Youth Summit Y7 and Y20
The Y7 Summit (youth7) is one of the official engagement 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 to this annual participation format, who then negotiate in thematic “tracks” aligned with the main priorities of the respective G7 presidency and adopt their own youth communiqué containing recommendations to the G7 countries on the relevant policy areas. The communiqué is subsequently submitted to the G7 governments.
Parallel to the Y7 summit, the Y20 summit pursues the same goal in relation to 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 five people each year.
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 two-year programme is supported by the DNK and the German United Nations Association (DGVN).
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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.
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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 councils of Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
Council of Europe
The DNK regularly participates in activities related to the Council of Europe or organises such activities itself. Through the European Youth Forum, it has the opportunity every two years to nominate a representative for the Council of Europe’s Advisory Council on Youth (AC). Part of the members of the AC are elected by the General Assembly of the European Youth Forum.
