Youth for Exchange and Understanding
Abbreviation | YEU |
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Formation | August 28, 1986; 38 years ago (1986-08-28) |
Type | INGYO |
Headquarters | Rue de la Loi 235 - box 27, 1040 Brussels, Belgium |
Official language | English |
President | Tamara Cvetkovic |
Secretary General | Selin Gürlemez |
Website | www |
Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU) is an international nongovernmental nonprofit youth organisation established in 1986. It is a member of the European Youth Forum in Brussels. YEU is recognized by the Council of Europe and the Directorate of Youth and Sports of the European Commission. YEU has its Head Office in Brussels, Belgium and a second office in Faro, Portugal, from where it coordinates a network with more than 27 member organisations from Europe and North Africa. YEU is a non-profit International Youth Non Governmental Organization (IYNGO) independent of all political affiliation.
Overview
History
Youth for Exchange and Understanding was founded on 28 August 1986 in Strasbourg by a group of 120 young people from 11 different countries, a result of 4-year cooperation which started in Germany in 1981 with the first international meeting - Convention (officially said Convention in 1983) with participants from eight nations. Since 1989 it has been a member of the European Coordination Bureau. Today YEU is a member of the European Youth Forum and the Lifelong Learning Platform and it is considered by the Council of Europe and the European Union as an international non-governmental non-profit youth organisation.
Vision
Youth for Exchange and Understanding works to promote peace, understanding and co-operation between the young people of the world, in a spirit of respect for human rights.[1]
Mission
YEU is inclusive network of youth organisations, led by and for young people, promoting importance of active citizenship initiatives by using non-formal education as a tool in order to provide knowledge, skills and intercultural experience for personal and social development.
Structure
YEU is run by youth for youth with a democratic structure headed by a board of directors. It has two offices, the headquarter and administrative office in Brussels and a second office in Faro, Portugal. There are three main bodies within YEU, the administrative office (AO), the governing board (GB) and the assembly of member organisations (GA).
- The Administrative Office takes care of logistics, project management and coordination and network strategic planning;
- The Governing Board is composed by seven people and is responsible for general and planning and strategy of YEU;
- The General Assembly is held once a year with all full and observer members and it is devoted to GB and AO positions elections and to long-term planning.
Member organisations are youth-led NGOs registered as autonomous entities in their own countries.
Activities
YEU is actively involved in the Erasmus+ framework and works closely with the European Youth Foundation to design and develop projects and events targeted at youth.
- International projects: activities related with the work of YEU held in cooperation with other NGOs and/or partners, ranging from small events to extended cooperations in Horizon 2020 projects;
- International Youth Convention: a two to three-week convention held annually when people can experience life with local families, enjoy communal life in a campsite, and spend one week in a hostel in a city in the hosting country and meet with their peers, usually newcomers in the youth work field;
- Youth Exchanges: a meeting of young people involving a maximum of 40 participants and lasting for around one-week to share ideas and discuss on a particular theme such as environmental protection, equality and democracy, active citizenship, social inclusion, youth entrepreneurship, human rights education, etc.;
- Trainings: one-week long full immersion training activities aimed at improving competencies of youth workers in member organisations;
- Work camps: field work organised by a member organisation to perform a specific activity on a very local level to foster volunteering and youth work;
- Internships: periods of apprenticeship at one of the two offices open for people willing to explore the inner workings of an INGYO.
Members
Organisation | Country | Status |
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Act4Change | Belgium | Full Member |
Active Bulgarian Society | Bulgaria | Full Member |
Agency for Development and Cooperation Cerebra | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Full Member |
Armenia Progressive Youth | Armenia | Full Member |
Associação Movimento Juvenil em Olhão | Portugal | Full Member |
Association for Development, Education and Labour | Slovakia | Full Member |
"Bridge to the Future" Youth Public Union | Azerbaijan | Full Member |
Center for Intercultural Dialogue | Macedonia | Full Member |
Center for Social Innovations "Centrifuge" | Serbia | Full Member |
CIM Horyzonty | Poland | Full Member |
Civil Life Association | Turkey | Full Member |
Club Culturel Ali BELHOUANE | Tunisia | Full Member |
Community Volunteers Foundation | Turkey | Full Member |
Development NO Borders | Egypt | Full Member |
Express Yourself | Latvia | Full Member |
Foundation of Regional Initiatives | Ukraine | Full Member |
Impronta Giovani | Italy | Full Member |
Institute for Ukrainian Studies | Ukraine | Full Member |
Ireli | Azerbaijan | Full Member |
Jaunimo mainai ir bendradarbiavimas | Lithuania | Full Member |
No Excuse | Slovenia | Full Member |
Resource Centee Leskovac | Serbia | Full Member |
YEU Estonia | Estonia | Full Member |
Youth Exchange and Understanding Malta | Malta | Full Member |
Youth Exchange and Understanding Cyprus | Cyprus | Full Member |
ZID Montenegro | Montenegro | Full Member |
Ενωμένες Κοινωνίες των Βαλκανίων/United Societies of Balkans - U.S.B. | Greece | Full Member |
Culture Goes Europe Erfurt E.V. | Germany | Observer Member |
Generation of Changes | Ukraine | Observer Member |
Gibberish | Norway | Observer Member |
Mental Health Masters Association (MHMA) | Georgia | Observer Member |
Mladinski Center Bit | Slovenia | Observer Member |
SIT - Center for Counseling, Social Services, and Research | Kosovo | Observer Member |
References
- ^ "YEU website About Us section". YEU International.
External links
- YEU International Website
- European Youth Forum member list
- SALTO Youth page
- Publication on NFE adaptation by YEU
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youth
organisations
- Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe
- Alliance of European Voluntary Service Organisations
- ACTIVE - Sobriety, Friendship and Peace
- Board of European Students of Technology
- Democrat Youth Community of Europe
- European Bureau of Conscientious Objection
- European Confederation of Youth Clubs
- European Democrat Students
- European Educational Exchanges – Youth for Understanding
- European Federation for Intercultural Learning
- European Liberal Youth
- Erasmus Student Network
- European Students' Union
- European Trade Union Confederation Youth
- EU Federation of Youth Hostel Associations
- European Union of Jewish Students
- Ecumenical Youth Council in Europe
- International Federation of Catholic Parochial Youth Movements (Fimcap)
- Federation of Young European Greens
- International ATD Fourth World Movement
- International Federation of Liberal Youth
- International Falcon Movement - Socialist Education International
- International Federation of Medical Students' Associations
- International Union of Socialist Youth
- International Young Nature Friends
- International Young Catholic Students - International Movement of Catholic Students
- IGLYO
- Young European Federalists
- International Movement of Catholic Agricultural and Rural Youth Europe (MIJARC Europe)
- Organising Bureau of European School Student Unions
- Service Civil International
- World Esperanto Youth Organization
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- World Organization of the Scout Movement
- Youth Action for Peace
- Youth and Environment Europe
- Youth of the European People's Party
- Youth for Exchange and Understanding
- European Alliance of Young Men's Christian Associations
- Youth of European Nationalities
- Young European Socialists
- Young Women's Christian Association
youth
councils
- Allianssi
- British Youth Council
- Nationale Jeugdraad
- Comité pour les Relations Nationales et Internationales des Associations de Jeunesse et d'Education Populaire
- Eesti Noorteühenduste Liit
- Conférence Générale de la Jeunesse Luxembourgoise
- Consejo de la Juventud de España
- Conselho Nacional de Juventude
- Consell Nacional de la Joventut de Catalunya
- Consiliul Național al Tineretului din Moldova
- Comité pour les Relations Internationales de Jeunesse
- National Youth Council of Switzerland
- Cyprus Youth Council
- Deutsches Nationalkomitee für Internationale Jugendarbeit
- Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd
- National Youth Council of Greece
- Forum Nazionale dei Giovani
- Kunsill Nazzjonali Taz-Zghazagh
- Lietuvos jaunimo organizacijų taryba
- Latvijas Jaunatnes Padome
- Landsrådet for Norske barne- og ungdomsorganisasjoner
- Landsrådet för Sveriges ungdomsorganisationer
- Landsamband æskulýðsfélaga
- Mladinski Svet Slovenjie
- Mreža Mladih Hrvatske
- National Assembly of Youth Organisations of the Republic of Azerbaijan
- National Council of Youth Organisations of Georgia
- National Youth Council of Armenia
- National Youth Council of Ireland
- National Youth Council of Russia
- Österreichische Kinder- und Jugendvertretung
- Belarusian Union of Youth and Children's Public Associations
- Rada Mládeže Slovenska
- Česká rada dětí a mládeže
- Vlaamse Jeugdraad