Benchmark Study 1

IPP 1st BENCHMARK REPORT
o Structure:
Main Stakeholders:
The target group of GOEUROPE ! includes young people, disseminators, and educators from
Saxony-Anhalt. GOEUROPE ! is 100% part of the umbrella organisation Landesvereinigung Kulturelle
Kinder- und Jugendbildung (LKJ) Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. (Association for cultural child and
youth education in the federal state Saxony-Anhalt). The project is funded by the programme
“Sachsen-Anhalt interregional” which is an operational state programme based on ESF funds.
Among others the GOEUROPE ! advisory council consists of representatives of ministries, of the
German Federal Employment Agency Magdeburg, of the State Centre for Political Education
Saxony-Anhalt and members of the European Youth Competence Team Saxony-Anhalt.
The GOEUROPE ! advisory council meets up biannually and its work is focused on content and
further development of the project GOEUROPE!
o Budget & Staff:
Number of staff:
2 FTE (full-time equivalent) + 40-50 volunteers
Budget: about 372.000€ for period September 2009 – December 2011 (28 months), of which about
93% are covered by ESF grants.
o Level of Public & Private Partnership:
Due to its umbrella organisation, Landesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung (LKJ)
Sachsen-Anhalt e. V. (Association for cultural child and youth education in the federal state
Saxony-Anhalt), GOEUROPE ! has longstanding experience within the field of European youth
education. Together with its partners from four partner regions of Saxony-Anhalt several projects
have been executed. Thus, there is an extensive knowledge in the field of funding programmes and
the organisation of Europe-wide projects. Furthermore, GOEUROPE ! has built up a Europeanwide
network of partners who realise youth projects and voluntary services, internships as well as
holiday jobs. Consequently, The GOEUROPE ! team is able to consult, qualify and support young
people and professionals with regards to projects with a focus on the European labour market.
GOEUROPE ! has a number of regional and interregional partners. GOEUROPE ! European Youth
Competence Centre Saxony-Anhalt aims to be a lobby facility for intensified cooperation of youth
work, school, administration, politics, and economy in Saxony-Anhalt and to advocate a stronger
emphasis of European aspects within the field of general and occupational education and their
connection to the European labour market of political decision makers.
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