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...

In the meantime our site is being accessed by an average of ten thousand visitors per month. I am wondering how much more our  PMTs (Project Management Teams) could achieve if each visitor could kindly donate 1 Euro each to our project... Details...

The next international Steering Group meeting for YTNF will take place in Ukraine from 27-29th July 2007. The meeting will assess the current stage of the project's development and discuss & plan future strategy for the rest of the year & beyond. Any volunteer wishing to propose topics for the agenda of the meeting should contact their regional manager/steering group member or else write directly to the senior manager ( john.myers@sci-d. Details...

SCI Germany is now recruiting volunteers for 12 voluntary posts in YNTF-partner countries, scheduled to begin from October 2007 and last until August 2008. Most of the available posts are in social projects. The program is possible thanks to a further grant from the European Union. Due to the conditions of the grant, applications can only be accepted from persons living & registered in the EU. Interested volunteers from SCI branches & groups should contact sandra.kowalski@sci-d.de for details of the posts, selection criteria and application procedure. Details...

"Our seminar went really great, almost perfect. It surpassed all my expectations. It was like fairy tale (but useful:).Personally for me this seminar will remain in my memory for rest of my life. All participants got really inspired, learned many things and went to Baikal or home today. Details...

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