Youth Exchange/Transnational Programmes
The Youth Affairs Section provides financial assistance to a number of youth exchange programmes.
International exchange schemes are administered on the Office's behalf by Léargas - The Exchange Bureau. Funding from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs is provided to Léargas towards its operating costs and the cost of administering its exchange programmes.
Youth in Action Programme - Léargas is the Irish agent for the EU "Youth In Action" (YiA).
Actions managed under YiA are:
- European Voluntary Service
- Youth Democracy
- Youth Exchanges
- Youth Initiatives
- Youth Seminars
- Youth Training and Networking
Eurodesk - Eurodesk is an effective information network designed to provide easy access to European Union Data to Irish young people and the people who work with them. It does this by collecting and managing relevant European Union and National Information, using these updates to answer your queries and send you the relevant and up-to-date information. Eurodesk in Ireland is operated by Léargas.
Eurodesk Ireland can access a wide range of information relating to EU Programmes and funding opportunities such as the following:
- Youth & Voluntary Service
- Education
- Vocational Education & Training
- Human Resource & Community Initiatives
- European Funding Opportunities
For further information contact:
Eurodesk Léargas
189 - 193 Parnell Street
Dublin 1
Tel: 01 873 1411
Fax: 01 873 1316
Email: eurodeskie@eurodesk.eu
Web: www.eurodesk.ie
Co-Operation Ireland - Co-operation Ireland (originally called Cooperation North) was founded in 1979 with the objective of promoting peace and better relations between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. Its programmes enable people to participate in cross-border and cross community programmes. It has joint Patrons - The Queen of England and President Mary McAleese.
Co-operation Ireland works with Youth and Community Groups, Schools, Local Authorities, the Media, Economic Development Agencies, Businesses and Training organisations, Statutory Organisations and Governments. They deliver a number of Funding Programmes and administer cross-border elements of the European Union's Peace and Reconciliation Programme and the Interreg IIIA Programme.
The Youth Affairs Section funds an exchange programme in the Youth Education and Community Programme of Co-operation Ireland.
Web: www.cooperationireland.org
Causeway - Causeway is a British-Irish exchange programme that aims to strengthen and improve relationships between young people, and those that work with them, on the islands of Britain and Ireland. Causeway projects promote working in a team and provide a valuable avenue for young people to explore their perceptions of identity and to deal with issues of tolerance and diversity.
The programme is administered through a close relationship between the two operational agencies Léargas in Ireland and Connect Youth in the UK.
Strategic and developmental support for the programme is co-ordinated through a joint management committee steered by the two Governments of Great Britain and Ireland (including the Youth Affairs Section), and supported by representatives from key organisations from both islands committed to the vision of the programme.
Exchanges also take place under the auspices of the various cultural agreements to which Ireland is a party.
For further information contact:
Léargas - The Exchange Bureau 189 - 193 Parnell Street |
or | Tina Murphy Youth Affairs SectionOffice of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs Department of Health and Children Hawkins House Dublin 2 Tel: 01 674 3259 Fax: 01 674 3224 Email: tina_murphy@health.gov.ie
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