Council of Europe

Quality Label for Youth Centres

In 2019, the de Hoge Rielen was awarded the Quality Label for Youth Centres by the Council of Europe. As a centre with this quality label, we want to fully propagate the themes of democracy, constitutional state and human rights, both in our operations and in our activities. 

This quality label is awarded at the European level to centres with a focus on youth work and non-formal learning. The youth centres must be linked to national authorities and have their own infrastructure (with facilities for catering and accommodation), in which it is possible to organise activities with youth groups. To obtain the quality label, each youth centre must also have its own educational team to develop (international) activities within its own profile.

The Council of Europe ensures that the values they uphold in their European policies are reflected throughout the operation of recognised youth centres. They mainly concern tolerance, accessibility, sustainability, customer friendliness, participation, intercultural learning and social inclusion.

Read more about the Quality Label for Youth Centres on the Quality Label for Youth Centres.

Platform for Youth Centres

At the Council of Europe’s Platform for Youth Centres, international youth centres meet to discuss and develop international projects.

The de Hoge Rielen was already present at previous conferences in various youth centres, including the Lisbon Youth Centre in Lisbon (2016), the Destelheide youth centre in Belgium (2017) and the European Youth Centre Budapest in Budapest (2018 and 2019).

Read more about the European Platform for Youth Centres on the European Platform for Youth Centres.

Annual training for educational staff

Within the framework of the Quality Label for Youth Centres, a delegation from the de Hoge Rielen attended training sessions in Budapest-Hungary (2016), Marienthal-Luxembourg (2018), Plovdiv-Bulgaria (2019) and Berlin-Germany (2020).