Rietavas Open Youth Center

Rietavas Open Youth center is a non-political, non-profit youth cultural association created
in 2011 and based in Rietave, Lithuania. It is specialized in youth work and operates in fields of
non-formal education, intercultural learning, place where young people always find space for their
ideas, dreams, free time activities, meetings and other implementation of their needs.
Main aim of our Youth Center is to attract more young people to join or initiate different
activities, which supply depends on themselves. Main scopes are: open youth work, informal youth
education, organization of leisure time, entrepreneurship education, youth information, consulting,
as well main objectives is education through sport and outdoor activities. Human resources: two
youth workers and about 25 local volunteers. Target group we generally work with – all young
people (in age of 14 -29) also young families.
As well we are accredited EVS sending, hosting and coordinating organization.