YOPA - Youth for Participation Association

Youth for Participation Association (shortly YOPA) was established in the beginning of 2006 in the centre of the South Plain region by youth workers, youth leaders, exvolunteers, trainers, multipliers. The south plain region consists of three counties: Bács-Kiskun, Békés and Csongrád. In the region the YOPA works as information, human resources developing, training and innovation centre for youth and civil organisations, communities and social organisations, foundation serviced to youth.

Our services:
• Information and counselling in person, by phone or in e-mail
• Developing, implementing, evaluating and monitoring international youth projects in the region within other NGOs mainly emphasis on international youth exchanges, youth initiatives, training courses, contact making seminars and seminars.
• Application counselling (Youth Programme, Youth in Action, European Youth Foundation)
• Organising events (seminars, trainings, conferences, youth exchanges) to youth or youth workers in the interest of successful regional and international programmes, territorial and local projects
• Participation in trainings of youth communities, project leaders and youth workers
• Forwarding international information in connection with European Union and Council of Europe
• Partner group research for international co-operation

In international field our office is responsible for Youth Programme, Youth in Action and European Youth Foundation. In connection with mentioned applications we organise information and counselling days, trainings in the region. Apart from organising professional trainings, we fulfil civil initiatives, we hold project courses in their events.

Our aims is to achieve, to implement more and more successful projects in the region and the youth have possibilities to build their international contacts and to get to know the European Union. We have regional multipliers network too and coordinator organisation of EVS: 2010-HU-45.

Our target group is young people (13 – 30) and youth workers directly work with young people.