About CYU

Cilento Youth Union is a non-profit organization that started in Rofrano (SA) in 2015, targeting Italian youth with fewer opportunities from south of Italy and specifically from Cilento area. The organization was recently created under the initiative of active local young people which wanted to become part of European programs Life Long Learning projects both in formal and informal contexts, and after the line of different Youth Exchanges that were applied in the town in last 4 years under the Municipality initiative. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Donec velit neque, auctor sit amet aliquam vel, ullamcorper sit amet ligula. Vestibulum ac diam sit amet quam vehicula elementum sed sit amet dui. Nulla porttitor accumsan tincidunt. Curabitur aliquet quam id dui posuere blandit. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Nulla quis lorem ut libero malesuada feugiat. Vivamus magna justo, lacinia eget consectetur sed, convallis at tellus. Curabitur aliquet quam id dui posuere blandit. Proin eget tortor risus.

In short the main objectives of the Union are:

Therefore there was a raise of the natural need for a non profit body that would take over the Erasmus plus project initiative and increase awareness and know-how about the values of voluntaryism and active and European citizenship.

development and sustainable tourism

• To boost rural development and sustainable tourism non profit activities, while supporting the growth of the inner areas of the Cilento and the whole National Park;

employability of young people

• To enhance the employability of young people from disadvantaged and rural inland areas of Cilento (where the youth unemployment rate has reached peaks of 60%), in order to give them new social opportunities also in the European labor market;

To promote opportunities for intercultural learning and intercultural dialogue for young people from local area

• To develop research for the European dimension of vocational trainings and for the European project planning sector;

• To empower youth, by providing education, following formal and non formal approach;

• To decrease level of prejudnces or stereotypes among different European regions and Italy in particular;

• To promote the values of non-formal education, European Voluntary Service, active citizenship, European mobility and democracy for the creation of a better future for the European youth.