At the premises of the Epeka Association, so. p. in Maribor, for the second time, in cooperation with the Dress for Success Maribor institute and the Employment Service of the Republic of Slovenia, we hosted an informational visit, during which we also presented our Y-ACT (Youth Against Corruption: Tools for Transparency) project to the visitors. The event was an excellent opportunity to bring the project closer to new target groups and to talk about the importance of transparency and accountable governance.
The informational visit was attended by Ukrainian participants, for whom the event provided a direct insight into the local working environment and the Slovenian NGO scene. Dress for Success Maribor is a non-profit organisation that helps people with fewer opportunities enter the labour market and develop their careers, which made the connection with the content of the Y-ACT project — which empowers individuals with practical knowledge about transparency — all the more meaningful.
Alongside presenting the opportunities to take part in the projects we are currently running, we paid special attention to the Y-ACT project. We presented its main purpose — empowering young people with practical knowledge about transparency — as well as the educational toolkit being developed within the project, which will help young people and youth workers recognise and address corrupt practices in their local environment.
In a relaxed and inclusive atmosphere, we spoke with the participants about how corruption affects the community and how individuals themselves can contribute to greater transparency and accountability. Meetings of this kind confirm that the content of the Y-ACT project is relevant to a wide range of people and that the topic of transparency connects different communities and environments.

Y-ACT is funded by the PROTEUS project. As a project of the CERV programme, PROTEUS is co-funded by the European Commission and runs from January 2023 to September 2026.

The project’s main funders are the European Union and the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

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The project is also co-funded by the City Municipality of Maribor and the Office of the Republic of Slovenia for Youth.