Mladinski center Brežice

Youth Centre Brežice is a public institution with a basic emphasis on work with and for the young people, focused onto the identification of needs, young people's interests, providing facilities and programs to satisfy those interests and presenting interesting content in our environment. Public Institution Youth Centre Brežice has been active in the field of working with young people for 14 years. At this time, it employs 15 experts - youth workers, who are involved with activities such as non formal education, culture, multimedia centre, youth multimedia production, entrepreneurship, information and counselling, children's program, a program for the primary and secondary schools, international activities (Youth in Aciton - EVS, youth exchanges; Leonardo da Vinci program, Gruntvig, etc.), support to rural areas through e-rural and tourist-information network, it provides support and service to local associations, to non-formal, formal groups and individuals. The Centre works successfully in Slovenia and also on the international level. We would like to point out our goal of enhancing existing international cooperation in various fields. To our visitors we offer the following infrastructure: hostel accommodation, computer room, classrooms, conference room, big concert hall, exhibition room, club – cafe with internet corner, playroom, sound studio, music practice room etc. Even though we organize activities for all age groups, our main target group is youth. We work for and with young people in order to facilitate their active participation in strengthening European civil society and upholding human rights, cultural diversity and social cohesion, to empower young people with fewer opportunities (social, economical, health challenges), to combat prejudice and exclusion, to increase employability of local youth and prepare them for labor market.