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Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award

The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs is looking for new candidates for the Swedish Baltic Sea Water Award. The award honors innovation, commitment and new methods that protect the Baltic Sea water environment done by individuals, companies, organisations and public authorities. The winner receives a SEK 250,000 prize sum and the participation in the World Water Week in Stockholm. The work can be among, but is not limited to, the following areas:

• Education and awareness raising
• Human and international relations
• Basic and applied research
• Water management
• Local activities

The nomination deadline for this year’s award is May 3, 2010.
For more information please check:
http://www.siwi.org/swedishbalticseawateraward

International Study Programme for Professionals in Child/Youth Welfare and Social Work in the Federal Republic of Germany (ISP) 2010

The Child and Youth Welfare Association in Berlin (AGJ) offers an international professional exchange with internships in institutions and organizations of child and youth welfare at local level in Germany. The ISP-Programme is financed by the Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth and offers about 20 German speaking professionals or volunteers a two months stay as a continuing education grant in order to study the theory and practice of the child and youth services in Germany. More information, material or application forms can be ordered at: ispcip@agj.de

Meeting of the Baltic Sea Expert Group on Youth Affairs (EGYA) in Vilnius, October 2009

The Baltic Sea Expert Group on Youth Affairs (EGYA) met in Vilnius, Lithuania in October 2009. The ministries responsible for youth policy from the CBSS member states came together to discuss the implementation of their Work Plan 2009-2011 and further actions. The Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs reported on its work on the same occasion.

Within the last decade, co-operation in the field of youth has become an integral part of the general Baltic Sea regional co-operation initiatives.

Already in the mid-90ies, the Presidency Declaration of the Baltic Sea States Summit in Visby and the Action Programmes of the Ministerial Session of the CBSS in Kalmar underlined the priority for the promotion of people-to-people partnerships in general and the "promotion of contacts between young people in the Baltic Sea region" in particular.
In 1996 "Youth Co-operation in the Baltic Sea Region" was for the first time put on the agenda of the 4th Conference on Baltic Sea States Subregional Co-operation (BSSSC) in Vaasa. The Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) build up a Commission on Youth Issues just a little bit later.
Today we can look back to 10 years of intense co-operation between all the CBSS countries in the fields of youth policy, youth work and youth exchange.
The aim of the Baltic Sea cooperation in the field of youth policy is to promote an active participation of young people, encourage youth exchange in order to promote a better understanding and knowledge of the Baltic Sea countries. The Danish Chair of the CBSS - Baltic Sea Expert Group on Youth Affairs (EGYA) leads the group through the period of June 2008 - July 2009, which has already brought multiple results for youth and youth policy in the region.

Meeting of the CBSS- Baltic Sea Expert Group on Youth Affairs in Copenhagen, November 2008

The Baltic Sea Expert Group on Youth Affairs (former Working Group on Youth Affairs) met in Copenhagen to agree on the Terms of Reference 2009-2011, the Agreement on the Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs 2009-2011 and the Work Plan 2009. The Terms of Reference and Annexes can be downloaded as PDF file here:

Meeting of the Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs, Riga 2007

On October 9th and 10th the annual meeting of the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)-Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs (WGYA) took place in Riga, Latvia. For the first time there were representatives from both the UBC (Union of the Baltic Cities) - Commission on Youth and from the BSSSC - (Baltic Sea States Sub-Regional Co-operation) Working Group on Youth Policy attending the meeting and presenting their work. Both UBC and BSSSC enjoy the status of special participants of the Council of the Baltic Sea States.

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Meeting of the Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs, Stockholm 2006

The Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS)-Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs (WGYA) met in Stockholm, Sweden in November 2006. The minstries responsible for youth policy from the CBSS member states came together to discuss the implementation of their Work Plan 2006-2008 and further actions. The Baltic Sea Secretariat for Youth Affairs reported on its work on the same occasion.

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Meeting of Baltic Sea Working Group on Youth Affairs, Reykjavik 2006

On the meeting in Reykjavik in June 2006 the ministries responsible for youth affairs of the Baltic Sea States discussed the implementation of the working plan for the period 2006-2008.

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