European Citizenship Resources
Goal 1 of the Joint Plan is concerned with Enabling Young People to be European Citizens. A number of useful resources have been identified below relating to this goal by the Europe Region WAGGGS and the European Scout Region for Member Organizations which may be of use in their work. Click on each link below to find out more. SpeakOut! myEurope The Active Citzenship Network The Active Citizenship Network officially began in December 2001 as the European and international branch of the Italian Citizen movement Cittadinanzattiva. Its mission is to promote and support the construction of European citizenship as an ‘active citizenship’ meaning the exercise of powers and responsibilities of citizens in policy making. It also requires an enrichment of the concept of subsidiarity of the European Union to include the relationship between institutions and citizens in order that institutions favour the free initiative of citizens, both as individuals and organizations, in carrying out activities directed to the common interest. Many databases have been set up to help you find partners for international projects. Here you can find information about people, groups, or organisations looking for a partner for projects. Often you can also add your own partner finding request. Below you will find some of the most used databases. Culture 2000: Arts and cultural organisations
This Partner Search Database is an initiative of the European Network of Cultural Contact Points, co-funded by the European Commission to assist arts and cultural organisations in European countries. All existing Cultural Contact Points agreed to offer this page in English as the best means to enable the maximum number of exchanges to be developed across the 28 countries eligible for Culture 2000. However, it is also available in Spanish since this database is hosted by the Spanish Cultural Contact Point. Daphne II programme: project database Daphne II is the European Union programme to combat violence against children, young people and women. In this database you can search for projects in a very simple way. Contact details are included for each project. This is a useful resource to all those working in the fight against violence against children, young people and women, and is an essential reference for organisations preparing projects for funding. eLearning: Partner Search Forum Partner Search to help establish contacts between organisations in different countries interested in collaborating in the development of e-learning projects and in finding partners. EQUAL programme and European Social Fund Contacts This database contains information on all of the projects financed through the EQUAL programme within the European Union and in some candidate countries. The information is meant for those involved with EQUAL, for networking and for transnational activities, specific observers (political, researchers, etc.), and the public who take an interest in employment issues, social integration, combating discrimination and inequality, innovation, etc. Different search forms (simple or advanced) are available in the 11 languages. YONET - Youth Opportunities Network You are setting up an international seminar or training course and you need partners or information. Consult the YONET database or add your project. The main aim of this web site is to be useful for youth co-operation. Here you can also find other useful tools that you might need for an international project. Youth programme: "Contact-exchange" of Webforum Jugend Youth programme: Connect Youth Connect Youth International promotes exchanges of young people between the and other countries. They offer an on-line partner request database, which lists groups and organisations from across
Youth programme: Database for youth exchange partner groups This web site has been designed to support groups of young people in finding partners with the specific purpose of organising intercultural youth exchanges within the framework of the European Union YOUTH programme. The Euromed Platform offers its own partner search tool where you can search on interest, country (EU Member States and
Youth programme: Eurotools Organisations This part of the website provides information on the subject or area in which the organisations work, their country and town, the actions in which they participate, their contact details, and website. Youth programme: EVS database of accepted host placements The SOS database includes descriptions for approved EVS host placements in the Programme Countries of the YOUTH Programme. Each placement is presented with a short description of the region, the project and the volunteer tasks. You can search the database by theme or country. Youth programme: Partners from South
Are you looking for partners for a YOUTH programme project involving countries in South East Europe and other regions in
The Institute for Citizenship is an independent charitable trust. It aims to promote informed, active citizenship and greater participation in democracy and society through a combination of community projects, research, education and discussion and debate.
myEurope is a web-based project which aims to help teachers raise their pupils’ awareness of what it means to be a young citizen in
Youth programme: Euro-Mediterranean Youth Platform partner search