Porto Federation of Youth Associations

• History & Facts
• Main Aims
• Main Claims
• Main Activities
• Youth Participation and Associativism (message from the President of FAJDP)

  History & Facts

• Established in 1986
   
• More than 90 affiliated Associations
   
• More than 20 000 young people in the affiliated Associations
   
• Represented in 17 of the 18 district councils of Porto region

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 Main Aims

• To represent Youth Associations toward public authorities;
   
• To promote and develop Youth Associations and, by this way, to increase youth participation in society;
   
• To promote the experiences exchange between associations at local, regional, national and international level;
   
• To affirm and assure the importance of Youth in the life of the region.

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 Main Claims

• Youth Movement participation and leadership recognition for people under 18 years old;
   
• Official procedures simplification for the Youth Associations;
   
• Easy access and good relationship between the IPJ (Portuguese Youth Institute) and the Youth Associations;
   
• Youth workers official recognition and training development;
   
• Creation of a Youth Information Network based on local Youth Associations;
   
• A substantial investment for the creation of substructures for young people and their Associations:
   
• Larger youth participation and recognition of lesser than 18 youth associations liders (allready achieved);
   
• Simplification of official procedures for youth associations (Simplification of relationships of youngers and government associations);
   
• Achieve most effective co-management in areas related to actions of the Portuguese Youth Institute;
   
• Creation and dinamization of Youth Regional Councils as simplifying platforms of youth participation on the definition of Youth politics on their communities;
   
• Official Recognition of Youth Animation and development of their formation;
   
• Creation of an Youth Information Network based on local Youth Associations;
   
• Larger invesment for the creation of infrastructures for the youth and their associations.

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 Main Activities

Political representation of the associations
and struggle in order to defend Portuguese Youth participation through the associative movement.
 

• Information/Services:
  • Website (www.FAJDP.PT and Associar.Net)
  • Technological Resources/Multimedia Centre
  • Software Development Service
  • Youth Information and Documentation Centre
  • Youth Exchange Support Service
  • Juridical Support Service
  • Unit for Professional Life Insertion (with collaboration of Employment and Professional Formation Institute)
  • Youth Association Catalogue Edition
  • Youth Policies Dossier Edition
  • Press Dossier Edition
  • Informative Bulletin Edition
     
• International cooperation and events organization;
   
• Multiple training activities for youth leaders and youth workers through CREFA (Regional Training Centre for Youth Workers).

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• Youth Participation and Associativism (message from FAJDP board)