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The Young People’s Net to the Rural Development
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The responsibility on the content of this
publication is solely of its authors.
The European Commission is not res-
ponsible for any use that can be done of
the information on this document.
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Preface
During two years, the Asociación para el Desarrollo Integral de la
Comarca Miajadas-Trujillo, the Instituto para el Desenvolvimiento
Social, Terras Dentro, and Eurocultura, we have developed a project
with the objetive of sensitize to the young people of our rural means of
the importance of its roll and its presence in the towns like only way for
the survival of these.
The results and the processes initiated with this project, make us feel
proud of to have taken the debate, the participation and the possibili-
ties to us of performance to the young people of our territories; but
us it makes specially happy confirm the singular condition of those
young people their interest, its capacity for the work in equipment, its
disposition to surpass the borders of the langage and the distance and
to cooperate with his equal ones of others countries in the conservation
and improves of a rural world that also is called to the construction of
a Europe of the citizens. Serve this manual like a grain as sand in the
mountain that the young people of our continent already are constrc-
ting, from the effort and the daily illusion.
Vicente Llanos Vázquez
Presidente de ADICOMT
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INDEX:
— Introduction...............................................................................................7
— Constitution of the associations............................................................11
— General aspects of a youth association.................................................11
— How to constitute a youth association . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 7
— Legalization of an association in Spain..............................................17
— Good practices inside the project...................................................29
— Report of the young people’s participation......................................53
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INTRODUCTION
The rural world of the South of Europe is currently in a critical mo-
ment. After the crisis of the agricultural sector and the great migrations of the
last decades, we stand before an environment in which it is being imposed the
economic diversity as a way to the future of some threatened towns by the
worrisome aging of population, the lack of infrastructures and services, the
unemployment and the lack of opportunities for women and young people.
The processes impelled by the European Union and the national and
regional governments through programs of development Duch as LEADER,
EQUAL, INTERREG, etc., have facilitated the implementation of new strate-
gies of growth that have improved the communications and the services, have
enriched the enterprise area in new sectors of promising future, they have
impelled the socio-working integration of the most underprivileged groups
of the society and they have really opened the door to the possible mainte-
nance of rural means that sometimes occupy more of 80% of the territory of
countries Duch as Spain, Portugal and Italy. Nevertheless the transformation
has not been absolute and the abovementioned problems continue being the
sword of Damocles of groups such as the young people which are divided
between the will to remain in their towns and the need go to the city in search
of better employment and training opportunities.
Since this global diagnosis, we have been depicting a world less populous,
with city councils placed far way, several places with less than 1.000 inha-
bitants, short tendency to the renewal and enlargement of its population and
with quite a few difficulties concerning development. Strong measures need
to be taken in the present time, in order to maintain the population in their
birth places, otherwise, this problem will damage severely the places, causing
the ageing of a place, from where people are running away.
The global diagnosis of the situation show us the need to offer great
opportunities to the places in order to keep the population, enlarge the asso-
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ciative and business life, energize and improve the participation and promo-
tion of the locals, promoting training and work integration, which will have
results on the personal development. It is also necessary to coordinate efforts
to develop the original local potentials and to promote self production which
will increase the local services.
Within this scenery, the young collective that represents approxima-
tely 20,02% of the population can be classified as underprivileged and hugely
unequal. The population does not have access to the means of transport; there
is a large distance between villages, which put aside the cultural offer, the
political and associative life, and the possibility to train as well as the impro-
vement of social relationships that not go further than the neighbors around
and close friends. Therefore, young people do not feel motivated to start a new
life and keep on living in the rural areas, where there is a lack of opportunities
concerning jobs, personal and social growth and a lack of contribution to the
processes of citizenship that all citizens must have within a society.
The work with the young collective is quite damaged because of the present
situation. The general problems are under the lack of young initiatives. Nor-
mally, town halls have quite a few social and economic resources, and it is not
possible to invest on jobs to the young people, that do not have even the option
to ask for help through public or private entities, once they have neither capital
nor technicians to develop the intervention projects. Other lack comes from a
non existing practice that as to do with young associations, there aren’t young
leaders who fight and show different patterns or options concerning jobs, as a
result, young people leave their birth places.
The Young People’s Net to the Rural Development is a project sponsored by
the European Union Young People’s Program that creates the possibility to
approach the problem, developing, in all town halls, a systematical interven-
tion work with the young collective that, for the first time, drew opportunities
and proposed solutions to the difficulties that this kind of works have. The
project aimed to encourage the cohesion among locals and inhabitants, the
associative activity, the recovering and preservation of ways of life, coming
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from the rural areas that can improve the young peoples’ lives.
This work gave to the young people tools to manage their free time, in a way
that they can participate in the young causes and opportunities.
Basically, the project had as objective the creation of several young groups
and associations, like those created during the works by the young collective,
and the maintenance of a straight institutional and personal contact between
members, through the use of new technologies of information, in order to
produce a gather functioning of the net that pursuits the cohesion in the areas,
equality of opportunities to the young people, direct intervention on the pro-
blems of the collective and its incorporation in the associative, regional, na-
tional and European life.
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General aspects of a youth association
Nowadays rural young people moves between the uncertainty that is genera-
ted by the lack of future perspectives and the de-motivation generated by the
social and social de-structure of the rural communities. Moreover, they are in
a social context in which they are a minority, due to the fact that it is difficult
to establish relationships between pears. This is the reason why the task of the
young people associative movement in the rural areas is extremely important.
The presence and involvement of rural youth in the development process of
the rural communities is essential to assure its continuity, and they are a huge
potential of renovation and energy.
Quality of life, availability of land, jobs, environmental protection and home
are some advantages that the rural areas have and, after the associative move-
ment, it is seen as a trampoline of the real social participation of rural youth.
The presence of youth in the rural development is compulsory for its continui-
ty and, thus, the space of the youth associations is a jeans of personal growth
and of necessary information to face the problems that the rural environment
generates.
Before constituting a youth association, all distinct formal groups, should pre-
sent a very concrete behaviour profile, once this group is a very important
element of participation and expression, which facilitates the integration of
youngsters in the nearest society, and they need some well defined features to
assure the success of the union.
One of the most important aspects was the free time before the associations.
We define “association” as a means of sum of efforts and of sharing ideals
through collective answers; it is an instrument of the citizens’ participation
with continuity and protection in society.
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The members of a youth association should bear in mind that to become as-
sociated it isn’t easy, but rather a jeans which allows them not only to defend
values, ideas and speeches, but also to do so with the strength of a group.
Hence the importance of group thought before the individual.
In an association, the values of the whole prevail over the personal ones. One
always acts by jeans of a vote, no dictatorships are useful, and it is a democra-
tic process, critical and denouncer.
The life of an association is based on the participation. It is necessary to clear
which type of participation one must have within an association, which jeans.
The people who form the youth entities go from activists (strongly dedicated)
down to those who collaborate sporadically, the associated people and the as-
sociated quota (who pay and don’t participate) or the integrant of a direction
committee. It is necessary to do a reflection upon the time one has generally,
bearing in mind the following aspects:
The motivation, which means, one wants to participate, sees the group objec-
tives as their own, feels part of a group that leads to one common direction and
that the efforts of each member have a positive impact reaching goals.
The training, which means, one knows how to participate, to develop tasks
and activities, one learns how to work together and is able to organize and
maintain the participation.
The organization, which means, one may effectively participate through the
existing jeans in order to take part of the action, the communication, the ma-
nagement or decision making.
Another important aspect to bear in mind previously is that to become asso-
ciated one need to identify oneself to a group regarding one’s interests and
preferences.
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If you are going to join an association already created or if, on the other hand,
you are going to constitute a new one, the priorities of the group should be
known and familiar among members. There is a variety of activities such
as tasks on the outside, defence of the environment, cooperation, music or
theatre.
You should identify your interests and join people who share them with
you.
The following should be taken as an example: if a person stands against bulls’
festivals, it would be a reason not to join people who, before an association,
wanted to promote these events.
After establishing what type of association, it would also be necessary to
know that usually they favour the volunteering and the non-profit aim.
When a group or a person becomes associated, they do it because they have
found an alternative to their free time, because they need to share their ideas
with people with the same interests, but always with a mark of gratuitousness.
One can’t constitute a youth association as if it was a company that generates
resources. The people become associated to convert their ideas into reali-
ty, to offer society an escape from stress, or just to carry out improvements
around them, which will be a benefit to all inhabitants.
Once prized the previous aspects, it is only necessary to take an important
decision: if you really want to constitute an association or if you want to take
part in a group of friends with common interests.
If you decide on the first option, these are the steps to follow:
• Choose the working areas (youth, culture, sports, patrimony, etc.);
• Describe the goals or objectives;
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Legalization of an association in Spain
How to constitute a youth association
There are different types of associations such as cultural, sports or youth
associations. The initial procedures for their legalization are the same which
we highlight, and they only diverge in the last ones and in some specific
rules. Another important difference is based in the “Junta de Extremadura”
Council, in which it is necessary to inscribe it in. This second step, though
not compulsory, is convenient to access different aids from “Junta de Extre-
madura”.
Associations of Local, Provincial or Regional area:
There are volunteer groups, in which the members should be between 14 and
30 years old.
Registry of Associations of the Autonomous Community
The documentation in which the constitution is detailed should be sent by
ordinary mails to the following address, or to the centres of administrative
reception (C.A.A.) of the “Junta de Extremadura”.
Consejería de Presidencia.
Dirección General de Administración Local e Interior.
Avenida de Roma, s/n. 06800 Mérida.
Teléfonos: 924 005020.
Documents to present:
• Request signed by the legal representative of the Association, for the
General
• Director of Local and Interior Administration.
• Two copies of the Statuses, along with the original.
• Two copies of the Funding Minute, along with the original.
• List of members of the Management Board.
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• To submit through “Model 50”, Code 11005-6, en Taxes:
o Inscription in the Registry: 35,25 €.
o Modification of Statuses: 17,67 €.
These documents should be sent within the following five days after the sig-
nature of the Funding Minute, quadruplicated and signed by at least two adult
people. Moreover, the social address where the Association is located should
be indicated.
The Associations should comply with a series of fiscal obligations:
Fiscal Identification Code, FIC.
Therefore, the following should be presented in the Finances’ Delegation:
• Copy of the Identification (ID) of the association spokesperson;
• Fill in the official form which will be given to hand.
• Copy of the funding minute of the association.
• Copy of the Statuses approved by the Registry of Associations.
• The Finances Delegation will provide a provisional FIC number, and
then it will be given a definitive car, within five months.
• Added Value Tax, VAT.
• Societies Tax.
• Accountancy books.
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Legalization of an association in Portugal
HOW TO CONSTITUTE A YOUTH ASSOCIATION IN PORTUGAL
According to the Portuguese Constitution, making part of an association is
an undeniable right to all Portuguese citizens. Making part of a youth asso-
ciation allows young people to make energizing activities and undertaking
certain goals within a group with a common objective.
The Associations are collective people which constitution and work are ruled
by the Civil Code, Law 167, and also by the R. N. P. C. – “Registo Nacional
de Pessoas Colectivas” (National Registration of Collective People), and the
Law of the Youth Associations (Law 23/2006) which is composed by several
stages that we hereby enunciate:
1 – Constitution of a working group
A group of young people gather in order to develop a project in the cultural
and recreational ambit; the group chooses a space witch will be the future
headquarters of the association and gives to the collective person the right to
nominate it.
A Youth Association is an organism that has juridical personality. It is consti-
tuted by more than 75% members aged till 30, in which the executive mem-
ber is constituted by 75% of the people aged till 30.
2 – Foundation Meeting and Ellaboration of Statutes
The meeting between found members (20 in the case of a Youth Association),
where they will deliberate, among other subjects: Name, Social Object and
Headquarters.
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They should then proceed to the elaboration of the Statutes, which will define
the ways to work according to the law 167 and following of the Civil Code,
containing:
Nature; headquarters; duration; objective; income and expenses; social pa-
trimony; categories of partners; rights and duties; social organs (Table of
the General Assembly, Directorate and Fiscal Council); composition and
competencies of the organs; duration of the mandate of the organs; ways to
deliberate about the changes of the statutes; dissolution or prorogation of the
association; quorum and omissive cases.
The statutes of an association are a written document that includes the prin-
ciples by which the association will rule, the mission, the definition of the
competencies and composition of the social organs, the rights and duties of
its members.
3 – General Assembly Notification
To approve the statutes listed below there has to be a General Assembly No-
tification, where all found members must attend.
To acquire juridical personality, the elements who want to found a young
association gather themselves in a constitutive general assembly (specifically
notified), write down in loco the minutes, with the precise date and place,
name of the association, elaboration and approval of the future association
statutes as well as the found members signatures.
4 – Transcription to the Minutes Book
After the approval of the statutes in the General Assembly or in previous
meetings held by the associations, these must be copied out to the minutes,
on a proper book – Minutes Book – paged and signed.
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5 – Admission Certificate Paper and Temporary Card
To register down the Association name, the members must go to the National
Registration of Collective People in order to obtain the admission records
(when filling in the Form it is necessary to chose three names and indicate
the social object), as well as requiring the temporary card of the collective
person. The members must take the Minutes Book where the statutes were
written down.
The requests can be demonstrate directly in the RNPC (preferentially), on the
registry office or by post.
6 – Public Deed
Once received the Admission Certificate and approved the final statutes, the-
re are fulfilled all the requirements to begin the Public Deed, in any registry
office.
To the Public Deed, the Association found members should present the follo-
wing documents:
- Admission Certificate
- Temporary Card of the Collective People
- Statutes of the Association
- Definite List with the grantors, as well as the addresses
- Copies of the Identity Cards and Taxpayer Card
7 – Publications, N.I.P.C. and inscriptions in the Financial Partition
Celebrated the Public Deed, the notary declares officially the constitution of
the Association to the Civil Govern and to the Public Ministry. The notary
also sends to the National Printing an extract to be published on the III Re-
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public Diary Series.
Once published on the Republic Diary, the definite inscription on the R.N.P.C
must be done so as the definitive card with the NIPC assigning (identity num-
ber of Collective Person) can be issued.
The young associations should, then, go to the Financial Partition of the local
headquarters in order to sign up the Association and begin the activity. Once
the Association is constituted it is under the legal duties, as to say, under the
fiscal duty, it is necessary to deliver the Beginning Activities Declaration in
the Financial Partition of the Social Headquarters Association.
8 – Elaboration of the Intern Rules and Social Organs Approval
Once the statutes appear on the Republic Diary, there has to be a General
Assembly to create and approve the intern rules and the social organs.
9 – Inscription on the RNAJ – (National Registration of Young People Asso-
ciations)
If the Association fills in the requirements of a Young People Association
under the law terms and intend to go further, the members can register the-
mselves at the RNAJ, though contacting the District Regional Delegation to
where it belongs.
This is an optional step, although, if the associations are not registered they
cannot apply the financial, technical, training and logistic backings.
The law of Youth Association in Portugal has recently changed. With the
implementation of this new law (nr 23/2006 of June 23rd), the former diplo-
mas which ruled the Youth Association and support programmes have been
revoked.
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In case of need for more information, do check and contact the links:
Instituto Português da Juventude - http://juventude.gov.pt/
Secretaria de Estado da Juventude e do Desporto - www.sejd.gov.pt
Conselho Nacional de Juventude - www.cnj.pt
Federação Nacional de Associações Juvenis e Locais - www.fnaj.cm
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Legalization of an association in Italy
Constitution of a Young Association in Italy
The Italian Constitution recognizes the importance of socialization during
the individual process of development, present in the Article 2. The Article 9
recognizes the right to access culture and personal development. The Article
18 recognizes to all individuals the right of a free association.
Italy does not foresee a proper legislation to the constitution of a young as-
sociation; therefore, there is only a reference to the general normative docu-
ments to build an association.
Proceedings
To create an association, one needs to know that “the circle and/or the asso-
ciation are a free association that begins with the will of a group of citizens
that get gather so as to reach a non profit ideal”.
Juridically, it is “a not recognized association” regulated by the agreements
taken freely by the members and by the will to act in an organized and esta-
blished way.
If the groups want to take part in activities such as sports, culture or recreatio-
nal ones, the best way to create a permanent organism in time is by crossing
several steps previously established.
In the first place, the association needs a truly “act of birth”: the Constitutive
Act. It has to have a name, headquarters and founder members. Hence,
the first kernel of the future associative members is represented by the first
ruling organ – the Directive Council – of the born recently association: the
members have to elect a president, a vice-president and a secretary. At the
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same time, the fist associative members establish the rules and the precise
objectives, commonly approved, and write down the associative pact – the
Statute of the new association.
Sometimes, the members need to turn to a notary’s office to write down the
Constitutive Act and the Statute, but the documents need to be written in a
competent Private Registered Acts Workshop of the area corresponding
to the legal headquarters elected by the Association, normally located in the
Rent Agency. When the proceedings are registered, the members understand
the Fiscal Identification Code of the Association.
The enrolment is fundamental to establish safely the born records and declare
the opening organism. The register has to be paid, but it is not expensive. The
members pay taxes.
The association is established by members that form the Members Assem-
bly.
The Assembly, the Directive Council and the President are the main “sta-
tutes organs”, the shape of the association, though which the activities are
executed: the daily management and the democratic participation of all the
associate members.
The history of the Association is recognized on a special diary – the Book of
the Oral Statements – that collects the essential decisions that the Directive
Council or the Members Assembly make when they gather: the objectives,
the proposals, the elections on the use of money by the association have to
be justified, discussed and voted, after what is foreseen in the Statutes and in
the Book of the Oral Statements. The statements have to be read loud to all
the present members.
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Absolute clearness and democratic basis are an obligation - they are the
only way to manage the activity. If any member does not agree with what
was proposed, then the decision will have to be postponed until it gains the
majority.
The members have to know exactly how many are they and who are they
– that is why the association has to hold the Members Book, containing the
personal data, which is a useful instrument to locate people and to reach
contact.
In the Safe Book there will be the rents and the expenses of each activity.
The laws and the regulations of the associations
The associative members (non recognized associations) have rights: they can
establish contracts, they can be judged they have a common and autonomous
economical sum, respecting the economical expenses.
The members have to respect the following laws and regulations:
• Profits absence – it is forbidden to distribute among members any
kind of benefits, economical sums, and capital while the association exists,
except when the law obliges the distribution.
• In case of withdrawal of money it is foreseen that the property held
by the association is delivered to another member, always with public usa-
ge.
• Inside democracy: inside the association all members have the same
rights and duties.
• Economical transparency: the ruling classes have to write the annual
economical and financial registers, to communicate and to vote for the entire
assembly.
• It is forbidden to pass the associative share or the associative contri-
bution. For instance, a member cannot “sell” his share to another person.
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The associations are a very vast universe and they have several laws, for
example:
• The first one (but the last to be written) is the 383 law of December
7th, 2000, which defines the main features of the Social Promotion Associa-
tions (SPA)
• The legislative decree nr 460 of December 4th, 1997, establishes a
general non profit fiscal reorganization and introduces rules and facilitations,
divided into typologies. The non profit members are called the Non Profit
Organizations to the Social service.
INFORMATIONS
Agenzia delle Entrate (central headquarter)
Via Cristoforo Colombo n° 426 C/D - 00145 Roma
www.agenziaentrate.it
Kind of association: www.noprofit.org/asso.htm
Ministry Council Presidency Department
Politiche Giovanili e Attività sportive
Largo Chigi, 19 - 00187 ROMA
www.governo.it/Presidenza/politiche_giovanili/index.html
Phone: +3906.67792949 - fax +3906.67792041
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Good Practices inside the Project
— YOUNG ADICOMT SUMMER
— INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
— LOCAL MEETINGS
— TRAINING COURSES IN ANIMATION
— YOUNG ADICOMT SUMMER II
— DAYS OF COMMUNITARIAN ANIMATION
— GROUPINGS’ FOLLOW-UP
— CREATION OF A FEDERATION OF YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS
— WEBSITE www.desarrollojoven.eu
— Annual Activities Plan “Ser Agora Association”
— INFORMATION SESSIONS AND TRAINING ON THE YOUTH AS-
SOCIATIONS
— Kerres Association
— Elaboration Idea Interchange Kerres / ASA
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Title:
YOUNG ADICOMT SUMMER
Municipality:
All the municipalities of Miajadas – Trujillo, 20 municipalities
Date beginning Date end
July 2005 September 2005
Origin
The need to have direct contact with the beneficiaries of the program.
Description of the good practice
Two journeys per municipality. The first eminently playful, took young
people to workshops, cooperation games and group dynamics which ser-
ved, in the end, to reflect upon the reality of young people and their possi-
bilities becoming involved in its problematic.
After this analysis, which ended up with the question on what the groups
could do for their people, the organization and the animators planned
gymkhana for children, which was organized during the week with the
technical support of ADICOMT, and was engaged a week after the first
journey.
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Results
These activities implied a first contact with young people from the munici-
pality, which was a way to locate informal groups of young people and the
first occasion to plan goals in the project.
-
Contact was established with 13 informal groups and 5 youth associatio-
ns.
-
A first database of young participants was created, so it was possible to
count on the reference groups for the training work and creation of asso-
ciations.
-
Thirteen activities were held, in the same amount of municipalities, by
Dutch informal groups which conditioned the first involvement of young
people in the community animation.
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Title:
INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS
Municipality:
Miajadas, Spain. Agnone, Italy
Date beginning Date end
September 18th 2005 September 25th 2005
September 6th 2006 September 13th 2006
Origin
Need to offer training to young beneficiaries in the project.
European entailment of the project.
Search for the gains that the international interchanges offer.
Knowledge of other cultures, sharing experiences and points of view, jo-
ining groups.
Description of the good practice
Two international meetings with Spanish, Italian and Portuguese young
people of the territories involved in the project to train them on basic as-
pects of the rural development and the development of projects in this sco-
pe. The young people were asked to be selected as participants in these
meetings, one narrow entailment with the activities that had been made in
their municipalities. Thus, the participation in meetings became a sort of
prize to their efforts and their involvement.
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Results
-
Interconnection between groups and individuals of different countries not
only informally but also formally facing working in the network for the
accomplishment of joining initiatives (new meetings).
-
International diffusion of the project and the Youth Program of the Euro-
pean Union.
-
Participation of 120 young people in training processes related to the rural
development and the accomplishment of projects in this scope.
-
Motivation effects in the work of the individuals implied in the local groups
of young people.
-
Local youth leaders’ generation.
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Title:
LOCAL MEETINGS
Municipality:
Miajadas. Don Miguel Tower.
Date beginning Date end
October 2005 October 2006
Origin
Need to offer training to young beneficiaries in the project.
Search for the gains that the interchanges between youngsters of different
municipalities offer.
Sharing experiences and points of view, making groups, making a territory
come together, creating networks.
Description of the good practice
Three local meetings with young people from the Region of Miajadas -
Trujillo to train them on basic aspects of the communitarian animation and
the development of activities in this scope. The participants were asked, in
order to be selected as participants in these meetings, a narrow entailment
with the activities that had been made in their municipalities. So that the
participation in the meeting became a sort of prize to their efforts and their
involvement.
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Results
-
Interconnection between groups and individuals from different countries
not only informally but also formally facing workings in the network for
the accomplishment of joining initiatives (new meetings, creation of a fe-
deration).
-
Local diffusion of the project and the Youth Program of the European
Union
-
Participation of 80 young people in training processes related to the com-
munitarian animation and the development of activities in this scope.
-
Motivation effects in the work of the individuals implied in the local groups
of young people.
-
Local youth leaders’ generation.
-
Reinforcement of local groupings.
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Title:
TRAINING COURSES IN ANIMATION
Municipality:
Miajadas Municipality – Trujillo
Date beginning Date end
January 2006 November 2006
Origin
Need to offer training to the young beneficiaries in the project.
Continuity in the process of constituting groups and youth associations.
Pursuit of the associations and groupings already created.
Description of the good practice
Courses of communitarian animation directed to the created groups, muni-
cipal technicians and parents of the young beneficiaries with the intent of
making an activity related to, as a course practice. During the courses the
pursuit of created groupings was practiced and technical support was offe-
red to the creation of associations and the carrying out of energizing steps.
We involved the authorities and local technicians, parents and mothers in
the training processes and in the creation of groups and local associations
with whom we tried to include such process in the interest and the priorities
of the local community.
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Results
-
Accomplishment of 16 courses with more than 200 people involved in.
-
Accomplishment of 16 activities of communitarian animation, manual wor-
kshops, a day for the children’s games, gymkhanas, for instance.
-
Creation of …….. youth associations
-
Motivation effects in the work of the individuals involved in the local grou-
pings of young people.
-
Generation of local youth leaders.
-
Reinforcement of the local groupings.
-
Diffusion of the project and the Youth Program of the European Union.
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Title:
YOUNG ADICOMT SUMMER II
Municipality:
All municipalities of the Miajadas region - Trujillo, 20 municipalities
Date beginning Date end
July 2006 September 2006
Origin
The need to take direct bonding with the beneficiaries of the program.
Description of the good practice
This activity is related to the first Young ADICOMT Summer. Two days per
municipality. The first eminently playful, meant to attract young people to
a day of cooperative workshops and dynamic group games that allowed a
reflection upon the reality of young people and their possibilities of getting
involved in their problems. From this analysis, the members of an anima-
tion activity organized, in their town, a gymkhana for children, during one
week with the technical support of ADICOMT and executed one week after
the first day. The difference regarding the first summer is that these activi-
ties were made involving groups of young people from the groupings and
associations already created. The associations, together with our technical
staff, went to those municipalities where, in the last year, it had not been
able to develop the activity. Therefore, they continued training themselves
in animation and they were, at the same time, an example to their group of
pears from other municipalities.
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Results
-
New contacts with seven informal groupings of many towns.
-
Enrichment of the database of young participants.
-
Seven activities, in the seven municipalities, were made, by these informal
groups which inferred the first implication of many young people in the
community animation.
-
We had the participation of 30 young people from different groupings that
contributed to the organization and execution of these activities.
-
Motivation effects in the work of the individuals involved in the local
young people groups.
-
Generation of local youth leaders.
-
Reinforcement of the local groupings.
-
Diffusion of the project and the Youth Program of the European Union.
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Title:
DAYS OF COMMUNITARIAN ANIMATION
Municipality:
Miajadas
Date beginning Date end
May 25th 2006 May 26th 2006
Origin
The need to take bond directly with other agents of the territory, responsible
for the dinamization of the youth group.
Description of the good practice
Development of two days journeys with technicians, mayors and council-
men of the Miajadas Region - Trujillo, people in charge of the performan-
ces with the youth group at local level.
Results
-
Reinforcement of the local groupings.
-
Diffusion of the project and the Youth Program of the European Union.
-
Territory cohesion.
-
Implication of other agents from the involved communities.
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Title:
GROUPINGS’ FOLLOW-UP
Municipality:
Miajadas
Date beginning Date end
September 2005 December 2006
Origin
The need to provide technical support and to evaluate the ongoing path of
the created youth groupings. The need to help them creating youth associa-
tions.
Description of the good practice
Continuous contact with youth groupings, visits and meetings in their mu-
nicipalities, accomplishment of animation activities with different grou-
pings, support in the bureaucratic technical processes of creating youth
associations and work in network.
Results
-
Reinforcement of the local groupings.
-
Diffusion of the project and the Youth Program of the European Union.
-
Territory cohesion.
-
Creation of…. youth associations and….. young people groupings.
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Title:
CREATION OF
A FEDERATION OF YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS
Municipality:
Miajadas
Date beginning Date end
September 2006 December 2006
Origin
The need to strengthen the works of the groups through the creation of a
network of youth associations that is tied and will operate of jointly.
Description of the good practice
Permanent contact with young groupings, visits and meetings to their mu-
nicipalities. Animation activities regarding the creation of the federation,
technical support in the bureaucratic process and programming the first ac-
tivities of this federation.
Results
-
Creation of the Federation of Youth Associations of the Miajadas Region
- Trujillo formed by...... associations
-
Creation of the first programme of activities.
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Title:
WEBSITE www.desarrollojoven.eu
Municipality:
Miajadas
Date beginning: APRIL 2006
Origin
The need to support all the undertaken and training processes, of generation
of activities and groupings, creation of networks of work, youth participa-
tion, etc.
Description of the good practice
Plan and execution of the website www.desarrollojoven.eu, divided into 4
parts:
-
Informative. Information is given about young people, scholarships, free
time, culture, travel, sports, etc.
-
Formative. There are documents that can contribute to the work of each
local group/association. Legislation, methodology, associations guide, etc.
-
Participative. Expressing different opinions, interchange of activities, news,
etc.
-
Relationship. Several chats that offer a permanent contact between young
people that have met while studying or working abroad and that want to
keep contact with their reference group.
Results
-
Creation of the website maintained and changed regularly. (Don’t know
what else to add here, once I don’t have access data and other informa-
tion)
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Title:
Annual Activities Plan “Ser Agora Association”
Place:
Portel (Portugal)
Date Beginning: Date End:
September 2005 January 2006
Origin
Technical team of the project
Description of the good practice
The legal need and the advantages of a juvenile association, like others, to
show an annual activities plan in the end of each civil year, as a proof of its
dynamism and organizing capacity, and also as a useful method to achieve
finance to its running and activities support.
This issue has been highlighted by all young people in the “Ser Agora As-
sociation”, as a fundamental principle to the performance of their associa-
tion.
Results
The ASA Association – Ser Agora Association – has, since, their annual
activities plans. It is just not a simple plan; it is in fact a large plan, with a
great number of tasks and initiatives.
Contact
Name: João Castilho
Phone. 00351 965094886
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Title:
INFORMATION SESSIONS AND TRAINING ON
THE YOUTH ASSOCIATIONS
Place:
Lisbon (Seixal) / Algarve (Faro, Tavira and Cachopo) / Viseu
Date Beginning: Date End
February 2006 December 2006
Origin
The need to offer information/training, through debates, to the young bene-
factors of the project, promoting the creation of working nets and juvenile
involvement.
The need to have direct contact with the benefactors of the program and
with other agents of the territories responsible for the young collective.
Description of the good practice
The informative journeys/sessions in the Lisbon regions, Algarve and Vi-
seu.
Informative debate journeys (open to all interested people, but especially to
young people) and reflection on the Young Associations in Portugal and in
all regions. With this methodology, there has been the intention to create an
energizing, interactive and participative atmosphere.
These sessions focused specific themes (association constitution, rights, res-
ponsibilities, entities and governmental supports, juridical regimes, in force
law changes, active citizens, associations organizing and technical capacity
and other association issues related to the present.
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Results
- Development of 9 informative/debating sessions that gathered around 280
involved people.
- Support to the creation of local groups.
-Sensibility and information to all young people. Reflection and debate on
the association themes with the juvenile associations, informal groups and
involved groups.
- Involvement of other agents in the interested communities.
- Production of supportive material to all informative sessions.
- Information interchange and experiences.
- International diffusion of the project - Young People of the European
Union.
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Title:
Kerres Association
Local:
Agnone (Isernia, Italy)
Date beginning Date End
January 2006 September 2006
Origin
Young people’s associations from the ancient rural people of Agnone, in the
Molise region, located in the Apenines mountains, southern Italy.
The objective of the association is to increase the young peoples’ participa-
tion through cultural initiatives related to the secular productive traditions,
culture and gastronomy.
Description of the good practice
Development of several activities focused on young people from Agnone
in order to promote and animate the people; collaboration with the Euro-
culture during the planning task; the program and the organization of the
international encounter in Italy, September 2006.
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Results
•
Restoration and opening to all visitors of an ancient plant of copper. Orga-
nizing guided visits for students and tourists.
•
Promotion and organization of a handicraft festival and ancient crafts, du-
ring 3 days, in August, in Agnone.
•
Promotion and organization of the “white night”, in Agnone, with cultural
events, bars and open tents.
•
Building and up-dating an internet site on cultural information; originally,
it was only meant to the young locals, but it has already spread throughout
the world.
Assisting Euroculture to the planning and organization of the international
meeting (Italian-Spanish-Portuguese) of the Young People’s Net project
(6th-13th September, 2006).
Contact
Name: Danilo Di Nucci
Phone.: +39- 3498412299
E-mail: danilo@kerres.it, info@kerres.it
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Title:
Elaboration Idea Interchange Kerres / ASA
Local:
Miajadas (Spain) Agnone (Isernia, Italy) Portel (Portugal)
Date beginning Date End
September 2005 October 2006
Origin
The project Young People’s Net promoted two international meetings whi-
ch allowed the connection between young people from the rural areas in
Italy and in Spain. Several young people made friends to whom they speak
regularly. Thanks to the project, the young people developed several skills
and initiative spirit.
Description of the good practice
Elaboration of a plan to reach an interchange in Portugal and the associatio-
ns in Kerres de Agnone (Italy) and ASA of Portel (Portugal).
Resultados
Spontaneous initiative held by young people from the associations in Ke-
rres de Agnone (Italy) and ASA of Portel (Portugal). The Project is still in
the beginning, several agreements are being made; however, young people
will be the ones to develop the activities.
Young people from the Comarca Miajadas – Trujillo showed interest in
participate.
Visit from a young Spanish and meeting in a Studio in Portel, October
2006.
Contact
Name: Umberto Di Pasquo
Phone.: +39- 3338222015
E-mail: umberto@kerres.it, info@kerres.it
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Report of the young people’s participation
SPAIN
Experience in the Work camp
By Loli Castuela
On September 6th, a group of young people from Miajadas and their judicial
district left their places towards Agnone, a small village, but huge in the heart
of all their citizens.
We get together for six days with young people from different countries - our
neighbors, the Portuguese and the Italians.
This cultural interchange made possible two essential aspects: the functio-
ning inside the working group and also during the execution of projects, and
learning from other people, other cultures, distinct living experiences and
ways of life.
The morning activities described by our monitors and the lovely evenings,
along with the time we had to spend together, helped us creating friend ties
between the sixty young people there.
After the short but energizing week, we had to say goodbye hoping that, one
day, this experience will happen again, besides the distance that tear us apart,
we will still reach contact with our friends.
Young People’s Project Experience
By Laura Rivera
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My name is Laura, I am 19 years old and I live in Campo Lugar, a place of
the judicial district of Miajadas – Trujillo.
The characteristics of my people (old and with few resources) and the situa-
tion that young people face nowadays difficult the possibility to occupy our
free time, beyond the walls of our village.
ADICOMT and the young people’s project allowed me the possibility to find
a world which I did not know. During several journeys, I shared quite a few
afternoons with boys and girls from other places of the judicial district, as
well as young people from my age. In this Town Halls we developed works-
hops to the children and I felt quite rewarded when they appreciated what we
did for them.
Besides collaborating in these workshops, I also attended a judicial district
meeting, during two days. There, I just enjoyed meeting new people and I
thank the possibility that was given to me, participating in these activities.
Today, where I live, we formed a juvenile association and I hope that we can
do things, with a little help, like those we made back then.
Experiences
By Jara Galeano
I have participated in several activities of the young people’s project for about
a year. Where I live, we are a huge group and almost everyone has shared this
experience with other young people from the nearer places.
We were in Miajadas in a judicial district meeting and this summer we were
in Sierra da Gata. We have developed workshops throughout the regions and
lots of young people have attended our tasks. On these workshops we teach
how to work with wood.
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Nowadays, we are planning a juvenile association, because we really appre-
ciated the experience we got through during these months. We met new
people once we were away from home and lived different lives that enhanced
our knowledge.
It seems it is a good way to occupy our free time, away from our computers,
game machines or television, and it is a way to respect us mutually, learning
how to share with each other.
I advise all young people to search for this kind of activities, because in the
end it is good to remember the tasks we accomplished, the friendships we
made and all the things we learn. Thank you.
Experiences
By Judith González
If I had to describe the good moments I lived during the meeting in Sierra de
Gata, together with the young people that shared the same thoughts as I, it
would be quite an impossible task, because I can’t find the words to explain
it. I loved the organization, the planning activities that worked together to the
young people’s development.
We were given the opportunity to get out of our places along with our friends
and make new ones; we were given the chance to open our eyes to new rea-
lities and ways to occupy our free time, which, back then, we didn’t use to
do.
I would like to say that all these experiences were quite useful to me, they
allowed me knowing new people and knowing me as well, because I found
several characteristics of my personality that I didn’t know I had, I thought I
was a shy girl, but I did quite well among other young people. I participated
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in all activities which took my fears away, specially the fact that I could look
ridiculous to them playing some of the games.
I invite all young people to enjoy and participate in this kind of meetings that
improve us a lot, because there we can express our opinions and ideas about
things that can be made inside an association, which evidently need to be
encouraged.
My friends and I, in Campo Lugar, kept the old young people’s association
that existed; we are going to change the statutes and make ours, in order to
teach what we have learnt so far.
Youth Project
By Carlos Corrales
There are several episodes we can tell about the multiple activities we deve-
loped inside the young people’s program that ADICOMT offered us.
In the first place, I would like to highlight the fact that we shared opinions
with people I had never seen.
At the same time, I also recall the evenings we had apropos the international
meeting in Italy. Later, these evenings served me to keep a straight relations-
hip and closeness with other young people from my country, to get to know
thoughts beyond mine, other points of view and a whole of endless experien-
ces that happen in such a small space.
Finally, I would like to thank all people the opportunity that was given to me
and other four people like me, from the rural areas as well, without whom we
couldn’t enjoy the meetings or give our opinion about the projects that are
established in our places.
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Sociability
By Santiago Vicente
What happen if you gather, in a workshop, twenty young people from the
judicial district of Miajadas-Trujillo, other from Alentejo and Seixal, in Por-
tugal, and other twenty from Italy and you forbid them to speak in English?
Easy, two days later and without realizing it, the young people started mixing
words from their own language with the other two, increasing the number of
words according to the nationality of the person they were speaking to. The
number of words increased as time went by and, at the same time, the groups
created a language that all understood. They also start paying attention to the
accent of the different spoken languages among them.
In no more than four days, the Spanish, the Portuguese and the Italian young
people started talking a rare idiom, somehow looked like the Esperanto. To-
day, no language is spoken individually but the three at the same time.
At the end of the weekend, it was granted that all young people were talking
to each other in this new language they created and not in their own langua-
ge.
Talking about Agnone
By Santiago Vicente
Agnone is located in the Molise province, specifically in Alto Molise, about
three hours and a half from Rome, on a slow bus, where there isn’t broad-
band.
Agnone is the City of Art. As I have already commented in a previous post,
it has 6.000 inhabitants and 16 churches, one per 375 inhabitants, all ancient,
stone made, spectacular on the inside. I will always remember the sound of
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the bells ringing at 5:30 in the morning till evening. I have to say that some-
times we went to bed at 5:30 in the morning!
Agnone is a place of mountains, quite beautiful (in Italian we say “belissi-
mo”), ancient, made of stone, the ideal place to fall in love, specially in a
small plaza, amazing for having a flagon and a sightseeing point with more
than 270 gratings, circling the several valleys that surround the place.
How to explain the stillness we live there only interrupted by the slight steps
of a group of Spanish people? Uhmmm, the cars can be parked with no stress
and can be left with the windows open and the keys on. Impressive….
The constant sound of the bells ringing and the high number of churches can
be explained by the fact that Agnone is placed in “Fonderia della Campa-
ne Marinelli” (Campane Marinelli Foundry), a pacific pontific foundry with
more than 1000 years of history, where the President of the Vatican city goes
to buy the bells. It is better to build a new church so as to finish the bell
stock!
What caused the impact were the extended green woods that surround the
place, where I couldn’t find remains of black mountains from the fires. Pro-
bably, that is the best example of people’s love and tenderness regarding their
birth place, culture and nature.
To all Agnone inhabitants: I intend to come back.
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Italian Association in Kerres
By Santiago Vicente
I am a benefactor member of the Asociazione Culturale Kerres, Giovani per
l´Alto Molise, in Kerres. This association is formed by young people from
Agnone, a place with 6.000 inhabitants, 6 churches which bells start ringing
from 5:30 in the morning and go on playing every 30 minutes.
This association develops several activities which can be seen though the
website: www.kerres.it, but there is one thing I want to highlight – the reco-
vering of the historical memory that all young people did in their places, in
order to keep them alive.
Besides the great amount of churches and the foundry, where the bells are
made to the Vatican, it has a long time since Agnone was known around Italy
for being one of the most important centers of copper foundry. In this place,
there are three of the most relevant foundries from all Italy.
The times are changing, technology is improved and what was irreplaceable
turns out to be replaced by much more useful things. It happened with the
copper in the II World War, when this hard material was replaced by soft
materials but much more lasting, like the aluminium. The last of the three
copper foundries, Antiche Fonderie del Rame del Verino (Ancient Foundry
of the Verino Line), survived only for 30 years, but oddly in the first 10 years
the technology was already obsolete and its interior destroyed.
The Town Hall began, then, recovering the facilities in order to preserve it
from full destruction, but kept it closed until a couple of years ago when Ke-
rres association undertook its maintenance and made it open to the all curious
people who want to visit it. The association tried also to keep the memories
alive by explaining to the visitors how did the foundry work. There are a few
people alive from the times back when the copper foundry was still casting.
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PORTUGAL
Interchange of Young People Working to the Local Development
By Lúcia Cardoso – Ser Agora Association – Portel
It has been a huge pleasure receiving once again an invitation from Terra
Dentro Association to participate in the project “Young People’s Net – wor-
king to the local development”.
An interchange between young people from our age, who live different lives,
but quite similar at the same time.
The camping in Agnone, Italy, was the first of the first step to us. The previo-
us interchange, in Miajadas, Spain, was definitely the moment when we felt
the wish to continue. Those were really important times to our associative
and personal experience.
From learning activities, games, to parties, camping and travels, we consider
that the higher point of this project was the interchange of live experiences
and its contribution to the know-how of each individual in his/her environ-
ment and reality. Another interesting point was to know and debate the gene-
ral problems of the three countries.
The former idea was that we might be considered as the “poor guys” inside
the interchange and it wasn’t obviously correct, for the reason that, besides
the fact that they come from more developed countries, the Spanish and the
Italians have the same problems and questions as we have.
The feeling that we are together debating these problems, trying to find so-
lutions to solve them, is something that motivates us and shows us that it is
possible to change the minds of the young people that live in the rural areas.
The less positive aspect of this project is the fact that some of these projects
don’t have its continuity assured, at least in the way that we fancy them. On
the other hand, projects like these show us new patterns and ideas and stimu-
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late us to put others in practice.
We would like to see projects like this in the future, projects that can give the
opportunity to other young people like they have given us, because we owe
to this project the fact that we got to know different realities, cultures and
people. The friendships we made were definitely an important award, becau-
se friendship is the most important thing. That was our starting point.
For this, we thank you.
Young People Working to the Local Development
By Rui Sabino
Miajadas, 2005, Agnone, 2006, a year has separated these great activities in
the project.
In September, 2005, the interchange between young people from three Euro-
pean Union countries, Spain, Italy and Portugal finally began.
Included in the interchange, sixty young people from participating countries
shared experiences, motivations and cultures.
After the integration in the project, in each region and country perspective,
which was quite important to know about and work correctly the themes of
the project, we started working on the tasks proposed.
After this step, we worked on a truly cultural mixture, which benefited the
developed activities, once the inter-cultural activities contributed to the in-
crease of the young people’s production.
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As a result, a new experience began and it will last in our memory for a life-
time, all the experiences we lived, the friends we made, the work we develo-
ped and the entertainment that it had the given us.
September, 2006, a year later, the news that we had the possibility to go
through all over again came, but this time, in Italy. We were given activities
plans to accomplish and a meeting where we could meet again the friends we
made in Miajadas.
Thinking about what happen in the context of this project, I do recognize it
was a very positive experience. As a professional, I did learn and increased
my knowledge throughout the development of several activities inside the
association, such as psychological and social development tasks for young
people like me, gained initiative spirit and own enterprise.
Participating in this project made me more confident concerning the develo-
pment of different tasks that, in the past, seemed so hard to achieve. Today, I
am very thankful to the project because I am sure I have overcome my fears
and I am sure all of the people involved overcome as well.
I am sure that participating in this project meant a lot to me, to my personal
and professional motivation, I thank to all the people involved in the project
who gave me the chance to be in there and I would like to make use of this
to promote the young associations and to enjoy all opportunities because
“life is just a couple of holidays dead give to us” and we should really take
advantage of it.
Thank you! Bye!
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Young People from IDS
The group of young people from IDS, Portugal, was honoured to participate
in this project, both in local actions in Portugal and in the meetings in Spain
and Italy.
We consider this project extremely motivating and educational because it
allows young people to know new places in the world and specially to inte-
ract with people from other cultures but with the same interests concerning
youth associations.
Young people who normally join this type of activities are the ones who have
spirit of adventure and curiosity to know people from countries.
Positive and negative aspects of the project activities in which they have been
involved:
Positive aspects:
1. To know other young people with the same interests regarding youth
associations, from other countries, in different contexts;
2. To acquire knowledge at an intercultural level, not only regarding
the contact with other young people, but also regarding the experience of
living in partnership with the customs and traditions of the places where the
meeting took place;
3. To take advantage of the opportunity to develop activities with inter-
cultural teams of young people from 3 different countries;
4. To create a series of knowledge which allows a continuous contact
and work, not only during the development of the project, but also after it;
5. To participate in national meetings in which the exchange of knowled-
ge was promoted, as well as the dissemination and enlightenment of subjects
related to the youth associations in Portugal;
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6. To access information about the legislation and guidance on youth
associations.
Negative aspects:
1. Regarding the youth meetings: few resources, which limited the
creativity;
2. Inadequacy of some works developed in the meetings, towards the
national concrete context;
3. Linguistic communication gap of some elements of the international
team.
Worthies of the project:
A project of this nature is always vital once it allows us to contact with other
people, sharing experiences and knowledge, in a pro-active attitude, with
spirit of initiative and team.
Through the contacts among the participants in the meetings, it was possible
to conclude that, even though there are three countries with different con-
texts, people and laws, the difficulties that the young people came across
were not new. As a result, the interaction between the youngsters is very
importance and extremely useful.
It is necessary to highlight, in the scope of the youth meetings, as well as
national meetings, that cooperation and friendship bonds were created, which
last beyond the themes and deadline of the development of this project.
The youth associations in Portugal and the involvement of the related autho-
rities in this subject:
The youth associations in Portugal is getting clear, once young people un-
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derstand their union, in several subjects, which is worthy as a means of ex-
pression and may enable them to reach social victories.
The young people encouraged towards the associations hold the principles of
aid and develop a work which should be socially recognized. However, the
authorities related to this type of projects don’t yet appreciate these youngs-
ters and their respective projects thus sometimes they are not given much
credibility.
Is it visible, however, that a growing effort has been done towards creating
information initiatives and giving support to young people who intend to be-
come associated. Nevertheless, we can still see some difficulty reaching all,
specifically people who live isolated or in precarious geographical regions.
The young people consider that this project is very useful and should be an
example of good training practices to follow in the future so as to develop
other useful projects showing results, which may actually have a significant
application.
Moreover, they have considered, unanimously, that they were glad to parti-
cipate in this project and they hope to have the opportunity to receive their
Spanish and Italian friends in Portugal, in the future.
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ITALY
The ingredients of the European Youth
By Umberto Di Pasquo
“Youth” is a program by the “Culture and Instruction Directorate-General” of
the European Commission, born formally in the spring of 2000, that have its
own historical roots concerning the previous communitarian experiences.
The program is bound for boys and girls between 15 and 25 years old, living
in 31of the European Countries, with the objective of creating an interna-
tional mobility and informal instruction, so that the young people acquire
knowledge, skills and abilities, which are the essential reasons to perform a
responsible citizenship, assisting active integration in the society.
We have to highlight the recent born and growth of the programs that are
directed to the “Youth”, simultaneously, we continue on achieving our ends,
but in an extended territorial orbit concerning the European boundaries.
Whoever got the chance like me to take active part in a project directed to the
program, it is interesting to know the European Union goals, easily achieved
thanks to the available instruments.
Therefore, through the participation of the first city in the project ”Young
People’s Net – working to the local development”, from what the Eurocul-
ture is an Italian membership, placed in Miajadas, Spain, during September
2005, we could realize a connected growth to the possibility to see a real and
active contribution to this great dream called Europe.
Sixty Spanish, Portuguese and Italian young people worked together with
their partners in order to understand the cultural diversities and praise the
fundamental common values.
Through the transnational activities several problems came out that affect
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the small places of northern and southern Italy, as well as places in Spain and
Portugal. Together, it was possible to get acquainted with the problems and
solutions, but, thanks to the critical debate and interaction between people we
could reach the objective with determination.
The project “Youth” is also a meeting of different lifestyles, different linguis-
tic cultures that, at the first sight, seemed similar to ours, but are in fact quite
different once the historical background is also different.
A “kitchen”: that is what the “Young People’s Net Project” means to me, a
kitchen where each person represents a different flavor; where each indivi-
dual has the opportunity to show his own creativity, combining and fusing all
different elements, creating a soft music that is an anthem to the European
Youth.