Youth Forum 21st Century Association (YF 21) is a non-government organisation, established on 1 November 1999 by a group of young people and supported by the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB). The organisation is a full-right member of the National Youth Forum in Bulgaria (member of European Youth Forum) and actively involved in the work of the Youth Committees of European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and International Trade Union confederation (ITUC).
Youth Forum 21st Century Association has 20 years’ experience in the realization and reporting of a verity of youth activities, initiatives and projects on local, regional and national, as well as on European and international level. Some of the association’s activities have been realized in partnership and with the support of different local, national and international organizations and foundations. These activities have been directed mainly towards increasing the awareness of young people of their main human, labour, social and European rights, possibilities for their career and labour market realization, as well as raising young people’s awareness of civil and non-formal education issues; volunteer work, etc.
Some of the activities in the field of work of the organization are:
- conferences, round tables, seminars and other discussion forums at national, regional and international level;
- training courses;
- informational and educational campaigns about labour, social and trade union rights;
- youth surveys;
- face-to-face meetings with young workers;
- free of charge labour advices by young lawyers;
- outside youth actions;
- youth competitions and exhibitions (photo, graffiti, etc);
- sport and charity activities; etc.