The Advisory Council on Youth is the non-governmental partner in the co-management structure which establishes the standards and work priorities of the Council of Europe’s youth sector and makes recommendations for future priorities, programmes and budgets.

It is made up of 30 representatives from youth NGOs and networks in Europe and its main task is to advise the Committee of Ministers on all questions relating to youth. Specifically, the Advisory Council helps to ensure youth policies are mainstreamed into the Council of Europe’s programme of activities by providing opinions and proposals to all of the Organisation’s bodies. It also ensures that young people are involved in other activities of the Council of Europe and promotes the policies beyond the Organisation.

Irina Veselinović will be replacing Patrícia Gonçalves as the representative of the Erasmus Student Network at the Advisory Council on Youth. Irina studies Education Science at the University of Belgrade and is a former Vice-Chair of ESN’s International Committee for Education. Currently finishing her mandate as the President of ESN Serbia, Irina became ESN’s Liaison Officer towards the Lifelong Learning Platform in November last year.

The new mandate 2020-2021 of the Advisory Council (AC) on Youth of the Council of Europe has officially started. Irina Veselinović, on behalf of the Erasmus Student Network, will be working on the following portfolios in the next two years.

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