We are happy to present the latest translation of the DesYIgn toolkit to Valencian, thanks to the Valencian Youth Institute, IVAJ.

February was a month to celebrate LGBTQ+ history, and Meic joined the celebrations by looking at different aspects of LGBTQ+ in our latest campaign.

The Bridge Youth café provides a safe space for young people who are on the autism spectrum, where they can develop life skills that will facilitate their engagement and participation in other youth services, initiatives and activities.

Estonian national level web-based youth information service Teeviit decided to join the social platform Tik-Tok to reach young people, support them with quality and reliable information and spread campaigns, participation opportunities, and various events.

The Youth Information Centers of the Youth Board of Cyprus continued to support the youth of Cyprus for another challenging year. The priority was to enhance the accessibility of Cypriot youth to information and to implement targeted activities, aiming to empower and support them.

In February 2022, Wales launched its exciting, new international learning exchange programme – called Taith. The program will allow Wales and its international partners to continue to benefit from exchanges similar to the opportunities from Erasmus+.

Due to the COVID-19, the Regional Center for Youth Information and Documentation, CRIDJ, of the Community of Madrid, had to reinvent itself with a "Non-Face to Face Attention" model to better assist young people.

After a successful experience piloting a youth newspaper in the summer of 2021, Teevit launched in November 2021 a new edition focused on youth work and its role to support youths' mental health and challenges with digitalisation. Check it out!

Every day there are more and more initiatives and projects linked to the European Year of Youth. Check out the updated portal and keep an eye on the new activities organised in the framework!

Check the COVID-19 Impact and Looking Forward Report based on surveys carried out in spring and autumn 2021 by the EC-CoE partnership and discover what the new normality will bring to the youth sector.

Meet new ERYICA’s organisation in North Macedonia, Poraka Nova!. From 2022, they will continue the successful legacy of the Mladiinfo portal dedicated to youth information on education and youth engagement through digital media.

We have a new member in Spain! Give a warm welcome to DG Juventud de Murcia! The Region of Murcia is already involved in the ERYICA network, supporting the organisation of the Iberian-Insular Youth Ambassadors training 2022.

More than 30 representatives from ERYICA member organisations in Andorra, Spain and Portugal gathered in Benicassim (Spain) for the 5th Ibero-Insular Working Group meeting in early November.

What do youth think the European Year of Youth 2022 should be about? What are their concerns and needs? Check out the survey results launched by the European Commission and learn about the political agreement on the initiative.

The European Students' Union (ESU) and the Erasmus Student Network (ESN) have created a position paper addressing the challenges of virtual and blended exchange and suggestions on successfully incorporating the new formats.

The public opinion survey, conducted in June 2021 and published in late September this year, gathered insights from more than 18,000 young people from 16 to 30 years old regarding their attitudes and behaviours in respect of politics, political engagement and the EU.

The European Youth Card Association (EYCA) created the report Research Report, 'Youth Stand for the Future of Europe', to investigate and describe the opinions and attitudes of young people towards the European Union and bring forward their ideas and priorities at the Conference for the future of Europe.

ERYICA will rely on the European Youth Information Day campaign 2022 to advocate for young people's right to information. Apart from giving access to other rights, the right to information is a powerful tool to enhance participation and preserve democracy, human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Decided by the Joint Council on Youth in October 2021, the campaign aims to increase young people’s role in the process of revitalising participatory democracy in the Council of Europe and restore mutual trust between young people and democratic institutions and processes.

ERYICA is organising an international seminar in Luxembourg on 21-24 March 2022. The topic of the event is the role of media and information literacy (MIL) in young people’s lives and the role of different stakeholders.