Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe

Called to freedom, justice and peace! Galatians 5:13

Join one of the International Planning Teams to work on youth participation!

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2026 EYCE will work on a workplan under the title: Empowering Young Christian Voices: Spaces, Participation and Advocacy. Within this workplan we are planning 2 activities. In June and September next year.

We want to take a look at different denominational and cultural contexts, how does participation work and how can we empower young people in churches to take their role to not only engage but to participate in churches, christian organisations and ecumenical councils.

These are the leading questions for the activities:

Activity 1: How do young people participate? What are their spaces for decision making? How can they influence?

Activity 2: What can we do to promote youth spaces? How can we enhance and advocate for better youth participation?

Both activities will contribute to the development of an Ecumenical Youth Participation Guide. The guide will be a useful tool for church leaders to understand better what youth participation is all about and to help young Christians throughout Europe to advocate for their spaces.

What you bring? Passion for empowering young voices Experience in youth work Familiar with some sort of church contexts Eagerness to talk about power in church Drive to change and raise awareness Time to prepare and implement the activity

Capacities for Activity 1
a) at least monthly IPT meetings online (December ’25 up to November ’26 for preparation and follow-up) (about twice a month until the event)
b) a preparatory meeting (Wednesday to Sunday) at the venue on 29 April – 3 May 2026
c) the international activity itself (6 – 14 June 2026)
d) the follow-up (supporting the development of the Ecumenical Youth Participation guide)

Capacities for Activity 2
a) at least monthly IPT meetings online (December ’25 up to November ’26 for preparation and follow-up) (about twice a month until the event)
b) a preparatory meeting (Wednesday to Sunday) at the venue on 29 April – 3 May 2026
c) the international activity itself (29 August – 6 September 2026)
d) the follow-up (supporting the development of the Ecumenical Youth Participation guide)

How to apply

To apply for the planning team, please fill in your details through the application form.

You should be between 18 to 30 years old and a resident in a Council of Europe member state to apply. Application deadline is December 7, 2025. For any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at general.secretary@eyce.org.

You will either be part of Activity 1 or Activity 2. But if course you can apply for both. Those are the capacities they will entail:

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