European Youth - Connection PRogramme

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EUROPEAN YOUTH CONNECTION PROGRAM is a 36-months long virtual youth exchanges programme delivered by a consortium of youth work organisations experienced in the field of youth from the EU and third countries associated with the programme and the third countries not associated to the programme. Our consortium of partners plans to enable young people, who otherwise would not benefit from physical youth exchanges, to benefit from meaningful intercultural learning, skills development and internalising the European values, online. Such an experience is a part of individual, social and civic growth, as well as a catalyst of international connections, peace building and expanding the community of values. The online environment of the youth exchanges will lower the threshold for young people with fewer opportunities, and enable those who otherwise would have difficulties in attending physical programs - to benefit fully from various levels of intercultural exchange, skills development and European education. We also plan to encourage young people to take up on a challenge of physical mobilities. We aim at: - increasing access of young people with fewer opportunities to meaningful intercultural learning, - supporting young people’s social and civic development, and skills to navigate in nowadays societies preventing from radicalisation and polarisation, building intercultural understanding beyond borders, - increasing orientation of young people in the European Union and Europe, to be familiar with the cultures, system, societies of the European and neighbouring communities and feel part of the community of common values.