Eryica - European Youth Information and Counselling Agency

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day, but a single day is simply not enough to address a topic that affects so many young people across Europe and beyond.

🧠 At ERYICA, we believe mental health deserves continuous attention and action. That is why we are dedicating the entire upcoming week to Youth Mental Health. Over the next few days, we’ll be highlighting key tools, resources, and contributions we’ve developed to help navigate this complex yet essential issue.

🎓 To start off the week, we’re excited to introduce "MINDYI: A training about young people's mental health". Discover all the details about it here: https://www.eryica.org/training/mindyi

09/10/2026

🇨🇾 Strengthening youth participation across Cyprus! 🗣️

Οργανισμός Νεολαίας Κύπρου / Youth Board of Cyprus is meeting with young people and Youth Centres across the country to explore local challenges, identify regional priorities and ensure young people’s voices are heard. 🤝

Through these meetings and the ekfracy digital participation platform, the initiative is also gathering young people’s ideas on youth entrepreneurship, helping them contribute to decisions that affect their communities. 💡📲

📰 Want to know more? Check out our latest news!

The Youth Board of Cyprus is strengthening local youth participation through meetings with young people and Youth Centres across the country. The initiative explores regional challenges and priorities, while also gathering input on youth entrepreneurship through the ekfracy digital participation pla

08/10/2026

🇮🇹 Eurodesk Italy has launched a dedicated social media campaign focusing on the vital role of youth information work in supporting mental health!

🧠 Inspired by ERYICA’s YIMinds guide, this campaign equips youth information workers with actionable tools and practical resources. Running until 10 October, the posts dive into essential topics such as breaking down stigma, understanding gatekeeping, and early intervention.

Discover more on our website:

Eurodesk Italy has launched "Mental Health and Youth (Information) Work", a social media campaign that promotes young people's mental well-being and highlights the role of youth information services.

02/10/2026

Two years, four partner organisations, one big mission: making Artificial Intelligence accessible and useful for youth workers in their day-to-day life! 💡

Through the + AI Youth Navigator project, Jugend Agentur Baden-Württemberg, Dorea Educational Institute, Udruga Mladih EU, TU München and ERYICA have been exploring knowledge gaps in the field and creating practical tools to support youth (information) work organisations and professionals across Europe.

📲 Curious to know more? Don't miss this reel!

You can find more information about the project at it's outcomes at: eryica.org/project/ai-youth-navigator

25/09/2026

It’s been a week since we were in Zadar, and we wanted to share with you some of the outcomes of Do You Mind?, a two-year project that brought together the efforts of PRONI Centar za socijalno podučavanje, Fundatia Nationala pentru Tineret, Poraka Nova, Impress, CINAZ, IASIS, Zajednica ICM u Hrvatskoj and ERYICA.

Our goal?

To help organisations and youth workers across Europe strengthen their support for young people’s mental health. 🌍🧠

The results?

📘 A booklet gathering examples and approaches from youth information work across Europe:
eryica.org/publications/good-practices-mental-health-yiw

🎓 A training programme designed to strengthen youth workers’ knowledge and skills when addressing mental health:
eryica.org/training/mindyi

🎨 A virtual exhibition created by mental health ambassadors from across Europe:
proni.hr/en/virtual-exhibition-the-net-of-souls

Curious to know more about it? Check out the reel! 👇

23/09/2026

Today, 26 organisations from 22 countries came together for ERYICA’s 6th Network Meeting 🌍💡

Our members had the chance to shape some of ERYICA’s upcoming activities. Together, we voted on topics for future training sessions, selected future European project proposals, and chose the theme for the next European Youth Information Day.

The Secretariat also presented the results of the Impact Pulse 2026, followed by a discussion on how we can strengthen communication across the network.

During the Shericafé and SheryiMarketplace sessions, members also shared practices and projects from their organisations, including presentations by Tuula Enbuska from the City of Oulu Youth Information Service in Finland and Hannaliisa Rebane from Harno in Estonia.

To close the meeting, the Vice-President, Sif Vik, reflected on the history of this format, which was first launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, and on the importance of keeping this space for exchange and connection within the network. 🤝

21/09/2026

Ensuring young people have clear, accessible information about housing, employment, and essential services is at the heart of ERYICA’s work. 🏠💼ℹ️

That is why we are especially proud of these three inspiring days in Strasbourg, during which we participated in the Research Symposium on Young People's Access to Social Rights! ✨

17/09/2026

Do you want your organisation to be recognised as a trusted provider of youth information by ERYICA and the Council of Europe

⭐ The next round of applications for the European Youth Information Quality Label is now open!

Open to all non-profit youth information providers in Council of Europe member states, the Label certifies that the information you provide is verified, reliable, and aligned with the European Youth Information Charter.

⏰ Apply before 15 October 2026.

Need more guidance? Online info sessions will be organised on a needs-based basis. In the meantime, you can watch the following recordings:

ℹ️ Live info session from autumn 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY15Q_bvcsQ
💬 Q&A session from spring 2022: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw7GRQbyfSc

👉 For full details on the application procedure and documentation, consult eryica.org/label and contact [email protected]

16/09/2026

ERYICA has always had a special relationship with Slovakia! 🇸🇰

In this new chapter of , we head to Bratislava, a city deeply rooted in our history. Back in 1993, the 4th ERYICA General Assembly was held in the iconic Iuventa building, where the European Youth Information Charter was officially adopted. History repeated itself in 2004 when the updated Charter was adopted in the exact same location! 📜

While the building and the organisation were historically separate entities, and the original Iuventa has since evolved into today’s Národný inštitút vzdelávania a mládeže - Neformálne vzdelávanie(NIVAM), our trip here is an amazing opportunity to introduce you to the work NIVAM carries out today.

Do you want to learn more about their latest initiatives or how many people they reached across the country? Don't miss this post! 👇✨

14/09/2026

✈️ Next stop on : Madrid, Spain! 🇪🇸✨

Today, we are taking you to Madrid to highlight our member, the Centro Regional de Información y Documentación Juvenil (Juventud Comunidad de Madrid)!

Founded in 1985 and part of the ERYICA network since 2018, CRIDJ coordinates an impressive network of 395 youth information services, supported by 240 dedicated youth information workers. In 2025 alone, they reached over 335,000 young people across the region! 📈👏

👉 Want to learn more about how peer-to-peer youth information works in practice? Check out the images below! 👇