Association “Youth Initiative Group”
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Forum of Russian-speaking youth organizations of Lithuania

In the framework of the project “Empowerment of youth organizations of ethnic minorities” association “Youth Initiative Group” organized a forum of Russian-speaking youth organizations of Lithuania on the 6–7 of March.

Each organization was represented by 1–2 youngsters at the age of 14–29 years old. In general there were 25 young people from 12 Lithuanian, and 3 Latvian and Estonian organisations. The programme of the forum embraced these aspects:

  • Russian-speaking youth organizations in the context of Lithuanian youth policy (opportunities of representation and getting grant in Lithuania, EU and Russia);
  • Results of the research on the current situation of youth organizations, representing Russian-talking youth of Lithuania;
  • Strengths and weaknesses of Russian-talking youth organizations in Lithuania;
  • Preparation of recommendations for governmental institutions, EU agencies, other youth organizations, unions of youth organizations, etc.

In spite of the short time of the forum (2 days) and intensive work, participants were acquired with the main idea of the project and formed strong networking with other Russian-talking organizations from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The next activity within the project “Empowerment of youth organizations of ethnic minorities” will be a national youth forum in Estonia, which will take place during the first weekend of April in 2010.

  

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