Agrarian Youth Union

The Agrarian Youth Union is non-governmental organization established on 12.10.2002 for public benefits. In 2012 was elected the last board member of the union. The Association aims to assist young people in solving problems and the protection of their rights in urban and rural areas, without distinction of origin, race and religion; as well as helping to build, organisational, the cultural and educational development of young people as personalities and good citizens of the Republic of Bulgaria.
General idea and actions to achieve our aims is to use of common interests and needs.
The target group we generally work with are young people from Maritsa Municipality and region of Plovdiv. Rural and agrarian young people’s interests and needs are the most important things for us. The general aim is to use the most useful way to involve young people from our area in our organization and municipality’s youth activities, help them to develop their interests and ideas, create projects that can satisfy their common needs, to solve their problems, etc.
The AYU organization in a partnership with Maritsa Municipality (public body)arrange and support regular activities:
-different seminars;
-trainings and learning programmes;
-suitable business contacts and exchange of experience in the social and economic spheres;
- meetings between youth organizations;
-concerts and sports and culture events;
-youth projects.
Our organization’s leaders are eight very active and responsible young people. They are able to crate and organize very interesting and successful projects.
Social networks like Facebook help us to promote our meetings, seminars and all activities. We think that young people’s interests are our best partner.
Our members have been participating in different international youth seminars, exchanges and trainings:

- The Conference and the 1st Annual Meeting of the DYPALL Network in Portugal, between the 12th -15th of April 2016
- “THE ARTISTIC LIGHTNESS OF BEING A TRAINER” 16th –23th May 2015 San Giorgio del Sannio, Benevento, Italy
- “YOUTH POLICY IN PRACTICE” in Split, Croatia from 10 March to 14 March 2015
- 13 November – 23 November 2014 Connect to animate – training course in Romania
- 29 November - 6 December 2013 1 FARO- PORTUGAL "А TRAINING COURSE ON HOW ТО INCREASE YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN DECISION MAКING PROSESS" Funded by YiA
- 17 - 20 April, 2013 in Budapest- training course Robeгt Schuman institute, in co-operation with the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Hungarian Office. Environmental Dimension of Policy Making: Sustained Development in Danube Strategy Counties
- 4 - 9 of November 2012 Seminar Trust Euro Med Youth: #proactive #employment #future in Spain European international framework and employability: political situation, youth situation
- 03.06.- 11.06.2012 "COYOUTH- Combating multiple discrimination in youth" training course in Italy
- 29.10.-05.11.2011 Rural youth Europe seminar. Germany. "Volunteering makes your CV smile" Providing important learning opportunities, new skills and competences for young people
We’ve already participated in some international projects and organized a project related this theme between youngsters from different countries. Besides this in our organization we have several activities for the youngsters, where we always speak about another cultures and importance of a dialog amongst different nations and cultures. We consider that this project is an excellent experience for our work that is why we are very pleased to take part as partner in this project. We think that we have a lot to learn and also experience to share. We use non-formal education in order to make participants more connected to each other; we use a lot of team building methods and experimental learning methods. We are actively working with local youth, and therefore have some experience in youth activities. In addition we are aware of the problems and needs of young people. A lot of our members have personal experience of participating in international exchanges, trainings and seminars. Agrarian Youth Union has many local and regional partnerships with the community centres in region of Plovdiv. Most of their members are members of our organization. We have been working work with young people from the entire region and are able to say we have a positive experience and results working with groups of young people between 13 and 33 years old. As sending organization we understand our responsibility to select and prepare youth participants and youth leader for active participation in youth projects concerning all priorities and aims of Erasmus+ Programme.
As sending organization we are responsible to provide active involvement of youth leader and youth participants in preparation of project, its implementation and dissemination of project results, sending organization will also support full filling of general objectives and priorities of Erasmus+ programme.

Agrarian Youth Union has being an active partner to different local and international youth projects and initiatives:

Project "Youth message for Green Europe“- Youth exchange, programme countries: France, Belgium, Germany and Bulgaria, a total of 36 people.
Applicant: UNION OF ROVERS IN PLOVDIV

Youth Project ”Job fair 2013 - select your person –detect your position” - youth initiative funded by “Youth in action programme”
Applicant: Non – formal group “I want to live and work in Bulgaria”

01.05.2013 - 31.02.2013 – Partner of Youth project "Botanical band's park" funded by “Youth in action programme”. Ecological non- formal education.

12.2013– 07.2014 Partner to International youth folklore meeting 10. - 14. of July 2014 Ostrów Wielkopolski and area (region: Great Poland)

21.03.-22.03.2015 – Youth entrepreneur - seminar with the participation of local youth -21 participants.

15.06.2015- 15.04.2016 – „Youth Council Maritsa“ funded under the program EEA Grands.

Our experience related to folklore meetings is

- International Youth Festival “Arts”
- V, VI, VII International Festival of authentic folklore “Sofia’s spring”
- International Children Festival Sofia 2013
- VII, XI Children Ethnic Festival “Childs of Balkans”
- Balkan Champion of Folklore – Euro Folk – Jiva Voda 2013, 2014
- VII, VIII International Youth Festival of Art – Muses
- XIII International Folklore Festival, Dorkovo
- 8th International Folk Festival in Platamonas - Litohoro, Pieria, Greece (27th August – 1st September 2015)
- X International folklore festival “Songs and dances without limits” – Svilengrad