Eurodesk News August 2009

International Youth Day 2009 - 12 August

The theme for International Youth Day 2009 is Sustainability: Our Challenge, Our Future.

“Conference on the Future EU Cooperation in the Youth Field” Stockholm, Sweden, 12-14.09.09

The purpose of the conference is to give the participants an opportunity to meet and discuss the substance of future EU youth policy cooperation.
The consultations will be based on a series of previous efforts, such as the European Commission’s communication 'An EU Strategy for Youth – Investing and Empowering', the Member States’ evaluations of the current cooperation in the area of youth policy, the European Youth Forum (EYF) shadow report, and results from the 'Youth Event on Future EU Youth Policy meeting' held during the Czech Presidency.
The results will contribute to the discussions in the Council Working Party on Youth. The decision on a new framework for youth policy cooperation will then be taken by the Council on 26–27 November 2009.

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Going abroad to learn: Commission launches a public consultation on mobility opportunities for young people

The European Commission published a Green Paper on "Promoting the learning mobility of young people" with the aim of opening up a debate on how best to boost the opportunities for young people in Europe to develop their knowledge and skills by going abroad.

With this Green Paper the Commission has launched a public consultation which will be open until 15 December 2009.
Responses will be gathered via an online questionnaire and by written submissions.

Green Paper (PDF)

On-line multiple-choice questionnaire

Training Course “Removing the linguistic barriers in English within intercultural communication” Saint Malo, France, 30.11-6.12.09

The course aims to give participants confidence in using English to develop European projects under the YiA programme, to improve their practice in English related to international youth work, to understand intercultural situations in international work.

It is addressed at project managers, trainers, youth leaders and workers from all Youth in Action Programme Countries, South-East Europe, Eastern Europe and Caucasus.

Deadline for applying 30 September 2009

http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-training/1588.html

"Contact Making Seminar Physically disabled in EVS" Hoje Taastrup, Denmark, 11-15.11.09

Seminar for host, sending and coordinationg organisations with focus on inclusion of physically disabled young people in European Voluntary projects (action 2 of the Youth in Action Programme). Its aims are,to increase the number of physically disabled young people in European Voluntary Service projects within the Youth in Action Programme.

The seminar is addressed at project managers, youth leaders and workers from all Youth in Action Programme Countries.

Deadline for applying 25 September 2009

http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-training/1574.html

Worldometers: World statistics updated in real time

If you ever wondered how many emails have been sent out today in the world, this might be a cool website for you to check out. Besides such trivial facts the website also features statistics about more serious questions, like the current world population and carbon dioxide emissions this year, all updated in real time based on an algorithm that processes the latest and most accurate statistical data available.

http://www.worldometers.info

Youth in Action Best practice booklet with a focus on Innovation and Creativity

Projects presented in this booklet focused specifically on Creativity and Innovation and demonstrate the thrill of creative effort among young people, and their commitment to making changes for Europe and for the world. The examples are intended to encourage others to undertake innovative initiatives and to perceive the world in an original and creative way.