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HOPE´87
is an Austrian initiative cooperating closely with the Austrian Federal
Chancellery and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs regarding the support
of youth employment projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America as well as
in Central- and Eastern Europe. This international initiative is based
on the UN resolution 40/16 "Opportunities for Youth" adopted by the
General Assembly on the occasion of the International Youth Year of the
UN (1985). Young people are encouraged to show self-initiative and to
realize their own ideas of small and medium scale, locally-developed
projects creating training and employment for themselves and other young
people.
Special attention
is given to humanitarian projects in disaster areas such as
Bosnia-Herzegovina. However, the provision of essential goods,
medicaments and medical care is always combined with development
activities in order to support an efficient and fast recovery of the
local infrastructure.
In 10 countries
worldwide HOPE´87 is represented by local Branch Office Managers,
endorsed by their local governments. As experts and nationals of their
countries these Branch Office Managers are responsible for locating,
supervising and evaluating projects, supporting the beneficiaries with
the necessary know-how and establishing close working relations with
national governments and authorities, NGOs and international
organizations, like UNESCO, UNODC and the EU.
HOPE´87 refrains from
sending expatriates but gives full confidence to specially trained local
experts.
Since spring 1991
HOPE´87 is affiliated with the United Nations through a "Memorandum of
Understanding" between the Republic of
Austria
on behalf of HOPE´87 and the United Nations regarding common strategies
to fight youth unemployment. In 1992 the Director General of UNESCO
awarded HOPE´87 with the status "In Official Relationship with UNESCO".
Since 1997 HOPE´87
is affiliated with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
and the Organisation for African Unity (OAU). Furthermore, HOPE´87
maintains a close cooperation with UN agencies as well as the European
Commission and Austrian organisations.
Co-operation Partners
amongst others are the Japanese International Co-operation Agency (JICA),
the Aga Khan Foundation and OMV, the Austrian Mineral Oil Company.
The Governing Body of
HOPE`87 is chaired by the Austrian Permanent Representative to the
United Nations (Vienna)
and takes programmatic and budgeting decisions. Besides governmental
financing also international and non-governmental sources of funds
assure the continuation of programs.
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