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News from the 2017 JCI European Know-How Transfer



This years European Know-How Transfer has been again a very successful event for the delegates, JCI Europe and JCI.

We would like to thank the delegates for their active participation, the Members of European Parliament for working with us and the organizers like EUKHT COC Director Heidi Larsen and EUKHT Councilor Kathrine Stannov as well as Chairperson of the event 2017 JCI Executive Vice President Jonathan J. Borg for working on this event.

Next to the program on the Integration of Refugees in the Labour Market and the shadowing of the MEPs by our delegates, JCI Europe had the chance to meet with several EU stakeholders like the EU Commission, the European Parliament and the European Youth Forum to discuss JCI's impact in Europe and future cooperation to create synergies on fulfilling JCI's mission to provide development opportunities that empower young people to create positive change.

For more information on the outcome of this year's EUKHT please check out our press release here and our Refugee Integration Project Brochure here.

Furthermore the EU Commission provided us information on their Employers for Integration initiative which you can find here

If you are looking for EU Funding opportunities connected to integration you can find that here

Last but not least, if you want to learn even more about the European Parliament you can sign up here for the European Youth Event. EYE2018 takes place on 1 and 2 June 2018 in the European Parliament's seat in Strasbourg. It is a unique opportunity for young Europeans to make their voices heard.

During the event, they will:
  • Come up with ideas for the future of Europe
  • Discuss with European decision makers
  • Join more than 8,000 young people from all over Europe
Follow-up to the event:

July 2018: a report featuring the most concrete ideas discussed during the event will be distributed to all Members of the European Parliament (MEPs).
Autumn 2018: some participants will present the most developed ideas from the report to a number of parliamentary committees and get feedback from MEPs.


If you have more questions about the European Know-How Transfer or the cooperation between JCI and the European Union please feel free to contact us under info@europe.jci.cc

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