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Rethinking Youth Project: SYTEV is the NGO of the month

Updated: Dec 3, 2022

SYTEV is the next organization which presents several information about Slovakian youth in local and regional level, but not only!


SYTEV is stated in Kysucke Nove Mesto (Žilina region).



SYTEV is a civic association focusing on the recovery of society through charitable, educational, information and advisory activities by bringing Christian values based in Kysucké Nové Mesto working at the local, regional, national and international level. The aim of the organisation is support and development of activities on the local, national and international level in the area of non-formal education, using free time, cultural-social and volunteering practice for public, making communities and networks of youth and also focusing on needs and requirements of people and their engagement to public life. SYTEV develops youth politics and raises the interest about youth contribution on the local and national level. This is accomplished by the creation of youth parliament in our city, which directly works with the city council. SYTEV helps youth to express their opinion, support them in creating and organising of local activities. Furthermore SYTEV based youth centre which is a place for co-working for youth, safe place and area of non- formal activities. SYTEV retains a valuable network of professional trainers and educational experts experienced in formal and non-formal education. The network is considered competent to contribute to the implementation of activities related to the initiatives of SYTEV and its partners.



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Mission Find hidden talents in young people so that they can direct their future and develop in what they enjoy and fulfill. Through our activities, we want to influence the young person, by shaping his personality, so that he is more interested in the environment in which he lives. To be sensitive to the environment and society not to be afraid to make a change.

Vision Personally and professionally develop young people who will sell their acquired skills and experiences to other youth, keep active youth in villages and towns and create young local communities. The target group are teenagers and young people from 13 – 30 years old. The organisation consists of 5 main members (managers), 15 youth workers and more than 200 members/volunteers. Organisation's activities: - organizes universal activities for ensuring its mission; - cooperates with professionals, other associations and organisations, organizes cooperation with legal and natural persons; - provides publishing house – publishing activities to achieve the aim of the association; - provides permanent spiritual, educational and methodological formation for its members via courses, lectures, debates, stays in training facilities and other available options; - organizes cultural events, lectures, conference, discussion forums and meetings in both small and bigger dimension; - helps to develop small communities for children, teenagers and adults; - provides exchanges in foreign countries within its means and cooperates with foreign subjects for purpose of fulfilment of aims of association;

- provides services via internet and communicates with the mass media to share achievements; - organizes and mediates sport and touristic activities; - organizes education and workshops for increasing the employability of young people; - helps youth to open start-ups, businesses and social enterprises; - prepares events for children and youth, offers them development and protection programs as extra-curricular activities aimed at preparing them for life; - prepares co-workers, mainly volunteers for work and engage them in the life of the association and society; - participate on youth exchanges and training courses, cooperate with European organisations and coordinates and lead Erasmus+ and Visegrad fund projects. - we are active partner in DOFE program as a open DofE centrum - helps youth to find interests in politics, youth contribution via creation of youth parliament, youth centre and organizing activities on local sphere - organizes meeting of Youth Parliament which is responsible for representation of youth in our city, Youth Parliament communicate directly with city council in order to express youth opinions and share there ideas; - covers informal groups of young people and cooperates with schools; - information youth centre under organisation ZIPCEM and Platform of volunteering and provides informations and support for youth on local, city and regional level in program "Services for youth I." under The Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic which is managed IUVENTA-Slovak-Youth-Institute.

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