ESC: Stronger Together

Európa Ifjúsága Egyesület (Youth of Europe Association) was founded in 2008. The aims to promote the autonomy and personality of young people and their active social engagement. Supporting disadvantaged young people in the interests of equal opportunities, involving young people in small settlements in social processes. To strengthen the integration of people with disabilities and the minority to our society. The target group is not really specialized, every young people from the age 12 to 30. During our activities we try to influence the aspect and the attitude of the youngsters to become responsible adults. Furthermore the association transact international youth exchanges, trainings, children and family programs, exhibitions, camps, quizzes, courses, concerts, performances, and traditional programs to achieve its goals. The association have been generating projects for supporting inclusion and acceptance in the past few years at national and international level, promoting equality, active social engagement, youth involvement. For this one of our helper is a local radio, where the association has a show in every month to go there with the youngsters and talk about the things which is important for them. The association have been coordinating young European volunteer services. With the international projects, more than 600 young people participated in any international programs. The association is Eurodesk partner and the coordinator of the Eurodesk Network in Central Transdanubia. We provide low-threshold services so more young people can connenct with us. We manage to make free programs with supporters. We provide practical spaces for university students.

Expanding domestic and international calculations will ensure the continuity of activities. Building on our expanding domestic and international volunteer base, we ensure continuity of activities. With their involvement, we can meet several requests at the high schools, at city-level events. We provide disadvantaged young people with opportunities that they will not achieve without our support, helping their integration into the community and their participation in voluntary activities.
We are regularly present in online and offline media (eg Facebook, Youtube, Instagram).

We work with the tools of non-formal learning. We are involved in domestic and international training involving young people, because it is important for the professionals who work with them to progress. We monitor the development of international youth policy, participate in influencing processes defining domestic youth policy.

A key element of a democratic society is the participation of young people in communities. They must have the right space, rights, means, knowledge, opportunities to be able to create a proper society. It is relevant to recognize the need for common social responsibility, the need for equal opportunities, and the emphasis on positive interdependence. They have to be utilized to reduce the presence of dependence. Ideal communication skills, self-esteem, self-confidence, acceptance environment and the existence of a potential community are an elementary condition for a complete, responsible life.
By developing their communication skills, self-esteem and self-confidence, they change their mindset, acquire attitudes that provide a broader perspective and improve their personality. New contacts make it easier to accept others and become more tolerant. They become eligible to co-operate with other areas, conduct community actions, actively participate in volunteer youth work, youth organizations, encourage people to help, support and transfer their knowledge of society. It also supports disadvantaged people in integration into society. The acquired information is passed on, multiplied in their families, in their school, in their narrower, wider environment, and contributes preventively to the formation of our society.
Európa Ifjúsága Egyesület is a Eurodesk Partner organization. The leader of the association coordinates the Eurodesk network of Central-Transdanubia in Hungary therefore we take part in activities nationwide in many projects and represent the youth.
We have diversified international connections. We have many interoperability program with international organizations in the EU. Members of our organization regularly take part in national and internationals trainings.
Educational activities, trainings, workshops and counselling with groups of teenagers in relation with their current problems. Main areas of our activities involve counselling, developing strategies and action plans concerning communities on youth, leading informational campaigns, training activities and workshops.

We operate a community space. Under the agreement with the municipality, we are responsible for organizing community programs in Magyaralmás.