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JEF-Europe is happy to announce that its multilateral youth exchange, applied for with the Youth in Action programme of the European Commission, has been approved. The exchange, entitled [ex]change, will be organised by JEF-Europe in cooperation with Eurooppanuoret ry (JEF-Finland), Europeisk Ungdom (JEF-Norway), Les Jeunes Europeens France (JEF-France), Avrupa Gencler Harekette Dernegi (JEF-Turkey), JEF-Moldova, JEFArmenia, “New Group” (SCI-Belarus), the “Youth Club PU” from Azerbaijan and All-Ukrainian union of Youth and Children organisations “Ukrainian Youth Forum”.

[ex]change will take place in the Ukrainian capital Kiev from 5th to 13th February 2011. The content of the seven days long programme aims to raise awareness about the importance of volunteering and to give incentives to the development of civil society organisations in the five Neighbouring Partner Countries (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine), as well as providing the participants from five Programme Countries (Belgium, France, Finland, Norway and Turkey) with insights on the situation of political youth work in European Neighbourhood Policy countries. Further objectives of the project include fostering exchange and mutual understanding between young people from different cultural, ethnic and religious background, encouraging young people to become active citizens, and developing intercultural dialogue.

In addition to that some important sub-topics are present in all JEF encounters, namely gender equality and combating all types of discrimination as well as focus on non-formal, informal and peer education. In a multicultural, informal environment 50 active and motivated young people from 10 partner countries will exchange views and ideas on volunteering, civil society and its role in the democratization process, democracy, rule of law, and human rights and basic freedoms. The participating approach as the main learning method will provide the basis for exchanging ideas, information, experience, expertise and good practices. Eventually the programme will be concluded with a civil society manifestation promoting the Year of Volunteering, taking place on the streets of Kiev.

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