TC "EuroIMPACT Plus", New Castle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

At the beginning of this spring, somewhere in New Castle, a small beautiful city close to the Nordic Sea, took place the training course "EuroIMPACT Plus". The aim of the training course was to improve the project management skills of the youths. The project took place between 5th- 12th of March.

TC - "PRIDE - Promoting Diversity and Inclusive Youth Work Practices", Armenia

When you think about Armenia, it seems like nothing crosses your mind - or at least, that's how I was before PRIDE - Promoting Diversity and Inclusive Youth Work Practices, 25th of February - 4th of March. Now, when I think about Armenia, I think about Aghveran, about that resort we stayed in, where we spent a few days with people from 10 different countries, from whom I learned so many, in so little time. 

YE - “YOUth 4 Tolerance”, Castellammare di Stabia, Italy

The project “YOUth 4 Tolerance” was a youth exchange that included 44 young people aged 16 to 26 years from Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Romania and Spain. The main objectives of the project were to understand the migration processes, to promote a positive attitude, tolerance, solidarity and understanding towards refugees and migrants, to discover hate speech, its causes, roots and consequences and having the ability to distinguish it from freedom of expression, to inform youth about ways and channels for reporting cases of hate speech online, to promote the No hate speech movement among young people. 

Gabriel Brezoiu - General Manager of GEYC was awarded by Forbes Magazine in the prestigious ranking "Forbes 30 under 30"

26th of April 2018, Bucharest, Romania - Forbes Magazine included our colleague, Gabriel Brezoiu - General Manager of GEYC in the prestigious ranking "Forbes 30 sub 30". At the seventh edition, the Gala awards the most remarkable young people from a wide range of fields, from business, sports and art to music or IT, without limiting it to it. We see this as an outstanding acknowledgement of the impact we have in working with young people and youth organisations all over Europe and beyond.

YE- "A step for respect", France

Do you know what happened between 21th-31th of March? Another amazing Youth Exchange in France "A step for respect", where the participants got a better understanding of one of the most frequent social issues nowadays: discrimination.

We are present at the conference “Non-formal youth work and formal youth studies”, Yerevan, Armenia

Starting from 20th of April, 4 youth workers representing GEYC are in Yerevan, Armenia, participating in the “Non-formal youth work and formal youth studies” conference, organized by the Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia. For 4 days, young people and youth workers from 13 countries have gathered to discuss about the topics of youth work and youth studies in each of their country, in order to set the ground for the development of an international Youth Studies curricula.

Căutăm 2 voluntari pentru un stagiu EVS de 6 luni în Nicosia, Cipru

GEYC caută 2 voluntari (18-30 ani) pentru un stagiu de voluntariat european (EVS) de 6 luni în orașul Nicosia - capitala Ciprului. Proiectul vizează desfășurarea de activități de tineret și sportive în cadrul unui centru și în afara acestuia.

Roma Week in Brussels

De curând, am participat la un eveniment organizat de Comisia Europeană și Parlamentul European cu ocazia zilei Internaționale a Romilor, 8 aprilie.

Ne-am întors din schimbul de tineri “Youth Activists’ Lab” (Marrakech, Maroc)

Cum ar fi ca un proiect oferit de Uniunea Europeană să aibă loc pe continentul African și să fie despre o temă de actualitate pentru tot globul? În perioada 21-29 martie 6 participanți din România, Liban, Maroc, Spania, Franța și Tunisa s-au reunit în Marrakech pentru Youth Exchange-ul “Youth Activists’ Lab”. Tema, din ce în ce mai de interes pentru momentul în care ne aflăm azi în lume, s-a învârtit în jurul voluntariatul și activismului social.

YE - "Being a refugee is not my decision" Eskisehir, Turkey

Have you ever heard of Eskisehir? Besides being a lovely city located in Turkey, it was the host of a Youth Exchange, which took place between 8th- 15th of March. It focused on raising awareness about one of the current issues faced nowadays: refugees' crisis.