Description of organisation

PROJUVEN means proyecto juvenil (youth project). It stands for something dynamic. For our staff of professionals it means being social entrepreneurs and keeping the passion for social purposes, in a modern concept of NGO. We are organization, which creates opportunities for young people who would like to be an active, try and learn something new and gain new experience and knowledge for personal and professional development. We want to enrich the educational, social and cultural life of young people living in our country, mainly young people with fewer opportunities. We believe that young people must become a driving force in building the society in which they live and therefore we create various opportunities in order to help shape a generation that is determined to change our country/and world for the better.

In PROJUVEN, emphasis is primarily on issues concerning specific social groups information, training and support; these groups are steadily or occasionally characterized as socially sensitive and vulnerable (refugees, immigrants, people with special needs, single parent families, etc.) As a major voluntary effort, PROJUVEN cares about vulnerable people, subject to discrimination and with full respect and acceptance of human rights, with belief in selfless social work offer and visions for a better and more human society, all of them through promoting the value and role of culture, arts and education. PROJUVEN fosters the dissemination of information about the initiatives and opportunities promoted by the European Union in different fields, through both internet and social networks, and organizing specific public events.

We promote the art and all other cultural enrichments and we are active in valorize our area in Spain where we promote a lot of initiatives and cooperate with many other associations and public institutions as municipalities.

Summing up, our main goals are:

-Individual development of each member;
-Acquiring new skills and abilities;
-Promote social inclusion using Sport, Nature and Art;
-Create link with European Youth Associations;
-Develop youth movement all over Europe;
-Increase knowledge using non formal education.

General objectives:

-Promote young mobility, intercultural exchange, volunteer and social cooperation among youngsters;
-Promote Youth Employment;
-Promote Youth Entrepreneurship;
-Stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience, mutual understanding, and equal rights and opportunities among young people in Europe and in the Euromed countries;
-Promote intercultural understanding, equal opportunities, respect, active citizenship and solidarity;
-Fight discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance;
-Promote respect for the nature (ecofriendly attitude) and develop new job opportunities;
-Involve young people with less opportunities;
-Support to refugees;
-Integration of minorities.

Activities:
-In the field of non-formal and in-formal education, informing and communication (youth exchanges, training course, study sessions);
-Activities for youth: volunteer projects in local communities, sport activities as a healthy lifestyle, sport as a tool for inclusion, eco projects of free expression for young people.