CELEX: 51986PC0052
Language: en
Date: 1986-03-05
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DECISION ADOPTING AN ACTION PROGRAMME FOR THE PROMOTION OF YOUTH EXCHANGES IN THE COMMUNITY - YES FOR EUROPE - 1987-1989

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            Proposal for a Council Decision adopting an action programme for the promotion of youth
                           exchanges in the Community — T E S for Europe' — 1987-1989
                                                      COM(86) 52 final
                            (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 7 March 1986)
                                                         (86/C 72/04)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                             Whereas the Member States, in signing the Treaty
                                                                     establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                declared themselves determined to lay the foundations of
Economic Community, and in particular Article 235                    an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe;
thereof,                                                             whereas to this end they provided for the removal of
                                                                     obstacles to the free movement of persons between
                                                                     Member States;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Par-
liament,                                                             Whereas to achieve this objective, the Treaty has
                                                                     provided for powers to take action to ensure freedom of
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                     movement for workers, self-employed persons and
Social Committee,                                                    recipients of services;
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Whereas the Council, by Decision 84/636/EEC ('),                  Whereas the Treaty does not provide the necessary
established the third joint programme of exchange of              powers,
young workers;
Whereas youth exchanges will provide valuable                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
preparation for, and can therefore promote achievement
of the objective of, the free movement of persons, and in
particular the implementation of exchanges of young                                         Article 1
workers;                                                          A programme to promote the development of youth
                                                                  exchanges within the European Community, hereinafter
Whereas the Council, in its resolution of 11 July 1983            referred to as the 'YES for Europe' programme and as
concerning vocational training policies in the European           set out in the Annex, is hereby adopted for a three-year
Community in the 1980s (2), emphasized the desirability           period beginning on 1 January 1987.
of measures to assist young people to develop their sense
of initiative and to foster an awareness in them of their
abilities and responsibilities;                                                             Article 2
                                                                  For the purposes of this Decision, the term 'youth
Whereas the Council and Ministers of Education                    exchanges' shall refer to visits lasting normally between
meeting within the Council at their meetings of 13                one and three weeks made by young people between the
December 1976 (3) and 12 July 1982 (4), resolved on the           ages of 16 and 25 years to a Member State other than
need adequately to prepare young people for adult and             the Member State in which they reside, and which are
working life, and adopted action programmes relating              specifically planned in such a way as to enable young
thereto;                                                          people:
Whereas the European Council meeting on 28-29 June                — to gain understanding at first-hand of the economic,
1985 adopted the conclusions of the ad-hoc committee                  social and cultural life of other Member States
on 'A People's Europe' which called for the promotion                 through direct contact with the local community in
of youth exchanges within the Community and for an                    the host country,
effective network on youth exchanges within and
between Member States;
                                                                  — to enhance personal development and develop skills
                                                                      for adult and working life, including the skills for
Whereas the European Parliament, in its resolutions of                communication between people of different cultural
12 March 1981 (5) on youth activities, of 7 June 1983 (6)             background,
on youth exchanges, and of 16 December 1983 (7) on a
voluntary service scheme, has called for a strengthening
                                                                  — to exchange ideas and identify common interests with
of Community activities in this field; and whereas at its
                                                                      young people from other Member States and develop
meeting of 13 November 1985 it called for the
                                                                      an awareness of a European identity.
implementation of the proposals of the ad-hoc committee
on 'A People's Europe';
                                                                                            Article 3
Whereas youth exchanges promote understanding among
young people of the European Community and its                    The objectives of the 'YES for Europe' programme shall
                                                                  be as follows:
Member States, and contribute to the development of the
ever closer union among the peoples of Europe, and to
the development of intercultural understanding;                   (a) to promote youth exchanges in the economic, social,
                                                                       cultural and sporting fields within the European
                                                                       Community, to increase the number of young people
Whereas a substantial improvement in the quality and
                                                                       involved and to balance the flow of youth exchanges
quantity of youth exchanges in the Community can be
                                                                       as between Member States;
achieved by a series of direct and indirect support
measures at Community level, complementing the
measures taken under the third joint programme for                (b) to promote improvements in the quality of youth
the exchange of young workers;                                         exchanges, in particular through assistance with the
                                                                       preparation and organization of exchanges, so as to
                                                                      maximize the benefit to the young people concerned
(*) OJ No L 331, 19. 12. 1984, p. 36.                                  and also enable them to play an active role in setting
(2) OJ No C 193, 20. 7. 1983, p. 2.                                    up exchanges;
(3) OJ No C 308, 30. 12. 1976, p. 1.
(4) OJ No C 193, 28. 7. 1982, p. 1.                               (c) to encourage diversification in youth exchanges and
(5) O J N o C 77, 6. 4. 1981, p. 58.                                   in particular to extend participation to young people
(6) OJ No C 184, 11. 7. 1983, p. 22.                                  from all kinds of social, economic and cultural back-
O   O J N o C 10, 16. 1. 1984, p. 286.                                grounds and from all regions of the Community;
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(d) to identify ways and means of overcoming the                                                      Article 5
    various financial, legal and administrative obstacles
                                                                          1.     Member States shall lend their support to achieving
    which may inhibit participation in or the organiz-
                                                                          the objectives of the 'YES for Europe' programme as set
    ation of youth exchanges;
                                                                          out in Article 3 and shall draw up an action plan
(e) to identify progressively gaps and new priorities in                  accordingly.
    existing arrangements for exchanges which could
    require supplementary action either within Member                     2.     Each Member State shall in particular:
    States or at Community level.                                          (i) designate or otherwise set up a competent body (or
                                                                               bodies) to act as the national coordination agency
                            Article 4                                          for the development of youth exchanges within the
                                                                               European Community. Where this body differs from
1.    The Commission shall implement the 'YES for                              the authority designated according to Article 7 (2) of
Europe' programme on the basis of the different                                Decision 84/636/EEC, it shall operate in close
incentives and complementary measures set out in the                           liaison with that authority;
Annex.
                                                                          (ii) take steps to ensure, where such is not already the
2.    The estimated amount needed to finance these                             case, that travel abroad by young people par-
measures during the period 1987-1989 is 30 million                             ticipating in recognized youth exchanges does not
ECU.                                                                           result in loss of entitlement to unemployment benefit
                                                                               or equivalent forms of income support.
3.    On all matters of importance concerning the
implementation of the programme, the Commission shall                                                 Article 6
consult representatives of Member States and the Youth                    The Commission shall adopt the measures necessary to
Forum of the European Communities.                                        implement this Decision.
4.    The Commission shall see to it that this action                                                 Article 7
programme is consistent with and complementary to
                                                                          The Commission shall submit to the Council and the
other Community activities affecting youth exchanges, in
                                                                          European Parliament a report on the implementation of
particular those provided for under Decision 84/636/                      this Decision at the same time as the submission of its
EEC. The Commission shall ensure its actions are                          proposal for a review of Decision 84/636/EEC.
complementary with those of the European Foundation
and shall also maintain regular contact and coordination                                              Article 8
with international organizations working in the field of
youth exchanges.                                                          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
                                                                   ANNEX
                                        to the draft Decision on the "YES for Europe' programme
              1. The 'YES for Europe' programme is designed as a range of incentive measures to promote the
                  development of youth exchanges in the European Community. These measures are directed at young
                  people from 16 to 25 years of age, as well as youth organizations, youth workers, non-governmental
                  organizations, public authorities and all other bodies able to play a role in promoting or organizing
                  youth exchanges.
              2., The following measures to improve direct support for youth exchanges shall be implemented:
                  A. Measures providing direct financial support for youth exchanges, excluding exchanges organized
                     within the formal education and training systems. These grants, which will cover mobility costs, will
                     normally be channelled through appropriate bodies designated under Article 5 (2) of this Decision,
                     each Member State being assigned quantitative objectives proportionate to its youth population. In
                     the allocation of grants, priority will be given to:
                      (i) youth exchanges of at least one week's duration which:
                          — bring together young people from different social, economic and cultural backgrounds,
                          — bring out to young people the European dimension of life,
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                       — are also designed for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds,
                       — have been initiated and planned by groups of young people themselves,
                       — concern regions of the Community that are not strongly represented in youth exchanges.
                  (ii) youth exchanges of longer duration, including voluntary work camps which:
                       — bring together young people from at least six Member States to study and work on a project
                           of common European interest.
             B. Aid for short study visits by groups of youth workers to acquaint themselves with the situation of
                  young people in other Member States and make appropriate contacts for the organization of youth
                  exchanges.
             C. Aid for the setting up and, exceptionally, for the development, of youth exchange infrastructure by
                  specialized non-governmental organizations at European level.
             D. A grant scheme for short visits abroad connected with the preparation of exchanges designed to
                  enable young people to spend a recognized integrated part of a vocational training course in another
                  Member State.
          3. The following measures to improve infrastructure and indirect support for youth exchanges shall be
             implemented:
             E. Assistance for the setting up and development of specific activities organized or sponsored by the
                  designated coordination agencies on youth exchanges within Member States. These activities shall be
                  concerned with the development of:
                    (i) internal information policy, including provision for an up-to-date central data base on all youth
                        exchange opportunities and on sources of funding, advice and training for exchange organizers,
                        as well as provisions for the dissemination of information to young people and exchange
                        organizers at regional and local level, or
                   (ii) external information policy, including liaison with coordination agencies in other Member States
                        and provision of multilingual information and advice to young people from abroad and to
                        organizers of incoming youth exchanges, or
                  (iii) advisory services equipped to give practical guidance on the preparation of youth exchanges and
                        offer training courses, including language tuition, to exchange organizers.
                  These agencies shall also be the channel through which grants from the 'YES for Europe'
                  programme are generally passed.
             F. Aid for European training for youth workers on the better organization and exploitation of youth
                  exchanges.
          4. Measures to complement and support those referred to under paragraph 2 and 3 above shall be carried
             out by the Commission including measures:
               (i) to develop networking arrangements between national coordination agencies;
              (ii) to produce and disseminate information and documentation and promote exchanges of experience;
             (iii) to monitor progress and analyse trends and specific issues such as the elimination of legal and
                    administrative obstacles, trends in travel concessions, the feasibility of establishing a European
                    youth card;
             (iv) to provide technical expertise and support for the implementation of grant and subvention schemes.
          5. Projects to receive Community assistance shall be chosen on the basis of their quality, their potential
             scale of impact and the extent to which they contribute to a more even balance of activity in youth
             exchanges between Member States and to building up a strong sense of Community identity.