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Association of Voluntary Service Organisations

Umbrella organisation for national and international non-profit organisations, focused on volunteer work. It contains direct links to its member organisations at European and national levels.

http://www.avso.org[EN]

Parliament and you: Correspondence with citizens

Have you ever thought of sending an enquiry to the European Parliament? On this website you will find the mailbox to do it. This portal allows communication between the European Parliament and the citizens. Access to all public documents is also available, not only from the Parliament but also from other European institutions.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/staticDisplay.do?id=48&lang[BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][ET][FI][FR][DE][EL][HU][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][RO][SK][SL][ES][SV]

Election processes in detail

Read about every single aspect related to the organisation of elections in a country. Includes electoral systems, voting rights, parties and candidates, vote counting, media and elections, etc. It is an immense database containing case studies of different countries and a big library by country each with its respective electoral legislation. Overviews of the project are also available in Albanian and Serbian.

http://www.aceproject.org[AR][EN][FR][RU][ES]

Education for Democratic Citizenship

This Council of Europe website is a big online library of articles, documents and projects. It gives information about activities carried out at European and national levels and contains some files in various European languages.

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/edc[EN][FR]

European Ombudsman

The European Ombudsman deals with complaints from citizens, companies, organisations and public authorities against EU institutions or bodies. Send your complaint online with the electronic form.

http://ombudsman.europa.eu[BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][ET][FI][FR][DE][EL][HU][GA][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][RO][SK][SL][ES][SV]

European Youth Forum

Representing the interests of young people in Europe, it is the platform representing European youth organisations in international institutions, such as the European Union and the United Nations, on issues relevant to young people. There is a list of its member organisations including thorough information about their fields of work and contact details.

http://www.youthforum.org[EN][FR]

European Youth Parliament

Are you young? Are you studying in Europe? Are you interested in issues that affect the society you live in? Then you might be interested in this organisation that seeks to increase young people's awareness of European issues. Each year it organises international events for people from 25 European countries, giving a wide group of young people the opportunity to speak out for themselves.

http://www.eypej.org[EN][FR]

Euractiv

EU news, policy positions and actors. All you need to be an informed citizen about what is going on in the European agenda. Up-to-date news monitoring, in-depth policy sections and country dossiers. There is a guide for the EU’s 10,000 most important actors!

http://www.euractiv.com[EN][FR][DE]

Idealist.org: looking for a non-profit organisation?

This site offers an impressive searchable database of voluntary organisations by country and by field of work. There are more than 35,000 non-profit and community organisations included. You can also add your organisation’s profile.

http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/AdvancedSearch/Org/default[EN]

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Articles, publications, analysis and case studies about democracy building processes around the world. Africa, Latin America, Caucasia and other regions are covered by this Institute that works helping developing institutions and democracy worldwide. Sign up to receive updated information about its activities and projects.

http://www.idea.int[EN]

Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

This institution (part of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe: OSCE) works to promote democratic elections and helps to consolidate democratic institutions in central and eastern Europe. Information on election observation and assistance, democratisation procedures, newsletters, information on country-specific projects, official documents in pdf format, etc.

http://www.osce.org/odihr[EN]

Politeia

A virtual network of persons and institutions active in the field of citizenship and political education at the European level. General information about the network, its goals, newsletters and a useful list of links. Join the network to get in touch with persons and institutions working on citizenship education and participation.

http://www.politeia.net[EN]

Participation toolkit

This toolkit focuses on civil participation at the local level. Over 100 sample cases of civil participation projects in local governance are described and analysed here, along with articles and news bulletins updated regularly by the regional coordinators of the project.

http://www.toolkitparticipation.com[EN][FR][ES]

Social Platform of European NGOs

The list of members can give you an idea of where to participate and how to be active in the society. More than 300 pages of information on the work of social NGOs in relation to the EU policies. There is a guide to EU decision-making processes that will show you how to search for information and where to look for all type of documents in every institution.

http://www.socialplatform.org[EN][FR]

Taking it Global: Inspire - Inform - Involve

Are you informed? Do you want to get involved? Check out the website of this Internet based organisation offering information collected by young people for young people. You will have access to national websites containing youth related information from almost every country in the world.

http://www.takingitglobal.org/home.html?width=1024[AR][ZH][NL][EN][FR][IT][PT][RO][RU][ES][TR]

Training Youthnet

Training opportunities, calls for participants, publications, materials… Information that will allow you to be active and to be involved! Some of the publications are available in French, Polish and Turkish. Translations in other languages are coming up.

http://www.youth-partnership.net/youth-partnership/publications/T-kits/T_ki[EN]

Young Women’s Guide to Equality Between Men and Women in Europe

As a result of the project “Mobilising Young Women for Equality in Europe” the European Women Lobby produced a guide that you can now download as a pdf file clicking on this link.

http://ewl.horus.be/site/1abstract.asp?DocID=384&v1ID=&RevID=&namePage=&pag[EN][FR]

Decide for Europe

Interactive role play where pupils can learn how decisions are made and how they impact on the life of European citizens. Pupils learn about European institutions, their composition, what they do and how they interact. Once registered they can pretend to be a commissioner, a member of the European Parliament or a national minister, learn to argue, listen to others, respect different opinions and reach agreement.

http://decide4europe.eun.org[BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][ET][FI][FR][DE][EL][HU][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][RO][SK][SL][ES][SV]

iAGORA

This Internet-based community will put you in touch with other international youths. Find young people travelling, moving and studying abroad, who are interested on the same issues: music, art, business, science…etc. There are more than 20 online forums for you to participate in; just register!

http://forums.iagora.com [EN]

Trainers Forum

The Council of Europe and the European Commission have set up a website devoted to training. Those dealing with training matters on the European and national levels will find lots of resources on this site. The Discussion Forum is a privileged place to exchange ideas about training, post questions, send suggestions and get feedback from people all around.

http://www.youth-partnership.net/ [EN]

UNESCO Youth Forum

Young people online meeting to exchange information and views about topics of interest for them. This is an open forum in which any visitor may participate, posting new topics and replying to others’ comments.

http://unesco.takingitglobal.org/index.en.html? [EN][FR][ES]

UNICEF: Voices of Youth

A global website for young people to explore, discuss and take action on issues that affect them. Focused on children and adolescent rights, UNICEF solicits through this website the opinion of young people about the topics proposed. Questionnaires, electronic discussions and quizzes are open for participation.

http://www.unicef.org/voy [AR][EN][FR][ES]

Your Voice in Europe

The European Commission wants to listen to your ideas, face up to your criticism, and learn from your experiences. Contribute to the Commission's policy-making process by giving your input to new policy initiatives!

http://ec.europa.eu/yourvoice/index_en.htm [DA][NL][EN][FI][FR][DE][EL][IT][PT][ES][SV]

Quick complaint

The European Ombudsman website allows you to make a complaint online. If you would like to know which rights this institution is entitled to defend and how you can apply for its help, or to read more about its activities and previous decisions, don’t miss this website.

http://ombudsman.europa.eu/form/en/default.htm [BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][ET][FI][FR][DE][EL][HU][GA][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][RO][SK][SL][ES][SV]

Youthink!

Explore the research, knowledge and experience gathered by World Bank experts on issues like poverty, development, and conflict and share your opinion and personal stories.

http://youthink.worldbank.org [EN]

Global Voices Online

An international, multilingual website with blogs, photos and podcasts from more than 130 countries, to help people around the world to access and publish information about their community. Structured by country and topic.

http://www.GlobalVoicesOnline.org [AR][ZH][EN][FR][FA][PT][RU][ES]

AGORA: a forum for dialogue with European Union citizens

It aims to interweave the voices of European citizens and their elected representatives – members of the European Parliament. An opportunity to engage in the European debate, come up with concrete policies based on everyday experience, and tackle the problems facing the Union.

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/agora [BG][CS][DA][NL][EN][FI][FR][DE][HU][IT][LV][LT][MT][PL][PT][SK][SL][ES][SV]

Radio web Europe

Young people can now upload their vision of Europe here. They can post their own material, such as videos, interviews, games or cartoons, and debate hot topics from sustainable development to free movement around the continent.

http://www.radiowebeurope.eu [EN][DE][IT][LT][MT][PT][ES]

Debate Europe

Itching to tell the Commission what you think about environmental issues or energy policy or any other thing? Join in any number of debates and give your views on the challenges facing Europe today.

http://europa.eu/debateeurope/ [EN]

Council of Europe Directorate of Youth and Sports

Find out about training opportunities, grants for youth projects, how to apply to the solidarity fund for youth mobility and more. Search for the latest resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe dealing with youth, its priorities, documents and publications.

http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/youth/default_EN.asp [EN][FR]

European Youth Centre in Budapest

Looking for a place to run your project? This is one of the Council of Europe’s educational centres hosting many youth activities such as courses and study sessions. It also offers information about training possibilities under its main working topic: Human Rights Education. Some documents are available in Russian.

http://www.eycb.coe.int [EN][FR]

Find a training tool

Easy-to-use database containing examples of methodologies, background texts, presentations and other useful tools that will help you organise your own project.

http://www.salto-youth.net/toolbox [EN]

Funders Online

This directory provides links to a variety of information on funding and fund seeking. This is a project of the European Foundation Centre. Tips on how to research independent funders, how to present a project proposal, and where to find additional information on foundations and corporate funders.

http://www.fundersonline.org/grantseekers [EN]

South-East Europe database

Find organisations and individuals working towards reconciliation in this region of Europe. Developed under the Stability Pact for South-East Europe, this database helps you find organisations working on issues including youth, human rights, democracy and inter-religious issues.

http://www.see-database.org [EN]

Youth initiatives

An overview of the activities of the YOUTH IN ACTION Programme that promotes and supports young people’s creativity and initiative. Check out if your project fits in the definition, aims and target of the programme. The User’s Guide is available in all EU official languages.

http://ec.europa.eu/youth/index_en.htm [EN]

Euro-Med Youth Platform

The platform can assist you in searching for exchanges, volunteering in other country, working in an organisation abroad, networking, looking for partners, study visits, development of projects, information projects, seminars and learning on youth work in other countries. It also provides a magazine and an on line forum for discussion and for sharing your experiences.

http://www.euromedp.org/en/home.asp [AR][EN][FR]

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