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The Board of YEE met in Toulcův dvůr, Prague (Czech Republic) from 14th to 16th of November to discuss current projects, share the achievements and plan next year activities!

From 6th to 13th November 2017, 31 young people from 13 different countries joined the training course "Uniting Youth for Ecotourism", which has been organised by YEE and took place in the beautiful ecological centre "Kapraluv Mlyn", right in the Moravian Karst. The goal of the training was to define the concept of ecotourism from different points of view: which practices can be considered "ecotouristic"? How can ecotourism be beneficial for local communities? How can ecotourism be related with youth participation?

The training course "International Environmental Action Days" took place on 8-14 July 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. It was organized by Luonto-Liitto with the support of YEE. The aim of the project was to provide space for environmental youth organisations to share their experience and develop various competencies needed for successful environmental campaigns.

YEE's Annual Meeting 2017 took place in Meriharju Nature House in Helsinki, Finland from 13 to 16 July. During the meeting delegates from member organisations reviewed the work of the network. General Assembly approved several important policies, budget and a Work plan for 2018. 

From 19th to 26th May 2017, 25 young people from 5 countries (Albania, Armenia, Czech Republic, Germany and Kosovo) participated in the youth exchange “Postcards from nature”. The project was organised by EDEN Center, in collaboration with YEE, and it took place in Peshkopia, Albania. During the youth exchange we shared and developed various creative tools for environmental education and learned how to raise environmental awareness through art. Read more about the project here.

YEE organised the training course “YEE-nclude: inclusion in environmental youth projects”. From 2 to 9 April 2017, 28 participants from different countries explored the topic of inclusion. The training course took place in the environmental educational center “PROUD” in Horažďovice (Czech Republic). During the course participants had a chance to learn what inclusion means, share their experience and build new collaborations. 

The study session "Exploring gender equality in environmental projects" took place on 6-11 March 2017 in the European Youth Center, Strasbourg. In the course of 7 days participants had the opportunity to work in groups and share their experience in environmental work and the gender situation from their countries. You can read more about the project here.

The Board of YEE met in Horažďovice (Czech Republic) from 13th to 17th of March to discuss current projects, share the achievements and prepare for the upcoming Annual Meeting.

The newly elected YEE Board and YEE Secretariat met for the second Physical Board Meeting (PBM), which took place at the eco-center Toulcův Dvůr in Prague between the 3rd and 6th December.

YEE Annual Meeting took place in ecological centre Toulcův Dvůr in Prague, Czech Republic from 30th August to 1st September 2016. 31 delegates participated in a varied programme comprised of presentations, discussions and votings.

Training course "Be(e) the change" took place between 23-30 August 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic. 32 participants of 14 partner organisations from 13 countries gathered in the ecological centre Toulcův Dvůr to share their experiences in campaigning and to improve their skills in organising future environmental educational campaigns.

On 5 - 8 March YEE Board and office met for the Physical Board Meeting. This time the meeting took place in Kapraluv Mlyn, the scout center located in beautiful nature close to the city of Brno. The Board and office all came together to discuss and plan the future projects and activities in the organisation.

From 29 October to 1 November, Toulcuv Dvur and the YEE office were happy to be the host to the second physical board meeting or 2015, and the first with the new board. From 29 October to 1 November, Toulcuv Dvur and the YEE office were happy to be the host to the second physical board meeting this year, and the first with the new board. Four months after the new Executive Board was selected, they all came together in the ecological center in Prague, so that they discuss how they have adapted to their respective positions in the past months. Also, another important reason for the physical board meeting was to plan the upcoming projects and activities in the organisation.

The training course "How to be a green entrepreneur" took place from 12 to 20 October 2015 in Toulcuv Dvur, Prague, Czech Republic, and it gathered 23 participants from 11 partner organisations coming from 10 different countries. The TC "How to be a green entrepreneur" is part of the long-term project "Green Entrepreneurship" and it aimed to train and inspire young people with green start-up ideas and help them start and develop their own green business.

The main aim of the project was to bring young people together to exchange experience and knowledge about waste management in various European countries.

The aim of the youth exchange was to provide a space for participants to share and develop their creative skills in order to create environmental projects to support their organisations and communities.

Training course "Give international dimension to your project", took place on 12-17 July 2015 in Toulcuv Dvur, Prague, Czech Republic. Young people from 17 different Member Organisations of YEE participated.

YEE's Annual Meeting 2015 took place 17 - 19 July in Toulcuv Dvur, Czech Republic. 36 representatives of the YEE network met together to check the work of the network. The General Assembly voted to approve the budget, strategies and changes in statutes.

On May 8, while most of Czech Republic took a day off due to a public holiday, around twenty people were part of Tamjdem and YEE's volunteering action at the ecological centre Toulcuv Dvur in Prague. The idea behind this action was to contribute to the upkeep of the centre, using volunteer's effort and skills. At the same time, another reason for organising this type of activity was that the participants could gain not only new experiences in return, but also new friendships and sets of competences.

The training course "Supporting youth creating green start-ups" took place on 16-24 April 2015 in Valeri, Asturias, in the north of Spain. It gathered 22 participants from 9 partner organisations coming from 8 different countries (Czech Republic, Spain, Latvia, Croatia, Portugal, Romania, Hungary, Poland). Participants were young entrepreneurs, youth workers and coordinators from the partner organisations. This training course was the first stage of the long term project "Green Entrepreneurship". During this TC, participants started planning the next stage of the project: local workshops link to the topic of green start-ups for young people in their community or region.