At the begining of november the Director of Youth centre Plovdiv - Dimitria Todorova and educational advisor -Mariya Angelova participated in job shadowing in Marttinen Youth centre in Finland.
They were presented with the activities by Antti Korhonen international coordinator and the rest of Marttinen Youth centre team. During the meeting were discussed the administrative structure of the center, the funding, the support provided at local and state level, as well as the role of a youth center with Quality Label for the development of youth policy on regional level. In addition to this the educational programs and projects of Marttinen Youth Center were presented, the target groups and the ways they are involved and engaged in the centers activities.
One of the priorities of Youth Center Plovdiv is the establishment of long term partnership and cooperation with the Quality Labelled centres. The study visit was supported by Council of Europe.
Project № BG06-103 "Establishing a Youth Centre in the City of Plovdiv" under the programme "Children and Youth at Risk", component 1 "Care for Youth at Risk" with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014.
Project № BGLD-1.003-0002 "Youth Centre Plovdiv - a powerful factor for local development" under the programme “Local development, poverty reduction and enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups” funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021.