The Youth Department of the Council of Europe have published the revised version of their Youth Work Portfolio: A tool for the assessment and development of youth work competence.
This tool can be used by youth workers and volunteers themselves in order to assess their competences and how to development them further. It can also be used by organisations delivering youth work to improve the quality of their programmes.
More information can be found directly on the website of the Council of Europe: https://www.coe.int/en/web/youth-portfolio/portfolio-competence-framework

“Youth Guardians: Integrating safeguarding and mental health in youth work” is a mid-level training course, aimed at youth workers between 18-30 years old. The aims of this programme was to explore the symbiotic relationship between mental health, human rights, and safeguarding. With this connection participants gained an understanding of why these three elements cannot be treated in isolation. We ensured that the participants comprehended and know how to put in practice the importance of responsible and sensitive action in both safeguarding and mental health matters.
The training course took place from the 23rd to the 29th March 2024 in Farnières, Grand-Halleux, Belgium.

Objectives
The main objectives of this training course are to develop and implement a qualitative learning programme on Mental Health and Safeguarding policies in youth work, aimed at generating strategic impact on DBYN Member Organisations and the youth sector. In order to put achieve in this aim, we put forward these objectives:
1. To develop knowledge, competences, and skills of our youth workers to work with children and young who are facing mental health problems, but with a focus on the most vulnerable in their target groups.
2. To give the knowledge and guidelines we have of our Safeguarding policy and work based in ‘Dignity’ developed publication of DBYN.
3. To share successful approaches, polices, and strategies to expose participants to a range of best practices in Safeguarding and Mental Health.
4. To support our youth workers with good practices and specific activities that can be learned from trainers and other participants, originating in their own organisations.
5. To act as a multipliers within organisations.

‘Advocacy in Action: Safeguarding a sustainable and peaceful future’ was a training course for youth representatives, organised as a study session in the European Youth Centre of Strasbourg. It took place from Sunday 01 September to Saturday 07 September 2024 (travel days included).
Objectives
​The aim of this study session was to continue the work of DBYN volunteers in representation and continue building capacity for human rights advocacy, especially in the field of sustainability and peace-building.
The objectives are as follow:

1. To strengthen the human rights advocacy potential of local volunteers and take on future engagements as youth representatives.
2. To develop a deeper understanding of Human Rights based approach, peacebuilding and sustainability.
3. To develop participants' competences necessary for successful Human Rights advocacy at all levels, by giving young people information, know-how and practical tools to advocate and participate successfully in social change and influence decisions.
4. To create Human Rights advocacy campaigns in the field of sustainability and peace-building, on a local or international level to create spaces for dialogue.
5. Encourage them to continue the institutionalisation of DBYN’s representation work on different levels.

“Mental Health in Youth Work” was an entry-level training course, aimed at youth workers between 18-30 years old. The main aim of the training course was to improve the participants’ skills and develop ways in which they can support young people in improving their mental health.
The training course took place from the 1st to the 7th April 2023 in Bollington (UK).
Objectives
The main aim of the training course was to have youth workers get a better understanding of mental health.
The main objectives of this training course were

• to discover different tactics to improve or stabilise mental health like relaxation exercises, mindfulness, yoga or focus on healthy food
• to have the youth workers develop knowledge, skills and competences to work with children and young people who are struggling with their mental health.
• to support our youth workers with good practices and specific activities that can be learned from trainers and other participants, originating in their own organisations.
• to pass on the knowledge and guidelines we have in our safeguarding policy.
• to act as multipliers within youth organisations

Domino is a manual to use peer group education as a means to fight racism, xenophobia, anti-semitism and intolerance. This manual has been produced by the Council of Europe's youth department.

Compasito is a manual developed for youth workers, trainers and facilitators on Human Rights Education for children. The manual has been developed by the Council of Europe's Youth Department.

This manual - “Gender Matters” - builds on the educational resources and experience of Compass, the manual on human rights education with young people. It provides practitioners in human rights education with specific education tools and insights for a gender-sensitive approach to human rights education. This manual has been developed by the Council of Europe's Youth Department.