Kick-off Meeting YInfoPioneers
2022
Kick-off Meeting YInfoPioneers
The kick-off meeting of the YinfoPioneers project, coordinated by ERYICA, took place in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 24-25 May 2022.
The 24-month project aims to pioneer youth information services in some Western Balkan countries. While some specialised information services can be found in the regions, there are no national structures for generalist youth information services ensuring universal access of young people to quality information and counselling. Young people, especially those with fewer opportunities, significantly lack information on rights and opportunities related to essential aspects of their everyday life, such as healthcare, participation, mobility, education, employment, special support, protection, entrepreneurship, and so forth.
With this project, we seek to set the basis to develop and expand youth information and counselling services in North Macedonia, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, and to promote the integration of the young people’s right to information in national youth policies. Under the coordination of ERYICA (Luxembourg), The consortium is composed of CSOs operating in these countries and of ERYICA Members in EU Member States (Slovenia and Spain).
The YinfoPioneers project is based on three pillars. First, a Youth Information and Counselling seminar will be held during the needs assessment phase. Some focus groups and local dialogues days will be organised in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and North Macedonia. A second pillar will be devoted to the organisation of two ERYICA training courses and the translation of some relevant ERYICA publications into the languages of the partner countries. Finally, an awareness-raising campaign will be designed, some multiplying events will be organised, and strategies for developing and coordinating Youth Information and Counselling in the Western Balkan countries will be drafted.
The project sees the participation of the Catalan Youth Agency (Spain), CEREBRA (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Društvo ŠKUC (Slovenia), Forum MNE (Montenegro), ORC Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Poraka Nova (North Macedonia), and Youth Voice Network of Organisations (Albania).
