Mladinski svet Slovenije

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• Mladinski svet Slovenije
• (MSS)
• National youth council of Slovenije
• www.mss.si
• October 2007

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WHAT IS MSS?Youth council of Slovenia (MSS),
established in April 1990, is a national
(umbrella) association of voluntary youth
organisations. It is a coordinative structure,
composed by youth organisations (16 members) with
different political, ideological or interest
orientations.
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• OFFICIAL BODIES OF MSS
• ASSEMBLY is the highest body, responsible for
  adopting the Statute and other crucial documents,
  electing the Bureau members and Monitoring
  Committee members, deciding on membership and
  setting the programme guidelines.

MSS Assembly, June 2004
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? STANDING COMMITTEE (1 representative of each
full member) meets mostly for the programme
issues if necessary it can take over the
responsibilities of the Assembly. ? BUREAU
(president secretary general 5 vice
presidents) is responsible for execution of the
work programme.
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• THE PURPOSE OF MSS
• Since its foundation MSS has made significant
  contribution to cooperation among youth
  organizations on the national, local and
  international level.
• MSS wants to help enabling young people to
  participate in policies that influence their life
  and work.

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• LEGAL BASIS
• MSS was established in 1990, but is since 2002
  registered on the basis of the Youth councils
  act.
• This act imposes on the Government, Ministries
  and other state authorities the requirement to
  inform MSS about the drafting of laws and
  regulations that have an immediate impact on the
  life and work of young people.
• In reality, this requirement is often not
  considered by the state authorities and we have
  to keep bothering them about it. Nevertheless, we
  cooperate with the Office for youth and some of
  the Parliamentary Committees invite us to their
  sessions when discussing youth issues.

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• CO-MANAGEMENT WITH THE GOVERNMENT
• OFFICE FOR YOUTH (within the Ministry of
  Education and Sport) Is our key partner. We have
  a Council for Youth Issues, which is a mediatory
  body for youth issues and consists of
  representatives of both, MSS and the Office of
  the Republic of Slovenia for Youth. Its purpose
  is mutual exchange of information and defining
  the youth policy agenda.
• MINISTRY OF LABOUR, FAMILY AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS
  We have a commission among the Ministry and MSS
  (4 MSS members, 4 of the Ministry) that is
  supposed to discuss the youth issues related to
  the Ministrys areas.

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• WORK AREAS OF MSS
• Training and education
• International cooperation
• Social affairs
• Youth Structures Development
• ? Youth Policies development
• Each area is managed by one of the vice
  presidents of MSS.
• At projects two or more areas often work
  together.

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• Training
• and
• Education

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We are striving for the recognition of
non-formal education and prepare different
trainings and seminars. We train future youth
trainers and managers of youth organisations.
Seminar Quality or quantity in youth work, Fiesa,
May 2006
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In 2003 we published an extensive Manual for the
trainers, which also serves as a textbook for
the trainings.
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And in 2005 even more extensive Manual for
managers in youth organisations.
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Both manuals are the basis for our regular
trainings.
Training for trainers, Bohinj, October 2004
Training for managers, Preddvor, October 2006
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• International Cooperation

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• MSS is a full member of the European youth forum
  (YFJ). We regularly participate in its
  activities. We cooperate with several national
  youth councils in Europe, particularly with those
  from the SYC group (the so called South youth
  councils) Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French,
  French-speaker Belgian, Italian, Greek, Maltese
  and Cypriot youth council.
• In 2006 we started the bilateral cooperation with
  the National youth Council of Catalonia, visiting
  Barcelona and learning about the Catalan youth
  policy.
• One of our interntional priorities is also the
  development of youth structures in South-East
  Europe.

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• We participate in different activities of the
  Youth (now Youth in action) programme as
  organizers as well as a partner organization.
• At the moment, in the international area the
  hotest issue is preparation for Slovenian EU
  presidency which will take place in the first
  half of 2008.

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We enable young people from youth organizations
to participate in different international
activities in Slovenia and abroad.
Slovene delegation at the World Youth Festival,
Barcelona, August 2004
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• Within the Youth programme

International training on youth information and
media, organized by MSS, Preddvor, September 2004
Seminar on intergenerational solidarity,
organised by Flemmish youth council, Ghent,
November 2005
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• EUROPEAN YOUTH FORUM (YFJ)
• is our European umbrella organization MSS was
  one of its founders in 1996. YFJ is a partner of
  the European commission in the field of youth and
  the most important youth representative in
  creating policies on the European level.
• At the moment MSS has a member of YFJ Bureau
  (executive body). YFJ also has different working
  bodies MSS has a member in the European Union
  Affairs Commission and in the Pool of trainers.
• More www.youthforum.org

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• In partnership with YFJ we prepared many YFJ
  activities in Slovenia since 2002
• - September 2002 YFJ Bureau Meeting
• - September 2002 YFJ Working Group on Youth Work
  Development Meeting
• - June 2004 seminar Strategy for South-East
  Europe (within the Balkan youth project)
• - February 2006 YFJ Working Group on Social
  Inclusion Meeting
• March 2006 Information and Networking Days the
  contents from the White paper on youth
• April 2006 Pool of Trainers Meeting
• - September 2007 YFJ Bureau Meeting

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YFJ Information and Networking Days, Ljubljana,
March 2006
YFJ seminar Strategy for South-East Europe,
Preddvor, June 2004
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• Social
• Affairs

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• Social affairs
• MSS tries to participate in social policies for
  young people in Slovenia and strive for equal
  opportunities of all young people.
• We are also very devoted to the promotion of
  voluntarism in Slovenia.

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• VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
• One of our most important projects (since 2002)
  is each years Volunteer of the year, where we
  choose the best volunteers and voluteer-based
  projects in Slovenia.

Volunteer of the year 2005, April 2006
Volunteer of the year 2006, April 2007
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We convinced 2 former and our present Minister of
labour, family and social affairs to hand out the
awards.
Former minister handing the award, March 2004
The best volunteers of 2006 with the minister and
other guests, April 2007
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• Youth
• Structures
• Development

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• MSS wants to create environment, where youth
  organizations can develop successfully.
• In the past MSS paid a lot of attention to the
  local youth organisations. In 1997 2001 MSS
  carried out an extensive project, called the
  Development of local youth structures programme,
  followed by the Development of the local youth
  councils programme.
• Today we have app. 40 registered youth councils.

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The Development of local youth councils programe
was (y. 2003) concluded by publishing a manual,
entitled How to establish a local youth council.

Establishing a youth council in 3 steps
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• MSS organizes the meetings of local youth
  councils primarily to exchange information and
  discuss the current youth issues.

Consultations of the youth councils, Ajdovcina,
December 2006
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In the area of local youth policy we miss
understanding from municipal authorities - many
people there have no idea what a youth council is

Presentation of the Youth council of Velenje,
December 2004
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• Youth
• Policies
• Development

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• This working area is new (since June 2006) and it
  was established because Slovenia lacks legal
  framework and strategic documents in the field of
  youth we have no law nor national program for
  youth. So the main purpose of this area is to
  exert the pressure on the governmental
  institutions as well as prepare the bases for
  youth legislature from the youth organisations
  point of view.
• This area is complementary to the Youth
  organizations development area. Together the two
  responsible vice-presidents started the procedure
  of preparation of our proposals on the youth
  legislature.

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• MSS secretariat
• Coordinates the work of MSS bodies, assures the
  administrative and technical support for the
  activities, coordinates the programmes, maintains
  the information network etc.

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• Spreading information
• We put out information on MSS activities,
  international youth issues and projects where
  young people can participate.
• Our primary target groups are our member
  organizations and local youth councils and our
  primary channel is internet.
• Within the information work we also handle public
  relations and the promotion of our work and
  values.
• Below you can see our web page (www.mss.si) and
  e-bulletin

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• Our promotion of the European elections in 2004

Why should the others choose instead of you?
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• EVS
• Since 2005 MSS does the support activities for
  European voluntary service (EVS) the projects
  in Youth in action programme where young
  volunteers go to work in another country.
• MSS conducts the trainings for these volunteers
  and we also work on promotion of EVS.
• More on http//www.evs.si/

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EVS training, February 2006
Promotional stand on the Festival of voluntarism,
April 2006
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• And now something about 2007

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• We participated in different bodies and
  structures within other institutions
• The mediatory body for youth issues (within the
  Office for Youth)
• Working group on the umbrella Youth act (within
  the Ministry of Education and Sport)
• the National committee of the All different all
  equal campaign (within the Office for Youth)
• The board of Movit (the agency for several
  European youth programmes)
• The Selection Committee of the Youth in action
  programme
• Working group on implementation of Europass
• Working group on the project For diversity.
  Against discrimination.
• the National committee of the Europe at school
  programme.

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• We concluded the project of ex EVS volunteers
  section, supported by the European Commission and
  aimed at promotion of EVS.

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• One of the results were several promotional
  tools. Above you could see the EVS website and
  below the post card and the brochure front page.

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• We conducted different workshops
• - The seminar on filmmaking (short promotional
  films)
• The seminars on public relations for NGOs
• Seminars on rhetorics and public performance

From the seminars Public relations and Rhetorics
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In the international area the most important
subject was the preparation for the EU
Presidency especially for the youth event. MSS
invited all youth organizations to participate
with their proposals. We met with the Office for
youth and the National agency and divided the
tasks among us. The central theme of our youth
event will be the intercultural dialogue.
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Debates on the future of young people in EU In
February we organized 4 debates in different
parts of Slovenia. We got 4 slovenian MEPs and a
lot of other officials to participate in the
debates. These debates were a prologue to the
final European debate in Rome at the 50th
anniversary of the Rome Treaty.
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Our YFJ vice president and 3 Slovenian MEPs at
the debate in Koper, February 2007
Live internet streaming of the debate in Velenje,
February 2007
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• Your Europe Your future

At each of the above mentioned debates we chose
one active young participant, who later attended
the meeting in Rome where young people from all
Europe discussed their status.
Your Europe Your Future, Rome, March 2007
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In September we hosted the YFJ Bureau (the
executive body of YFJ) where we have a member.
The Bureau members were fascinated by Ljubljana
and their working conditions there.
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We participated in many international activities
and arranged for many other members of youth
organizations to participate as well.
MSS presentation at the seminar of the Flemish
youth council the role and function of youth
councils, Brussels, May 2007
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• We started participating in All different All
  equal campaign.

The Final event of the European campaign, Malmö,
October 2007
Campaign website
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• Some of the activities within the campaign
• - Workshops on inclusion in different
  organizations and parts of the country
• - The song contest for young bands
• - The short movie contest for young people
• - The website of the campaign
• - The survey on inclusion of different young
  people in national youth organizations
• Participation in the European graffiti action
  United in colours
• Still preparing the final event with campaign
  presentation and a concert

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Graffiti at the MSS office entrance

• More on campaign www.mlad.si

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In April 2007 two vice presidents prepared a
2-day consultation of member organizations on
the umbrella youth act producing the legislative
framework for such act. Were awaiting further
steps
Consultation on youth legislature, April 2007
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• In the field of education we have a currently
  active group of people active in non-formal
  education area. They are working on a project
  called Educative effects of youth work.
• The group is preparing the material on the
  influence of youth work on individuals as well as
  on society in general.

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• The training for managers of youth organizations
  in September

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• In cooperation with the former Standing Committee
  Member and a journalist Jure Brankovic we
  published the Public relations manual for NGOs.

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You just had fun with National youth council of
Slovenia (MSS), - accessible by post
Linhartova 13, SI-1000 Ljubljana - responsive on
e-mail info_at_mss.si - audible by phone 00386 1
430 12 09 - virtually present at
www.mss.si Prepared by Tanja Baumkirher,
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