European Youth in Action Programme (YiA)
The European Commission, the European Parliament and the Member States of the European Union have agreed to establish the Youth in Action Programme, which materialises the legal framework to support non-formal learning activities for young people. It will run from 2007 to 2013.
The Youth in Action Programme makes an important contribution to the acquisition of competences and is therefore a key instrument in providing young people with opportunities for non-formal and informal learning in a European dimension. It contributes to the fulfilment of the aims set out in the Lisbon Strategy and aims to respond at European level to the needs of young people from adolescence to adulthood.
Objectives of the Youth in Action Programme
The general objectives stated in the legal basis of the Youth in Action Programme are the following:
- 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.
For more information on the Youth in Action Programme -YiA- please visit:
http://www.ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.html
For more information on the Icelandic National Agency for the Youth Programme, please visit:
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