framework offers a shared reference tool for describing the competences (knowledge, skills and attitudes) required by YI workers, or any youth work professionals delivering youth information.

Erasmus+ launched in March its new programme for a new digital era. The 2021-2027 programme places a strong focus on social inclusion, the green and digital transitions, and promoting young people’s participation in democratic life.

The report investigates the opinions of the platform’s creators and users and assesses the general impression that young people have of this platform, including positive and negative aspects as deemed by young people themselves.

The report is an update of the 2020 paper, this time including essential statistics on the effect of COVID-19 on mental health and everyday living and working practices across the EU.

There is no doubt that the campaign for the European Youth Information Day 2021 has opened a meaningful discussion on mental health and emotional well-being among young people and youth workers. There is a global demand to bring mental health to the forefront. And young people have a lot to say about it

Youth work should recognise the disruption that has occurred with Fridays for Future, and recognise that young people are taking the lead when it comes to addressing the climate crisis. Therefore, youth workers should amplify the voices of young activists, respect their political agency and find ways to act in solidarity with them.

Two training sessions were organised in the Youth Ambassadors and YInfoPEERs project framework: one on advocacy for the young people’s right to information and the other on the peer-to-peer approach in youth information.

The report outlines initial answers to key questions to develop a guide for building purposeful collaborations to support the digital wellbeing of young people. It identifies five critical success factors to a purposeful collaboration of stakeholders to support the digital wellbeing of young people.

On 2 March 2021, The United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child adopted General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights concerning the digital environment. The paper is essential in providing a long-lacking comprehensive framework to the rights of children in the digital world.

'That's Not OK' resources feature information, articles, and videos, designed to help young people understand how to identify the warning signs should they experience anything from sexual harassment and coercion – to revenge pornography and grooming.

On 15 April, more than 250 youth ambassadors from Spain and Portugal gathered online during the first Ibero-Insular Youth Ambassadors Meeting! Read the testimonial of one youth ambassadors from Madrid that took part in the event!

The sessions aim to showcase different career pathways so that students can learn first-hand the training paths and the reality of working in different professions. The speech has an experiential perspective to create an open and frank dialogue between speakers and young people, thus to encourage them to ask what they need to know.