We invite our supporters, partners, friends, and all those engaged with and around the EJBM to the awarding ceremony of the Quality Label!

The year 2025 marks a great success for European youth work in Saxony-Anhalt: Following a comprehensive application and evaluation process, the Council of Europe has awarded us the Quality Label for Youth Centres in recognition of our educational work, our commitment to human rights and democracy education, and our European networking. This makes us only the 15th institution in Europe and the second "Quality Label Youth Centre" in Germany to receive this prestigious award.

We are extremely proud of this achievement and grateful for the extensive support from our partners, sponsors, and friends. We also see this award as recognition of the diverse efforts for democracy and intercultural exchange by numerous actors in Magdeburg and Saxony-Anhalt – a well-deserved honor and, especially in these times, an important sign for our region.

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Key Information

Date
Friday, 11 April 2025
Time
From 12 PM
Location
At the EJBM

Programme Preliminary

From 11 AM Arrival
Meet & Greet
12 PM Welcome Speech
Simone BORRIS, Mayor of the State Capital Magdeburg
Roland HALANG, President of the DRK State Association Saxony-Anhalt
Christian SCHARF, Director of EJBM and Dr. Christina LANGHANS, Pedagogical Director EJBM

Greetings

Holger PAECH, Children and Youth Officer for the Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health and Equality of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
Christoph DEISSENBERGER, Federal Foreign Office
Rolf WITTE, Board Chairman of IJAB - Centre for International Youth Work of the Federal Republic of Germany

Keynote Speech

Dr. Henrike FRANZ, State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture, Head of International Cooperation & EU Affairs

Awarding of the Quality Label

Tobias FLESSENKEMPER, Head of Youth Department at the Directorate of Democracy, Council of Europe
1 PM Culinary Delights
from the regions of European Quality Label Youth Centres (including vegan/vegetarian options)
2 PM Discussion Rounds with European Experts
Practical Insights: Youth work at European Quality Label Youth Centres
Youth Participation in European youth centres and at the Council of Europe: European Youth Foundation
Fostering Democracy on a communal and European level:– Partnership for Democracy and other opportunities
3:30 PM Coffee and Cake
From 5 PM BBQ and Celebration
Organised by the current international ESC volunteer team of EJBM, with DJs

Guests

We expect representatives from

  • Association of German Educational Centres
  • Bundestag Members from Saxony-Anhalt
  • Citizen and Heritage Associations Ottersleben
  • Civil Society Organisations in the Region
  • Council of Europe
  • Deutsch-Französisches Jugendwerk (Franco-German Youth Office)
  • Deutsch-Polnisches Jugendwerk (German-Polish Youth Office)
  • Deutsches Nationalkomitee für Internationale Jugendarbeit (German National Committee for International Youth Work)
  • Deutsches Rotes Kreuz Landesverband Sachsen-Anhalt (German Red Cross State Association Saxony-Anhalt)
  • Erasmus+
  • European Associations and Organisations in the Region
  • European Parliament
  • European Schools Saxony-Anhalt
  • Federal Foreign Office
  • Higher Education Institutions and Universities
  • IJAB (International Youth Service of the Federal Republic of Germany)
  • Landeszentrale für politische Bildung (State Centre for Civic Education)
  • Local Government of Magdeburg
  • Members of the State Parliament Committees for Education, Europe, and Social Affairs
  • Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Health, and Equality of Saxony-Anhalt
  • Office of the State Chancellery and Ministry of Culture Saxony-Anhalt
  • Private Sector Supporters of EJBM
  • Stadtjugendring, Landesjugendring, Bundesjugendring (City, State, and Federal Youth Councils)
  • The EJBM Children's Council
  • The EJBM Youth Council
  • Welfare Associations in the Region

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