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Views International (or VI) is a European non governmental organisation created in 2008, as continuation of the international activities and aims of Views (NGO born in 2001, spplited up in Views Belgium and Views International in 2008). VI is also a network gathering members and partners from all over Europe: Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, UK, Germany, Turkey, Hungary, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania, etc. Our objectives are: - to facilitate the meetings between young European people, majority of whom are visually impaired; - to optimize the chances of this young people to be integrated in the social, private and professional life as autonomously as possible; - to develop spirit of solidarity and democracy, specific of the European culture. We achieve these results mainly by organising: - Youth exchanges; - Adapted European Solidarity Corps volunteering activities; - Trainings, seminars, job shadowings, study visits; - collaboration projects with countries outside EU (capacity building activities). Views International further works in the interest of young visually impaired by providing conditions of youth learning mobilities and by enhancing intercultural learning, understanding and active participation in Europe. Our main target group is young visually impaired people, between 18 and 30 years old. We manage activities with and for visually impaired people: we don’t want to offer services to blind people, we want them to be actively part of our team! This is why the main part of our members, as well as the managing board of our association, are visually impaired people themselves.