Soon the night
welcomes the silences,
together in the cold.
From 23 to 29 January 2011, ODA was in the New World Contact Seminar "Energetic Youth" made in Chemnitz, Germany sponsored by Solaris fur Jugend with support from the German national team. Over twenty-five delegates from seven European nations met for a series of meetings on the issues of youth participation, climate change, future projects and youth initiatives. During the seminar, the eight organizations involved have had the opportunity to discuss the initiatives taken in various countries in recent years under the Youth in Action through the exchange of good practice will also strengthen the International cooperation between the entities involved and the start of new initiatives and projects on the environment and energy.
The year 2011 has been declared the European Year of voluntary activities "in conjunction with the tenth anniversary of the 'International Year of Volunteers of the United Nations in 2001. The Year of the volunteer activities that promote active citizenship help to highlight that volunteering is one of the essential dimensions of active citizenship and democracy, taking concrete form in which European values \u200b\u200bsuch as solidarity and non-discrimination and as such will contribute to the harmonious development of European societies.