The purpose of the “EEMA Youth Exchange” association is to provide assistance and facilitate collaboration between Youth Exchange program leaders, and more particularly Rotary districts and multi-districts within the countries of Europe, the Eastern Mediterranean and Africa, in order to enable them to provide the world’s leading youth exchange program.
The association operates on a non-profit basis.
Thus, through its commitment to programs promoting peace throughout the world, and its international actions involving representatives of countries at all stages of development, the association adheres to the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntarism, unity and universality, principles which are specific to Non-Governmental Organizations
To achieve its aims, the association will use the following means:
- It will provide its members with services supporting international youth exchanges, as part of peace-building and conflict resolution worldwide.
- It will organize training courses for young people and adults,
- It will develop written and audiovisual materials,
- It will help organize conferences and symposia, international seminars linked to international youth exchanges,
- And all other actions aimed at reinforcing the association’s purpose.