The Association "Young Partners for Civil Society Development"

The Association "Young Partners for Civil Society Development" was established in 26 of april 2004 and is one of the biggest youth organizations from Romania. YPCSD has more than 2000 members with age between 15 and 25.In the last 5 years our organization was involved in almost 200 international youth projects in Europe (youth exchanges, seminars, conferences.

The organization mainly works on organizing workshops, local initiatives, seminars, training courses, camps, volunteer actions and other activities for young people. The organization actively works on local national level; and it is also involved in implementation of international projects. One of YPCSD main aims is to promote and encourage intercultural cooperation among the young people from Romania and the other countries from Europe.

The work of YPCSD is based on the principles of non-formal education, learning-by-experience and intercultural learning. It tends to contribute to the development of civil society in Romania, with a special accent to young people’s place in the social events and processes. We expect that the activities of YPCSD will result in development of creative young people involved in the process of decision – making in their local communities.

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