Youth Engagement
This fifth issue of EPF's quarterly e-bulletin highlights the impact of our programs on youth engagement. EPF supports youth to promote opportunities for volunteerism and civic activism; facilitates informal networks; supports youth in promoting tolerance and establishing relationships across borders to engage youth in the processes of improving the quality of life in their communities.
Eurasia Partnership Foundation's (EPF) mission is to empower people to effect change for social justice and economic prosperity through hands-on programs, helping them to improve their communities and their own lives. Read more...
Azerbaijan Youth Fund leaders participate in the "Open World" Program Azerbaijan Youth Fund leaders participated in an exchange trip to the United States through the Open World Program in May 2009. Read more...
EPF's Ganja Youth Fund to Implement its First Independent Project As winner of the Open Society Institute-Assistance Foundation's Youth Initiatives competition, the Ganja Youth Fund has received a $1,000 small grant to implement its Street Law project in Ganja City.
Read More... EPF Supports Young Filmmakers of the South Caucasus "The year I spent in the program was probably the best year of my life," says Aram Voskanyan, a 22-year old participant of the Workshop at the Crossroads program, implemented by EPF and Internews.
Read More... EPF Educates and Mobilizes Young Voters in Azerbaijan In the run-up to the October 2008 presidential election, EPF in Azerbaijan supported projects to educate and mobilize voters through its Norwegian Small Grants Program.
Read More... New Partnerships to Leverage Youth WorkOn February 18, 2009, Eurasia Partnership Foundation signed an agreement with Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg to establish a strategic partnership in the area of youth integration throughout the South Caucasus. Read More... Grant-Making to Engage Youth in Post-Conflict Rehabilitation The Values against Violence project is implemented with support provided by EPF to help children and adolescents overcome psychological trauma as a result of the recent Russia-Georgia conflict. Read More..
EPF is a proud member of the EF Network: five local foundations supporting civil society and based in Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Eastern Europe and Washington, DC. For more information, please visit http://www.eurasia.org
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