Youth in Action Programme

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Youth in Action Programme 2007-2013
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• 4 Priorities of the programme
• European Citizenship
• Participation of young people
• Cultural Diversity
• Inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities

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European citizenship

• Making young people aware that they are European
  citizens
• European values
• ?Encourage young people to reflect upon European
  topics

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Participation of young people

• Encourage young people to be active citizens
• Increase participation by young people in the
  civic life of their community
• Increase participation by young people in the
  system of representative democracy
• Support various forms of learning to participate

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Cultural diversity

• Make young people aware of the intercultual
  dimension of projects
• Fight against racism and xenophobia

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Social inclusion

• Give young people with fewer opportunities access
  to YiA
• Avoid exclusion of specific target groups
• ?Inclusion strategy of Youth in Action

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• Important Features of the programme
• Non-Formal Learning
• Recognition of non-formal learning
• Visibility of Youth in Action Programme
• Valorisation of Results
• Anti-discrimination
• Equality between women and men
• Protection and safety
• Multilingualism

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Non-formal learning

• Youth in Action provides opportunities for young
  people to acquire skills and competences
  instrument for non-formal and informal learning
• Participative and learner-centred approach,
  voluntary basis
• Complementary to formal education and training

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Recognition of non-formal learning

• Instrument of validation and recognition of
  non-formal learning experiences under Youth in
  Action
• ? Youthpass
• Ready to be implemented in 2007 (for Youth
  Exchange and EVS)
• Developed in cooperation with SALTO Germany

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Valorisation

• Dissemination and exploitation of results in view
  of optimising their value and impact

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Protection and safety of young people

• Child protection in a broader sense covering all
  kinds of problems including sexual and moral
  harassment, intercultural problems, accidents,
  fire
• Guidelines adopted under YOUTH
• Training

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Supportive approach

• The supportive approach of the Youth in Action
  Programme consists of guiding users of the
  Programme through all phases, from the first
  contact with the Programme through the
  application process to the realisation of the
  project and the final evaluation

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Training strategy of Youth in Action

• Training and Cooperation Plans of NAs
• Staff training
• SALTO Resource Centres
• Action 4.3 Training and Networking for those
  active in the field of youth
• Partnership between the European Commission and
  the Council of Europe

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Age limits

• General target group
• Young people between 13 and 30
• Core target group
• Young people between 15 and 28 years

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Age limits

• Lower age limit Upper age limit
  Exception
• Action 1 Youth for Europe
• 1.1 Youth Exchange 13 25
  26-30
• 1.2. Youth Initiatives
  18 30 15-17
• 1.3. Youth Democracy
• Projects 13 30 None
• Action 2 European Voluntary Service
• Lower age limit Upper age
  limit Exception
• 18 30 16-17
• Action 3 Youth in the world
• For Youth Exchanges, the rules as in Action 1
  apply, for Training and Networking Projects, the
  rules as in Action 4 apply.
• Action 4 Youth support systems
• No age limits
• Action 5 European cooperation in the youth field
• 5.1 Transnational Youth Seminars and National
  Youth Seminars

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Who can participate?

• Programme Countries
• EU Member States
• EFTA/EEA countries
• Candidate Countries
• Neighbouring Partner Countries
• Other Partner Countries of the world

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Who can participate?Neighbouring Partner
Countries

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• Actions of the programme
• Action 1 - Youth for Europe
• Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
• Action 3 Youth in the World
• Action 4 - Youth support systems
• Action 5 Support for policy cooperation

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• Action 1 Youth for Europe
• Action 1 is divided in 3 sub-Actions
• Youth Exchanges
• Youth Initiatives
• Youth Democracy Projects

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Action 1.1 Youth Exchanges

• Similar scheme than under YOUTH
• Focus on advance planning visit
• Focus on child protection
• Priority for multilateral youth exchange
• Follow up/valorisation activity possible
• Youthpass

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Action 1.2 Youth Initiatives

• Distinction between  National Youth
  Initiatives  and  Transnational Youth
  Initiatives 
• Coaching
• Follow-up/valorisation activity

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• Thank you for your attention!
• More information
• Dorota Bregin (Silesia Nostra Association,
  Poland)
• dorota_at_silesianostra.pl
• Mobile [phone]
• Vojtech Broucek (Junák, Czech Republic)
• vojtech.broucek_at_junak.cz
• Mobile [phone]