Towards the end of 2007, the YTNF steering group created two new funds (Category A: small-scale grassroot projects and Category B: promoting international cooperation among PMTs) & subsequently launched a first call for project applications. Altogether a total of 8 applications were received by the deadline. Of those submitted, 2 were approved for funding, 3 were rejected and a further 3 were given the opportunity to be revised and resubmitted by the end of December, taking into account the critical remarks of the Jury. Details...

It was on January 5th 1968 that the election of Alexander Dubcek heralded the dawn of the famous “Prague Spring”, when - in the face of Soviet tanks - thousands of Czech working class people took to the streets under banners demanding “socialism with a human face”… Today, exactly 40 years on, looking at the global world around us, I begin to wonder if this slogan could be equally applied to the system that has since replaced socialism in virtually all former socialist countries of the world. Details...

SCI Germany is looking for2 LTVs to assist in our office. Both LTV posts will start March 1, 2008 with a common introdution/orientation. 1 LTV posts will end August 31, 2008, the other LTV posts will end September 2008. The main tasks of the volunteers will be: LTV I: Placing foreign and German volunteers to workcamps in Germany (incoming) LTV II: Placing German volunteers to workcamps abroad in Western and Eastern Europe and Overseas (outgoing) · Helping to prepare the routine jobs, such as answering the phone & e-mails, sending faxes. So an important part during the placement is reliable communication with other SCI-Branches, partners and volunteers. Details...

· Social inclusion project (stage 1) , camp at the lake Baikal from August 1rst till August 15th. This camp we organized for Association of youth organisations. There were 35 participants, from different villages of Buryatia. During the week from August 1st till August 8th we prepared a program about Human Rights and related subjects for each day in the camp. First, we wanted to give an overview about the subject. The second day contained a training about civil courage; the third day was about mass media. · Social Inclusion project (stage 2), campaign on healthy life style. District of Buryat Autonomous Aginsk region of Chita region from October 22 till 28 th October. Details...

Towards the end of October and beginning of November a series of strategic planning workshops have been taking place in all ytnf partner countries, the results of which will be published in the very near future. Excellent reports from the Peer Motivation Training in Ulan Ude and from the Group Leadership Training in Moldova are now available in PDF-Format and copies can be obtained by writing to the organizations who hosted them. Details...

Due to technical problems with our provider in the USA the ytnf site has been down for the past month. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience. The site is now functioning again and infos about on-going and future activities will be uploaded in the next days. Watch this space. Details...

Yesterday morning at 7 a.m. in the morning six german policemen entered the house of an aquaintance of mine. They spent one hour searching his room and his belongings and confiscated his computer and other things. The official reason? On his website he had a link to a group who advocates non-violent resistance to the atom lobby. It is not hard to imagine what all his neighbours will think. If you thought this kind of thing was only possible in CIS-countries, think otherwise. Since the new laws to limit civil liberties it seems no law-abiding citizen is safe in their own homes, also not in the EU. Details...

Buchenwald – Post description Period: 01.09.2007 – 31.08.2008 The Buchenwald Memorial (former Nazi-concentration camp) has visitors from all over the world. They come in groups or as individuals and stay for some hours or for seminars. The volunteer will contribute with their own cultural background and individual personality to deeper knowledge and understanding of the past and of the present. The memorial is interested to host a further volunteer to promote the internationality of the place and specifically deal with documentation in Russian language, enquiries from CIS former prisoners or their relatives and CIS visitors to the centre. In this field, the intercultural exchange is very important. Details...

YTNF has reached its half-way stage - phew! An appropriate time to pause for breath, evaluate what has happened (which is what the Steering Group will do at its upcoming meeting in Ukraine) and hopefully execute a good strategy and decisions for the remaining period. Looking at the world around us, I have been struck in recent months by how little we come across the word "solidarity" in our media anymore. Instead, the focus is almost entirely on individual gain, making private profit & maximising the expolitation of human and natural resources in order to achieve that aim. What is more, governments and multis seem to be working hand-in-hand on this, disguised under the name "globalisation". Details...

AVI-Moldova had the privilege to receive a high-level delegation from the EU during the period 20-23 June 2007. The delegation, composed of the Head of the Youth Division of the EU, Mr Philippe Cova, as well as the responsible person for EVS exchanges, Ms Cecilia Lo Piparo Liljegren, made the field visit in order to evaluate on-going EVS projects via talks with organisers, project hosts and current long-term volunteers. They were also interested to see and investigate the results of YTNF. Details...

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