{"id":502,"date":"2025-03-20T11:47:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T11:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/?page_id=502"},"modified":"2026-10-15T13:45:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T13:45:33","slug":"join-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/join-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Join us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1\">Baltic Sea Youth Activities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\"><strong>Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum (BSRYF) Overview&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum (BSRYF) <\/strong>is a platform that empowers young people (aged 16-29) to participate in regional decision-making and policy-shaping in the Baltic Sea Region. Established in 2023, the BSRYF is a youth-led forum coordinated by the CBSS Secretariat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"247\" src=\"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/BSRYF-logo-full-1024x247.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-219\" style=\"width:315px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/BSRYF-logo-full-1024x247.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/BSRYF-logo-full-300x72.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/BSRYF-logo-full-768x186.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/03\/BSRYF-logo-full.jpg 1134w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\"><strong>Key Objectives<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Encourage meaningful youth involvement in institutions and policymaking.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Foster cooperation between youth, organisations and regional stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Strengthen regional identity and societal resilience.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\"><strong>Main Activities<\/strong><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Youth Elections &amp; Representation: <\/strong>Annual elections ensure democratic representation via the Committee of Youth Representatives (CYR).&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Events &amp; Engagement: <\/strong>Key initiatives include the CBSS Youth Ministerial, the Baltic Sea Parliamentary Youth Forum, EUSBSR related youth activities, BSR Hackathons, and various youth dialogue formats.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Working Groups: <\/strong>Focus areas like Anti-Trafficking, Security, and Culture address regional challenges and collaborate for a longer term.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collaboration: <\/strong>BSRYF cooperates with pan-Baltic organisations, National Youth Councils, EU bodies, and regional organisations.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">BSRYF enhances youth participation by providing structured democratic spaces for dialogue, fostering partnerships, and promoting innovative solutions for regional challenges.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">See the Baltic Sea Youth activities below <em>(dates are subject to change)<\/em>:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\"><strong>Good to know<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Committee of Youth Representatives (CYR) <\/strong>meets online once per month, currently on the <strong>third Friday of the month at 18:00 CET<\/strong>. Any cooperation requests can be sent to <strong><a href=\"mailto:youth@cbss.org\">youth@cbss.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Steering Group <\/strong>meets at least <strong>three times per year<\/strong>, while the <strong>BSRYF Working Groups <\/strong>meet as needed. For organisational questions or requests to attend a meeting, please contact <strong><a href=\"mailto:youth@cbss.org\">youth@cbss.org<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>CBSS <\/strong>and the <strong>BSRYF <\/strong>also organise Baltic Sea related webinars with experts. If you would like to suggest a topic or recommend an expert to invite, please reach out to us via <strong><a href=\"mailto:youth@cbss.org\">youth@cbss.org<\/a> <\/strong>or attend any of the BSRYF stakeholder meetings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BSRYF Stakeholder Meetings <\/strong>are open to representatives of youth and other organisations in the <strong>Baltic Sea Region<\/strong>. These meetings aim to facilitate exchange among actors in the field of youth participation and empowerment. Please register via the link in the table above.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-accent-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6\"><strong>Further information<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Want to become a member and receive our youth newsletter? <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/join-us\/bsryf-membership\/\">Join the BSRYF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CBSS update:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/eepurl.us3.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=77d449bd6d47db57390195f50&amp;id=d2499d4ce6\">CBSS newsletter sign-up<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>BSRYF and CBSS youth activities: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/\">https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CBSS and CBSS events: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cbss.org\/event\/\">https:\/\/cbss.org\/event\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>General inquiries:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:youth@cbss.org\">youth@cbss.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltic Sea Youth Activities Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum (BSRYF) Overview&nbsp; The Baltic Sea Region Youth Forum (BSRYF) is a platform that empowers young people&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":201,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-502","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/201"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1026,"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/502\/revisions\/1026"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cbss.org\/youth\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}