Eyca news
21 May, World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) in partnership with UNESCO and a wide coalition of partners is launching the world campaign “ Do One Thing for Diversity and Inclusion ”. Following the adoption in 2001 of the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity the…
Youth and skills: Putting education to work
Young people are around three times more likely to be unemployed than adults. The problem is growing as youth populations soar across the world. In developing countries alone the population aged between 15 and 24 reached 1 billion in 2010. Vocational skills can bridge this gap. F…
UNICEF: the well-being of children in 29 rich countries
The "Child well-being in rich countries" research from UNICEF examines the state of children across 29 of the world’s advanced economies. This international comparison, says the report, proves that child poverty in these countries is not inevitable, but policy susceptible – a…
Six cities short-listed for European Youth Capital 2016
Badajoz (Spain), Galway (Ireland), Ganja (Azerbaijan), La Laguna (Spain), Varna (Bulgaria) and Vilnius (Lithuania) have been selected to compete for the title of European Youth Capital (EYC) 2016. These six cities will continue to compete for the title, during which they will pre…
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YO!Fest in Brussels, Belgium: Make Your Choice
Thursday 30 May and Friday 31 May 2013 in the Esplanade of the European Parliament, Brussels. The fourth edition of the annual youth festival – the YO!Fest organised by the European Youth Forum is approaching. For the first time, EYCA is going to participate in this big informa…
The European Youth Award for Best e-Content
The European Youth Award (EYA) engages young people in what the EU Digital Agenda wants to achieve til 2020: making digital technologies relevant to all citizens. Digital technologies must benefit especially to those who are socially excluded, discriminated according to gender an…
‘Sea of Words’ Story Contest for Euro-Med Area
The Anna Lindh Foundation and the European Institute of the Mediterranean call the sixt edition of the international competition of short stories and tales "A Sea of Words" , aimed at young people from the countries of the Euro-Mediterranean area. The competition is aimed at prod…