Over the last 5 years YEE has organized and participated in so many international projects that the descriptions of all of them would never fit in one article.

Instead we will try to give general overview of what kind of projects we organise and work with.

Our projects are usually created for and by our member organisations – the General Assembly always votes for the working plan of the year which includes various project ideas proposed by MOs or YEE office.

Youth exchanges

From 2009 YEE has organized 8 youth exchanges.

They were connected with various topics:

• sharing the most successful and inventive practices in the work of youth European NGOs (Learning from each other, Czech Republic, 2009)
• sharing the knowledge and information about water resource situation in Europe (Water and Youth, Armenia, 2010)
• sharing the best practices of environmental education (Learning from each other – games from environmental education, Poland, 2010)
• sharing the knowledge about renewable energy and waste management in Europe (Renewable energy and waste management, Portugal, 2011)
• practical sharing of the best methods of environmental education (Learning from each other – methods of environmental education, Czech Republic, 2011)
• sharing experience and raising awareness about different types of diversity (Diversity, Armenia, 2012)
• raising awareness about green cities and sustainable urbanization (Give pedestrians their city back, Albania, 2012)
• photography as a means of raising environmental awareness (Snapshot to environment, Armenia, 2013)

Training courses

Training courses give the possibility to youth workers and volunteers from environmental NGOs to gain new skills and attitudes and broaden their knowledge.

Since 2009 YEE has organized 15 training courses which were focuses on different topics:

• how to multiply the knowledge in a youth organisation (TC about multiplying, Spain, 2009)
• facilitating and communication skills for working in a team (Teamwork and communication, Czech Republic, 2009)
• conflict management and conflict resolution (Conflict management and conflict resolution, Czech Republic, 2010)
• gaining knowledge and practicing various methods on promoting sustainable lifestyle (Youth ambassadors for sustainable living, Ukraine, 2010)
• practical arrangements of projects (How should I start, Czech Republic, 2010)
• how to organize and promote environmental audit (Environmental Audit, Czech Republic, 2010)
• practicing skills of environmental educators on the topic of the forest ecosystem (Forest – Welcome home, Poland, 2010)
• knowledge about sustainable alternatives of environmental threats (Innovate your life and make it sustainable, Serbia, 2010)
• skills of facilitating and leadership (I can lead! I can facilitate! Czech Republic, 2011)
• using social media and mass media in the work of youth NGO (Media, communication and nature, Czech Republic, 2012)
• learn and practice sustainable local living lifestyle (Mystical sustainable village, Portugal, 2012)
• leadership skills for youth workers (Be a leader in an environmental organisation, Czech Republic, 2012)
• women leadership in environmental organisations (Women for the planet, Slovenia, 2013)
• working and attracting young people in the activities of environmental NGOs (Youth participation for environment, Czech Republic, 2013)
• practical tools and knowledge about river restoration (Youth for rivers, Armenia, 2013)

Campaigns

YEE campaigns usually last several months and are focused on one specific topic – with our partners we organise various environmental educational activities on local level with the international campaign. You can find the description of each of the campaign here.

Here are our most favourite and popular campaigns

Upcycling campaign

This campaign was promoting the idea of upcycling (taking waste and making it into something that has equal or greater use) – the environmental concept which raises awareness about waste management and creative sustainable lifestyle. In the section connected with the campaign you can find inspiring videos and booklet created by the international team of young people.

The Right to Be(e)

This campaign aims to support the survival of bees. You can join the campaign any time and organise a workshop using our informative templates or plant bee-friendly flowers in spring.

Eco-campaign

The campaign was promoting various methods of environmental education with children in various European countries. You can find very useful booklet on the website with tips and games ideas from our partners.