Youth for Europe III

OBJECTIVE

To contribute to fostering quality education by developing exchange activities within the Community, by other supplementary activities in the youth policy field connected with such exchanges, and by exchanges  with non-member countries with which Community has cooperation agreements.

COMMUNITY MEASURES

European Parliament and Council decision 95/818/EC of 14 March 1995 adopting the third phase of the "Youth for Europe" programme designed to promote the development of exchanges among young people and of youth activities in the Community.

CONTENTS

1. The programme is adopted for the period running from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 1999.

2. The programme provides for specific aims which include: intensification of exchanges of young people aged 15 to 25 living in the 15 Member States of the Union, and also in Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Cyprus; support for innovatory projects and initiatives from young people;  allow young people to benefit from joint Community-level actions linked to the general aims of youth policy at national or Community level;  step up cooperation among Member States and between them and the Commission through exchanges of experience and joint initiatives at Community level;  promoting exchanges with young people in non-member countries.

3. Under the proposal special attention will be paid to ensuring that disadvantaged young people will have access to activities run under the programme and to improving the quality of the projects undertaken for
this target group.

4. The Commission encourages Member States to take appropriate measures to preserve and develop the structures set up to achieve the objectives of the programme and to make suitable arrangements for evaluating and monitoring the actions set out in the programme and for applying consultation and selection mechanisms.

5. The Commission will be assisted by a committee of an advisory nature composed of the representatives of the Member States.

6. The Commission will ensure the implementation of the programme.

7. The annex to the proposal sets out five main actions:
Action A: intra-Community activities directly involving young people;
Action B: youth workers;
Action C: cooperation between Member States' structures;
Action D: exchanges with non-member countries;
Action E: information for young people and youth research.

 

More information:http://europa.eu.int/scadplus/leg/en/cha/c11601b.htm

 

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