The EU-CoE youth partnership is to foster synergies between the youth-oriented activities of the European Commission and the Council of Europe. The specific themes are participation and citizenship, social inclusion, recognition and quality of youth work. Today, the co-operation mainly focuses on: - Better knowledge on youth, for knowledge and evidence-based youth policy and pactice, and - Promotion of youth work Moreover, special attention is paid to the geographical scope of activities, covering Member States of the two partner institutions, and to the dissemination and publication of results.