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Association pour le Développement des initiatives citoyennes et européennes

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Sustainable Development

Major group affiliation:
  • Children and youth
Involvement in UN Partnerships: Yes
If yes, explain in detail: We establish in the framework of the UNDP a platform on volunteering activities linked with the French foreign office, and the Moroccan youth and help ministry. The aim is to develop Moroccan NGOs involved in the youth activities.

Social Development

Affiliation with other organizations: ECAS, European Citizen Action Service. We are members of the Fundamental Rights Platform of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Publications: We took part into the writing of report lead by the International Organisation of Labour called : Discrimination caused by ethnical origins in recruitment in France, case study. E. CEDIEY et F. FORONI (ISM-CORUM), 2007 http://adice.asso.fr/img/uploaded/file/discrim_france.pdf We publish an annual report, every year. We published also : - International Mobility : a way to support youth promotion, 2007 - Volunteering as a bridge for intercultural and people opportunity, 2007 - volunteering : first step toward citizenship, 2008 - intercultural dialogue and active participation of young volunteers, 2008 - more opportunities trough linking short and long term services, 2008 - memory for the future, 2008 - experiencing solidarity, 2009 - citizenship youth and democracy, 2009.
Purpose of the organization: The association is settled in Roubaix, North of France. In some part of the town, the unemployment rates is around 50% of the active population. Unemployment affects especially young people and people from ethnic minorities, even if the migrants are established since two or three generations. It is for helping these young people to develop social and personal knowledge that the association uses European programmes of mobility. With these programmes such as Leonardo mobility of the European voluntary service
Confirmation of the activities of the organization at the regional, national or international level: The association develops mobility projects with young people and foreign organizations (mainly NGOs) in Europe and in the rest of the world (Vietnam, Peru, Canada, Morocco). We also took part in structuring the territory by developing networks of youth actors in north of France and in Morocco. We also take part into numerous networking seminars, conferences and study visits with European partners throughout Europe. At national level, we have been selected to lead a testing developed by the French secretary for youth in the scope of the development of civil service in France.
A list of members of the governing body of the organization, and their countries of nationality: Edine YAHI, president; Sylvie KOUMSKOFF deputy president, Terje KÖLAMETS, treasurer, Laure DUBOIS secretary, Audrey PERRON, Achiba Fouad All are French but most of them af migrants background.
Description of the membership of the organization, indicating the total number of members: 10 persons are active members
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