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Approved and funded by European Commission, we are glad to present you a new, fresh, transnational project called “SPread” (formerly known as “EuroZine”) under www.sp-read.com
Our aim is to create and shape up an online platform for information about European cultural dimension, focusing on the experience of young people, on their feeling and their point of view, employing art and culture as tools to see through the levels, problems, features and possibilities of Europe.

YfS is one of key-partners in this project. Continue reading →

European Voluntary Service project during European Basketball Championship event in Lithuania, 2011
August 1-September 30, 2011
Kuršenai, Lithuania

Lithuanian National Agency of Youth in Action programme has supported EVS project. “Eurobasket of volunteers 2011″ gathered 12 young people from countries that had their teams playing in European basketball championship in Lithuania (France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Israel and Latvia). Project seeked to ensure intercultural learning in the local community and among the volunteers during one of the biggest sport events in Europe.
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Youth exchange on recycling and lifestyle outdoors

Youth for Society has received grant from Latvian National Agency of Youth in Action programme to implement the youth exchange on environmental issues related with youth active participation.
Partners coming from Portugal, Austria, Poland and Slovenia. Continue reading →

TC on youth volunteerism, participation and initiatives

Youth for Society in cooperation with Youth Association DRONI had received grant from Latvian National Agency of Youth in Action programme to implement in Ureki (Georgia) the training course KDM which promoted youth active citizenship and initiatives at local level.
There were represented EU and EECA countries. Participants coming from Latvia, Poland, Portugal, Hungary, Belarus, Moldova, Georgia and Armenia. Continue reading →

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Training on EuroMed cooperation and cultural dimension

16 Latvian participants spent 4 days in a Mediterranean atmosphere near Riga, even though behind window it was still winter time. The aim of TC was to discuss on EuroMed within cultural context, cooperation tools and to motivate interest about the neighbouring region of EU.
More information about TC you can read in Latvian here.

Thanks to our key partners Stepanavan Youth Center in Armenia and Youth Association DRONI in Georgia, organization Youth for Society is mentioned in  the Neighbouring Partner Countries – Good Practise Projects Database. It was created on basis of seminar “Let’s evaluate with our Neighbours” where in October 2009 over 60 youth workers from Programme countries and all neighbouring regions of European Union (Eastern Europe & Caucasus, Euromed, South East Europe) met in Poland to evaluate cooperation in frames of Youth in Action Programme.

The projects mentioned with the partnership of YfS are:

• youth exchange “Peace through Photography” that took place in Armenia, July 2008

• training course “Youth NGOs in Media” that was organized in Georgia, February 2008

Thank you Lilit and Giorgi for the support and appreciation of our partnership!