SETYN: Socially Empowered and Transparent Youth Network Erasmus Project

Project Title

SETYN: Socially Empowered and Transparent Youth Network

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Engaged, connected and empowered youth, resilient and capable to face the internal and external challenges of the changing world is the future of the EU. EU`s democracy, peace, prosperity and innovation depend on the youth`s talents, creativity and education, thus placing it as one of the core priorities in EU. The new EU Strategy embraces renewed and comprehensive youth cooperation as an outcome of the EU`s experiences and lessons learnt in the past twenty years of its work in youth policy. As one of the most important actors for successful implementation of the Strategy and therefore, future of the young Europeans, are the non-governmental youth organizations as interlocutors for facilitating democratic participation, youth dialogue and positive change. More than half of Europe`s young people (53%) engage in activities of the NGOs and nearly one third are active volunteers which embraces the role of youth NGOs as services for civic engagement, education and employment. On the other hand, the breakup of the socialist regimes in the WB left institutional and policy vacuum disregarding youth and their potential to contribute in the transformative processes of state-building and EU integration. The significantly low participation and inclusion of young people predetermines WB youth as marginalized category–socially, politically and economically. Yet, EU`s contribution as the biggest donor in the WB and the credibility of the enlargement reinforced with the Berlin process , brought new dimension to youth issues and helped to establish more structured policy approach.In this regard, the stakes for the youth civil society and young people in general in the WB in light of the EU integration processes are exceptionally high. Firstly, youth NGOs need to fill-out the policy vacuum and contribute to greater youth engagement, connection and empowerment, and secondly, to develop organizational, managerial, financial structures and capacities to absorb the EU funds and practises. Additionally, they should establish quality professional networks on national and regional level and bridge the young people with their peers within the WB and EU, and align their practices with the key EU youth actions.Hereof, the project SETYN: Socially Empowered and Transparent Youth Network will enhance the management, governance, innovation capacity and internationalization of youth NGOs in WB and EU. In the same time, the project will establish a network in all WB countries that will cooperate strategically to promote transparent and effective governed organizations in WB. Moreover, the project will boost the cooperation and exchanges between regions, relying on the good practices and European and global experience of Mladiinfo Network composed of organizations from Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovakia and Poland to build the capacities and foster efficient management, internationalisation and leadership of youth NGOs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Albania and Serbia.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 64081 Eur

Project Coordinator

MLADIINFO MONTENEGRO & Country: ME

Project Partners

• BOSNIAN REPRESENTATIVE ASSOCIATION FOR VALUABLE OPPORTUNITIES
• KLUB ZA OSNAZIVANJE MLADIH 018 UDRUZENJE
• OJQ ACCESS
• BALKAN YOUTH ACTIVISM
• MLADIINFO SLOVENSKO
• ASSOCIATION FOR EDUCATION MLADIINFO INTERNATIONAL
• MLADIINFO POLAND