The initiative is joint event of Municipality of Lublin, The European Wergeland Center (Oslo) and the Sempre a Frente Foundation (Lublin), which will strengthen cooperation with entities from Norway, Poland and Ukraine.
The bilateral aspect of the Initiative will be implemented thanks to the involvement in the planning and implementation of activities of each of the partners who have specific roles assigned to it. Each of the activities will be attended by a Partner from Norway who will share his knowledge, experience and good practices.
Municipality of Lublin became the leader of the project. Thanks to the financial support in the amount of 850 thousand euro, coming from the EEA and Norway Grants, in the years 2022-2024, various ideas will be implemented in the city of Lublin - both those proposed by young people and those aimed at young people.
The European Wergeland Center was established by the Council of Europe and Norway in 2008 to support the implementation of the Council of Europe policy in EU Member States. The Center is located in Oslo, Norway, but also has regional offices in Ukraine, Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina. EWC is a resource center for democracy, citizenship, human rights and intercultural understanding. The Center offers training and educational programs aimed at young people, as well as people and entities involved in education in the above-mentioned areas.
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Sempre a Frente Foundation is a Lublin organization that has been working for children and youth from Lublin and the Lublin region since 2010. Actively supports young people in acquiring key social competences through the implementation of preventive, educational and information programs. It provides psychological help, therapy, workshops developing interests, career counseling, engages in volunteering, accompanies in discovering the world, running 2 children and youth day care centers and Youth Information and Development Centre in Lublin. It enables the implementation of own ideas and projects in peer groups. It works to strengthen the position of young people in social life. The Foundation initiated the efforts of the city of Lublin for the title of European Youth Capital 2023.
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