EXCHANGE IN ITALY - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for participants for a Youth Exchange called “Eurocycle for Environment” which will take place in 20^th until 28^th June 2013 in Scurcola Marsicana, Italy.

How we treat in the Europe the natural environment protection areas in a sustainable way? Are we aware how to protect the environmental areas in our communities? What kind of experiences and ideas can be shared, to enhance environment protection and recycling and also increase young people's attention to ecosystems and sustainable natural lifestyles?

In EuroCycle for Environment we intend explore the local natural environment in a natural and sustainable way of life. We will discover the exciting world of recycled materials and create new old things!

This youth exchange wants to give a push to the cooperation with others countries by offering the opportunity to a youth group   and youth leaders to discover other culture and work together.

As an output, the youth exchange aims to improve the quality of future projects and establishing partnerships in the frame of the Youth in Action Programme and to develop common guidelines on environment, Training Course and Youth Initiatives.

This Exchange will bring together 30 participants from Portugal, Poland, France, Estonia and Italy. The exchange will be held in English. There are 5 vacancies available and participants should have minimum 18 years old and maximum 25 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: 30^th April 2013

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

TRAINING IN GEORGIA - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for participants for a Training Course called “Active Citizens of Today” which will take place in 2^nd until 10^th May 2013 in Kobuleti, Georgia.

The term European citizenship has recently become a buzz word. Everyone speaks about it, but no one really knows what does it mean and people keep asking: Is it just about politics? Is European citizenship a V.I.P. club? Where does it start and end? How can put it to our projects? How can we make it concrete and practical?

ACT is a training course, which was developed as a module for youth workers/trainers to help them to answer their questions concerning the (European) citizenship issues. We will approach the idea of citizenship on three different levels: locally, nationally and in the European context. We will work on cases, examples and Europe in practice. Together, we will be working on improving the methods on how to motivate youngsters for participation in their community and beyond.

This event will bring together 24 participants from Estonia, Georgia, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Macedonia. 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: 3rd April 2013

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

EXCHANGE IN TURKEY - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS URGENT!

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for participants for a Youth Exchange called “Filografi - Calligraphy and painting with wire and nail” which will take place in 08^th until 15^th April 2013 in Mus, Turkey.

Filografi is a handcraft. It was born in Middle East, than became popular all over the world. A person devoted to studying and producing written works. The word, "philographer," literally means "lover of writing/written works."

Participants will have different workshops in philographic and will discuss among the countries about traditions and many arts that are disappearing with time. European countries call it '' String art'' or '' Owl String Art''. 

During the programme, the participants will have intercultural workshops using different philographic as a tool for learning among different countries and cultures.

This Exchange will bring together 30 participants from all around Europe. The exchange will be held in English. There are 5 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 we buy the tickets and the participants has to contribute with  30% 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: 1^st March 2013

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

TRAINING IN AUSTRIA - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks (NYH) is promoting a call for participants for a Training Course called “CityZens of Europe” which will take place in 28^th March until 06^th April 2013 in Deutschlandsberg, Austria.

The training course that aims to support the professional development of youth workers, youth leaders and trainers, who are working in inclusion field and to raise the quality of their projects concerning citizenship. We will approach the idea of citizenship on three different levels: locally, nationally and in the European context. The training course will use methods of experiential learning as role plays, simulations and drama methods and group sharing methods as small and large group discussions.

Together, we will be working out and improving ' method toolkit' on how to motivate youngsters with fewer opportunities (disabled people, people with migration background, people from rural areas, etc.) for participation in their community and beyond. All over mission of the training course is to find the ways how to make the issue of citizenship attractive to the youth.

This event will bring together 24 participants from European Union countries. 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: 3rd March 2013

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

SEMINAR IN LITHUANIA - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks is promoting a call for participants for a Seminar called “Transition Youth: Strategies for Youth employability” which will take place from 25^th until 31^st March 2013 in Plunge, Lithuania.

This partnership building activity aims to analyze the issues behind the current youth employment crisis and conceive concerted action plans to improve young people’s capability of gaining employment, bringing together youth workers and leaders from different countries.

The participating youth leaders are expected to devise solutions for the current situation and support the European strategies for boosting employability, remarkably to what regards “investing in skills training and anticipating future job requirements” such as the EC recommended in the recent Employment package of 19/04/2012.

So, from this project we expect as main result the creation of strong synergies of cooperation between non-governmental organizations already established and others with a lower level of experience that may benefit from the support of more experienced associations. This network will be potentiated by an online platform where members and followers can share their successful experiences and their own strategies regarding the action of civil society in the fight against unemployment.

This event will bring together 30 participants from Greece, Estonia, Poland, Portugal, Lithuania, Italy, Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria. 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: 8^th February 2013

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

TRAINING IN POLAND - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks is promoting a call for participants for a Training Course called “CoexEast” which will take place from 13^th until 20^th March 2013 in Bielsko-Biała, Poland

CoexEast is a transnational co-operation project focused mainly on anti-discrimination and anti-xenophobia issues in a globalised world. Together with it, other subjects will be brought up, such as: inter-cultural and inter-religious dialogue, democracy, European awareness and citizenship or human rights.

Training aims at transferring knowledge, expanding skills, shaping positive attitudes of the trainers and building mutual understanding between countries, despite their historical and cultural differences in order to raise awareness for the protection of human rights and personal dignity. Together with increasing of human potential by providing learning opportunities to develop personal skills and professional competencies.

The objectives are:

To provide wider perspective on the topics of discrimination and xenophobia to youth leaders, trainers, youth workers, project managers, and volunteers from participating countries;
To expose the diverse ways discrimination and xenophobia are perceived in different countries;
To broaden participants' knowledge of diversified and complicated history of Eastern Europe;
To give the ground for sharing our experiences from so different environments;
To improve participants’ competences in using rights-based approaches to tackle
situations of discrimination and xenophobia in their own surroundings;
To share materials and familiarise with non-formal education methods;
To equip educators with skills needed to design and implement discussions on the topics of discriminationand xenophobia;
To expand a network of qualified trainers and youth workers able to work in the fields of human rights (with focus on discrimination and xenophobia) in Europe and Caucasus region.

This event will bring together 33 participants from Albania, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Lithuania, Romania and Serbia. 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: 8^th February 2013

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

SEMINAR IN BOSNIA - CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

Noored Ühiskonna Heaks are promoting a call for participants for a Partnership Building Activity called “Gathering potentials – Developing sustainable partnerships: Struggling Youth Unemployment in Europe mutually” which will take place from 02^nd until 08^th March 2013 in Ključ, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

The project aims to gather youth NGOs from programme countries and neighbouring partner countries from SEE to create stable partnerships for common youth activities in order to promote the personal, social and professional competence of unemployed youth, to share how to stimulate mobility and active participation of unemployed young people, at the same time positively influencing their employability. 

The planned program gives the opportunity to discuss working experiences and strategies of NGOs in their work with youth, in order to give new impulses, to share possible ways to break the issue down and to come up with creative ideas and support for practitioners in the international youth field. The PBA will provide the occasion to share experiences, to foster sustainable and equivalent partnerships, to support capacity building, to contribute towards inventive projects by exploring new working methods and strategies, to improve the quality of future projects and to develop further activities. The methods used will be based on the principles and practise of non-formal education taking into account the needs, motivations and previous experiences of the partners and participants.

Further the PBA will provide space for debate, for individual and group reflection, and encourage exchange of best practices. The debriefings of the common work and the achieved results will be accompanied by theoretical inputs and presentations that will complement the outcomes of the common work. Finally the project will support the participants to explore the opportunities of the YiA programme for the work with young people, to establish new contacts and create stable partnerships among organisations and to create new projects.

This event will bring together 34 participants from Estonia, Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Turkey, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Spain and Bosnia & Herzegovina. The event will be held in English. There is 1 vacancy 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: 31^st January 2013

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