Sponsored by Youth in Action Programme of the European Commission and Association of the Local Democracy Agencies
The project aims at enhancing the promotion and visibility of the Youth programme in South Eastern Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia) and Caucasus (Georgia).
The overall objective is to allow young people to acquire knowledge, skills and competencies, focusing on training of multipliers and on the development of networks and partnerships.
The project co-operation, training and information aspects, through the implementation of different actions: information seminars, setting-up of specialized info-points, web-site and newsletters, youth ambassadors groups, trainings of peer educators (multipliers), job shadowing, trainings on EVS, itinerant crossing youth fair and the setting-up of 4 different networks of stakeholders working in the field of youth in SEE and in Georgia.
ACTIVITIES
Information
Information seminars: “Youth in Action in SEE and Georgia”
The programme includes 3 information seminars which aim at enhancing the promotion and the visibility of the new Youth programme (“Youth in action”, 2007-2013) in South Eastern Europe and Caucasus, allowing young people to acquire knowledge, skills and competences.
Specialized youth information points
The project aims at setting-up 11 specialized youth information points in 11 different Local Democracy Agencies which are partners of the project.
Youth Ambassadors
The programme aims at creating in each partners’ community a group of young people and youth workers committed with the promotion of the Youth programme, acting at the local level to involve young people and youth organizations in youth initiatives and projects.
Information campaign
The present proposal aims at developing, in co-operation with the respective Youth National Agencies, Youth contact points and SALTO Resource centres (especially SALTO SEE) an information campaign concerning the forthcoming “Youth in action”.
Web-site
The ALDA website will be implemented in order to create a virtual meeting place where partners, young people and youth workers can meet to exchange ideas and good practices and to develop common activities and projects.
Newsletter
During the project period 9 newsletters will be published (3 per year). The newsletter aims at promoting the Youth Programme and the project actions to young people and youth workers of the communities involved in the project.
Training
3 Trainings of Peer-educators (multipliers)
Job shadowing
This activity allows youth workers to acquire the skills for organising youth projects and initiatives by working for a limited period of time in a foreign organization which experienced high quality projects.
EVS Trainings
Cooperation
International crossing youth fair
Networks
The main outcomes of this project proposal are the creation of the basis of 4 long-lasting networks in the field of youth in South Eastern Europe and Caucasus (Georgia).
Network of specialized info-points for youth (outcome of the information trainings)
Network of Youth Ambassadors (outcome of the information trainings)
Network of Peer Educators (outcome of the Trainings of peer educators-multipliers)
Network of EVS organisations (outcome of the EVS training)
