European youth centers
The European Youth Centers - English European Youth Centers (EYC) , French Center européen de la jeunesse (CEJ) - two institutions in Strasbourg and Budapest Youth Department in the Directorate of Democratic Participation of the Council of Europe . The European Youth Centers are used as part of international youth work , especially by youth associations , as education, training and conference centers for non-formal education , have accommodation and a team of educational staff and receive several thousand participants every year (300,000 in 40 Years, as of 2012 ). The European Youth Centers are instruments of the Council of Europe to strengthen European civil society, uphold human rights and cultural diversity, as well as social cohesion and the participation of young people .
European Youth Center Strasbourg
The European Youth Center Strasbourg (EYCS) was founded in 1972 together with the European Youth Agency to implement the youth policy of the Council of Europe. The building of the European Youth Center in Strasbourg is a contemporary-functional construction and was designed by the Norwegian architects Kjell Lund and Nils Slaatto in the late 1960s . The current furniture was designed by the Danish architect and designer Arne Jacobsen . The European Youth Center in Strasbourg is an example of modern Scandinavian architecture .
The building of the European Youth Center is located in the European quarter of Strasbourg, in the Wacken district, a few hundred meters from the European Court of Human Rights and the European Parliament . The location was chosen because it offers both the necessary rest and relaxation for educational activities. It lies between the Marne-Rhine Canal and the rivers Ill and Aar and was made available by the Strasbourg city council .
European Youth Center Budapest
The European Youth Center Budapest (EYCB) was founded in 1995 in a building that was built in 1964 and originally designed as the Hotel Ifjúság ( German youth hotel ) of the communist youth organization for international meetings. After the fall of the Iron Curtain , the Council of Europe wanted to establish another youth center in one of the new member states of the former Eastern Bloc , with the decision in 1991 in favor of Budapest and against Bratislava and Krakow , v. a. because the Hungarian government is making the building available to the Council of Europe rent-free. At the beginning of the 1990s there was a legal dispute over the ownership of the building, as the communist youth organization as well as the Hungarian state claimed it for itself. After the clarification in favor of the state, the architect Philippe de Romémont and the Hungarian government László Tóth were commissioned to convert and modernize the former hotel building into a modern congress center.
Since the center was founded until 2015 , the EYCB has hosted more than 40,000 young people from an average of 72 countries per year. The building is located on the Buda side of the city, relatively close to the castle and a few hundred meters from the Danube , and is known for its beautiful view over Budapest from the conference area on the 4th floor.
The EYCB underwent an extensive three-month renovation of its outdoor structure in the summer of 2005, which was paid for by the Hungarian government.
Web links
- Mission and mandate of the European Youth Centers on the Council of Europe's official website .
- European Youth Center Strasbourg (EYCS) brochure
- European Youth Center Budapest (EYCB) brochure
Individual evidence
- ↑ Youth. Council of Europe , accessed April 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b European Youth Center. Open House (Strasbourg, September 16, 2012). Council of Europe , September 16, 2012, accessed April 26, 2020 .
- ↑ Young people build Europe in the European Youth Center in Strasbourg. (PDF; 4.8 MB) Council of Europe , June 16, 2015, p. 2 , accessed on April 26, 2020 .
- ^ Statute of the European Youth Center and the Statute of the European Youth Foundation. (PDF; 127.7 KB) Council of Europe , November 25, 1998, accessed on April 26, 2020 (English).
- ^ For and by young people. (PDF; 2.0 MB) Council of Europe , 23 August 2012, p. 1 , accessed on 26 April 2020 (English).
- ^ Sissela Matzner: Culture and Art, Education and Youth . In: Waldemar Hummer (Ed.): Austria in the Council of Europe 1956-2006: Balance of a 50-year membership, volumes 1-2 . tape 2 . Böhlau Verlag , Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-205-77650-5 , p. 784 .
- ↑ a b c Benjamin Kalkum: Human Rights. Democracy. Rule of law. 20 years European Youth Center Budapest. Budapester Zeitung , September 28, 2015, accessed April 26, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e Yael Ohana: Young People at the Heart of Europe: A Decade of the European Youth Center Budapest: 10 Years EYC, EIK, CEJ Budapest . Ed .: Council of Europe . Strasbourg 2006, ISBN 978-92-871-5959-5 (English).
- ↑ Ady: Hotel Ifjúság. egykor.hu , February 22, 2010, accessed April 26, 2020 (Hungarian).
- ^ EYC Budapest. Council of Europe , accessed April 26, 2020 .