Different History – Common Future! Youth as a resource for a sustainable future in

the Baltic Sea Region – cooperation of municipalities, NGO’s and youth

EU youth project – ”Different history – common future”Youth as a resource for a sustainable future in the Baltic Sea Region.

• Project period: 2007-2009

• Partners: Kalmar, Tallinn, Liepaja, Kolding, UBC General Secretariat

Aim:

• Strengthen youth as a resource

• Give youth an arena and possibility to become active citizens

• Give civil servants and youth workers tools to successfully encourage youth initiatives and creativity

Activities:

• Co-ordinate 2 youth conferences connected to UBC General assembly 2007 & 2009. “Book of Possibilities” ”A Book of Results”

• Develop EVS as a tool for co-operation in the Baltic Sea region.

• Develop a method for youth exchange on the theme of Tolerance.

• Develop new methods and systems for information directed to youth on a local level.

EU youth project – ”Different history – common future”Youth as a resource for a sustainable future in the Baltic Sea Region

Youth Engaged

Establishing an arena for young people‘s

engagement within NGO‘s & municipalities

Youth Exchanged

EVS & Intercultural Learning as tools for

the development within the BSR

Youth Communicating

Common knowledge base, digital learning platform

and real + virtual meeting places

What have Different History – Common Future to offer in the future?

• International meetings:

• Tolerance trip

• NGO-meeting (Kolding 29okt-1nov)

• EVS-meeting (Kalmar Spring 2009)

• Youth conference in Kristiansand September 2009

• Networks with new partners, new information, different backgrounds

• Tools for making youth an active recourse on the local city level

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