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Last week, on the 8th of May, it was a public holiday in Czech Republic. But a group of young, enthusiastic people decided to celebrate it by....working! It was, however, an enjoyable kind of work, combined with making new friends and spending time outside.

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Last weekend, from 2 to 4 of May, the Advance Planning Visit (APV) for the youth exchange "EcoPhoto" took place in Stepanavan - a calm mountain town in the Northern Armenia. It was a meeting of the project leader from Stepanavan Youth Center (Armenia) and the group leaders from 6 other countries. We discussed the project schedule, goals and expectations and we divided the work (presentations/ workshops etc.) between the participants from different countries. We visited two possible spaces for the final photo exhibition and we chose an Art center in Yerevan. We also had some time for sightseeing. We visited a church, an old fortress and a canyon close from Stepanavan and we had a walk in Yerevan.

The youth exchange will take place in Stepanavan (Armenia) on 30 May - 7 June 2014. Find out more about it  here

The spring is in full bloom and it is nice time to get involved in more environmental campaigns and actions.
YEE have had quite a few changes in the office team and we welcome our new EVS volunteers and say goodbye to Jessica and Jesus. You can read their messages below.
The new issue of YEE e-Newsletter offers news about our recent projects and news from member organisations.

You can find the newsletter here.

Spring COMEM 2014 (Council of Members) of the European Youth Forum (YFJ) was a very significant one. The members gathered to discuss the issues that will have a big impact on the Forum's work on the following years. The External Relations officer of YEE, Zara, attended the meeting that took place in Brussels on 25-26 of April 2014.

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Because of the training course "Environmental Education for Sustainability" 22 of April (official Earth Day) found us on Sremski Karlovci in Serbia, we celebrated Earth Day on 26 April which was also the celebration of 20 years of the ecological farm Toulcur Dvur . This was a great timing as the farm was full of activities and energetic children.
We thought of celebrating Earth Day by focusing on our "The Right to Be(e)" campaign, so our stand was full of informative materials like the booklets prepared by YEE, Bee games and colors to paint our faces . We also invited the guest to plant Delphnium elatum (or Stracka vyvysena in Czech) seeds, a very popular flower among honey bees and take it home with them.

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