1. YOUTHNET South East EUROPE 2001 - 2005

2. AIMS youthNET strenghtens the youth cooperation and supports regional co-operation in South East Europe by funding crossborder partnerships in SEE, joint training activities and co-operation on governmental and NGO level.

3. youthNET offers: Training activities for organizers knowledge how to find partners knowledge and skills to organize joint projects - knowledge of organizational management knowledge of communication with authorities educational materials (formal and non-formal) for intercultural exchanges consultation concerning fundraising information about European funding for preparatory and start-up meetings, etc.

4. youthNET informs YNGOs and decision makers on local, regional and national levels about: youthNet YOUTH programme SEE Resource Centre White Book

5. Seed-money Small funds to start up projects with partners in the SEE region. youthNET provides small funds to promote regional cooperation.

6. Tasks of Regional Organizers organisation of youthNET activities in their countries establishment and coordination of contacts to NGOs and administration administrative assistance for IZ (seed money, reporting etc.

7. Tasks IZ team Overall coordination of the project Planning of content end development of the project in close cooperation with the sterring group Dissemination of information Reporting to donors Monitoring Production of info material (web site, brochures,..) Administration of seed money projects

8. Results

9. Albania Suela Popa suelapopa@yahoo.com EventPlaceDateNumber of Participants Contact&Training seminar Tirana21 -25 Nov 200220 National workshopTirana16 Oct 200379 TOTAL99 4 SEED MONEY PROJECTS 2001-2004 Still to realize: National work shop, Tirana, 26 June 2004

10. BiH Jan Kulenovic jan@oiabih.info EventPlaceDateNumber of participants Contact&Training seminar Sarajewo15-19 March 200224 National workshopSarajewo6 May 200339 TOTAL63 10 Seed money projects 2001 – 2004 Still to realize: National Workshop, Sarajewo, 4 June 2004

11. Croatia Lidija Buric lburic@inet.hr EventPlaceDateNumber of participants Regional Organizer Meeting Zagreb27-30 Jan 200210 Contact&Training seminar Zagreb15-19 March 200224 Evaluation conference Zagreb25 -28 April 200260 National workshopZagreb11 April 200342 TOTAL136 16 Seed money projects 2001 -2005 Still to realize: National work shop, Zagreb, 24 September 2004

12. FYROM Aleksandar Kirkovski akirkovski@yahoo.com EventPlaceDateNumber of participants Contact &Training seminar Ohrid1-5 June 200227 Regional Organizer meeting Struga6-8 June 200210 National WorkshopSkopje9 Nov 200325 Workshop: South East Europe in the YOUTH Programme of the European Commission Skopje7-9 Nov 200335 TOTAL97 6 Seed money projects 2001 – 2004 Still to realize: National Workshop, Skopje, 5 November 2004

13. Kosovo Blerim Gashi blerimyouthnet@yahoo.com EventPlaceDateNumber of participants Kosovo Youth Congress Vushtrri5-7 Sept 2003107 2 Seed money projects 2001 – 2005 Still to realize: National workshop, Prishtina, February 2005

14. Montenegro Milowan Djukanovic mikandj@cg.yu EventPlaceDateNumber of Participants Contact&Training Seminar Igalo11-15 Oct 200122 Regional Organizer Meeting Ulcinj23-26 Aug 200210 National workshopPodgorica9 May 200350 TOTAL72 9 Seed money projects 2001 -2004 Still to realize: National workshopMontenegro, Podgorica 21 May 2004

15. Serbia Aleksandra Vidanovic asha2000@eunet.yu EventPlaceDateNumber of participants Contact&Training seminar Belgrade9-14 April 2002 23 Seed money funding conference Belgrade25-26 Nov 2002 10 Work shop: Basic conditions for young people´s cooperation between EU and SEE countries Belgrade28 Nov – 1 Dec 2002 37 National workshopBelgrade19 Sep 200329 National workshopNovi Sad3 Apr 200462 TOTAL161 5 Seed money projects 2001 -2004 Still to realize: Evaluation Conference, May 2005

16. Bulgaria Manuela Radeva youthnet@youthdep.bg EventPlaceDateNumber of participants Contact&Training seminar Sofia19-23 Sept 200118 Project partner´s meeting Sofia31 Jan – 2 Feb 2003 31 TOTAL49 18 Seed money projects 2001 -2004

17. IZ staff EventPlaceDateNumber of participants youthNET start up conference Vienna12-15 July 200162 Steering committee and advisory board meeting Vienna6 -9 Feb 200316 Steering committee and advisory board meeting Vienna24-26 Mar 200414 Monitoring of all activities SEE2001 - 2004 784 Seed money administration/monitoring SEE2001 - 2004 Approx. 1700 TOTAL2576

18. Other activities Long term training for trainers course (Serbia – Austria –Italy) Study visit to SEE

19. Contacts IZ: Interkulturelles Zentrum Bacherplatz 10 A-1050 Wien Tel: +43 1 586 7544-16 Fax: + 43 1 586 7544-9 Martina Fürpass: martina.fuerpass@iz.or.atmartina.fuerpass@iz.or.at Gerhard Mosshammer: gerhard.mosshammer@iz.or.atgerhard.mosshammer@iz.or.at