The International Youth Exchange Office – Torino City Council was born in 1978 and since then has carried out a huge number of international events in Italy (hosting projects) and in four areas of the world: Europe (Youth in Action), Latin America, Mediterranean countries (Euromed) and with Western African countries (Mali, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cap Verde). In the last years, due to our NA general decisions, being a big city it couldn’t have access to European grants anymore. So now it promotes a youth policy based on the consultancy and support to youth organizations about EU programmes (especially in organizing exchanges and training courses) and offers opportunities of youth international mobility (sending organization for exchanges, trainings and EVS). As sending organization, it gives the opportunity to more than 200 Italian youngsters each year to have a great experience.
Furthermore, it also organizes training courses for group leaders and gives information about training courses and workshops in Italy and abroad. For further info, you can have a look at our website www.comune.torino.it/infogio/scambi or our FB page: Scambi Internazionali e SVE – Città di Torino.
Being an umbrella organization and being in touch with all our youth centres in town, it can easily recruit participants according to the target group required (including those with fewer opportunities).
Our group leaders are trained at a national level and some of them attended training courses abroad granted by Youth in Action or Erasmus+ programs.