In 2009, MIJARC Europe is supported by:
the operative grant of the "Youth in action Programme"
and the administrative grant of the European Youth Foundation
On this website you can find more about MIJARC Europe, news, adresses, publications and the latest information about the next activities.
Call to all interested parties!
MIJARC Europe is now looking for a new European Secretary! Are you interested in working for an International NGO which supports sustainable agricultural development, youth policy, European awareness and youth empowerment in rural areas and in a context of non-formal learning?
The post facilitates travel, intercultural communication and is a great opporunity to make international contacts.
To read the Job description CLICK HERE
We are thrilled to announce that the new issue of Info-Europe is available!
This edition recounts the most recent activities of MIJARC Europe. It also brings you news and ideas on new forms of youth participation with articles which:
- Revisit the benefits of free time - (MJRC, Spain)
- Discover the “tour de Bur” - ( KLJB, Germany)
- Encourage the campaign for “Retire at 18" with (MRJC, France)
- Teach us about ECI (European Citizens' Initiative)
Happy Reading!
English version - French version - Spanish version
Hello to all member organisations of MIJARC Europe!
I am thrilled to be part of the MIJARC Europe team for their policies, their aims and their energy! I am a 24 year-old German-Ghanaian on my year abroad in France. I was drawn to working with MIJARC Europe because I found that their principal missions strongly reflect my own. I hope to work within the development sector to promote sustainable development on humanitarian and ecological level. From what I have seen so far, I believe that I will be doing both with dynamic team of MIJARC Europe. As a volunteer, I will be spending the next 9 months lending a hand in developing the communication strategy between organisations, as well as organizing this year’s Summer Camp in Poland. I will also be helping the in day-to-day administration of tasks.
Feel free to contact me if you have any queries related to my tasks at : p.matzdorf(at)mijarc.net
The Copenhagen conference has been presented as a complete failure of politicians to find a solution to global warming. But are politicians the only ones making politics? Hopefully not; many Non-governmental Organizations were also there, able to agree on common objectives in spite on their differences. With 2 main slogans "Climat Justice Now" and "System Change not Climate Change" the civil society proved that the peoples have answers to Climate Change...if only they would be more heard by governments!
To see the Klimaforum people's declaration: http://www.klimaforum09.org/Declaration?lang=en
It was the topic discussed by States during the FAO meeting which took place from the 16th to the 18th of November in Rome.
Because Civil Society had not been officially invited to this forum, she organized her own forum 3 days before the official summit in order to make her voice heard. Three questions structured the forum: Who has access to resources? How to produce? Who decides in food and agriculture policies? Who needs access to food?
Women, Indigenous People and Youth had a particular place in this forum. Claire Quintin, the new President of MIJARC Europe was there as an official delegate for the Youth. It was a great occasion to meet colleagues from MIJARC all over the world, especially our colleague from India who had the chance to read the civil society final declaration inside the official FAO summit!
Read the final declarations
Read the declaration of the Youth Caucus
A couple of days ago our Vice-President, Lyubomir Todorov came back from the COMEM of the European Youth Forum, which took place in Torino, Italy, 12-15.11.2009. This umbrella organization has two types of members INGYO, which is MIJARC Europe and National Youth Councils, the number of them is 99, based in different countries represented by different people. The aim of this meeting was to approve the budget of 2010 and the work plan for 2010. It was also discussed about the evaluation of the statutory bodies. Lyubomir participated in the working groups of E-society and Migration, trying to focus the attention not just on the youth, but especially on the rural youth. Exchanging experience and ideas, he tried to strengthen the relations of our organization with the other ones. As a feedback of the seminar Lyubomir states that the YJF is a very important place, where the people could hear about the needs and wills of the rural youth. So in future we will continue our active participation in the events organized by the European Youth Forum.
Climate change challenge has to tackled in a comprehensive and holistic way!
Farmers are key actors in climate change situation!
Food sovereignty is a solution!
On this World Food Day 2009, MIJARC Europe calls for the implementation of the food sovereignty principle in any European or international policy taken to cope with global warming.
Read our press release.
 - on the middle of the picture: Svetlana Lomeva (Vice-Minister of Education, Youth and Sciences)
At the occasion of the "Youth Day", MIJARC Europe in cooperation with its Bulgarian partner organized on 12/08/2009 in Etropole (Bulgaria) a roundtable entitled "Youth for a fairer rural world".
This roundtable has gathered many famous guests like:
-Svetlana Lomeva - Vice Minister of Education, Youth and Sciences
-Ivan Modev - Executive director of the national agency "Youth programmes and initiatives"
- Emil Dimitrov - Vice-chairman of the parliamentary commission on agriculture
- Ilko Yordanov - Expert of "Open Society Institute"
- Emil Georgiev - Mayor of the Municipality of Etropole
This roundtable has given the opportunities to the 50 participants to our seminar to share their realities and proposals of alternatives with important decision makers. Read more....
From the 8th to the 14th of August 2009, 47 young participants coming from 10 countries met in Etropole (Bulgaria) to build new partnerships and propose concrete ways for youth participation in Europe!
They worked on 6 topics linked to the development of rural areas in Europe: agriculture, natural ressources, economy, youth migrations, education and youth participation.
Many fields visits in Bulgaria have been organized....read more
 - Artwork on the riverbank of the Danube in Budapest.
Johanna Schiller and Jürgen Westermann started for a short trip to meet the Austrian and Hungarian catholic youth. Read the whole story here...
From the 20th to the 26th of July 2009, MRJC France has welcomed in Ruffec (province of Center) a European summer camp gathering 21 young people coming from the rural areas of Germany, Belgium, Poland, Bulgaria and France.
During 7 days the young people have exchanged on the topic "Europe is a village": what does it mean for us being a European citizen, how can we be actor of our villages, how can we face the environmental, economical and energy crisis, etc
Many field visits have been organized in the province of Center to: an organic farm, to the local association ACOUDEO promoting local consumption and fair trade, to local groups of MRJC, etc
Click here for reading more...
The working groups meeting organised by MIJARC Europe gathered 20 young people from Bulgaria, Poland, Portugal, Germany, France and Belgium.
During 3 days, they have had the opportunity to exchanges their realities and best practices in the 3 following fields :
1. Agrciculture and Food Sovereignty
2. "Glocal" development
3. Youth participation in rural development
Field visits were organized in Picardie to discover other best pratices: "the House of the solidarity economy" in Lachapelle aux pots, the associative café "L'ecume du Jour" in Beauvais, one AMAP from Oise.....
This working groups meeting was supported by the "Youth in Action" program.
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