Vienna, February, 2005 SALTO-YOUTHSALTO-YOUTH EASTERN EUROPE & CAUCASUS RESOURCE CENTRE Warsaw, POLAND

Vienna, February, 2005 What is the SALTO? S upport, A dvanced L earning and T raining O pportunities  Network of 8 Resource Centres provides support for quality in YOUTH projects, through various trainings. It offers also training materials and tools, organises activities building partnerships

Vienna, February, 2005 SALTO Family  EECA RC  Euro Med RC  SEE RC REGIONAL  Cultural Diversity RC  Inclusion RC THEMATIC  Youth Initiatives RC  Information RC  Training & Cooperation RC INTERNAL

Vienna, February, 2005  To promote cooperation between young people, youth organisations from Eastern European & Caucasus countries and Programme countries Aims of the EECA RC  To raise awareness and visibility of the YOUTH Programme in EECA countries  To build and strengthen partnerships between organisations

Vienna, February, 2005  Raising motivation for co-operation with EECA  Providing information about possibilities for co- operation within the YOUTH programme  Increasing visibility of the YOUTH programme in EECA region Objectives of the EECA RC  Providing support to find partners for projects  Coordinating training and partner-finding activities  Offering assistance to project organisers

Vienna, February, 2005 Eligible countries Eastern European and Caucasian countries: All 31 Programme countries  Armenia  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Georgia  Moldavia  Russian Federation  Ukraine

Vienna, February, 2005 Target Group of the EECA RC Project organizers Youth organisations Project coordinators Volunteers  Support for National Agencies of the YOUTH Programme  Direct support to

Vienna, February, DEVELOPMENTAL ACTIVITIES Pillars of the Work Plan TRAINING EVENTS 3. INFORMATION ACTIVITIES 4. SUPPORT TO THE NETWORK of National Agencies 5. COOPERATION WITH THE youthNET/ CIS

Vienna, February, 2005 SALTO EECA 2005 Events  February  April  May  June  September  October  October  November TC for Multipliers, TC Project management in Youth Exchanges CMS „WHY not 1” (Action 1) CMS „Uth 2” (Action 2) SV in Spain for participants from EECA countries Evaluation of the International Cooperation SV in Moldova for participants from Programme countries TC Cultural Diversity in the EECA region TC for YOUTH trainers in cooperation with Council of Europe

Vienna, February, 2005  February  March  April  May  June  September  October  December SALTO EECA 2006 Events  TC for YOUTH trainers in cooperation with Council of Europe  TC EVS project management  CMS „WHY not 1” (Action 1)  CMS „Uth 2” (Action 2)  SV in Russia for participants from Programme countries  SV for participants from EECA countries  SV in Caucasus for participants from Programme countries  Evaluation of the EECA RC work and Multipliers meeting

Vienna, February, 2005 Information  Web page  Information Leaflet about EECA YOUTH Resource Centre – English & seven national languages version  International Cooperation Kit – English & Russian version – how to organise project with EECA countries within the YOUTH Programme  CONTACT LIST of the organisations interested in projects with EECA countries (contacts from EECA and Programme countries)  “EECA manual”– useful internet links about EECA countries

Vienna, February, 2005 Network of Multipliers  Network of 21 Multipliers – representatives of different NGOs  Supporting SALTO EECA in their countries  Organising information activities  Providing neccesary expertise about countries of the Region  Armenia 3  Azerbaijan 1  Belarus 3  Georgia 3  Moldova 1  Russian Federation 6  Ukraine 4

Vienna, February, 2005 Cooperation with the youthNET Newsletter  SALTO & youthNET/ CIS joint information, quaterly distrubuted Newsletter Event Calendar  Common Event Calendar Selection of Participants  Common Selection of Participants  Cooperation in organising relevant projects  Mutual promotion of each others work

Vienna, February, 2005 Assistance to NAs  EECA country profile  Assistance in finding partners  Expertise related to the EECA countries  Finding solutions in crisis situations  Evaluation meetings with NAs and Beneficiaries

Vienna, February, 2005 How to find us? Web page: SALTO-YOUTH EECA Resource Centre Ul. Mokotowska Warszawa

Vienna, February, 2005 Please do not hesitate to share with us your proposals, comments and queries SALTO EECA Team THANK YOU