In February we kick off with the “MYnority- My Say” and take a closer look on what youth participation means and how it can help achieving the goal of more inclusive, youth and minority-oriented society. During the Kick-Off-Seminar we will talk about the gap between the legal rights of the national minorities and real access […]
We have been invited to take part in Council of Europe’s Consultative Meeting organized by Youth Department in co-operation with Conference of INGOs of the Council of Europe and European Youth Forum to explore the shrinking space for civil society, its impact on young people and youth organizations, and examine models that are being used […]
YEN has started the year of 2016 with the amazing Kick-Off Training “Opening Doors. It took place in Belgrade, Serbia from 16-21th of February. For the first time in history a YEN event was hosted by our member organization “Lunjina” – the Aromanian Youth Council of Serbia. More than 20 participants from 14 different minorities […]
This summer we followed the invitation of the Youth Council of the Germans in Russia (JdR), to participate in their summer camp. Roman Roblek (Chair of the YLC) and Paul Preisig joined the event from 16.-24. of August 2015 and travelled to the place of the latest Olympic Games, Sochi, right at the Black Sea. […]
YEN started its first Training for Trainers from the 22nd – 28th of June 2015, in Berlin-Grünau, which is outside of the city centre and surrounded by a forest and the Long Lake. This venue was perfect to give a lot of space to the 10 motivated participants. The aim of the Training for Trainers […]
This year’s YEN Easter Seminar 2015 with the headline “Awakening the Identity” took place from the 28th March until the 3rd April in Tulcea, Romania. Our member organisation CTArm and their fellow Aromanian/ Vlach minority organisations were a friendly host for around 80 participants, who were lucky enough to enjoy a delightful portfolio of trips, […]
The World Forum for Democracy 2014 gathered about 200 young people from all over Europe to debate current issues like the situation of the European youth and its role as multipiers for democracy and citizen participation. The Forum took flace from 31.10.-06.11. in Straßbourg. Stere Stamule (Vice- President for Finances) took part on behalf of […]
The member organizations of YEN met this fall, from the 7. – 12. of October at the Giuventetgna Rumantscha (GiuRu) in the Romansh La Punt Charmues – ch (CH). During these days approximately 70 participants stayed in the local pathfinder home. The working groups for communication, politics and member integration used the Youth Leader Seminar […]
From the 29th September to the 1st of October 2014 three YEN Board members, Matic Germovšek Ž.(President), Angel Nikolov (Chair of the YLC) and Rejzka Lipičec (Convenor for Communication), represented YEN at the 25th European Minority Congress in Celovec/ Klagenfurt and Vrba/Velden in Carinthia, Austria. The main title of the congress was “Understanding the past […]
From the 5th- 7th of September 2014 we held our Board Meeting in Koljnof/ Kópháza (Hungary). Following the invitation of Hak – Hrvatski akademski klub (Kroatischer Akademikerklub) we combined it with the annual festival Dan Mladine, the Burgenland- Croatian youth organizes. The aim was, to introduce our work and YEN as an organization itself to […]