Best practices

This LYMEC seminar focused on the future of the different forms of International Cooperation in Europe (Council of Europe, OSCE, European Union, Meda Union) and what relations should be established between these organizations in view of the enlargement of the European Union.

The LYMEC seminar on "Re-launching a strategic partnership: EU and African Union" provided an open platform for participants and experts to openly discuss and asses the Euro-Mediterranean partnership. Through work groups and debates, young Liberals in Europe and Africa constructively confronted each other on how to push this partnership forward.

When Latvia re-gained its Independence in 1991, nobody could imagine that after 20 years of gradual economical rise suddenly large part of the population will face economical pressure to leave the country.

The FSF brought together specialists, scholars and politicians to discuss the demographical situation and growth perspectives for Latvia.

Among the activities of the GP Foundation, the workshop on the agrarian and rural issues in Africa begun in 2006 is one of the most productive projects we have in terms of intellectual debate, exchanges of ideas, publications and elaboration of alternative politics in agriculture, international cooperation and trade.

The challenge: one training for various Georgian political parties, including government parties and opposition parties. How to proceed? Since a few years, three Dutch political parties succeed in bringing together young people from both sides of the political spectrum, in a full 3 days training session. Read more about it in the best practice!

The LIBSEEN network of the liberal parties, organisations and institutes of south-eastern Europe was established in 2006 and re-lau­nched at a reunion in Skopje in April 2008 by the leaders of the liberal parties in the region. The conference held in Zagreb aimed at assisting political parties in their efforts to determine the current and future role and work of the liberal in south-eastern Europe, examining a number of policy topics which are reflective of the liberal ideology and initiating the topic of political party foundations or training centres.

The priority of the seminar held in Zagreb, Croatia is to educate the elected officials about the problems and ways and techniques of solving them in county, city and governments councils and governments.

The value of democracy must be taught, explained and practised. The project “Let’s go together” has successfully trained hundreds of young people from all over Ukraine in the spirit of democracy, the Christian Democratic ideology, political leadership and communication, ensuring the future existence of democratic, value based politicians in Ukraine

The workshops let participants take the step from passive to active stakeholders in YA. They have become more knowledgeable actors, especially in the mobilisation process. This has made many feel more included, and as democracy is also about inclusion, the democratic development of YA has been taken to another level.

The Arab Human Development Report (2004) identified gender based discrimination as a major obstacle to development in Arab countries and domestic violence represents one of the most critical constraints of women’s development. Prevalent gender perceptions in Arab countries depict men as the stronger sex, the provider of the family and its representative towards the outside world.