1. Youth in Action 2007- 2013

2. Youth in Action supports providing competencies for young people contributes to the Lisbon strategy builds on the previous youth programmes supports the political process for youth related co-operation

3. Youth in Action overall age range of 13 to 30 years operates from February 2007 to November 2013 works through 5 Actions agreed baseline budget of 885M euros for seven years

4. Youth in Action ACTION 1 Youth for Europe –Youth exchanges –Youth Initiatives –Youth Democracy projects

5. Youth in Action ACTION 2 European Voluntary Service –individual –groups

6. Youth in Action ACTION 3 Youth in the World –with Partner Countries –exchanges of young people, youth workers and organisation links –neighbouring countries –others

7. Youth in Action ACTION 4 Youth Support Systems –Training –Innovation and quality –Information –Partnerships –Adding value

8. Youth in Action ACTION 5 European co-operation –Structured dialogue between policymakers and organisations –Seminars on key issues –Development of networks –Relationships with international bodies (Council of Europe; United Nations etc)

9. Youth in Action Broad Age – range=13 to 30 Main focus=15 to 28 ACTION 1 Youth exchange=13 to 25(exception 26-30) Youth Initiatives=18 to 39(exception 16-17) Democracy projects=13 to 30 ACTION 2 Voluntary Service=18 to 30(exception 16-17) ACTION 3 Youth in the World as per main Actions ACTION 4=No age limit ACTION 5 Youth Seminars=16 to 30

10. Youth in Action Programme Countries Member States of the European Union (EU) Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom members of the European Economic Area (EEA) Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway candidates for accession Turkey

11. Youth in Action Countries participating in the Stabilisation and Association process South East Europe Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM); Montenegro; Serbia Countries participating in the European Neighbourhood Policy EuroMed Algeria ; Egypt; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Morocco; Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip; Syria; Tunisia Eastern Europe and Caucasus Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Georgia; Moldova; Russian Federation; Ukraine