Mission and Vision

Lisbon Youth Centre Mission and Vision

Lisbon Youth Centre (CJL), is a place with its own characteristics for the development of activities in the field of non-formal education, being an educational laboratory for the development of quality standards for youth work and a focal point for youth policy development and innovation.
It is located on the Portuguese Sport and Youth Institute (IPDJ) facilities in Parque das Nações, Lisbon, near the Moscavide train station and 1 km from the Oriente train and subaway station, as well as the Moscavide subaway station.

Mission

Taking as its mission the promotion of the Council of Europe (CoE) values, Human Rights, Democracy and Rule of Law, its fields of action are Human Rights Education, Young People’s Democratic Participation and Youth Rights, to which the cooperation and partnerships with regional, national and international institutions have contributted, through joint initiatives and projects.

Vison

With the aim of being “an open door to Europe and the world”, CJL provides a unique combination between development, non formal education and training, research and innovation, valuing the competences acquired and capacity building for young people and youth workers, with the goal of contributing for community development and young people’s democratic participation, and for a fairer, more solidary and democratic Europe.