Youth in Action Varna Municipality YSPDB National Student Association Paisii Hilendarski
Nationa Debate Structural Dialogue & Young People In Bulgaria
04 - 08 June 2008 VARNA

The national debate “Structural Dialogue and Young People” is a result of a meeting of the National Youth Councils of the EU Member States, European Youth Forum and DG “Education and Culture” of the European Commission, organized in. January 2008.  The aftermath is the engagement of each invited youth organization to undertake the initiative to conduct a national debate in their country. It aims at popularizing the issue of the structural dialogue and at carrying out a research of the youth leaders’ attitude towards the cooperation between the nongovernmental sector and institutions in promoting adequate and efficient youth policy, based on dialogue, mutual understanding and equality.

Organizing a national debate in Bulgaria will be implemented in cooperation with the Municipality of Varna which in the last few years is an example of an institution conducting adequate youth policy and Youth Society for Peace and Development of the Balkans. The aim of this national debate is also to create opportunities for the youth organizations so that they could stand their ground more actively and start searching for the right dialogue approach with the decision-making authorities. The respective outcomes both from Bulgaria and the other EU Member States will be presented to the European Commission and the European Youth Forum. The debate is organized with the financial support of YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME.

Part of the event will be the 5th National Youth Fair, which is yearly organized by Varna Municipality and gives a space to the youth NGOs from the whole country to present its activities. This year’s topic of the fair will be intercultural dialogue.

Participants in the event will be representatives of youth organizations, local and national authorities and medias.

Youth leaders can apply for participation by sending a participant form until 30th April 2008 to varnanamladite@gmail.com.

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