National Youth Center "Environmental Initiatives"

The National Youth Center "Environmental Initiatives" is non-governmental environmental youth organization. "Environmental Initiatives" is voluntary movement; it is open to all young people who have identified environmental issues as a priority. The purpose of the NYC "Environmental Initiatives" is to improve the environmental situation in Ukraine, to form new environmental worldview of young people, to enforce environmental rights of citizens. The main objectives: • forming skills of practical solving of environmental problems among young people and providing the opportunity to work actively environment protection; • promoting the participation of young people in creating public environmental policy proposals to the authorities and management on environmental legislation, participation in the preparation of solutions, implementation of which substantially affects or may affect the environment; • promotion of monitoring of the environment; • assist in the prescribed manner the formation of environmental awareness by promoting knowledge about the environment, improve environmental education and culture of the citizens; • providing access to environmental information.