European Youth Week 2016
 

The European Commission underlined the importance of providing more and equal opportunities for young people and encouraging young people to actively participate in society during visits to high schools as part of European Youth Week from 25 April to 29 April in Güzelyurt/Morphou, Yeni Erenköy/Gialousa, Girne/Kyrenia and Lefkoşa/Nicosia. The aim of the tour was to promote the EU Youth Strategy and opportunities for youth both locally and across Europe. The events included information sessions, where various organisations including European Commission, European Union Coordination Centre, Youth Department, Civic Space, Universal Patients' Rights Association, POST Research Institute, SOS Children's Village, Youth Power and EU Infopoint hosted information stands that students visited to get more information about local and EU opportunities. These included opportunities in vocational education, internships, civil society projects & volunteerism, as well as employment and scholarship programmes. European Youth Week 2016 in the Turkish Cypriot community aimed to encourage young people to take part in civil society and in the employment market.