Welcome to the TC Rainbow Show

Brasov, 20 October 2005

European YOUTH Programme

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

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

FOR WHOM?Young people 15/18 – 25 years oldYouth workers / youth leadersYouth organisationsProject managers in the field of

youth and non-formal educationOther non-profit organisations,

associations or structures

Countries31 Programme countries

• 25 EU Member States • 3 EFTA countries (Iceland,

Liechtenstein and Norway)• 3 Accession countries: Bulgaria,

Romania, Turkey

2005 Priorities Inclusion of young people with fewer

opportunitiesPromoting diversity and in particular

reducing all forms of racism and xenophobia

Follow-up of the European political cooperation in the youth field

ACTIONS IN YOUTHAction 1 : Youth for Europe

Action 2 : European Voluntary

Service

Action 3 : Youth initiatives

Action 5 : Support Measures

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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

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

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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ACTION 2: European Voluntary

Service

Voluntary service in a non-profit project

Strong learning experience for the

volunteer

New European partnerships between

organisations

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

ACTION 2: EVS

Formal criteria

Triangle: volunteer - sending

organisation – host organisation

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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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

ACTION 3:Youth initiatives

Action 3.1. : Group Initiatives

Action 3.2: Future Capital

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

ACTION 3.1.:Group initiatives

Formal criteria: Age participants:15 till 25 years Number of participants: min. 4 Duration: 3 till 12 months

ACTION 3.1.:Group initiatives

Content criteria Innovative in their context Run by young people Coming from a local need With a European dimension

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

Action 3: Networking projects

aims at identifying good practices and transferring the outcomes resulting

Usually after a Group InitiativeCooperate with similar projects

in other countriesadded value

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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

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 ...

ACTION 5: Support Measures

Key terms of action 5:

Co-operation and partnerships

Training measures

Youth information

The nine types of activity eligible for support:

1. Practical training experience (job shadowing)

2. Feasibility visits 3. Contact-making seminars4. Study visits5. Seminars 6. Training courses7. Youth information 8. Transnational partnerships and networks 9. Support for capacity building and

innovation

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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

ROLE OF THE NATIONAL AGENCY

Information and promotion

Advice and counselling

Training and quality support

Assessment and granting

TO END …

Good luck with all your national and international plans and project

ideas …

Don’t hesitate to contact your National Agency!

YOUTH PROGRAMME & User’s guide: YOUTH PROGRAMME & User’s guide: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/index_en.html

http://www.salto-youth.net

European Youth Portalhttp://europa.eu.int/youth

http://www.eurodesk.orghttp://www.eryica.org/webportal

http://www.euro26.org