TDM 2000 International

TDM 2000 International was founded in 2008 by a group of young enthusiasts, who had a vision and desire to build a structure of support to youth organizations that stimulates international cooperation for development through sustained transfer of knowledge and exchange of best practices whilst facilitating reflection and debate at a transnational level. In the meanwhile, the organization has grown and to date it incorporates organizations from 24 different countries.

Main goals of TDM 2000 International:

-Challenge the paradigms of ethnocentric education systems and promote a more inclusive learning process that integrates contents non conformant to the dominant culture, thus fos-tering the development of a bigger respect for Cultural Diversity;

-Advocate for a world where peace, intercultural understanding, pluralism, non-discrimination, justice, equal opportunities and solidarity prevail;

-Create and provide tools and opportunities which may allow youngsters to enhance their personal and professional development, fostering consciousness in individual capabilities and developing competences increasingly required by the labour market, thus striving to achieve higher rates of youth employment;

-Encourage young people to realize the importance of their civil engagement and foster the acknowledgement of their prospective role as main actors of social change, therefore pro-moting a process of empowerment that shall lead to a more active participation of youth in the life and the decision-making processes of their communities;

-Promote strong synergies of cooperation between the public sector, the private sector and civil society through capacity-building, lobbying and advocacy processes in order to ensure socially responsible management and that young people take part in policy-making;

-Build a structure of support to youth organizations that stimulates international cooperation for development through sustained transfer of knowledge and exchange of best practices whilst facilitating reflection and debate at a transnational level.

It has developed projects and activities of the likes of training courses and study sessions, different sorts of encounters and workshops, awareness-raising campaigns and lobbying meetings, inquiries and polls, voluntary service projects, partnership building activities and contact making seminars, electronic and hard cover publications, youth exchanges and seminars, or other multi-measure projects with diverse types of social intervention for development