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"Open Youth" has experience in international youth projects since 2001. Most of the completed projects are published on our main internet site http://www.open-youth.org The association works for solving the problems of road safety since 2007 when the then European transport commissioner Mr. Jacques Barrot invited us to join the European Road Safety Charter on the First European Road Safety Day (April 17th, 2007). Our main road safety projects can be found on http://roadsafety.open-youth.org. |
“Open Youth” is non-profit non-governmental volunteer organization, created and managed entirely by young people. Its aim is to support the formal, the informal and the vocational education of the youth; to use and disseminate the good practice in youth work and to fight the negative social phenomenon in the present society. Regarding the aim of the organization, the members of “Open Youth” are working in the areas of various activities as youth exchanges, awareness-raising campaigns, debates on important themes, roundtables, youth rights protection, voluntary service, seminars, conferences, publications. Through all these the organization is willing to promote the European values to its target group – the young people, in order to prepare them better for their future role as citizens with more responsibilities towards the society. In its work “Open Youth” regards the principles of independence, democracy, impartiality, equal opportunities, innovation, voluntarism and good making. Member, volunteer or collaborator in the organization can be any person with no importance of his/her gender, race, colour, sexual orientation, background, religion, age and political views as far as he/she accepts the philosophy and the statute of “Open Youth”.- Safe Valentine
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SPI Forschung gGmbH – Germany
Objectives:- Informing about the incompability of alcohol and drugs while driving a vehicle
- General information about HIV/AIDS
- Informing about the dangers of unsafe sex
- Make free condoms available for everyone, who is interested in this action - Road of illusions
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Road Safety Institute „Panos Mylonas” – Greece
Objectives:- To convince, mainly young people, to drive safely without being under the influence of alcohol
- To inform the participants about the results of hyper-consumption of alcohol when they are driving and not only
- To change the mentality of drink and driving - Head thinking makes the difference
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GARE - Portugal
We believe that this action will be a multidimensional approach of health care.
The interest/objective of this action is to coordinate many health topics and to educate young people.
The action aims to sensitize the youngsters on important topics of road safety and VIH, to tackle the problem of risky behaviors among 12- 30 years. - Respect
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University of Nicosia - Cyprus
Objectives:• The Respect campaign aims to raise awareness that respectful driving behaviour and respecting our alcohol intake confers several advantages:
o Drivers become less stressful as polite and respectful driving behaviour leads to a reduction in stress. Similarly, reducing one’s intakes of alcohol also reduces stress on our internal organs
o Respectful driving behaviour leads to a reduction in road rage as aggression on the road decreases. Regulating the amount of alcohol one drinks can also reduce aggressive and anti-social behaviour
• Ultimately, the main objective is to communicate that respectful behaviour saves lives and promotes health.
The Respect campaign aims to raise awareness that respectful behaviour can save lives. This is achieved across two domains:
- Respect towards other drivers through more polite and less aggressive driving behaviour
- Respect towards our bodies by limiting the intake of alcohol
The Respect campaign will take place in Nicosia backed by the Cyprus Government and promoted across the capital through television and newspaper announcements. Volunteers will be placed at busy crossroads around the capital and their task is to distribute a folder containing the following:
- Details outlining the Respect Campaign and why it is important
- Health and environmental benefits associated with respectful behaviour
- Questionnaire to be completed by the driver that measures:
• Current level of polite and respectful driving behaviour
• Current alcohol consumption
For the campaign you need: t-shirts; posters; folder containing: details outlining the Respect Campaign & leaflet containing information on the benefits of respectful driving behaviour; leaflet containing information on the benefits of decreasing alcohol consumption; questionnaire to determine level of respectful behaviour in respondent and to highlight areas where improvements can be made.