EUROMED ESSENTIALS: Challenge of EuroMed cooperation and geopolitical issues

Euromed Essential is a project in three modules on three different topics: 1) Geopolitics; 2) Religion; 3) History. The first training course will be realised this year in Greece and the other two ones will be held in 2011 in Turkey and Malta. The geopolitical framework in Euromed is related with some key words as: conflict area, interdependence and diplomatic relationship between countries... Nowadays is very important understand the general geopolitical framework in EuroMed for understanding many topics related to the international cooperation in youth field and youth policy. Also the economical situation in the area and its link with the political power in a very important point to be analised in order to understand the role of the young people as actors in the area. The training Seminar will develop the reflection about the Geography of Power in the Euromediterranean area and the place and role of Youth in the society in the next future. The focus will be also about the cooperation as strategy within the larger framework and the "globalisation" as part of a more complex understanding of "Mediterranean area". Aims and objectives - To provide participants knowledge about Geopolitics realities in Euromed area for reflecting upon, understanding, and discovering the current situation in order to implement in their daily work; - To share and discuss a more complex picture of Euromed area and the several actors involved in the youth policy and international cooperation; - To analyze the place and the role of Non Formal Education into the social and educational Euromediterranean context. Target group Youth workers, trainers belonging to organizations or bodies dealing with the thematic. - Facing in their daily work the impact and/or outcomes of the Geopolitical situation in the euromed region nowadays. - Coming from programme countries and Mediterranean countries.