European Youth Information and Counselling Agency

EU Legislative Interests

With its work, advocacy and lobbying activities ERYICA aims to influence: • Erasmus +, European Solidarity Corps and Discover EU through the participation in the consultations with stakeholders and international platforms; • EU Youth Dialogue & EU Youth Conference through the participation in several Youth Conferences organised in Brussels, Strasbourg and Budapest by the Council of the European and other institutions • European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations – ESCO through the work ERYICA does in collaboration with Eurodesk to create the youth information worker profession; • European Parliament CULT Committee through participation in the discussions; • Participation in the Eurofound consultations; • Participation in the EU policy consultations; • EU AI Act. .

Communication Activities

ERYICA’s social media accounts and website are regularly updated with posts and articles on the above-mentioned topics. Our key communication objectives include the mainstreaming of European youth policies and ensuring their implementation across member countries for the benefit of young people.Through our campaigns, we also aim to support the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, especially in light of ERYICA’s 40th anniversary and the ongoing transformation of youth information services in response to the rise of artificial intelligence. We remain committed to promoting EU programmes such as Erasmus+ and the European Solidarity Corps.

Interests Represented

Does not represent commercial interests

Member Of

Council of Europe INGO Conference, Council of European Steering Committee for Youth, Global Alliance for Partnerships on Media and Information Literacy (GAPMIL), European Platform on Learning Mobility and No Hate Speech Network, Consultative status at ECOSOC. Our list of partners: https://www.eryica.org/our-partners

Organisation Members

As of 1st January 2025, ERYICA counts 43 members in 26 countries (beyond EU). There are 3 types of memberships: • Members and their whole national networks have access to all the services of the Agency, can propose people to participate in all the activities organised by the Agency, and can participate in the annual sessions of the General Assembly with the right to vote and to stand as candidates in elections to the Governing Board and other posts. • Affiliated Organisations have access to the services of the Agency only for their organisation and can propose people to participate in all the activities organised by the Agency. They may be represented in the annual sessions of the General Assembly as observers, but do not have the right to vote or to stand as candidates in elections. • Co-operating Organisations have the right to attend the General Assembly as observers on invitation, however, they do not have voting rights or the ability to influence the decision-making process. They can participate in a large selection of the programmes of the Agency, bearing a part of such costs by themselves. Types of Members: • Individual youth information centres: establishment phase • Informal network of youth information centres: e.g. Norway • National Governmental Youth Agencies: e.g. Andorra, Estonia, Germany, Liechtenstein, Malta, Portugal, Spain • National Youth Umbrella Organisations: e.g. Belgium (Flanders), Cyprus, Lithuania • National Coordinating Structures: e.g. UK (Wales), Luxembourg • National Youth Information Centres: e.g. France, Luxembourg, Czech Republic • Associations of Youth Information Centres: e.g. Austria, Belgium (Wallonia), Croatia, Switzerland • NGOs with Governmental Mandate: e.g. Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia List of our member organisations: https://www.eryica.org/our-network

Additional Information

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