1. TÜBİTAK Youth Programme Participating countries  15 EU Member States  3 EFTA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway  10 associated countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia  Cyprus  Malta  Turkey Duration: 1 January 2000 - 31 December 2006 Budget: 520 mEuro for 2000-2006

2. TÜBİTAK Youth Programme  Actions are:  Action 1 Youth for Europe  Action 2 European Voluntary Service  Action 3 Youth Initatives  Action 4 Joint Actions  Action 5 Support measures  There are National Agencies for theYOUTH programme in the thirty program Countries wich assist with the promotion and implementation of the programme at national level.  These are the 15 European Union Member States, and subject to agreements with the Community (1), countries that are candidates for accession to the European Union, and EFTA countries that are members of the European Economic Area.

3. TÜBİTAK Youth Programme  A new programme including the old Youth for Europe and European Voluntary Service programmes  Gives young people from the age of 15 upwards the chance to broaden their horizons and develop their sense of initiative through projects at hom or abroad.  While it provides structured European cooperation between youth organisations, local authorities, project leaders and others professionally concerned, the programme above all provides opportunities for mobility and informal learning to young people themselves.