The Balkan Youth Club is a non-governmental organization established in 1998 with the main goal to encourage cooperation and facilitate the dialogue among youth in South-eastern Europe. Its head office is in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Objectives:
Fostering of the intraregional and EU integration processes of South-Eastern
Europe;
Support in development of democratic, tolerant and pluralistic civil societies
in Balkan countries;
Enhancement of youth participation and exchange in all the areas of political,
economic, social, cultural, academic and scientific life within the region;
To realize its aims the Balkan Youth Club relies on the young generation free of
historical prejudice, which is going to shape the future of the region. Its team
comprises of young professionals who are citizens of Balkan countries should
overcome frontiers and together trough revealing their own and common potential
to participate in the European integration process.
Activities:
Academic and cultural exchange – The program operates since the very beginning
of the Balkan Youth Club’s activities in 1998. It covers areas of
Culture: Archaeological Summer camps in NW Bulgaria and art centre ORESHAK;
Scientific exchange among young researchers;
Education and academic exchange: Annual Balkan/European Seminars for students in
social and humanitarian sciences.
Research program – It’s also an “old” program operating since 1998. The projects
included provide research of the wide variety issues concerning youth, regional
development, politics, history, culture and environment of the Balkans.
Politics and Media - The program includes 2 autonomous sub-programs: Balkan
Youth Dialogue for exchange of young political leaders from SEE, since 2001 and
Young journalists’ exchange program since 2003.
Regional development, youth participation and cross-border cooperation – It
started in 2002. Program’s activities are targeted at: Empowerment of youth;
Enhancement of youth participation in local governance, municipal and regional
life; development of Youth centre’s network in the bordering regions of SEE
countries; Cross-border youth exchange and promotion of voluntarism. For now the
program’s projects are implemented in the pilot municipalities: Dragoman and
Godech on the Bulgarian-Serbian border.
Contacts:
BG-1606 SOFIA, 30 Macedonia blvd. 2/5,
Tel.: + 359 98681366
+ 359 98681366
Tel./Fax: +359 2 9521950