EYCA's
partners in Europe EYCA
works in partnership with other international
bodies such as: The
Council of Europe Since
1988, the
European Ministers responsible for Youth have endorsed the
EURO<26 card. In
1991, this led to
the adoption of a Partial Agreement on Youth Cards within the
framework of the Council of Europe. Now
EYCA co-operates with governments from 17 countries, which contribute
to a early
programme budget. This programme includes trainings, exchanges
among
member organisations, new technology developments and information for
cardholders. For more detailed
information on the benefits and functioning of
the Partial Agreement, please
see the Partial Agreement section and the Council of Europe website.
The
European Commission The
European Commission has supported EYCA's youth card activities since
1985,
including an agreement whereby
all
European Voluntary Service (EVS) volunteers
are provided with a youth EURO<26 card and back-up
information services.
TheFour
Networks Within
the Four Networks structure, EYCA cooperates with these organisations
in the
field of youth policy:
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ERYICA The
European Youth Information and Counselling
Agency (ERYICA) is an international
non-profit association based
in
Luxembourg. The ERYICA network consists
of 25
Member Organisations, 5 Affiliated Organisations
and 3
Cooperating
Organisations
working
in 26 countries, in more than 8.000 youth
information
centres,
where
13.000 workers provide young
people with generalist information
under the principles of the
European Youth Information Charter.
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Eurodesk Eurodesk
National Partners (national bodies working in the youth field)
co-operate with
over 500
local
youth information
providers (Eurodesk Local Relays) to extend
the availability of information services to
young people at
local level.
Eurodesk offers these local agencies training, information tools, and
support,
thereby increasing young people's access to European
information. *
The European
Youth Forum (YFJ) The
European Youth Forum is a platform made up of 99 National Youth
Councils and
international youth
NGOs from across
Europe.The YFJ
works to empower young people to participate
actively in society and improve their living conditions by representing
their
interests towards the European Institutions, the Council of
Europe, the
United
Nations and other partners active in the youth field.
Other
networking partners of EYCA include EUFED, the European Union
Federation of
Youth Hostel Associations.