The EU Youth Conference in Dublin has finished, but the consultation it forms part of is continuing. The European Youth Portal’s account, updated on 9 October, says young people can still contribute to the current EU Youth Dialogue on information and constructive dialogue. [1]

That distinction matters for an Irish young person who did not attend the September gathering: participation is a continuing process, rather than a single invitation-only meeting. The Irish route is the National Youth Council of Ireland’s Young Voices programme. [2]

The conference and the consultation have different dates

The Dublin conference took place from 27 to 30 September. Its work included trustworthy information, constructive discussion and proposals to revise the European Youth Goals. The portal says recommendations are intended to feed into Council conclusions in November and that the next conference will be in Lithuania in March 2027. [1]

Those are future policy milestones. The account does not mean that every recommendation is already an adopted rule, a funded programme or a service available in a local community.

NYCI explains that the 12th dialogue cycle runs from July 2026 to December 2027 across the Irish, Lithuanian and Greek presidencies. Its consultation and implementation phases serve different purposes: gathering views first, then seeking to turn the results into action. [3]

Find the Irish participation route

Young Voices describes ongoing opportunities for people aged 16 to 30. Its current page lists a Cycle 12 online survey, youth events and ways for youth organisations to bring the consultation into their own work. It gives youngvoices@nyci.ie and international@nyci.ie for enquiries. [2]

Use that official page to check the available route, its conditions and how information will be used. Do not assume the age range for the wider programme means every conference role or event has identical eligibility. Equally, an older recruitment call for the September conference is not a current application opportunity.

Bring a specific information problem to the discussion

Before answering a survey or joining a session, choose an experience you can describe accurately. For example, where do you look for information about education, work or public services, and what makes it difficult to judge whether the source is reliable?

Explain what you needed, where the difficulty arose and what would have made the information easier to understand. Keep personal details and other people’s private experiences out of a public discussion unless you have their permission to share them.

The same approach can help a youth group organise a conversation: allow different experiences to be heard, distinguish a question from an accusation and identify the change people want to see. These are practical ways to prepare a contribution, not claims about what conference participants said.

Follow the next stage as well as the invitation

Save the official programme and outcomes links so you can check later reports and policy developments. A consultation is an opportunity to contribute; it does not guarantee adoption of an individual suggestion or selection as a delegate.

Sources were checked on 12 October 2026. This article concerns the ongoing dialogue after the September conference, not a conference happening today.