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- Youth and education
Spartak’s main goal is to strengthen the bond between East and West in the broadest sense: culturally, politically, but first and foremost directly and individually, by bringing together young Europeans from all parts of the continent, inside and outside of the Union. By these means we try to make young people aware of the differences and similarities within the “European family”.
Platform Spartak is active in several fields:
1. International youth exchanges
Diverse topics are covered in the exchanges organized by Spartak. In recent years we worked on topics like European awareness, music and arts, history, comic drawing and environmental awareness. Locations have included Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Macedonia, Poland and Finland, but also in the Netherlands.
2. European Voluntary Service (EVS)
Platform Spartak is a sending organization within the European Voluntary Service (EVS) of the Youth in Action programme, which allows young Dutch citizens (18-30) to pursue a unique working and learning experience abroad, working as a volunteer anywhere in Europe. Projects range from three months to a year.
3. Lectures, conferences and seminars on European topics
The scientific debate on European topics is important to Platform Spartak. That’s why we organize local, national and international conferences and seminars on European themes.
4. Festivals
In 2008 two Spartak EVS-volunteers were co-initiators and co-organizers of the 3-day youth festival Streets Kumanovo, which promoted interethnic dialogue in Macedonia. In 2009 Spartak helped organize similar festivals in Serbia, Kosovo and continued to support Streets Kumanovo. In the summer of 2010 the concept of ‘Streets’ was also implemented in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Eastern-Croatia. Three promotional events were organized in The Netherlands. The festivals are organized in cooperation with local partner NGO’s and youth organisations, who are involved in all stages of the organisational process. Streets festivals aim to bring multi-ethnic young people in peripheral regions and cities together through cultural participation and the shared experience of a music concert.