1. Welcome to the TC Rainbow Show Brasov, 20 October 2005 European YOUTH Programme

2. WHY YOUTH ?  Stimulate the mobility of young people  Active participation in the development of Europe and of society  Create European partnerships between organisations  Fight against racism and xenophobia

3. KEY WORDS  Young people (individual or in group)  In their free time – non-formal education  Intercultural learning as red line  Gain knowledge, skills and competencies  Inclusion as priority: open to ALL young people

4. FOR WHOM?  Young people 15/18 – 25 years old  Youth workers / youth leaders  Youth organisations  Project managers in the field of youth and non-formal education  Other non-profit organisations, associations or structures

5. Countries  31 Programme countries 25 EU Member States 3 EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway) 3 Accession countries: Bulgaria, Romania, Turkey

6. 2005 Priorities Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities Promoting diversity and in particular reducing all forms of racism and xenophobia Follow-up of the European political cooperation in the youth field

7. ACTIONS IN YOUTH  Action 1 : Youth for Europe  Action 2 : European Voluntary Service  Action 3 : Youth initiatives  Action 5 : Support Measures

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9. ACTION 1: Youth Exchanges « Youth for Europe »  Bring groups of young people together  Intercultural learning: learn about other cultures and how young people live  Active involvement of the young people on a specific theme chosen by the young people

10. ACTION 1: Youth for Europe Formal criteria  Age: 15 - 25 years  Number of participants: 16 - 60  Duration exchange: 6 till 21 days  Bilateral – trilateral - multilateral

11. ACTION 1: Youth for Europe Content criteria  Active involvement of the young people  Red line or theme  Co-operation between the partner groups  Intercultural and local dimension  Programme and methods – Active dimension  Preparation and follow-up

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13. ACTION 2: European Voluntary Service  Voluntary service in a non-profit project  Strong learning experience for the volunteer  New European partnerships between organisations

14. ACTION 2: EVS Formal criteria  Age volunteer: 18-25 years  Long term projects: 6 till 12 months  Short term: 3 weeks till 6 months for youngsters with fewer opportunities

15. ACTION 2: EVS Formal criteria  Triangle: volunteer - sending organisation – host organisation

16. ACTION 2: EVS Content criteria  Good preparation, evaluation and follow-up  Training and supervision for the volunteer  Balanced tasks between learning and service  Strong partnership  Involvement of the volunteer

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18. ACTION 3: Youth Initiatives Aims:  to support young people’s initiative, creativity and active participation  To chance to try out ideas through initiatives run by themselves in the local community

19. ACTION 3: Youth initiatives  Action 3.1. : Group Initiatives  Action 3.2: Future Capital

20. ACTION 3.1.: Group initiatives  Small scale and innovative projects  Projects created and run by a group of young people  Contribution to their local community  With a European dimension

21. ACTION 3.1.: Group initiatives Formal criteria:  Age participants:15 till 25 years  Number of participants: min. 4  Duration: 3 till 12 months

22. ACTION 3.1.: Group initiatives Content criteria  Innovative in their context  Run by young people  Coming from a local need  With a European dimension

23. ACTION 3.1.: Group initiatives  Priority 1: run by young people with fewer opportunities and which benefit to the local community – max. € 10.000  Priority 2: run by any young people and which benefit young people with fewer opportunities – max. € 7.500  Priority 3: run by any young people and which benefit mainly the members of the group – max. € 5.000

24. Action 3: Networking projects  aims at identifying good practices and transferring the outcomes resulting  Usually after a Group Initiative  Cooperate with similar projects in other countries  added value

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26. ACTION 5: Support Measures Aims:  To develop the other YOUTH actions through training, co-operation and information projects  To contribute achieving the objectives of the YOUTH programme and strengthening European youth policy  To support the capacity building and innovation with regard to international training and co- operation in the field of youth work

27. ACTION 5: Support Measures Target group :  Youth workers on local, regional, national and international level  trainers  Groups of young people who want to set up an international project  Mentors of EVS projects ...

28. ACTION 5: Support Measures Key terms of action 5:  Co-operation and partnerships  Training measures  Youth information

29. The nine types of activity eligible for support: 1. Practical training experience (job shadowing) 2. Feasibility visits 3. Contact-making seminars 4. Study visits 5. Seminars 6. Training courses 7. Youth information 8. Transnational partnerships and networks 9. Support for capacity building and innovation

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31. DEADLINES  1 FEBRUARY: Start project from 1st May  1 APRIL: Start project from 1st July  1 JUNE: Start project from 1 st September  1 SEPTEMBER: Start project from 1st December  1 NOVEMBER: Start project from 1st February

32. ROLE OF THE NATIONAL AGENCY  Information and promotion  Advice and counselling  Training and quality support  Assessment and granting

33. TO END … Good luck with all your national and international plans and project ideas … Don’t hesitate to contact your National Agency!

34. YOUTH PROGRAMME & User’s guide: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/index_en.html http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/index_en.html http://www.salto-youth.net European Youth Portal http://europa.eu.int/youth http://www.eurodesk.org http://www.eryica.org/webportal http://www.euro26.org