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YURA helps to improve attractiveness and competitiveness of rural regions in comparison to urban centres.
YURA wants to hear what improvements of social infrastructure will let the young people stay in rural areas. It is good access to education and culture, mobility and transport, leisure opportunities or living conditions.
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- YURA Award (29.2.2012)Project YURA starts a public competition related to demographic change topic. The competition is opened for enterprises. Read more in the attached conditions. The deadline for applications is 30th of May 2012.
4th Partner meeting in Usti nad Labem (24.2.2012)
The 16th and 17th of February came all YURA project partners to Usti nad Labem to talk about project development.- Joint Pilot Projects Meeting in Weiz [PDF, 1,2 MB] (9.12.2011)5th and 6th December the YURA partners have met in Steiermark to discuss running Pilot Projects. In the YURA there are four Pilot Projects. Part of the meeting was also a study visit in the Educational Centre http://www.bfi-stmk.at/bildungszentrum/weiz
Transnational Youth Seminar in Saxony-Anhalt (9.12.2011)
Last week 20 youngsters from all partner regions of the YURA-Project attended the Transnational Youth Seminar in Saxony-Anhalt.- European Youth Portal (16.9.2011)A gateway to citizenship and mobility for young people in Europe!!!
The European Youth Portal offers European and national information of interest to young people who are living, learning and working in Europe. The portal gives information on 8 main themes, covers 31 countries and is available in 25 languages. 2nd YURA Newsletter is bringing hot project news [PDF, 5 MB] (16.9.2011)
Read about our meetings, our outputs and regions as it prepared EU-Regional management Süd-West Steiermark.
OUR CHALLENGE
The Demographic Change
• Migration, ageing and higher skill shortages
• Growing competition between regions for residents
and skilled professionals• Maintaining vocational opportunities for youngsters in their home regions
OUR AIM
Your Region – Your Future
• Assistance to youngsters in their career choice
• Encouragement of cooperation between schools and regional companies
• Establishment of transferable cooperation models and on-the-job training strategies
OUR ACTIVITIES
Targeting youngsters
• Joint development of strategies for improving life quality in rural areas by youngsters and stakeholders
• Initiating and testing long-term cooperation among companies and schools
• Promoting civic attitude and social responsibility
• Transnational exchange of experiences between youngsters via meetings and summer camps
Project Partnership
YURA has 10 partners from Central Europe area. Represented are Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary and Poland. The lead partner is Ministry of Regional Development and Transport Saxony-Anhalt.
...more about partnership read here
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