Eurodesk Germany

Hochkreuzallee 20
D-53175 Bonn
Tel. 0228-9506208
Fax 0228-9506199
eurodesk@ijab.de
www.eurodesk.org
www.ijab.de

Organisation type
Eurodesk is a European network; in Germany Eurodesk is situated with the International Youth Exchange and Visitor´s Service of the Federal Republic of Germany (IJAB e.V.), a non-governmental organisation responsible for international co-operation in the field of youth policy and the German agency for Youth for Europe.

Age
The idea to construct Eurodesk started in 1991 in Scotland. Piloting of the Eurodesk European network began in November 1994 with 9 Member States involved.
Germany participates in the network since 1996.

Financement
Eurodesk in Germany is partly funded by the European Commission through the programme Youth for Europe (50%) and through the Ministry of Youth (50%).

Partnership
Eurodesk is a European network with 18 member countries at the moment (all EU-member states plus Norway, Iceland and Cyprus). In 1999 many Eastern European countries and the Baltic states will follow.

Activity
Eurodesk is a European network which disseminates European Union information and provides telephone enquiry answering services at national or regional level for young people and those who work with them.
Eurodesk is concerned with information relevant to the education, training and youth fields, and the involvement of young people in European activities. Eurodesk provides European information and also the equivalent data from a national level. The information within the Eurodesk system comprises information on EU and national funding programmes, EU and national documents and resources (books, articles, leaflets, Commission documents, etc.) and EU and national organisations and contacts in the relevant fields.

Public
Young people and those who work with them.

Representant
Yvonne Mallmann