Vratsa Youth Center - a factor for the development of the Northwest

The project responds to the necessity identified in Vratsa Municipality to ensure that the needs of young people and community, including the members of the vulnerable groups, are met.It aims at expanding the territorial range of the Vratsa Youth Center (VYC), continuing and developing existing activities and conducting new ones, which will increase the diversity, interest and number of young people involved in the activities.The main target group is young people at the age between 15 and 29 years; students at risk of dropping out or already dropped out of the education system; young people at risk of ethnic minorities; young people at risk living in small and remote settlements or in economically less developed areas; people not included in the youth group related to youth participation in youth center activities: including children, parents, teachers, mentors and other representatives of the local community.Secondary target group are educational/Roma mediators; youth workers; employees of the VYC and municipal officials.The main objective is to improve the welfare of children and young people at risk on the territory of Vratsa municipality and to expand the territorial range of work of the VYC at the regional level, by introducing services for children and young people at risk that meet the requirements for obtaining a Quality Mark of the Council of Europe.The main activities of the project are aimed at improving the conditions for equal access to education, training and work; enhancing motivation for inclusion of children and parents from ethnic minorities, creating prerequisites for social inclusion; integration activities for children and young people by organizing common initiatives and changing public attitudes towards greater tolerance for young people at risk.Expected results: expanded territorial range and activities of VYC, more active participation of the target group in the activities of the center; increased capacity of staff in youth center.

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