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Over 2005 and 2006, political youth organisations gathered in a network for political youth organisations from both sides of the Mediterranean. As a founding meeting, we organised a Contact Making Seminar in Berlin from 4th to 8th of December 2006. In 2010 several activists from all over Europe and the Mediterranean started to reanimate the network as it had been rather inactive in the years in between.
More groups and activists joined the network, but they kept the basic idea, aims and structure of the Falafel network as it was before.
We want to involve political youth organisations from both sides of the Mediterranean. As “political” we define “policies” rather than “politics”. Meaning: you don’t have to be a youth wing of a party in order to fall under our target group, as long as you do policies. We also welcome individuals to join our network: they can play an active role although the network defines itself as a network of organisations.
We are working on issues that are of interest for us all; for example peace, migration, Human Rights, environment, gender issues, trafficking, cultural exchange, xenophobia and above all, the participation of young people in democratic procedures. These topics will be discussed on seminars and over the internet (e.mail, chat, web forum, wiki). When possible, common actions such as joint press releases and street actions can be taken. We will furthermore cooperate with other actors on the field, such as the European Youth Forum and the Euromed Platform and we will facilitate contacts and cooperation between our member organisations. We are fully aware that all of us come from different political families and have very different opinions on various topics but we want to cooperate in areas that are of importance for all of us, for instance youth participation. It is in our all interest, that young people have the possibility to are politically active, to make their voice heard and to have an impact on society. Joining forces will help us to reach our aim!
Please see our Aims, how to join, the current member organizations and the contact info.