The seminar will take place in Lithuania May 28- June 3, 2015, in Mokymų centras "Daugirdiškės" Project “Next steps of youth policy development in EaP" brings together national youth councils from EaP region countries (Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova), National youth council of Latvia, strongest regional youth NGO in Armenia - Youth initiative center, Ukrainian National youth council and Institute for policy research and analysis from Lithuania. The project will gather youth policy stakeholders, youth councils representatives from 8 countries, in Lithuania, to discuss the youth policy development, co-management and youth work implementations and future youth policy vision in the region.

2. Building bridges
Mmhhhh.. Real bridges…

3. …(real) bridge between EU Presidency Eastern
partnership youth forums in Lithuania (October, 2013)
and Latvia (February, 2015) and provides space to
reflect on the results of forums and transform them
into strategies and policy actions..

4. different youth policy stakeholders
Summing up the learning
outcomes
strategic development plans
advocacy plans

5. aims
- strengthen cooperation of different stakeholders in
each participating country;
- create Baltic+EaP regional vision for youth policy
and youth participation development;
- empower national youth councils (NYC) and NGOs in
EaP region to cooperate and develop a common
vision on youth issues in the region and civil society
development gaining good practices from Lithuania
and Latvia;

7. Research and analysis
Policy development
Capacity building and training
Advocacy and communication work
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8. Experience with EaP region
• study on Youth participation in the democratic
changes in Eastern Partnership countries;
http://issuu.com/mariusulozas/docs/eap_youth_participation_study
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9. • Facilitation of Eastern
Europe and Caucasus
project group with
European Youth
Forum, aiming to
strengthen
cooperation of youth
NGOs and National
Youth Councils within
EECA region and with
the rest of Europe;

10. • Contribution to the development of national
youth policy strategy in Georgia & 2012
January – February Consulting 18 Georgian
municipalities on local youth policy, youth
work development.

11. • Moderation of Polish
EU Presidency Youth
Conference, which
had priority on
Eastern Partnership
countries;
• Moderation of Eastern
partnership forums in
2013 in Kaunas and
2015 in Riga

12. • Cooperation with
SALTO Eastern
Europe and Caucasus
resource center;

13. • Direct work with National
youth councils in Georgia,
Moldova, Azerbaijan,
Ukraine, Belarus;
• Regional youth bodies and
organizations.

14. • Run capacity-
building training for
staff of Georgian
Ministry of justice
on the topics of
Youth work and
youth psychology;

15. • Run several capacity-building trainings for
youth-wings of political parties in Ukraine and
Belarus

16. • 2014, December.
UNFPA Senior
expert to support
“Youth Index”
development in
Moldova

17. • 2014 - 2015 Armenia. Developing evidence-
based and participatory youth policy in
Gyumri, Armenia. Conducting youth research,
creating proposals for youth policy
improvement, publication.

18. • To be continued…
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