Association des jeunes mediterannees pour les echanges culturels

National Network
Tunisia
Address

Residence jeunesse 21 – la corniche – sousse
4000 Sousse
Tunisia

Telephone
00216 98 98 39 48
Fax
00216 73 200 505
E-Mail
ajmec@voila.fr
E-Mail (2)
kawatef@hotmail.fr
E-Mail (3)
nadiahamrita@yahoo.fr
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2003
Fields of Activity
  1. Democracy and community development
  2. Human rights
  3. International/Cultural relations
  4. Youth and education
General Information
AJMEC TUNISIA is an autonomous, non_governmental youth organisation whose main aim is to open international exchange for young people, promote youth initiative in improving social work and  facilitating the integration of young people into society especially those of rural areas by involving them in our work,  and encouraging their creative spirit that helps increasing youth participation in both local community and society in general. our budgetary resources available in a year is about 10.000 euro and our source of funding is principaly from the euromed youth unity Tunisia and Erasmus + programme  our last projects are : one step for a green future / yes we can active citizenship / tomorow start today / and we are already strating new project in november his title is Acting For Active Citizenship in Tunisia : Acting FACT  and have hold the international meeting against violence for 4th time since 2010  for our projects and trainings courses we have so many partners specialy from europe and mena area   
Mission and Objectives

The participation in our activities gives a better opportunity to get a positive and varied personal development. We are looking as well  to increase the tunisian youth participation in the international events, which could make them open to a multitude  of life styles, cultures,point of views,  and get them within a spirit of creativity. Our target group is all Tunisian youth mainly the youngsters that  are between(15-25) years old, we encourage them by creating clubs of different activities and especially spaces for free discussions to initiate them to the main objectives of the euromed program like the fight against racism, xenophobia, segregation in all its features and promote the values of peace, democratic representation , mutual respect, human rights and tolerance
Promote active citizenship among tunisian youth;
Promote tunisian culture through youth activities;
Develop a real cooperation between local youth associations and mediterranean and international associations
Main activities
Youth exchange:
Since 2004
European countries: Portugal, Spain, France, UK, Italy, Germany, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Sweaden, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, Poland.
Mediterrean countries: Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, Palestine, Jordan
European Voluntary Service:
40 Tunisian volunteers have been sent since 2005
Greece – Turkey – Danemark – Romania – Portugal – France – Italy

Main Projects / Activities

AJMEC 's missions are intercultural fusion, integration to Tunisian youth into the society.
And support to them for taking an active role in the life of civil society.
In this context Ajmec is in cooperation with organizations such as the European Commission & Euro-med etc...Ajmec has been a part of European Volunteer Servise under the Erasmus + Programme. Until 2014 Ajmec hosted and sended more than 100 volunteers from / to european countries like Turkey, Denmark, Iceland, Scothland, Romania, France, Grecee, Italy, Latvia, Lithanuia , Bulgaria and more ... Also Ajmec has participated Erasmus + Youth in Actions programmes such Youth Exchange, Seminare, Conferance etc... Besides, Ajmec collaborated in local establishments like , Akouda , Kalaa Kebira Kids clubs, Dar Chabeb (centers of youth ) in Soussa, Handicap centers Kalaa Kebira and Arim Soussa & Dar Tagafa Akouda ( Culturel Center of Akouda ) & municipality of Soussa. Ajmec hosting volunteers have created cultural, artictic and sportif activities there with children and young people in order to add some plus to Tunisian society ,specially local at Akouda , Kalaa Kebira, Center of Soussa, Chott Meriem etc.

How can you contribute to the Network in your country?

Our participants are also working as trainers mostly in the area of enhancing entrepreneurial skills and initiative within our target groups of youngsters at the age of 16 to 30 years.
Our leaders have participated in several trainings concerning many topics, but still want to enlarge their know-how by sharing with other youth workers from the partner-countries and create new follow-up projects
 

Why do you want to join the ALF Network?

Our members have participated in several trainings on the topic of non-formal learning and we also organized workshops and seminars on this topic on regional and national level. We want to share our best-practise methods and enlarge our knowledge by exchanging with other partners 
 

Contact (1) Full Name
Awatef Slama
Job Title
President
Head of the organisation
Awatef Slama
Contact (2) Full Name
Mouna Hamrita
Job Title (2)
general secretary