Educational and Political Work
The main instrument of the educational work of CDN is the exchange of young people from all over Europe. These exchanges are either seminars (like the Summer Camp) under the support of the Council of Europe Youth Foundation, Youth Exchanges under Youth in action program of the European Commission, Study Sessions in the Budapest Study Center of the Council of Europe and Pilot Projects.
Further more the CDN homepage, e-lists and audiovisual materials are used for the exchange of knowledge and competence within the CDN Partner and Member organisations.
The activities which are planned for this year:
Study Session on Time Management and Youth participation in Budapest, Hungary Seminar on Ethnical minorities, Youth and conflict prevention in Belgrade, Serbia Summer Camp on Green Values for Southern Caucasus, Tbilisi, Beorgia Youth Exchange in Armenia
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