Empowering Women II

It will overview the different approaches in the third sectors- realties (community and voluntary sectors, not-for-personal profit social firms..). In particular it will deepen the role of NGOs and their contribution in the obtaining of women empowerment and it will also enquire provokingly on the real gender equality inside  NGOs. It will then give hints on practical methods for reaching an effective empowerment in and outside the organisations  (gender budgeting, gender sensitive internal rules, quotas, flexible working hours, e-work...).

Participants will  have a direct touch with best practices of the empowerment of women in the seminar venue, by visiting places and organisations active in the field. All this in order to let participants  build partnerships and draw draft ideas of future common projects, which will be monitored with an impact evaluation after 6/12 months.

Aims and objectives

• facilitating the networking process among participants and promoting new common projects.
• letting participants deepening the topic of empowerment in the third sector (precisely in NGOs)
• deepening the analysis of the realities of empowerment in NGOs in the four regions (EU + MEDA + SEE + EECA)
• enquiring on the effective gender equality inside the third sector and participants’ NGOs
• giving hints on practical methods for reaching an effective empowerment in and outside the organisations  (gender budgeting, gender sensitive internal rules, quotas, flexible working hours, e-work...).
• getting a direct touch with the external environment, with organizations and bodies with strong connections with the thematic
• sharing experiences and best practices in the field

Target group

- Youth workers, trainers belonging to organisations or bodies dealing with the thematic.

- Coming from EU and the three regions (MEDA + SEE + EECA)

- A gender balance would be REALLY appreciated (or at least a significant male participation)

Working language:

English/French

Date:

26-31 March 2012

Venue:

INSEP, Paris, France

Organisers

The training course is organised by the French National Agency for the YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME in cooperation with SALTO EuroMed Resource Centre.

Boarding and Loadging will be covered by the Hosting National Agency.

Travel cost for Programme Countries will be covered by the Sending National Agency.

Travel cost of Meda, SEE and EECA Countries will be covered by Hosting National Agency.

Visa

You will have to manage your travel and your visa on your own.

Applicants from neighbouring partner countries, please take care to the time needed to get your visa: 4 to 6 weeks.

Deadline for application

29/01/2012

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