Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Youth Event

This regional youth event will aim to present the new opportunities offered by the Youth in Action Programme's Eastern Partnership Window and the Eastern Partnership Youth Programme to support exchanges, cooperation and capacity-building in the youth field in the Eastern Partnership region (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), as well as to encourage the development of concrete project ideas.

What can you expect?

The Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Youth Event will focus on the following objectives:

• to provide an overview of recent developments in the EaP region in the youth field with a special focus on Eastern Partnership Youth Window;
• to encourage partnership-building and the development of concrete project ideas to be implemented within the Eastern Partnership Youth Window;
• to highlight successful experiences of cooperation with the Eastern Partners supported by the EU Youth in Action Programme.

Who will be there?

The event will bring together up to 100 participants including youth workers, practitioners and institutional representatives from the six Eastern Partnership countries. The group will also include around 25 representatives from the Youth in Action Programme Countries (i.e., 27 EU and 4 EFTA Member States, Turkey, Croatia) who will participate in the study visit "Youth work reality in Armenia", which is organised by SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource Centre in connection with the youth event.

How can you be involved?

If you are...

• a youth worker/youth leader/youth project coordinator/representative of a body active in the field of youth;
• from one of the six Eastern Partnership Countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine;
• experienced in working directly with young people;
• interested in setting up youth projects within the Eastern Partnership Youth Window;
• willing to actively contribute to this event with your experience, practices and ideas;
• able to work in English and/or Russian

Please note! You can apply to participate in this event by filling in the on-line application form till the 5th of March 2012.

The selected participants will be informed directly by e-mail until 12th of March 2012.

Selected participants will be expected to play an active role in the event by sharing their views, practices and experience in relation to working with young people and/or developing youth projects in the region. Moreover, experience in working with young people with fewer opportunities living in rural or deprived urban areas will be particularly relevant for this event and will be considered an advantage in the selection of participants.

Languages of the event

The languages of the event will be English and Russian. Simultaneous interpreting will be available during the plenary sessions.

Financial Conditions

The European Commission will cover the travel and accommodation costs related to the participation in this event of the selected participants.