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HALL NON PROFIT ASSOCIATION ‘MERIMNA’ www.merimna.org.gr MEDITERRANEAN COLLEGE MITROPOLI ANAPTYXIAKI OF THESSALONIKI SA NGOs JUGEND & KULTURPROJECT eV www.jkpev.de NAUTICAL CLUB OF KALAMARIA-OPEN SEA SAILING CLUB YOUTH OF THE PANPONTIAN FEDERATION OF GREECE www.neolaia.poe.org.gr NEW CONSERVATORY OF THESSALONIKI UN Ecological Movement of Thessaloniki www.ecology-salonika.org THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW SEAFRONT https://el-gr.facebook.com/filoineasparalias TEAM SFINA https://el-gr.facebook.com/sfinamia CREATIVE TEAM ‘EN DYNAMI’ THESSALONIKI YOUTH CLUB FOR UNESCO www.unescoyouth.gr OPEN HOUSE GREECE www.openhousethessaloniki.gr University of the Aegean University of Macedonia www.uom.gr

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OBSERVATORY OF THE CITIZENS OF CENTRAL MACEDONIA MAGAZINE RouaMat.com multipath www.polydromo.gr COLORFUL CYCLISTS NON PROFIT CULTURAL ORGANISATION PRAXIS www.praxisgreece.com/contact EMBASSY OF AUSTRALIA EMBASSY OF ISRAEL EMBASSY OF THE REPUBLIC OF AZERBAIJAN EMBASSY OF NORWAY EMBASSY OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC IN ATHENS ALTERNATIVE THERAPEUTIC PROGRAMME FOR DRUG ADDICTS ‘ARGO’ PARALLAXIS www.parallaximag.gr/ ROTARY DISCTRICT SEGAS FRIENDS OF JAZZ & CREATIVE MUSIC PARTNERSHIP FOR SOCIAL GENDER https://lgbtqiplatform.wordpress.com PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN GREECE www.sekve.gr PROJECTS IN THE CITY www.sxediastinpoli.gr THE GREEK GUIDING ASSOCIATION www.seo.gr SCOUTS OF GREECE www.sep.org.gr TEDx UNIVERSITY OF MACEDONIA THESS - NETWORK https://el-gr.facebook.com/Thessdiktio THESSALONISTAS https://thessalonistas.wordpress.com THESSALONIKI PRIDE www.thessalonikipride.com UNITED SOCIETIES of BALKANS www.usbngo.gr URBAN ACT MINISTRY OF CULTURE: 9th Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities, XVI Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL NATURE FRIENDS OF THESSALONIKI www.filoiprasinou.gr PHOTOGRAPHY CENTER OF THESSALONIKI YMCA www.ymca.gr CHOIR ‘KORAIS’ NEWSPAPER ‘MAKEDONIA’

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THE EUROPEAN YOUTH CAPITAL 2014 traveled around the world through: a)

exchange programmes involving young people, notably volunteers of the EYC 2014

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the presentation of good practices to foreign youth missions that visited Thessaloniki during 2014. More specifically, the offices of the EYC hosted official missions from Germany, Sweden, Russia, Ukraine, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania who visited Thessaloniki in order to make strategic use of the implementation of youth policies,

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through the organisation of special «short study visits», that were held either in Thessaloniki or abroad, aiming at creating broader future cooperations, such as cultural meetings involving experts from Israel, sports meetings with students-athletes from Busan, South Korea, voluntary meetings coordinated by «Let's Do it Greece»,

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through its participation in the Network of European Capitals, which was created with the view of know-how exchange between young people, future collaborations on issues affecting them and its participation in European projects on direct funding. The Network has carried out two several meetings, two of which were held in Thessaloniki, one in Cluj Napoca and one in Ganja. Two workshops were held in Varma and one in Maribor. Thessaloniki also hosted missions from future European Youth Capitals, and more specifically from Cluj Napoca (5 times), from Ganja (3 times) and from Varna (1 time) that visited the city in order to acquire the know-how.

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through participation in approved European Projects such as: «My Generation at Work» organised under URBACT II with a view to define a common strategy for strengthening youth employment at local level. The project involved all EYC from 2009 to 2014 as partners, «Go for Europe» organised under the Youth in Action. The project is a campaign to promote the first vote and the vote of young people in the 2014 European elections, «Food Smart Cities for Development» organised under the Europe Aid. This projects deals with food safety and will be implementing activities from January 2015 onwards for two years.

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VOLUNTEERING IN EYC 2014 With total entries amounting to 3 238 through the web site of the event, the young people of Thessaloniki supported the majority of the actions of EYC 2014 programme by providing voluntary services. A 30% of the volunteers registered in the electronic archives never came into contact with the organisation. Out of the remaining percentage we have created an active core of 200 volunteers who were trained and were present in the majority of the events during their training. The other volunteers visited at least one time the offices of EYC 2014, attended special volunteers’ training seminars and gained experience through the support of at least one event. Find below statistics on the volunteers’ profile.

Have you participated in other voluntary organizations and actions?

No [1353] Yes No

Yes [1296]

1296 1353

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what kind of actions you want to support

1. Communication 2. Secretariat support 3. Events support 4. Guests support 5. Technical support 6. Translations 7. Preparation of events 8. Social media

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1227 1015 1953 1881 714 635 1736 884

12% 10% 19% 19% 7% 8% 17% 9%

2022 1193 1199 845 821 1111 1331 1625 791 1143 1132

15% 9% 9% 6% 6% 8% 10% 12% 6% 9% 9%

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which of the 11 thematic priorities of EYC 2014 interest you 1. Art and culture 2. Innovation & youth entrepreneurship 3. Multiculturalism and social inclusion 4. Urban initiatives 5. Civil society initiatives 6. Health and sport 7. Environment 8. Extroversion and youth tourism 9. Intergenerational dialogue 10. Volunteering and informal education 11. Active youth participation

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how many hours per week you can offer for volunteering Πάνω από 20 [52]

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Knowledge of English language

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Μother tongue Basic

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VOLUNTEERING IN EYC 2014 The volunteers’ reception, training and networking department was staffed by an expert team of trainers-motivators, as shown in the organisation chart. In this context, the trainers’ work included the following: •

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Introduce tools for the registration, evaluation and management of the volunteers’ applications. Design a special online form that included the interested parties’ details, telephone number and email. Organise welcome and information meetings for the young volunteers that are accompanied by the distribution of information material. • Undertake the training of young volunteers by using the principles and methods of nonformal learning on issues such as volunteering, active social participation, group dynamics, cooperation, youth structures in Greece and the European Union Produce educational material through the creation of a special manual entitled ‘Volunteering- a way of life’. The manual provides for the following issues: what is volunteerism, the history of volunteering, forms of volunteering, sectors and modes of action, volunteering in practice, organisation and group dynamics, formal, non-formal and informal learning. Support the networking of young volunteers with Thessaloniki’s NGOs. Young people who actively participated in the institution had the opportunity to meet the representatives of the bodies and of non-profit organisations in the framework of their active participation in voluntary activities and events of EYC 2014.

Inform young people on the institution’s European dimension and foster their networking with regard to their participation in youth European programmes. In this phase, the opportunity to participate in exchanges (youth exchanges), seminars (training courses) and study visits (study visits) by sending missions abroad was made available.

At the end of the year, the EYC’s 2014 volunteers were a dynamic workforce specially trained to design and implement actions within a local society; Furthermore, they were conscious volunteers and informed citizens.

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COMMUNICATION-INFORMATION-PROMOTION The events and news were communicated in the following ways: electronic newsletter, press conferences for major international and European projects, press releases on all Greek media with emphasis put on those of Thessaloniki before each event, tributes – interviews in TV, newspapers, magazines to promote the institution. The management and update of the webpage and social media has been assigned to a special partner who was assisted by volunteers. It should be noted that EYC placed strong emphasis on this way of communication, since it was found that young people very often resorted to this medium to get information and updates. Based on measurable criteria, there were 291 600 visits on 29/12/2014 and 51 700 facebook followers on December 2014. The android application, which was created by a team of Aristotle University students, offered easy access to the events’ programme and venue. Moreover, for information reasons posters and brochures were placed around the city, however in small quantities for the interests of saving money and avoiding environmental pollution. The sites that hosted actions of EYC 2014 were marked with special banners bearing both the logo and the slogan. The biggest banners were placed outside of the main Town Hall’s building and outside of the EYC 2014 offices (Makridis building).

Two advertising stands, two large flags, 10 outdoor banners and 10 indoor banners labeled all the areas where events were taking place. Hundreds of cotton blouses, T-shirts, hoodies and bags bearing the logo in the front side were distributed to the volunteers and to participants, creating thus a living advertising across the city and marking all the actions, mainly the outdoor actions. The EYC’s 2014 poster, the brochure and a first cd presentation were made available in citizen’s service centers, universities, cultural centers, museums, showrooms, in various institutes of vocational training, in the Greek national tourism organisation, in large Festivals held in Thessaloniki, in the bus and train stations, in Thessaloniki’s Airport ‘Macedonia’ and in each new mission that traveled abroad, in order to promote the institution and the city of Thessaloniki. The brochure was distributed in thousands of copies by EYC’s 2014 volunteers in universities and other central points of Thessaloniki. The institution was also promoted abroad by the Mayor himself during his official visits to other foreign cities. Moreover, during their travels abroad Thessaloniki’s Deputy Mayors tried to brief other cities, and particularly twin cities, on EYC 2014.

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THE MOST IMPORTANT LINKS RELATING TO EYC 2014 http://www.kathimerini.gr/62951/article/politismos/polh/8essalonikheyrwpaikh-prwteyoysa-neolaias http://www.agelioforos.gr/default.asp?pid=7&ct=4&artid=190736 http://www.thestival.gr/culture/actions/item/146774-thessaloniki-eyropaiki-proteuousa -neolaias-me-mia-magiki-bradia-giortase-sto-limani-tin-protoxronia-foto http://www.thestival.gr/culture/actions/item/156703-thessalonikieyropaiki-proteuousa-neolaias-to-peirama-petyxe http://www.karfitsa.gr/2015/03/11/sta-skaria-to-kentro-neotitas-thessalo/ http://www.protothema.gr/culture/article/458515/megala-noumera-gia-ti-thessaloniki -europaiki-proteuousa-neolaias-2014-/ http://www.e-typos.com/gr/politismos/article/ 110983/thessaloniki-europaiki-proteuousa-neolaias-mousiko-adio-sto-2014/ http://www.biscotto.gr/i_poli/city_report/anaia_sti_8essaloniki_europaaki_proteuousa_neolaias_2014.html http://www.enet.gr/?i=news.el.article&id=399502 http://www.voria.gr/index.php?module=news&func=display&sid=205902 http://www.elliniki-gnomi.eu http://www.athinorama.gr/travel/news/article.aspx?artid=1002133 http://www.cosmopolitan.gr/good-life/cosmo-thessaloniki/article/18637/eyrwpaikh-prwteyoysa-neolaias-2014/

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THE EVENTS’ FINANCIAL REPORT REVENUES Total income 1.077.472,85 € originating from: The ordinary funding of Thessaloniki Municipality Nestle’s sponsorship The financing of the «Go for Europe» programme Nestle’s sponsorship 5,7%

986.795,11 € 61.500 € 29.177,74 € «Go for Europe» 2,7%

Thessaloniki Municipality 91,6%

COSTS ALLOCATION OF COSTS Total expenses 878.545,66 € broken down as follows: Organisers’ payments operating costs of the events communication costs Communication 5,9%

433.425,15 € 393.028,53 € 52.091,98 € Organisers 49,3%

Operating costs 44,8%

It is also important to note that the total savings amounted to198.297,19 €, ie 18,46% of the total EYC 2014 input, which was left at the budget of the Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality (KEDITH) It also important to mention that for the project’s complete implementation, the staff costs amounted to 96.150 €, ie 8,9% of the total available inputs (included in operating costs). In the events participated approximately 114,000 participants. According to the financial data for each invested euro the estimated financial benefit is 5,14 euros.

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2015 PROGRAMME -FUTURE PLANNING 1) Events In 2015 the Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality follows up on the European Youth Capital 2014 with as series of events organised by young people for young people. The Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality intends to financially support the most original and successful events of 2014, in order to turn them into an institution. Thus among other things, the Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality adopts the ‘Technotopos’ Festival, the Taratsa Film Festival, the colors day event, the Street Art Festival, Run Thessaloniki and others. 2) European Networking It begins with the participation of the Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality in the Intercity Youth Network under the support of the European Union; it broadens the horizons for the implementation of local youth policies and provides new expertise to employees working solely on that. 3) Youth Local Networking The Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality continues its collaboration with the Thessaloniki’s NGOs Network; this collaboration offers a two-fold benefit, as the NGOs get the required expertise for better organisation and The Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality sets a precedent in the dialogue with the youth, at local level.

4) Networking between the European Youth Capitals It has been finally decided upon participation of a EYC’s representative in the Network of Thessaloniki; currently he is actively participating in European programmes for the development of broader partnerships, exchanges and joint activities for young people in Europe. 5) Thessaloniki Youth Center In the near future, a new Youth Centre is preparing to welcome young people with creative activities, hobbies and techniques. The offices of the Community Enterprise of Thessaloniki Municipality (KEDITH) were appropriately adapted so as to accommodate such initiatives and to establish a youth centre. ‘Thessaloniki- European Youth Capital 2014’ won the challenge and managed to activate and make Thessaloniki’s young people participate. The most significant testament to this success was the large number of congratulatory letters that arrived at EYC headquarters and at the Mayor’s office, acknowledging the intensive effort made. Furthermore, in relation to other European Youth Capitals Thessaloniki has achieved another important thing: to enhance the institution and standardise the applications, evaluations and reports procedures. All these processes are made available to the European Youth Forum in order to use them in its effort to improve future organisations of EYC.

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