Landesjugendring Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e. V.

Regional Youth Council (RYC) Mecklenburg – Vorpommern - Who we are The Regional Youth Council is established as a working group of 24 youth associations and the county council of the city and district youth associations So the RYC M-V has become a serious partner for youth welfare policy. Behind it are youth associations with around 200,000 young people. Thus, the RYC M-V e. V. is the largest and in its composition the only community of interest for children and young people in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Here we would like to give a short survey of the assignments of the RYC M-V, our contents of youth association work, which is very manifold and mainly voluntary engagement. To support this diversity will remain the most important objects of the Regional Youth Council in the future! Values ​​that characterize the work of the LJR M-V e. V. are: The members work equally in the LJR M-V e. V. together and are all involved in the decision and will formation. The committees of the LJR M-V e. V. take their decisions independently and self-determined and represent them externally. The LJR M-V e. V. stands for respecting the different opinions and working methods of its members as well as for creating acceptance and openness for the other. Volunteering, self-organization and voluntariness are connecting values ​​that guide all member associations. Thus, they also apply to the LJR M-V e. V. Aims: - energetic working group of the regional youth associations - Contribute to improving the living conditions of children and adolescents in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - Representation of interests towards politics, administration and the public - Helping to shape, secure and develop youth work in M-V - Pool members' resources and connect members with each other Competencies and skills of the Regional Youth Council Mecklenburg – Vorpommern - International Youth work in various programs and with different partner organizations - Youth information and new media - non formal youth education - Introduction and implementation of youth participation forms - Dealing with political authorities - Dealing with legal issues in the field of child and youth work - event management - Moderation in processes and projects - Organizational and quality development - Organization and supervision of volunteer work What makes the Regional Youth Council of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern truly lively, are the many activities of 24 member associations. Their spectrum ranges from Working Group Evangelic Youth, over associations of the trade unions or those with humanitarian orientation, the commitment to ecological concepts, cultural work or homosexual ways of living, to the Socialist Youth of Germany -The Hawks and the Sports Youth. Each youth association has an own profile, a special way it sees itself, stands for certain values. As different as the values and profiles of the associations maybe, it's as important to all of us to come to an understanding about common positions for the benefit and living conditions of children and youth in our region.