European Youth Foundation

European Youth Foundation
TypeFoundation
FocusYouth participation
Location
Key people
Gordana BERJAN (Head)
Endowment€3,500,000
Websitecoe.int

The European Youth Foundation (EYF; French: Fonds Européen pour la Jeunesse, FEJ; German: Europäisches Jugendwerk, EJW) is a fund established in 1972 by the Council of Europe to provide financial and educational support for young people and European youth activities, that promote the organization's fundamental values.[1] It was founded together with the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg to implement the Council of Europe's youth policy.[2] It is based in Strasbourg and has an annual budget of around 3.5 million euros.[3]

  1. ^ "European Youth Foundation. Supporting Young People in Europe (leaflet)" (PDF). Council of Europe. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Statute of the European Youth Centre and the Statute of the European Youth Foundation" (PDF). Council of Europe. 25 November 1998. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ^ "European Youth Foundation" (PPTX). Council of Europe. January 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.