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Date: 1987-02-20
Title: Amended Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION adopting an action programme for the promotion of youth exchanges in the Community - the "YES for Europe" programme (submitted to the Council by the Commission in accordance with the second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                                                    COM(87 ) 76 final
                                                    Brussels , 20 February 1987
                                                                                /
                                  Amended
                               Proposal for a
                              COUNCIL DECISION
   adopting an action programme for the promotion of youth exchanges
             in the Community - the " YES for Europe " programme
  ( submitted to the Council by the Commission in accordance with the
            second paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty )
C0MC87 ) 76 final
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                                 EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.  A proposal for a Council Decision adopting an action programme for the
     promotion of youth exchanges in the Community - the " YES for Europe "
     programme - was laid before the Council on           5 March 1986' .    Opinions on
     this proposal were delivered by the European Parliament on 13 November
     1986z and by the Economic and Social Committee on 17 September 1986 , and
     a formal comment has been made by the Youth Forum .
2.  The purpose of this amended proposal is to take account of these opinions ;
     it incorporates in substance a number of amendments proposed by the
     European Parliament and the Economic and Social Committee , together with
     certain changes and clarifications identified as desirable in the course
     of discussions following the publication of the initial proposal .
3.  The changes of substance which the Commission has made to its initial
     proposal ( that is , those other than clarifications ) are as follows :
     (a )     In Art . 2 , the definition of " youth exchange " has been expanded so
              as to make more explicit that both multi-lateral and bi-lateral
              events are covered ; and the minimum age for young people eligible
              to take part has been lowered to 15 years . Such a reduction has
              been proposed by various bodies ,               including   the European
              Parliament ; and the Commission accepts that young people from the
              age of 15 can take advantage from the type of practical learning
              experience that a properly organised and structured youth exchange
              should represent .     ( This change in the age range is reflected at
              various other points in the draft Decision and Annex .)
     (b)      The objectives have been adjusted ,            essentially in terms of
              clarification . An additional objective ( new sub-para 3(d ) has been
              included ,    to take account of the Parliamentary amendment on
              supporting links between young people .
     (c)      Article 4 has been extensively revised , to take account of the
              proposal made by the Commission on the structure of Committee
              established under Community instruments following the adoption of
              the Single Act . The initial proposal required the Commission to
              consult Member States ;       the amended proposal would establish a
              formal Advisory Committee , on which the Council of Europe ( in view
              of the experience of international youth work of its European
              Youth Centre and Foundation ),        and the Youth Forum , would have
              observer status .        As a result of this amendment ,             former
              Articles 4.2 and 4.4 become new Articles 5 and 6 , and subsequent
              Articles are renumbered .
      (d)     Various minor amendments have been made to former           Article 5   ( new
              Article 7 ), notably for purposes of clarification .
      (e)     Article 1 of     the   Annex   to  the   Decision   has  been extensively
              revised . The main effects of the revision are :
                          «
              -. to redefine and clarify the definition of exchanges which are
                 included within the programme ;
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           -. to accept Parliament 's recommendation that in some cases , the
              programme contribution to non-travel costs of youth exchanges
              may be as high as 75% ;
           - to adopt ,     as factors in the distribution of grants , three
              specific elements in addition to the number of young people in
              the age-range 15-25 :
                   0 the average cost of living in each of the Member States as
                     compared with the Community average ;
                   0 the geographical distance between the Member States ;
                   0 the balancing of the flow of exchanges within                  the
                     Community .
           In this revision of Article 2 of the Annex ,                the distinction
           between exchanges in general and longer term exchanges ( sub
           paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) of the initial text ) has been removed .
           There has been considerable questioning of the value of the
           distinction ;    and since both activities are included within the
           definition of youth exchanges as provided by revised Art . 2 of the
           Decision , there seems no need to retain the distinction here . This
           amendment     does    not   lessen     the    Commission 's    support   for
           multi-lateral activities ,         which themselves were supported by
           Parliament not only in the Opinion on the " Yes for Europe "
           programme , but also in Parliament 's Resolution of 16 / 12 / 83 on a
           European Voluntary Service Scheme for Young People . However , it no
            longer seems necessary formally to distinguish this type of
           activity from all others , given that it , too , is covered by the
           new definition of youth exchange .
   (f)     Article 4 of the Annex has been revised for purposes of
           clarification , and to introduce some of the ideas that have been
           put forward at different stages .
4. In contrast ,   the Commission has decided against changing the text at the
   following points :
   (a)     No changes have been made to the Preamble .            In particular ,     no
           mention has been made of the new Art . 100 of the EEC Treaty
           provided by the Single Act , since the legal base of the proposal
           is unaffected by it .
   (b)     On the proposal to change the age-range from 16-25 ( as initially
           proposed ) to 15-26 ( as proposed by the European Parliament ), the
           Commission proposes the lowering of the initial age-limit to 15 ,
           but the maintenance of the upper age-range at 25 . This is not only
           the upper age for " Young People " under other major community
            regulations ( for example , in case of the European Social Fund ), it
           also coincides with the upper age of most similar programmes in
           the Member States .      It should be noted that this age range only
           applies to participants in youth exchanges ( Action A ), and that
           the other activities proposed              ( Actions B-G )    have no age
            restrictions .
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(c)    In view of the revised definition of " youth exchange " in Article 3
       of the Decision ,     making it clear that both multi-lateral and
       bi-lateral activities are included ,         the Commission has not
       accepted any of the proposals to strengthen the accent on
       multi-lateral    activities .    Both   multi-lateral    and bi-lateral
       activities have their value , and it would seem wrong to bias the
       programme on one side or on the othe ,                given that the
       circumstances and the existing programmes of Member States vary so
       widely .  On the contrary ,    it seems important to build in a degree
     , of flexibility that will enable the programme to respond to and to
       build on existing Member State experience .
(d )   On the budgetary issue , Parliament proposed an increase in the
       estimated budget of 30 MECUs over 3 years to 50 MECUs over the
       same period .    The Commission has not accepted this suggestion ,
       partly because in a significant number of Member States ,            the
       activities proposed will start from a low level of preparation ,
       and the programme will thus need phasing in ; partly because the
       financial circumstances of the Community in general do not seem to
       permit a budgetary expansion to that level at this stage .          This
       implies that the Community would take a modest step in the
       launching of the programme , putting the emphasis on the quality of
       the arrangements and the infrastructures that will be developed .
(e )   On the question of legal and administrative barriers to youth
       exchanges ,    the    Commission takes the view that Community
       legislation and jurisprudence on the free movement of workers are
       largely inapplicable ,      given the nature and duration of youth
       exchanges , and has therefore not accepted Parliament 's suggestion
       that reference should be made to powers under such legislation . On
       the other hand , the references in new Article 7 ( b ) of the revised
       Decision to the retention of acquired social rights strengthen the
       text in former Article 5(b ).
(f)    Various authorities ,     including Parliament and the Economic and
       Social Committee , have raised the question of extending the scheme
       to young people outside the Community . It was also noted that the
       first Conference of European Ministers responsible for Youth , held
       at the Council of Europe in December 1985 , called on the Council
       of Europe to promote , in liaison with the European Community , a
       wide-ranging youth exchange scheme .       The Commission awaits with
       interest the complementary proposals of the Council of Europe , but
       takes the view that the first years of the " YES for Europe "
       programme should concentrate on establishing youth exchange as a
        recognised and valued activity in all the Community 's Member
        States , including those where it is little practised at present .
       The Commission also considers that the " Yes for Europe " proposals
        respond clearly to the mandate given by the European Council in
       adopting the " People 's Europe " proposals at its meeting in Milan
        in June 1985 . The initial purpose of these proposals , it may be
        remembered , was to strengthen the " image and identity" of the
        Community ,  vis -a-vis both its citizens and the outside world . For
        all these reasons , as well as for reasons of practicality , the
        Commission does not consider that the programme should for the
        present be enlarged beyond the Community ,        and has accepted no
        amendments in that direction .      Nonetheless , the Commission will
        keep the situation under review as the programme develops .
 (g)    The Commission has redefined , for purposes of clarification , the
        text in Article 4(c ) of the Annex relating to a European Youth
        Card , but has not accepted the specific comments put forward by
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            Parliament . This is because those comments would suggest a card
            more limited in its use than is already available in some Member
            States ,  and it seems appropriate to leave the more general ,    and
            therefore wider-ranging , initial text . It should be noted that the
            Commission is already giving support to cooperation between
            existing youth cards , and it is hoped that more Member States will
            feel able to join in this area of work in due course .
   (h)      The Commission has not accepted the proposal that part of the
            Community 's financial contribution be specifically earmarked for
            initiatives by young peoples' organisations . This is not to imply
            that such organisations should be      excluded from the programme ;
            indeed ,  it would be difficult to    envisage the operation of the
            programme without young peoples'      organisations .   However ,  the
            importance of such organisations ,   and their appeal to individual
            young people , varies between Member  States ; as does the definition
            of what is , or is not , a young people 's organisation . In any
            event , it would seem inappropriate to reserve part of the funds of
            an intentionally general programme to recipients on the basis of
            their legal or organisational structure rather than the quality of
            their projects .
5. Finally , the Commission has noted the request by Parliament that it should
   present further proposals in the field of school exchanges , a request that
   has been echoed in other quarters . The Commission accepts that , following
   the adoption of the " People 's Europe " report by the European Council , and
   its request to the Community 's Institutions to take the necessary steps
   for its implementation ,     provision should be made at Community level to
   facilitate such exchanges and to help with their cost .         The Commission
   considers that such provision should relate to efforts being made to
   improve the teaching of foreign languages in the European Community , as
   well as to the promotion of a European Dimension in Education .         It will
   make the appropriate proposals , having regard both to the development of
   work in these fields and to the Community 's financial circumstances ,        in
   due course .
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          ORIGINAI. PROPOSAL                               AMENDED PROPOSAL
Title , citations , recitals               unchanged
Article 1                                  unchanged
Article 2                                  Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision , the    For the purposes of this Decision , the
term "youth exchanges " shall refer to     term " youth exchanges " shall refer to
visits lasting normally between 1 and      bilateral and multilateral exchanges and
3 weeks made by young people between       encounters of groups of young people bet­
the ages of 16 and 25 years to a           ween the ages of 15 and 25 years of a
Member State other than the Member         minimum duration of one week in a Member
State in which they reside , and           State other than the Member State in
which are specifically planned in          which they reside , and which are speci­
such a way as to enable young people :     fically planned in such a way as to en­
                                           able young people :
indents                                    unchanged
Article 3                                  Article 3
The objectives of the YES for Europe       The objectives of the YES for Europe
programme shall be as follows :            programme shall be as follows :
 ( a ) to promote youth exchanges in the    ( a ) to promote youth exchanges in the
       economic , social , cultural and           economic , social , cultural and sport­
       sporting field within the                  ing fields for an increasing number
       European Community , to increase           of young people from all the Member
       the number of young people in­             States / including , in particular ,
       volved and to balance the flow             regions in which few opportunities
       of youth exchanges as between              for such exchanges are customarily
       Member States ;                            avai lable .
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           ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                           AMENDED PROPOSAL
( b ) to promote improvement in the         ( b ) to promote improvements in the
       quality of youth exchanges , in             quality of youth exchanges , as
       particular through assistance   with        defined in Article 2 , in particular
       the preparation and organization of         through assistance with the preparat­
       exchanges , so as to maximize the           ion and organization of exchanges , so
       benefit to the young people con­            as to achieve the maximum impact and
       cerned and also enable them to              maximize the benefit to the young
       play an active role in setting              people concerned , in particular by
       up exchanges ;                              en&ling them to play an active part
                                                   in organizing the exchanges ;
( c ) to encourage diversification in       ( c ) to encourage diversification in
       youth exchanges and in particular           youth exchanges and achieve an im­
       to extend participation to young            proved balance between Member States ,
       people from all kinds of social ,           notably     by the promotion of multi­
       economic and cultural backgrounds           lateral exchanges , so as to extend
       and from all regions of the                 participation , in particular ,  to
       Community ;                                 young people from all kinds of social ,
                                                   economic and cultural backgrounds ;
                                             ( d ) to support the pursuit of European
                                                    activities aimed at developing per­
                                                   manent   and structured links between
                                                    young people and groups of young
                                                    people in the various Member States ;
 ( d ) to identify ways and means of         ( e ) to identify ways and means of
       overcoming the various financial ,           overcoming the various financial ,
        legal and administrative ob­                legal and administrative ob­
        stacles which may inhibit parti­            stacles which may inhibit parti­
        cipation in or the organisation of          cipation in or the organisation of
        youth exchanges ;                           youth exchanges :
 ( e ) to identify progressively gaps        ( f ) to define , in the light of the
       and new priorities in existing              experience gained , new actions
       arrangements for exchanges which            aimed at filling any gaps discovered
        could require supplementary action          in existing youth exchange programmes .
       either within Member States or at
        Community level .
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Article A                           Art i c le A
1 . The Commission shall implement  1 . The Commission shall implement the
the YES for Europe programme on the " YES for Europe” programme in conformity
basis of the different incentives   with this Decision and its Annex .
and complementary measures set out
                                    2 . In performing this task , the Commission
in the Annex .
                                    shall be assisted by an advisory committee .
                                    The committee shall be composed of two repr e-
                                     sentatives from each Member State , appointed
                                    by the Commission on the basis of propo­
                                    sals from the Member State concerned . Members
                                    of the committee may be assisted by experts
                                    or advisers .   The committee shall be chaired
                                    by a representative of the Commission .
                                    The secretariat of the committee shall be
                                    provided by the Commission . A representative
                                    of the Counci l of Europe and a representative of
                                    the Youth Forum of the European Communities shall
                                    participate in the work of the committee as
                                    observers .
                                    3 . The Commission may consult the commit­
                                    tee on all questions concerning the imple­
                                    mentation of the programme .      The Commission
                                     shall consult the committee on ;
                                    - the general approach concerning the
                                       measures provided for by the programme ,
                                     - questions of general balance concerning
                                        the exchanges between Member States and
                                        concerning the various types of actions .
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        ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                            AMENDED PROPOSAL
                                           4.  The Committee shall examine matters
                                           on which the Commission has requested
                                           an opinion . In requesting such opinion ,
                                           the Commission may set a time-limit within
                                           which such opinion must be given .       No vote
                                           shall be taken .     However , any member of the
                                           Committee may demand that his views be set
                                           down in the minutes .
                                           5.  The committee 's deliberations shall
                                           be confidential .    The committee shall
                                           adopt its own rules of procedure .
                                           Article 5
2.   The estimated amount needed to        The estimated amount needed to finance the
finance these measures during the          " YES for Europe " programme during the
period 1987-1989 is 30 million ECU .       period      1987-1989 is 30 million ECU .
3 . On all matters of importance
concerning the implementation of
the programme , the Commission shall
consult representatives of Member
States and the Youth Forum of the
European Communities .
                                            Art i c le 6
4.   The Commission shall see to it that   The Commission shall see to it that
there is consistency and complement-        there is consistency and complementarity
arity between this action programme         between this action programme and other
and other Community activities affect­      Community activities affecting youth
ing youth exchanges , in particular         exchanges , in particular those provided
those provided for under Decision           for under Decision 84 / 636 / EEC . The
84 / 636 / EEC . The Commission shall       Commission shall ensure the complementarity
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ensure the complementary of its             of its actions with those of the European
actions with those of the European          Foundation and shall also maintain regular
Foundation and shall also maintain          contact with international organizations
regular contact and coordination            working in the field of youth exchanges .
with international organisations
working in the field of youth
exchanges .
Article 5                                   Article 7
1 . Member States shall lend their          1 . The Member States shall lend their
support to achieving the objectives         support to achieving the objectives of
of the YES for Europe programme as          the " YES for Europe " programme as set
set out in Article 3 and shall draw         out in Article 3 by taking appropriate
up an action plan accordingly .             measures to that end .
2 . Each Member State shall in particular : 2.    Each Member State shall :
(i )   designate or otherwise set up a      ( a ) designate or set up a
       competent body (or bodies ) to              competent body ( or bodies ? responsible
       act as the national coordination            for coordinating the implementation
       agency for the development of               of the programme at national level ,
       youth exchanges within        the           although this may not necessarily
       European Community . Where this             be the only task assigned to such
       body differs from the authority             bodies ;
       designated according to Article 7
                                             ( b ) take steps to ensure that travel
       ( 2 ) of Decision 84 / 636 / EEC, it
                                                   abroad by young people participating
       shall operate in close liaison
                                                   in youth exchanges under the programme
       with that authority ;
                                                   does not result in the loss of
( ii ) take steps to ensure, where such is         rights , in particular those relating
       not already the case , that travel          to social benefits .
       abroad by young people participating
       in recognized youth exchanges does
       not result in loss of entitlement to
       unemployment benefit or equivalent
       forms of income support .
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          ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                          AMENDED PROPOSAL
Articles 6,7,8                              become Articles 8,9,10
ANNEX TO THE DRAFT DECISION                 ANNEX TO THE DRAFT DECISION
ON THE " YES FOR EUROPE " PROGRAMME         ON THE " YES FOR EUROPE " PROGRAMME
1 . The YES for Europe programme is de-     1 . The " YES for Europe " programme is de-
signed as a range of incentive measures     signed as a range of incentive measures
to promote the development of youth         to promote the development of youth ex-
exchanges in the European Community .       changes in the European Community . The
These measures are directed at young        measures are directed at young people
people from 16 to 25 years of age ,         from 15 to 25 years of age , as well as
as well as youth organisations ,            youth organizations , youth workers , non-
youth workers , non-governmental orga-      governmental organizations , public
nisations , public authorities and all      authorities and all other bodies able to
other bodies able to play a role in         play a role in promoting or organizing
promoting or organising youth ex-           youth exchanges .
changes .
2 . The following measures to improve       2 . The following measures to improve direct
direct support for youth exchanges          and indirect support for youth exchanges
shall be implemented :                      may be implemented :
A. Measures providing direct finan-          A. Measures providing financial aid for
    cial support for youth exchanges            youth exchanges with an explicitly
    excluding exchanges organised               educational purpose , expressed in the
    within the formal education and             form of a coherent project , and so
    training systems . These grants ,           devised that the impact or repercussions
    which will cover mobility costs ,           of the exchange , in terms of cooperation
    will normally be channelled                 or individual or group training , may be
    through appropriate bodies desig-           assessed . Exchanges organized as part
    nated under Art . 5.2 of this De-           of an educational or vocational training
    cisión , each Member State being            programme shall be excluded . This aid
    assigned quantitative objectives            will consist principally of a contribut-
    proportionate to its youth popu-            ion , the apnount of which may vary in
    lation .  In the allocation of              relation to the . distance involved , to
    grants , priority will be given             travel costs between the place
    to  :
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        ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                       AMENDED PROPOSAL
a ) youth exchanges of at Least one    of résidence and the place where the
    week 's duration which :           exchange takes place ( and back again ) ;
                                       this contribution should not exceed
    - bring together young people
                                       75 % of the expenses incurred . In cal­
      from different social , econo­
                                       culating this aid , quantitative objec­
      mic and cultural background ;
                                       tives will be assigned to each Member
    - bring out to young people the    State in relation to the number of young
      European dimension of life ;     people in its population . The calculation
    - are also designed for young      will also take account of :
      people from disadvantaged back­  - the average cost of living in each
      grounds ;                           Member State in relation to the Com-
    - have been initiated and planned     munity average ;
      by groups of young people them­
                                          the geographical distance   between the
      selves ;
                                          Member States ;
    - concern regions of the Community
                                          restoring the balance of the flow of
      that are not strongly represent­
                                          exchanges within the Community .
      ed in youth exchanges .
                                       In    the allocation of grants priority will
b ) youth exchanges of longer duration
                                       be given to exchanges which :
    including voluntary work camps
    which :                            - bring together young people with diffe­
                                          rent social , economic and cultural
    - bring together young people from
                                          backgrounds ;
      at  least  six Member States to
                                       - make young people aware of the
      study and work on a project of
                                          European dimension ;
      common European interest .
                                       - are also designed for young people with
                                          disadvantaged backgrounds ;
                                       - have been initiated and planned by
                                          groups of young people themselves ;
                                       - concern regions of the Community where
                                          few opportunities for exchanges are
                                          customarily available .
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                              Annex                                            Anne Xx
          ORIGINAL  PROPOSAL                              AMENDED PROPOSAL
   Actions B and    C                             unchanged
D. A grant scheme for short visits             D. A grant scheme for short visits abroad
   abroad connected with the pre-                 connected with the preparation of
   paration of exchanges designed                 exchanges of young people as part of
   to enable young people to spend                their vocational training .
   a recognised integrated part of
   a vocational training course in
   another Member State .
E. Assistance for the setting up and           E. Assistance for the setting up and deve-
   development of specific activities             lopment of specific activities organized
   organised or sponsored by the de-              or sponsored by the bodies referred to
   signated coordination agencies on              in Article 7(2 ) of this Deci sion . These
   youth exchanges within Member                  activities shall be concerned , in parti-
   States . These activities shall be             cular , with the development of :
   concerned with the development of :
   ( i ) internal information policy , in-        a ) internal information policy , includ-
         eluding provision for an up-to-              ing provision for an up -to - date
         date central data base on all                central data base on all youth
         youth exchange opportunities                 exchange opportunities and on sources
         and on sources of funding .                  of funding , advice and training for
         advice and training for                      exchange organizers , as well as
         exchange organisers , as well                provisions for the dissemination of
         as provisions for the dissemi-               information to young people and ex-
         nation of information to young               change organizers at regional and
         people and exchange organisers               local level ;
         at regional and local level , or
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                                Annex                                          Annex
            ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                                    AMENDED PROPOSAL
   ( ii ) external information policy ,             b ) external information policy , in­
          including liaison with coordi­                cluding liaison with coordination
          nation agencies in other Member               agencies in other Member States and
          States and provision of multi­                provision of multilingual information
          lingual information and advice                and advice to young people coming
          to young people from abroad and               from abroad and to organizers of
          to organisers of incoming youth               incoming youth exchanges ;
          exchanges , or
( iii )   advisory services equipped to give        c ) advisory services equipped to give
                                                                     «
          practical guidance on the preparat­           practical guidance on the preparation
          ion of youth exchanges and offer              of youth exchanges and offer training
          training courses , including                  courses , including language tuition ,
          language tuition , to exchange orga-          to exchange organizers . These bodies
          nisers .                                      shall , in particular , be the channel
                                                        through which grants from " YES for
          These agencies shall also be the
                                                        Europe " programme are generally
           channel through which grants from
                                                        passed .
          YES for Europe programme are
          generally passed .
  F. Aid for European training for youth         F. Aid for European training for youth
       workers on the better organisation            workers aimed at better organization
       and exploitation of youth exchanges .         and exploitation of youth exchanges .
 ---pagebreak---               ORIGINAL PROPOSAL                            AMENDED PROPOSAL
4 . Measures to complement and support         3. Measures to complement and support those
       those referred to under paragraph 2        referred to in paragraph 2 above may
       and 3 above shall be carried out by        be carried out by the Commission , includ­
       the Commission including measures :        ing measures to :
     ( i ) to develop networking arrange­         a ) encourage contacts between the bodies
           ments between national coordi­              referred to in Article 7(2 ) of this
           nation agencies ;                           Decision ;
   ( ii ) to produce and disseminate infor­       b ) facilitate the production and disse­
           mation and documentation and pro­           mination of information and documen­
           mote exchanges of experience ;              tation and encourage exchanges of
                                                       experience and the search for appro­
                                                       priate methodologies ;
( iii ) to monitor progress and analyse            c ) promote the implementation of practi­
           trends and specific issues such             cal measures to encourage the mobility
           as the elimination of legal and             of young people in the Member States ,
           administrative obstacles , trends           including the issue of a European
            in travel concessions , the feasi­         youth card to facilitate their access
           bility of establishing a European           to existing services at national level .
            youth card ;
 ( iv )     to provide technical expertise and     d ) provide technical expertise and support
            support for the implementation of           for the implementation of grant and
            grant and subvention schemes .              subsidy schemes .
 5 . Projects to receive Community assis -      4  Projects to receive Community assistance
        tance shall be chosen on the basis of      shall be chosen on the basis of joint
        their quality , their potential scale      criteria of quality , impact and effi-
        of impact and the extent to which they     cacity responding to the programme
        contribute to a more even balance of       objectives .
        activity in youth exchanges between
        Member States and to building up a
        strong sense of Community identity .