Youth in Action is
the Programme the European Union has set up for young people. It aims to
inspire a sense of active European citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among
young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union's future. It promotes
mobility within and beyond the EU's borders, non-formal learning and
intercultural dialogue, and encourages the inclusion of all young people,
regardless of their educational, social and cultural background: Youth in
Action is a Programme for all.
The Youth In Action
programme is the EU’s mobility and non-formal education. Its general objectives
are:
- Promote young people’s active citizenship in general and their European citizenship in particular;
- Develop solidarity and promote tolerance among young people, in particular in order to foster social cohesion in the European Union;
- Foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries;
- Contribute to developing the quality of support systems for youth activities and the capabilities of civil society organisations in the youth field;
- Promote European cooperation in the youth field.
In order to achieve its objectives, the Youth in Action
Programme foresees five operational Actions:
Action 1 - Youth for Europe
Action 2 - European Voluntary Service
Action 3 - Youth in the World
Action 4 - Youth Support Systems
Action 5 - Support for European cooperation in the youth
field
DG Education and Culture is responsible for the running of
the Youth in Action Programme. It manages the budget and sets priorities,
targets and criteria for the Programme on an ongoing basis. Furthermore, it
guides and monitors the general implementation, follow-up and evaluation of the
Programme at European level. The Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive
Agency (EACEA) is responsible notably for the implementation of the permanent
and centralised actions of the Youth in Action Programme and for launching the
specific calls for proposals. It is in charge of the complete life cycle of
selected projects, from analysing the grant request to monitoring projects on
the spot.
The National Agencies are responsible for the implementation
of the permanent and decentralised actions of the Youth in Action Programme.
Source: http://eacea.ec.europa.eu/youth/programme/about_youth_en.php
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