The aim of the Youth Exchanges is to get groups of young people from different countries together so they can explore their social and cultural differences and similarities. Youth Exchanges are targeted at young people between the age of 15 and 30. They receive the unique opportunity to experience significant mutual learning situations and to strengthen their feeling of being Europeans. Youth Exchanges are a part of the Youth in Action program of European Commission.

INEX Slovakia organises Youth Exchanges as well as sends volunteers abroad to take part. We usually organise two Youth Exchanges per year. This year, one of them was called “Year of the Volunteer”, lasting two weeks, involving 20 participants from Finland, Slovakia, Estonia and France, during which we visited voluntary workcamps in Slovakia and created promotional materials about volunteering. We created a blog, three short movies and lots of pictures.

Such projects are being organised all around Europe and are focused on various aspects of society. Anyone can take part as well as anyone can try to apply to organise such a project.

Youth Exchanges are organised as a part of the Youth in Action program.