Youth in Action Programme... Erasmus+

What is Youth in Action Programme?

YiA is the Programme the European Union has set up for young people. It aims to inspire a sense of active European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union's future. It promotes mobility within and beyond the EU's borders, non-formal learning and intercultural dialogue, and encourages the inclusion of all young people, regardless of their educational, social and cultural background: Youth in Action is a Programme for all.

Every year, thousands of projects are submitted by promoters in order to get financial support from the Programme; a selection process aims at granting the best projects.

Who is it for?  

The YOUTH IN ACTION programme is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education programme targeting young people aged between 13 and 30 years.

What are the main objectives?

• Promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular;
• Develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union;
• Foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries;
• Contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field;
• Promote European cooperation in the youth field. 

For more information follow the link: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.php

 

CHANGE!! - Youth in Action Programme as a part of Erasmus+

Since 2014 there is a new programme Erasmus+ for Education, Training, Youth, and Sport for 2014-2020.

What are the main objectives?

• Provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to study, train, gain work experience and volunteer abroad
• Support transnational partnerships among Education, Training, and Youth institutions and organisations 
• Foster cooperation and bridge the worlds of Education and work in order to tackle the skills gaps we are facing in Europe
• Support national efforts to modernise Education, Training, and Youth systems. In the field of Sport, there will be support for grassroots projects and cross-border challenges such as combating match-fixing, doping, violence and racism.

 For more information follow the link: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/index_en.htm

Play your cards right!

 

9 days training about effective methods of outdoor learning and experiential education for youth workers took place in the Czech Republic in Orlické hory in February 2014. There were 24 youth workers from 8 countries (Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia and Turkey).  

 

 

The goals of the training were as follows:

• to experience two days and nights surviving outside on the snow

• to get first hand experience with the programmes, games and activities used in experiential learning

• to understand the theory behind

 

• to share experience and good practices from your own youth work

• to try out the role of an instructor leading the activity for other participants

• to plan and develop your own project based on the experiential methodology in your home

country

The training course was organized by a non-formal group Czekobanda. The trainers are instructors of Outward Bound.
The project was funded by Youth in Action Programme.