ENGSO Youth is the youth organisation within ENGSO (European Non-Governmental Sports Organisation). It has the aim to represent the interest of people under the age of 35 dealing with sport in Europe and to achieve, promote and support the implementation of the ENGSO guidelines for children and youth sport. We promote sport, health and participation of children and young poeple as well as volunteering and international cooperation in the sport sector.

Call for applications for study session "Youth Voices through inclusive sports" ENGSO Youth will organise a study session on social inclusion in cooperation with Council of Europe’s Department of Youth and Sport, 19 – 25 April 2010 in European Youth Centre/Strasbourg. The aims are: to develop a common understanding of sport as a tool for social change; to take a critical look at the opportunities within sport and the need for the development of social inclusion; to promote active and creative possibilities to sport.

ARCTOS (Anti-Racism-Tools) is a multimedia training programme which will be used in the training and further education of trainer/coaches and sports instructors in each of the participating countries. The goal of the project is to develop assisting and supporting material for fighting and avoiding racism in the youth sport area. The 10 ARCTOS video clips produced in Austria are online here. You can download them in two qualities. The ARCTOS-handbook (download here) including a CD-Rom can be ordered at the ENGSO Youth office (engso-youth(at)dsj.de).

ENGSO Youth Statement on the New EU Strategy for Youth ”Investing and Empowering” - ENGSO Youth welcomes the EU Strategy for Youth, which outlines the priorities of the European Union's policy and action in the youth field for the coming years. Especially, ENGSO Youth welcomes the inclusion of health and sport as fields of action as part of improving access and full participation of young people in society. Read all ...