TRAINING IN GEORGIA - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS - URGENT

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for participants for a Training Course called “Leave your Traces – Fill the Empty Spaces” which will take place in 8^th until 15^th September 2013 in Kobuleti, Georgia.

The training aims to obtain the skills and raise competencies about active participation, empowerment and involvement of young people as well as about the establishment of local self-initiatives. Therefore, the training aims to build a contribution to the involvement of young people in local and regional activities and help them to increase initiatives dealing with a variety of youth issues. The expected outcome of the training are trained youth workers, young leaders and young people willing and able to set up new creative local youth initiatives on issues of local concerns in their surrounding communities.

OBJECTIVES:

• To develop a common understanding of participation and explore instruments for its promotion
• To develop the participants' understanding of the key principles of youth participation;
among groups of young people who have fewer opportunities in civil society or youth activities at local and regional level;
• To get familiar with various concepts and methodologies for developing youth initiatives;
• To improve participants’ skills in project-management (related to participation projects);
• To develop participants’ competence in using the revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life /publication of Council of Europe/
• To encourage exchange of good practices on building and management of youth participation projects;

This event will bring together 24 participants from European Union countries and Eastern Europe and Caucasus. The event will be held in English. There are 3 vacancies available and participants should have minimum 18 years old.

The Youth in Action programme will cover 100% of the accommodation, food and activities and will reimburse the participants with 70% of the travel costs. There will be a participation fee of 40 Eur. per participant.

All the interested people should fill the application form below. The application form must be sent to marco@nyh.ee

Application deadline: 5^th August 2013

Application form here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2ih0dub4f6e7ly7/6MkR-cKjsT