Aegean Youth Interaction Project is being conducted with the cooperation of Youth for Habitat Association, Greece National Youth Council, Beyoglu Municipality, Athens Municipality, Bosporus University and Pantios University .  This project is supported within the scope of EU Commission's Program for Supporting Small Scale Projects.

One of the biggest challenges we face in the course of our membership negotiations is that the youth doesn't have an adequate knowledge and awareness regarding EU's structure, institutions, EU citizenship and Turkey-EU relations.

Our main purpose in realizing the Aegean Youth Interaction Project is to raise the youth's awareness about the European Union and its interactions with Greece, which is a member of the European Union.

The intention is to give 100 young people between the ages of 16-18 from Turkey and Greece, training on 'European Union Institutions', 'Integration with the European Union', 'European Union Youth Programs', and 'European Citizenship' within the scope of the Aegean Youth Interaction Project. As a result of these trainings, Turkey has accommodated the young people from Greece at the Kefken Youth Camp which belongs to the Beyoglu Municipality. 

The youth communication network between Istanbul and Athens will for an 'information bridge' between Turkey and Greece.  With the experiences they gained, the young people will play an important role for establishing friendly relations between the two countries and for both parties to get to know each other correctly in the EU negotiation process.