youth movement [ young people's movement | youth organisation | Youth organizations(ECLAS) ]

European Coordination Bureau of International Youth Organization [ ECB,ECBIYO | European Liaison Secretariat for Youth Organization ]

National Council of Swedish Youth

National Council of Hungarian Youth organizations | MISZOT [Abbr.]

socio-educational instructor | youth workers and youth leaders

International Organization on Youth & Law

Meeting of Experts on Co-operation between Youth Movements and National Liberation Movements in Southern Africa

detention officer | youth detention worker | juvenile correctional officer | young offenders detention officer

disaffection of young people

young person [ adolescence | adolescent | minor | teenager | young people | youth | adolescence (human)(AGROVOC) | youth(GEMET) | Young adults(STW) | Youth(STW) | minors(UNBIS) ]

The consultation process for the 2001 White Paper for youth, regular encounters with youth organisations, European youth week, European youth portal consultations, Presidency youth events and other conferences, campaigns, forums, consultations held in Member States are some examples of efforts undertaken by the European Institutions and the Member States to put these principles into practice and better involve young people in the development of the EU.

It enables the implementation of the European [youth] policy on the national level, making the NA a very important player in this field in Poland (...) [It] is the largest tool used for promoting and implementing non-formal education in Poland (...) [It] is second to none in certain areas (multilateral exchanges, in particular with non-EU countries) (...) [It] offers extensive developments opportunities for youth organisations, both as regards the use of a wide range of opportunities to co-finance activities and personal development of employees" (PL) "The wide range of actions and types of activities provide the target groups with diffe ...[+++]rent opportunities that are not available in the national system" (DK) "YiA provides a number of opportunities which are not supported anywhere else, may this be the unique concept of the European Voluntary Service or the support for local initiatives of young people, who can acquaint here with the project management for the first time" (CZ) "YiA supports activities for which almost no other funding is available" (BE-NL) "YiA [supports] the youth sector in Malta allowing youth organisations to organise activities which, without the Programme's support, would not have been possible" (MT)

The aim of this action is to support bodies active at European level in the field of youth, in particular the operation of youth NGOs, their networking, advice for people developing projects, ensuring quality by means of the exchange, training and networking of those active in youth work and youth organisations, encouraging innovation and quality, providing young people with information, developing the structures and activities needed for the Programme to meet these goals and encouraging partnerships with local and regional authorities.

It encourages exchanges between and the training of those active in youth work and youth organisations, and the development of partnerships and networks of youth organisations.