"Mine Vaganti European Youth Group" is a non-profit association which was born in Sardinia in 2009 as an informal group. From the very beginning the aim of the NGO was to promote EU "Youth in Action" Programme (EVS code: 2012-IT-13) in Italy (in particular in Sardinia) in order to encourage European mobility among youngsters.

Lately, Mine Vaganti started to be very active in Lifelong Learning Programme (Grundtvig, Leonardo and Comenius) and Europe for Citizens.
During the last years, Mine Vaganti has created a good network of partners and the basis for a long term partnerships all around Europe.

Mine Vaganti is self-financed and committed to promote a multicultural and multiracial European society and an active citizenship in social problems like racism, discrimination, unemployment and so on. The association promotes social inclusion through Sport Values (in particular we are very careful about people with disability) and the Green Skills as new job opportunities for young European citizens. Mine Vaganti is Eco-Friendly and promotes the art and all other cultural enrichments.

We are active in valorizing our area (North-East of Sardinia, called Gallura) where we promote a lot of initiatives and cooperate with many other associations such as "CSI Anglona Gallura" (Sport Italian Centre), "Amici del Sorriso" (which work with disabled), "Critical Mass" (Green Skills), "Eurodesk Olbia" and public institutions such as municipalities.

The name of the NGO literally means "Rambling Mines" but it just wants to suggest the explosive effect we want to have in young people like us who participate in cultural experience such as Youth Exchanges, Trainings or Study Sessions. All of them must be able to spread and disseminate the ability to include the "other" seeing - in the difference see a positive enrichment.

Summing up, our main goals are:

• Individual development of each member;
• Acquiring new skills and abilities;
• Promote social inclusion using Sport, Nature and Art;
• Create link with European Youth Associations;
• Develop youth movement all over Europe;
• Increase knowledge using informal education.

Mission:

• The individual formation of an european civic conscience among youngsters in full respect of cultural identity, race and gender, promoting interaction and cooperation between countries.

Values:

• European Union awareness;
• Pro-active attitude towards youth people's problems in the local community in their new reality as young European citizens;
• Active involvement in social and professional young people's integration;
• Promotion of young mobility and youth exchanges;
• Promotion of environment protection and volunteer as a life style;
• Pro-active attitude towards youth people's problems in the local community in their new reality as young European citizens;
• Development of civic attitude to fight against all kind of discrimination;
• Active involvement in social and professional young people's integration.

General objectives:

• Promote young mobility, intercultural exchange, volunteer and social cooperation among youngsters;
• Stimulate the exchange of ideas and experience, mutual understanding, and equal rights and opportunities among young people in Europe and in the Euromed countries;
• Promote intercultural understanding, equal opportunities, respect, active citizenship and solidarity;
• Fight discrimination, xenophobia and intolerance;
• Promote respect for the nature (ecofriendly attitude) and develop new job opportunities;
• Involve young people with less opportunities.

Activities:

• In the field of non-formal and in-formal education, informing and communication (youth exchanges, training course, study sessions);
• Activities for youth: voluntariate projects in local communities, sportive activities as an healty lifestyle, sport as a tool for inclusion, eco projects of free expression for young people.

Contact Mine Vaganti:

www.minevaganti.org
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Mine-Vaganti/145124878894649
https://twitter.com/#!/MineVaganti2010