Youth In Action » Support programme for the projects of young people from 13 to 30 years old

I have a great project idea !!! But how can I realize it concretely ? And what about living for a while abroad ?... How do the young people live in Austria, in Estonia, in Romania, in Ireland?... I would like to do something useful before to start working!

33 to promote young people’s active European citizenship; to develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union; to foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries; to contribute developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of the civil society organisations in the youth field; to promote European cooperation in the youth field. PERMANENT PRIORITIES Active European citizenship; Participation of young people; Cultural diversity Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities OBJECTIVES

Going abroad for 6 to 12 months  European Voluntary Service. Implement, locally, in your country a European project  Youth initiatives (national or transnational) Impulse a youth participation project in my town  participate in or implement a democracy project. Meet a group of young Europeans during 1 to 3 weeks  participate in a youth exchange. Get support to implement new projects at local or European level  Training courses, seminars, feasibility visits, etc… Budget: 885 millions Euros for seven years 1 PROGRAMME, SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES !

Aim : Meet other young Europeans 1 to 3 weeks to share ideas and work on a thematic concept. Age: years old (exception up to 30). Financing: Most of the costs are covered by the European Union (70% of travel costs, lump sum per day etc..) YOUTH EXCHANGES. Action1.1 (or 3.1 with neighbouring countries )

ARCH OF NOAH, an example of youth exchange organised by Youth Express Network When: from 21st of June to the 1st July 2007 Where: Yerevan, Armenia Who: 40 participants from Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Italy, Moldova and Turkey. What: youth exchange using arts as a tool to promote diversity.

YOUTH INITIATIVES. Action 1.2 Participants: young people aged from (15-18 if accompanied by a youth worker or a coach) and legally resident in Programme countries. Duration : 3 to 18 months. Theme : art, culture, social inclusion, equal opportunities, health, youth information…… Financing: up to 8 000€ for a national, € for a transnational

Youth initiatives, an example: « SPLASH ! » Environmental awareness theatre project The Project: Writing and broadcasting of a visual and comic entertainment underlining the importance of the water and the necessity of its conservation Public : all ages, all nationalities Budget : € total budget (8 000€ by the Youth Initiatives)

YOUTH DEMOCRACY PROJECTS. Action 1.3 Participants: young people aged from and legally resident in Programme countries. Duration : 6 to 18 months Theme: The youth democracy projects must have a thematic concept like for instance : active participation, cultural diversity, social inclusion, future of Europe etc.. Financing : 75% of the total eligible costs and up to €

PARTICIPATION NOW ! an example of Youth democracy project developed by Youth Express Network What : a preparation meeting, a conference and an evaluation meeting about youth participation. When : from April 2008 to July 2009 Where : STUTTGART, Germany ; STRASBOURG, France; LODZ, Poland For and with : 54 young people ( from France, Germany and Poland), 3 NGO and 3 youth councils of 3 municipalities.

 E like European : You can do your voluntary service in most of European countries  V like volunteer : on the spot, you are not a paid worker. You will get pocket money (between 60 € à 145 € per month).  S like Service: doing an EVS, you are working for an NGO or a public institution for the benefit of the local community Action 2 : EVS : WHAT IS IT ?

 The projects can be various! Social, environmental, cultural …. A data base of accredited project exists:  Young people from 18 to 30 years old Hosting organisation Sending organisation A contract between the 3 partners Action 2 : EVS : WHAT IS IT ?

EVS IN YOUTH EXPRESS NETWORK The Club des Jeunes l’Etage in Strasbourg (France) hosts since 1998 EVS Volunteers. Since more than10 years, young people from Ireland, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Spain, Romania, came to Strasbourg to give a hand in the hosting of young homeless people in Strasbourg.

YOUTH SUPPORT SYSTEM: Action 4 More specifically action 4.3 (and 3.1) : Training and networking of those active in youth work and Youth activities (NO AGE LIMIT !!!) 1.Job shadowing 2.Feasibility visits 3.Evaluations meetings 4.Study visits 5.Partnership building activities 6.Seminar 7.Training course 8.Networking This action 4.3 (and 3.1) allow following projects:

Job shadowing : in 2007 the “Club des Jeunes l’Etage” in Strasbourg (France) hosted Marve, a Swedish social worker during 3 weeks for a practical experience in a social restaurant for young homeless people Feasibility visit: In January 2007 Youth Express Network organised a feasibility visit in MINSK (Belarus) in order to prepare project involving Caucasus and Eastern countries. Evaluation meeting: Roads of dialogue, in Mollina September 2008 was evaluating projects that Y-E-N organised in the frame of the European Year of Intercultural dialogue. Youth Express Networks projects in Action 4.3 and 3.1

Youth Express Networks projects in Action 4.3 et 3.1 Seminar: the mobile seminar Balkan Tour - Sunshine Bus which brought 30 youth workers through Croatia, Bosnia- Herzegovina and Montenegro (June 2008) Training course: Youth Express Network organised also in July 2008 a training course Yes to intercultural dialogue in Timisoara, Romania.

For more information : contact your National Agency of the « Youth In Action» programme Or visit the Education Audivisual and Culture Executive Agency: Merci, Mulţumesc, Obrigado, Grazie, Thank you, Tack, Danke, Gracias..... pour votre attention!