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Partners & team

Welcome to For Youth Information, a place where young people and youth workers can access open educational resources and materials, made by five organisations in five countries.

Our mission

At For Youth Information, our mission is to provide accessible and engaging educational resources to empower the youth and foster a community of lifelong learners.

Our vision

Our vision is to create a dynamic digital community where young individuals can explore their interests, gain valuable skills, and connect with opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Our goals

  1. To provide insight and foresight

  2. To empower youth workers and young people

  3. To increase youth employability

  4. To enhance non-formal educational tools

  5. To connect and grow a digital community

The partnership

coordinator

Celjski mladinski center (MCC)

Celje, Slovenia

Celje Youth Centre is a public non-profit organisation that responds to the needs of young people and offers a place for socialising, entertainment, creating and acquiring new skills. Its mission is to create an environment where young people gain skills for participation in society and independent living in a creative and fun way. It works with local schools and universities, has extensive experience in international projects, and is a regional information point for Europe Direct and Eurodesk Slovenia.

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BK Plus Europe

Nicosia, Cyprus

BK Plus Europe is a consulting firm based in Nicosia, with a branch office in Athens and representation in Brussels and Amman. It provides technical assistance to public and private sector bodies across Europe, the Balkans, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and North Africa, helping to modernise the public sector through reforms that adapt international good practice to local needs.

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The Future Now Association (TFN)

Sofia, Bulgaria

The Future Now Association is a Bulgarian youth NGO working on national and international initiatives for and with young people and youth workers. TFN supports democratic values of civil society that protect the freedom, dignity and inclusion of children, young people and vulnerable groups, through volunteering, social action and leadership development.

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Institute of Entrepreneurship Development Estonia (iED)

Tallinn, Estonia

The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development Estonia fosters entrepreneurial growth, innovation and sustainable development across Europe. It partners with businesses, research institutions and NGOs, manages EU-funded projects that support digital transformation, green initiatives and inclusive growth, and puts cooperation, flexibility and people first.

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European Dialogue (eD)

Slovakia

European Dialogue is a civic association promoting active citizenship, professional media and art, quality youth work and media literacy in Slovakia and abroad. Its activities target young people, young journalists and other media makers, artists and youth workers, including those who face fewer opportunities or have not yet been active in public life.

The team

The people who wrote the Manual, ran the workshops and built the materials.

Celjski mladinski center

  • Katja KolencProject manager, youth worker and trainer

    Head of MCC's international project coordination unit, where she develops non-formal education methodologies and runs workshops for young people and trainings for youth workers, teachers and social workers.

  • Ana MladenovićProject assistant and researcher

    Develops youth and training programmes and contributes local youth research and methodology to international projects.

  • Hana FaletičYouth worker

    General coordinator of youth centre activities and mentor of the MCC youth ambassador programme.

  • Klemen SagadinYouth worker and trainer

    Coordinates MCC's sport programme and hostel activities and provided logistics and supervision for the project.

BK Plus Europe

  • Konstantinos GrigoriadisHead of Grants & Innovation

    Researcher on EU-funded and national projects for civil society that address economic and social inequality, with a background in legal and political research.

  • Yannis TzedakisPolicy analyst and consultant

    Economist and psychologist specialising in data analysis, decision-making methodologies, nudging and human behaviour.

The Future Now Association

  • Raya TsvetkovaYouth programmes manager

    Member of TFN's management board, youth worker and researcher focused on education, human rights, violence prevention and mental health support.

  • Ali HonaramizProject manager

    Youth worker and researcher with a humanitarian background and studies in economics and banking, whose goal is to empower young people through economic literacy.

  • Andrej IgnatovTeam member

Institute of Entrepreneurship Development Estonia

  • Nikolina ZervouProject manager

European Dialogue

  • Tomáš JančiProject manager

    Coordinates projects and creative activities at European Dialogue, with a passion for non-formal education, gamification and languages. External lecturer at University College Prague.

  • Denisa KarabováProject manager, facilitator and researcher

    PhD in European Studies and former lecturer, most passionate about media literacy and active participation as foundations of a democratic society.

  • Martin MaškaProject and creative manager

    Concept and project writer, media producer, documentary filmmaker and lecturer working on media literacy, youth empowerment and the digitalisation of youth work.