Youth Summit Y7 and Y20
The Y7 Summit (youth7 or Jugend7) is one of the official participation formats of the G7 Summit. It gives young people a platform to contribute their perspectives to the negotiations of the G7 countries. Each G7 country sends four young people - usually linked to the national youth organisation structures - to this annual participation format, who then negotiate the main topics of the respective G7 year and adopt their own youth resolution with recommendations to the G7 countries on the respective policy area. This is forwarded to the G7 states. Japan will host Y7 in April 2023.
Parallel to the Y7 summit at the G7, the Y20 summit pursues the same goal as the G20 format: to involve young people in the decision-making processes of their governments within the framework of the G20 format. The process is the same as for the Y7 Summit, and here too each G20 country sends up to four people each year. India will host Y20 in August 2023.
Youth delegates to the UN General Assembly
As part of a tour of Germany, two youth delegates gather the opinions of young people and then campaign for the interests of young people together with youth delegates from other countries during the UN General Assembly in New York. The one-year programme is supported by the DNK and the German United Nations Association (DGVN).
youthdelegates.com Twitter Facebook
European Youth Forum/Youth Forum Jeunesse (YFJ)
The YFJ discusses issues that are relevant to youth organisations across Europe, such as the Structured Dialogue within the EU Youth Strategy and the Erasmus+ programme. It works closely with the European Union, the Council of Europe and the UN to represent the interests of young people. The DNK is an active member of the European Youth Forum.
youthforum.org Mail
BICC Cooperation (Benelux Islands Central Cooperation, formerly BBC+)
The DNK works together with partner youth organisations in the BICC Cooperation to effectively pursue common interests in the European Youth Forum. The co-operation brings together youth rings from Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, German-speaking Belgium, the UK and Ireland.
Eastern Partnership
The Eastern Partnership is a sub-project of the European Neighbourhood Policy. It stands for increased co-operation between the partners and the promotion of contacts and encounters, including in the youth sector. As part of the Eastern Partnership, the DNK has a long-standing cooperation with youth organisations, in particular with RADA, the National Youth Council in Belarus, and since 2015 also with NYCU, the National Youth Council of Ukraine.
Baltic Sea cooperation
Since the mid-1990s, the youth councils and youth organisations of the countries bordering the Baltic Sea have been working closely together on youth policy issues. The DNK is involved in the region in close co-operation with the youth rings of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Council of Europe
Activities related to the Council of Europe.
