Category: Support networks

Anefore is the Luxembourg National Agency for the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes, which enable young people to gain experience in Europe and beyond through youth exchanges, volunteering, work placements and studying abroad. These activities provide opportunities to discover new countries and cultures, develop skills, improve language skills, meet people from all over the world and build self-confidence. Anefore provides information, guidance and support to young people and organisations wishing to take advantage of these opportunities.

Website: www.anefore.lu

The Jugendrot/CGJL, Luxembourg’s National Youth Council, coordinates serveral Youth Delegates programmes:

EU Youth Delegates

The EU Youth Delegates programme enables young representatives to bring the perspectives of young people in Luxembourg into the EU Youth Dialogue.

The delegates take part in national consultations, contribute to preparing Luxembourg’s positions and participate in the EU Youth Conferences. There, they represent the concerns and recommendations expressed by their peers and contribute to shaping the outcomes at European level.

UN Youth Delegates Programme

UN Youth Delegates are young people who officially represent the interests and perspectives of young people from their country at the United Nations (UN). They are selected to accompany their government’s diplomatic delegation to UN meetings, in particular the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

In Luxembourg, the UN Youth Delegates Programme (UNYD) is an educational and citizenship programme designed to support young delegates in bringing the voices of young people from Luxembourg to the United Nations.

Climate Youth Delegates Programme

Climate Youth Delegates (CYD) are young people who officially represent the interests and perspectives of Luxembourg’s youth on climate-related issues at the annual United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP).

As part of the programme, they consult young people across Luxembourg to gather their views, concerns and priorities on climate issues and bring them into international discussions.

They are also selected to take part in a series of training sessions organised through the Climate Youth Negotiators Programme (CYNP) and to accompany the Luxembourg delegation to the COP.

Website : https://www.jugendrot.lu/

The Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action offers a wide range of job opportunities to young professionals as part of its support for programmes. These young experts and volunteers are offered fixed-term contracts and are seconded either to partner UN agencies, to European Union delegations or to Lux-Development in the target countries of Luxembourg’s bilateral cooperation.

Website: https://cooperation.gouvernement.lu/fr.html

The DiscoverEU Inclusion Action of the Erasmus+ programme enables young people aged 18 to 21 with fewer opportunities to discover Europe by train, alone or in small groups, with support and guidance adapted to their needs.

Website : https://youth.europa.eu/discovereu_en

The École d’Hôtellerie et de Tourisme du Luxembourg (EHTL) prepares tomorrow’s talents for careers in hospitality, gastronomy and tourism by combining academic learning, hands-on experience and an international outlook.

Through the Erasmus+ programme, our pupils and students have the opportunity to take part in internships and mobility experiences across Europe, discover different working cultures and develop their language and intercultural skills. These experiences help them become more independent, broaden their horizons and enrich both their personal and professional journeys.

Website : https://www.ehtl.lu/?lang=en

Eurodesk is a European youth mobility information network, present in 36 countries and co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme. In Luxembourg, Eurodesk is operated by the National Youth Service (Service national de la jeunesse – SNJ). Eurodesk informs and supports young people in developing their mobility project abroad, including volunteering, youth exchanges, traineeships, jobs, school stays, and au pair programmes.

Through personalised guidance and practical tools, Eurodesk helps young people find the opportunity that best suits them.

Website: www.eurodesk.lu

The International Youth Commission has been committed for many years to youth work, volunteering, interregional exchange in the Greater Region, and European youth exchanges. They offer multilingual training for youth leaders, with different certificates that are recognised in both Luxembourg and Germany. Together with their partner organisations, they also organise the Transfrontier Training, bringing together participants from Luxembourg, Germany, France, Belgium and Liechtenstein and preparing them to take part in intercultural youth exchanges.

Each year, they organise between 30 and 50 training courses, holiday camps and youth projects, including numerous Erasmus+ projects, which they either organise themselves in the Greater Region or carry out together with partner organisations in different European countries.

At the fair, they will present their various opportunities in the fields of volunteering, youth leader training, holiday camps, voluntary service and international youth projects, and show how young people can get involved, develop new skills and gain valuable international experience.

Website : https://jugend.ardennes-eifel.org/

Discover the opportunities the European Union offers young people to study, work, volunteer and take part in exchanges across Europe. Visit the Representation of the European Commission in Luxembourg stand for an interactive activity, test your knowledge and explore EU mobility programmes. Meet their team, receive practical information about opportunities available to you, and learn how young people can help shape EU policies and make their voices heard in European decision-making.

Website: https://luxembourg.representation.ec.europa.eu/index_fr

The European Voluntary Service gives young people the opportunity to get involved in projects across Europe, as well as in the Greater Region. With a wide range of opportunities available, it is a chance to develop new skills, gain valuable experience, and enrich their personal, academic, and professional journeys.

Volunteering activities can include sociocultural work, heritage preservation, youth information, supporting people in need, and much more, within a non-profit organisation such as an association or local authority. It is an opportunity to discover different European cultures, step outside of everyday life, and take concrete action through projects that make a positive impact on society.

Website : https://www.volontaires.lu/

Discover new opportunities to travel, learn and connect with the world!

Get an insight into how the European Youth Card gives young people access to discounts and advantages in Luxembourg and across Europe, and how youth hostels offer affordable, international and sustainable accommodation experiences. Get inspired for the next adventure, mobility project or cultural discovery!

Join their fun prize game and enter the draw to win a free European Youth Card

Website: https://cartejeunes.lu/

The language stays abroad offered by the Service national de la jeunesse (SNJ) give young people aged 16 to 21 the opportunity to immerse themselves in German and French and bring these languages to life through personal and enriching experiences.

Through fun activities, excursions and encounters with other young people, the languages are naturally and spontaneously used to express oneself, exchange ideas and communicate with others. These experiences allow them to rediscover and deepen their language skills, while gaining the confidence to navigate daily life in another country and in another language with ease and self-assurance. At the same time, they explore new cultures and build friendships that often go beyond the language and the stay itself.

From beginner to advanced – whether it is for one week or one month, during school holidays or throughout the year, from city life in Germany to the south of France – Sproochen Erliewen (Experience Languages) helps young people find the programme that best suits them. With personal guidance and pedagogical support, they accompany them at every stage of their language stay.

The Junior Technical Adviser (JTA) programme is an entry-level initiative in the field of development cooperation. It is funded by Luxembourg’s Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, and managed by LuxDev.
The programme gives young professionals the opportunity to put their skills to work in a local office or on a project or programme led by LuxDev in one of its partner countries. It is a chance to get a first taste of working in development cooperation, or to deepen existing knowledge in the field.

Website : www.luxdev.lu

The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defense, Cooperation, and Foreign Trade offers internships and fixed-term contracts at Luxembourg’s embassies and permanent representations abroad.

Website: https://mae.gouvernement.lu/fr.html

Discover key insights about international mobility at the Maison de l’orientation and Euroguidance Luxembourg stand!

They will provide practical information through their BOOST! Gap Year, BOOST! Work & Travel and their Étudier et travailler à l’étranger publications, as well as details about their info sessions. Join interactive workshops to explore skills gained through mobility abroad and try an activity to plan the gap year step by step!

Website: https://maison-orientation.public.lu/fr.html

The Higher Education Information department of the Ministry of Research and Higher Education (MESR) is an information service intended for anyone interested in higher education.

It provides information on study opportunities in Luxembourg and abroad after secondary school, as well as on admission requirements, application procedures, recognition of diplomas, and the various educational pathways available.

Website: https://mengstudien.public.lu/fr.html

The Voluntary Service for Cooperation (SVC) enables young people to get involved in a development cooperation or cultural project in a country outside of Europe and get immersed in a different world.

Discover realities different from your own, other social contexts and enriching human experiences. It is an opportunity to work with committed people, to learn about the world, to realise one’s ability to adapt, to become more independent and to integrate into a project.

Website: volontaires.lu

ReAct Luxembourg is an organisation that develops non-formal education projects through music, the arts, and sports. In particular, it hosts volunteers from the European Solidarity Corps and organises youth exchanges and training programs as part of Erasmus+.

At their booth, visitors will be able to explore all the Erasmus+ opportunities available in Luxembourg through the Erasmus+ HUB Luxembourg, an initiative that brings together in one place the various mobility and participation opportunities offered to young people.
They will also be able to dive into “Groove Together,” an ongoing Erasmus+ project, meet its international participants, and discover a variety of non-formal education activities that use music as a tool in youth work.

And to end on a musical note, the international participants in the “Groove Together” activity will put on a short acoustic performance on site.

Website : www.react.lu