Spring for the BYIFNT

Within the framework of the BYIFNT project, the ERYICA Working Group met in Rotterdam on April 23-24, 2009 to discuss the quality principles of Online Youth Information.

As a result, a Working Paper was drafted, that was distributed within the ERYICA network for its comments and feedback. The next meeting to discuss the Paper is scheduled for autumn 2009, before the ERYICA General Assembly 2009, where the Paper will be presented for the final approval. The final version of this paper will then always be used in close connection with the existing European Youth
Information Charter.

Key stakeholders of the project, ERYICA and Youth Agora, have already met to discuss the creation of an online platform for youth information centres across Europe, its main needs and objectives (Rotterdam, March 25, 2009).

According to the decision taken in Rotterdam, the platform will be a user-friendly tool, responding to what the youth information workers need, and will enable them not only to display their activities in an interactive way to their colleagues abroad via the platform, but will also facilitate exchanging experiences with other youth information centres.

Consultation Paper "Principles for Online-Youth Information": Background

During the Infomobil-Seminar 2008 in Rotterdam, a first draft of principles concerning Online Youth Information was drawn up.
This document has been brought to the attention of the last ERYICA
General Assembly in Montenegro in December 2008. The General Assembly
had further comments and suggestions on the text and advised, that this
could be an important ERYICA document in close relation to the European
Youth Information Charter. Therefore, a Working Group was established to further elaborate on the paper.

The Working Group consists of the following ERYICA partners:

Marc Boes/Vereiniging van JIPs, the Netherlands
Alexandra Cangelosi/jugendinfo.cc, Austria
Julie Cakiova/NIDM, Narodni Institut deti a mládeze, Czech Republic
Davide Capecchi/ERYICA, Luxembourg
Claire Conlon/CIDJ, France
Cathrine de la Barre/CIDJ, France
Daniel Poli/IJAB, Germany
Anna Roganova/ERYICA, Luxembourg
Dragutin Scekic/Forum MNE, Montenego

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Last updated: May 04, 2009

The European Youth Information and Counselling Agency (ERYICA) is an international not-for-profit association based in Luxembourg. It was established on 17 April 1986 in Madrid.

As of April 2010, our network consists of 25 Members, 4 Affiliated- and 4 Co-operating Organisations working in 28 countries, in more than 8.000 youth information centres, where 13.000 workers provide young people with generalist information under the principles of the European Youth Information Charter.

In 2005, centres in the ERYICA network received 23.000.000 visits. Read more.