The “Youth in action program” which covers the 2007-2013 period, replaces at present the “European Youth programm”, which Amelie and I are probably the last to benefit from. This change in title does not fundamentaly change the previous programm but is a way to show the evolutions of european mesures. For example, the new programm is now open to people from 13 to 30 years old (when previously it was only accessible to people between the ages 15 to 25). It also offers a larger selection of countries, enlarging the destinations to countries neighbouring Europe, promoting youth initiatives towards the construction of Europe. About 915 million euros have been dedicated to this programm in which the “european volunteering service”, “youth exchanges”, and “youth for the world” are part of. We discovered all of this during our training near Bordeaux. Important information for us for we might be interested in some of these actions during or after our european volunteering service.

http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/education_culture/newprog/index_en.html