General info
From 1-7 September, 2010 Youth Alliance organized an International Youth Exchange titled "Meeting of Cultures – Meeting of Values" in Krusevo, North Macedonia with the support of the Youth in Action Programme. A total of 58 youngsters participated at the event from 7 different countries (North Macedonia, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Albania, and Bosnia and Herzegovina). The main topic of the Youth Exchange was promotion of common values through implementation of dialogue among young people with different culture backgrounds from SEE countries.
Major goal and project objectives
General project objective was to identify a common approach for achieving our goals, common values regardless of cultural diversities. Specific project objectives were:
- Developing intercultural learning of young people from SEE countries;
- Expressing unity and common visions for shared future of the people from all ethnic groups of SEE countries;
- Empowering young people from SEE to exchange themselves as active citizens, capable of reflecting the society essential characteristics
Conclusions
- Freedom, solidarity and prosperity – three core values in the development of EU integrative processes in SEE region;
- Developing solidarity and promoting tolerance among young active citizens of SEE region, we will increase the opportunities for mutual understanding and unification of views, which will contribute to development of quality systems to support the youth;
- Lifelong learning and new skills for new jobs as a solution for youth unemployment;
- Importance of the opportunities offered by NGOs: motivation, promotion of needs and rights of young people, youth social and political integration.