Yet on the other side of Europe, at exactly the same time, the Croatian Youth Network was hosting a residential seminar on "Shaping Youth Policies - Theory and Practice", to coincide with a massive online open-access course on the essentials of youth policy being delivered by the European Union/Council of Europe partnership in the youth field.
Some days later, the European Youth Capital, Cascais in Portugal, was the location of a meeting of the members of the European Youth Forum, which has argued forcefully in recent years for more robust, coherent and transversal youth policies.
Everything seems up for grabs.
In another development, Wales appointed a new minister for youth work, at the very moment a report reviewing Extending Entitlement, its youth policy from 17 years ago, was being finalised, having been commissioned by a previous minister. It will be interesting to see what happens to that.
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