CELEX: 51991PC0216
Language: en
Date: 1991-06-05
Title: Amendment to the proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting an action programme to promote youth exchanges and mobility in the Community: the " Youth for Europe " programme

No C 175/4                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                         6. 7. 91
                                                                    II
                                                             (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
             Amended proposal for a Council Decision adopting an action programme to promote youth
                     exchanges and mobility in the Community: the Touth for Europe' programme (')
                                                              (91/C 175/05)
                                                            COM(91) 216 final
                 (Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 149 (3) of the EEC Treaty on 5 June 1991)
             (') OJ No C 308, 8. 12. 1990, p 6.
                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                       AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                            Title and citations u n c h a n g e d
                                             R e c i t a l s (1) to (7) u n c h a n g e d
                         Recital (8)                                                              Recital (8)
Whereas project-centred youth exchanges are an appro-                   Whereas project-centred youth exchanges are an appro-
priate method of enabling young people to understand                    priate method of enabling young people to understand
more about the European Community and its Member                        more about the European Community and its Member
States; whereas they thus contribute to the training and                States, and of promoting social cohesion within the
preparation of young people for adult and working life                  Community; whereas they thus contribute to the training
and to the development of a greater awareness of their                  and preparation of young people for adult and working
capacities and responsibilities;                                        life and to the development of a greater awareness of
                                                                        their capacities and responsibilities;
                                            Remaining recitals unchanged
                                               A r t i c l e s 1 to 7 u n c h a n g e d
                          ANNEX                                                                     ANNEX
                         ACTION I                                                                 ACTION I
1. For the purposes of this action the term 'ycmtii                     1. For the purposes of this action the term ' y ° u t n
   exchanges' shall refer to project-centred bilateral                      exchanges' shall refer to bilateral exchanges and
   exchanges and multilateral exchanges and encounters                      multilateral exchanges and encounters arranged on
   arranged on the basis of joint plans between indi-                       the basis of joint plans between individuals or groups
   viduals or groups of young people between the                            of young people between the ages of 15 and 25 years,
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                      ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                                                AMENDED PROPOSAL
   ages of 15 and 25 years, other than those which take                           other than those which take place in the context of
   place in the context of school or vocational training.                         school programmes or vocational training courses.
   These project-centred exchanges will have a minimum                            These project-centred exchanges will have a minimum
   duration of one week in a Member State and shall be                            duration of one week in a Member State and shall be
   specifically planned so as to enable them to develop                           specifically planned so as to enable them to develop
   skills for active and working life by:                                         skills for active and working life by:
                                                 T h e first i n d e n t stays u n c h a n g e d
                        Second indent                                                                   Second indent
— establishing cooperative relationships between groups                     — establishing cooperative relationships between groups
    of young people from different States within the                               of young people resident in different States within
    Community,                                                                     the Community,
                     A c t i o n I from t h e t h i r d i n d e n t , to A c t i o n I I , p o i n t 1 stay u n c h a n g e d
                            point 2 (a)                                                                   point 2 (a)
(a) information to young people and youth workers                           (a) extensive dissemination of information to young
    about the activities supported under this programme,                            people and youth workers particularly those who are
    and the application and grant systems relating to                               disadvantaged by their geographical isolation
    each activity;                                                                  (because they live in regions in which little infor-
                                                                                    mation is customarily available), about the activities
                                                                                    supported under this programme and the application
                                                                                    and grant systems relating to each activity;
                                      A c t i o n I I , p o i n t 2 (b)   nd (c) stay u n c h a n g e d
                                                                                                           point (d)
                                                                                                             (new)
                                                                            (d) assessment of            the   qualitative    effect  of  the
                                                                                    programme.