AYUNTAMIENTO DE TORTOSA

descripción de la organización:

The main aim of "Edifici Jove Lo Carrilet" is informing and helping young people so that they can choose the best options for their present and their future.It wants to create equal opportunities Each year there are more youngsters that use its services what made the program grow.

The teamwork from Youth Department is consists of two workers. There are a lot of different activities:

-Information and help with non formal education topics.
-Information and help with topics such as job research, youth tourism, youth renting, european programs, etc.
-Sale of the Youthhostel Card and International Students Card.
-A place for searching information.
-Training and Workshops (visits, talks).
-Cultural activities.
-Monthly newsletters to inform young people.
-Internet service: four computers with Wifi connection.
-An information board where young people can offer their services, selling, renting offers and share everything that they believe necessary.
-Maintenance of the website of "Edifici Jove Lo Carrilet".

Also "Edifici Jove Lo Carrilet" organizes projects and activities:
-Activities for young people in the nature (walking, espeleology, kayac and ciclying).

-Youth constest, to promote video and photo betwenn young artists.

-Music: Ebre Musik contest, to promote new bands from the Ebro county and neighbouring regions. We organize a final concert with a famous band within the spanish pop rock scene, and the three winner bands from the contest.

-Workshops in informal educational topics during the whole year aimed at youngsters.

-The "Festa de les Entitats Socials", an event with seventeen entities and associations of the territory participating, establishing activities such as storytelling to children, show puppets and live concerts. Conference of the participating organizations, debate on the role of NGO's and the voluntarism in our society, etc.

-Organization of the "Youth Christmas", coordinating forty of the city's entities.

-Future project: Intercultural youthdinamization for youngsters from fourteen to twentyf ive in the districts of Tortosa. Youngsters of the district and youngsters with a immigrant background unite in order to realize informal educational activities and to give an impulse towards integration and a peaceful living together.