Konstitucijos av. 25
11203 Vilnius
Lithuania
- Youth and education
1. Structure of the organization - functional style. Number of staff employed - 260. 2. Budgetary resources in year:3.679.333 Eur. 3. Sources of funding: -Funding from State - 1.393.941 Eur -LYC incomes - 2.102.931 Eur -Support from funds - 57.982 Eur -Investment and others - 241.253 Eur. 4. Modalities of action: Yearly projects: “Global Education Week” and „Global Action Week“, International Dance Festival “Bloomy Rain”, Non-commercial Children and Youth Cinema Festival. Youth exchanges “MIX ART”, „Different background one action“, „Discovering possibilities“, Contest for children and youth “Junior Lifeguard”, project “Journalistic Research”, Graffiti Contest and etc. National Teacher Forum; International Conference „Formula of Europe – today's competencies for tomorrow success“. 5. Main partners involved in the organization's projects/activities: Stiftung Sozialpädagogisches Institut "Walter May"(Germany), Das Jugendbildungszentrum Blossin (Germany), Training Association in Denmark (FOF), Skagen Education Centre (Denmark), Hyvärilä Youth and Holiday Centre (Finland), Metsäkartano nature youth and tourist centre (Finland), CEMEA - methodical centre of active pedagogy in France, FICEMEA - international organization uniting various NFE associations in different countries, EAICY - European Association of Institutions of Non-Formal Education for Children and Youth, Lithuanian Non-formal Education Association "Youth Academy".
Lithuanian Youth Centre (LYC) – national non-formal education institution for children and youth, teachers, schools and family. It was originally founded in 1945 as a children and youth after school activities centre. LYC is subordinate to the Ministry of Science and Education of the Republic of Lithuania. We actively participate in forming and disseminating non-formal education at the national and international level, providing required services of non-formal education to society. We seek to participate in creating a society of active, motivated and happy people.
1. Formation of the non-formal education (NFE) policy in Lithuania: * Creation of legal acts regulating NFE; * National-international conferences;„Round Table" discussions /expert workshops; * Suggestions and consultations to the representatives of national institutions, members of education system, teachers. 2. Creation and dissemination of NFE system in Lithuania orientated towards competences and values: * Constant preparation of NFE consultants in many national municipalities of Lithuania; NFE sponsorship system-basket model in Lithuania; * Accreditation and licence system of NFE providers in Lithuania; * Creation of the competence and values measurement system in Lithuania; * Integration of competence and value formation into the new education programmes in Lithuania; * Creation of methods of educating competences and values; * Qualification courses, consultations: o for the teachers and trainers of non-formal youth education ; o for the school communities, participants of education system, parents, children. 3. LYC offers more than 200 activities of non-formal education (NFE) not only for children and youth, but also for adults and disabled people: arts and crafts, sports, musics, Success Academy and other. In all activities methods of NFE are applied.