The Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia implements the “YIA Ruler” project from Tuesday to Saturday in the frames of EU “Youth in Action.”

The project participants are young people, trainers, and coordinators from different youth projects in from France, Romania, Belarus, Croatia, Poland, Estonia, Ukraine, Georgia and Armenia.

European Union’s “Youth in Action” project ended in December 31, 2013, which was the largest project for youth, youth organizations, and professionals working in the youth sphere in general.

Within its seven-year activities, “Youth in Action” gave opportunities to thousands of youth from EU countries, including Armenia, to acquire a wide range of knowledge and skills, to visit new countries, and learn about each other’s culture, history and traditions.

“YiA Ruler” project, organized by the Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia (FYCA) which is the country’s largest youth organization, aims to assess, with the help of specialists, the impact on the development of youth movement and youth organizations’ establishment. This project is also a unique opportunity for young leaders and coordinators of various youth projects to come together under one roof, sum up YiA 7 years’ activities, and share skills and experience which will result in the development of future international projects’ implementation.

Welcoming the guests Atom Mkhitaryan, the president of Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia, made a comprehensive historical overview on the formation, further development stages and the geopolitical situation of the Armenian youth movement. He also introduced the six countries’ achievements of the EU Eastern Partnership in the frames of YiA project.

Due to the surveys conducted by Mkhitaryan, during the last two years the EU has funded 594 international projects in the Eastern Partnership countries, with a total budget of 12.8 million euros. In absolute numbers Georgia is the leader, followed by Armenia and Ukraine. According to the number of implemented projects, Azerbaijan is penultimate, solely behind Belarus.

The organizers will present the project outcomes and research data to EU ERASMUS PLUS Agency, and the information will be disseminated through the Internet.