More specifically, the following priorities have been established for Youth for Europe III: - support for projects and project networks directly involving young people: this will involve continued promotion of youth exchanges, with the additional aim of stimulating initiative and creativity among young people in the Member States by supporting innovative initiatives by young people at local, regional, national or European level and projects enabling young people to take up voluntary service placements in another Member State in a wide variety of fields; - training for youth workers: support will be provided for activities (study visits, placements, seminars, developm ...[+++]ent of training materials, etc.) aiming to increase youth workers' awareness of the situation of young people in other Member States, and to enable them to establish the necessary contacts to organise exchanges or cooperation projects. The emphasis will be on language training for youth workers and training for those working with disadvantaged young people; - cooperation between youth structures: this will involve support for activities promoting increased mutual awareness between both government and non-governmental structures active in the youth field in the Member States, and promoting cooperation and the creation of new networks of partnerships between them, particular priority being given to those in charge of regional and local structures; - exchanges with non-Community countries: the objective of such exchanges is to foster awareness among young people in the Member States of the situation of young people outside the Community and encourage a spirit of solidarity.

- With a view to increasing cooperation between institutions working with young people "at risk" in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany, a Dutch group organised a three-day seminar for youth leaders working with disadvantaged young people.

- SOCRATES will also implement more general measures outside schools and universities, such as promoting language learning, supporting open and distance education, promoting exchange of information and experience through conferences, exchanges of experts, etc. YOUTH III: PRIORITY GIVEN TO COMBATING EXCLUSION The Youth III programme (1995-1999) will operate outside school and university structures, co-financing the following activities: - youth exchanges and mobility - activities of youth leaders and educators (training, placements, seminars in other Member States) - cooperation between State-run or non-governmental structures responsible ...[+++] for youth affairs within the Member States, through practical placements, study visits, conferences, etc.

The "Youth for Europe" programme The European "Youth for Europe" programme, with a budget of ECU 126 million for the period 1995-1999, operates separately from school and university structures and jointly finances the following measures: - exchanges and mobility for young people; - activities by social and educational organisers (training, courses and seminars in other Member States); - cooperation between structures in the Member States responsible for youth affairs, whether public or non-governmental, by means of practical training, study visits, conferences, etc.; - youth exchanges with third countries; - information for young peo ...[+++]ple and socio-economic and cultural studies on youth. * * *