Barents Regional Youth Council

Описание

Официальная группа представительства республики Коми в Баренцевом Региональном Молодежном Совете. BRYC is an international organization uniting young people in the Barents region, focusing on creating a stable network and realizing projects. Barents Regional Youth Council consists of one youth representative from each county, oblast, republic and okrug in the region and one representative for indigenous youths, all together 14 people. The main goal of BRYC is to promote the idea of living in the high north as a unique opportunity for young people to express themselves. Our core values are tolerance, cooperation, reliability, justice and love, as a basis of everything we do. The council was established in February 2004 and have the mission to strengthen the youth cooperation in the Barents region and empower young people to actively participate in the shaping of the Barents region and the society in which they live. The countries in the Barents region have many common challenges when it comes to youth issues and this invites to increased cooperation about these matters. During an international youth seminar in Murmansk October 2003, the participants strongly signalized that young people want to participate more actively in the Barents cooperation. They concluded that the best way to ensure this would be to establish a new youth structure in the Barents cooperation, a council consisting of young people from the whole region. The establishment meeting for the Barents regional Youth Council (BRYC) was held in Kirkenes during the festival Barents Spektakkel 2004. The 14 members of the council will work towards a strengthening of the youth cooperation in the Barents region. The members are chosen by their county administration based on the following criteria: – He or she must have an age fitting the category ”Youth” (over 18 and under 30 years) and speak English, have knowledge about youth issues in their region and be interested in international cooperation.