"Place and role of Women in Euro-Med"

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Co-organised by SALTO EuroMed, INJUVE (Spanish National Agency) and the Communidad of Aragon

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Considering the present situation of Meda countries - the absence of official National Coordinators - Salto Youth EuroMed, with the financial support of some National Agencies, will cover travel costs for Meda participants. EU candidates instead will deal with their own National Agencies for travel arrangements, while boarding-lodging costs will be covered by the hosting national structure. Last but not least Salto Youth EuroMed will take care of trainers' fees and expenses. So, we encourage MEDA candidates to submit their "online" application forms as well as the one downloadable here after to the Salto Youth EuroMed Resouce Centre charged exceptionally of the Meda participants' selection. EU candidates will simply fill in their "online" application forms!

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Course Description

Background:

The role of women is one of the priorities of the Euromed Youth Programme. The European Commission on its website states: "The key objective is to eliminate inequalities and promote gender equality throughout the Community in accordance with Articles 2 and 3 of the EC Treaty (gender mainstreaming) as well as Article 141 (equality between women and men in matters of employment and occupation) and Article 13 (sex discrimination within and outside the work place)".

The role of women has seen several engagements worldwide for the eradication of discrimination and the fulfilment of a concrete equality of man and woman both in public and in private life. More than 25 years after the adoption by the United Nations of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - also known as "CEDAW."- 180 countries have ratified it (with the astonishing and worrying absence of a country as the United States besides Iran, Sudan and Somalia). Objectively significant progress in the recognition and implementation of the human rights of women has been fulfilled, still the situation is not that reassuring.

Women in many countries continue to have unequal legal status with regards to marriage, divorce, property, inheritance, national laws, traditions, customs and stereotypical attitudes towards the role of women. Men (and strangely also women) in some societies are major impediments to equality and women's enjoyment of human rights. Important decisions have been taken in European and the Mediterranean basin countries, mainly with the Barcelona Declaration (1995). It recognised that women have a key role in economic and social life and in the creation of employment.

SALTO EuroMed RC and the Spanish NA are willing to provide the opportunity to tackle this topic and to reflect and share about the place and roles of women in EuroMed.

Dates:

This course will take place from 18 - 26 November 2006 (working days)in Aragon (Spain). It is organised in cooperation with Injuve the National Agency for the Youth programme in Spain.

Aims and Objectives:

The seminar aims thus in shortening the gap between the situations de jure and de facto of women in the Euro-Mediterranean context, by fulfilling objectives which cover various fields:- Acquiring a clear knowledge on the governmental undertakings, both on an international level (with the CEDAW and the Beijing Platform for Action ratified decisions) and on a more Euro-Mediterranean concerned level (with the Barcelona Declaration and the following Forums and Conferences' commitments).

- Sharing realities and breaking stereotypes of common difficulties and successes, different cultural, political, social starting-points. - Providing frames for exchanging best practices in the every-day striving for actual gender equality.- To provide participants with useful information and contacts for future Euro-Med projects.- To have a concrete outcome at the end of the training (a report to be used as a tool). - To contribute and to strengthen the capacity and leadership of participants in the women issues in the Euro-Mediterranean level on an intercultural level.- To contribute to the effective transfer of experiences between EU member countries and Meda countries, with specific attention to possible similarities (and taken-for-granted differences) in the socio-economical, religious and cultural background of these two areas.

Profile of participants:

The course is intended to be an opportunity for further training for youth workers and youth leaders who:

- Are experienced in the Euro-Med YOUTH Programme (Actions 1, 2 & 5);
- Have experience in gender issues: as trainer, youth worker or volunteer.
- Are ready to take the challenges that the exploration of an unknown space presents.
- Are committed to prepare themselves for the handled subjects, previous to their arrival and to do the remote work requested by the team in case of selection; by sending some contribution of tools (something you have personally done; e.g.: exercises, trainings, reports) which will be used in the final selection. Note: contributions are to be sent separately.
- Are motivated to undergo training and cooperate and share together.
- Are able to attend the course for its full duration;
- Are supported by their organisation and have green light for implementing a Euro-Med YOUTH project;
- Are able to communicate and work in at least one of the three working languages of this training course (English, French and/or Arab);
- Are resident in a Member State of the European Union or in a Mediterranean country signatory to the Barcelona Declaration.

Methodology:

The course will be based on the principles and practise of non-formal education and is conceived to allow a learner-centred approach based on active and interactive methods. Participants need to self organise part of the activities and thus take a personal responsibility for their learning process.

The whole methodological structure of the Training Course has to allow each participant to TASTE the atmosphere of the learning situation and the Spanish hospitality.

T e s t: Test yourself if you have the right attitude!" - "Test your behaviour, attitude, knowledge etc..." On other moments they have the unique opportunity to Test new tools.

But all activities have to be done in a spirit of Tasting; enjoying each moment especially the one linked to the local traditions (food, feasting...).

A n a l y s e: The ANALYSE phase concerns the act of analyzing, reflecting on all activities made during the TEST/TASTE phases, and then to individuate the mutual links and interactions that bind the different pieces of information.

P r o d u c e: The PRODUCING phases proposed along this Training Course are the one in which: e.g: The participants will present the work they've prepared before coming. In addition to all moments in which they will be able to take any responsibility of conceiving, animating, supporting, different learning slots of the TC.

E x c h a n g e - E v a l u a t e: Finally EXCHANGE is the transversal process to both of the previous phases. It's only trough the exchange (of opinions, ideas, skills...) that the participants have the chance to learn from each other and enrich their competence, knowledge, and sensibility.

Programme Elements:

- Why Euro-Med co-operation projects?
- Communication and group dynamics.
- Exploration of the socio-economic regional situation and its impact or influence on the topic.
- Sharing on good practices and experiences.
- International women's right undertakings: CEDAW and Beijing Platform for Action"
- Euro-Mediterranean undertakings: the Barcelona Declaration
- Women and politics
- Women and civil society
- Women and economics
- Women and culture
- Women and family
- Women and sexuality
- Women and education
- Women and religion
- Women and sport
- Women and violence
- Exploitation of the image of women
- Reflecting on how to apply gender education methods as a tool.
- Testing and evaluation of the activities.
- Partnership between participants organisations
- Overall evaluation of the course.

Training Team

The training team will consist of trainers who all are experienced in Euro-Mediterranean youth work. Trainers represent both sides of the Mediterranean Sea.

Application Procedure and Selection of Participants. Please read carefully!!

All candidates must apply through the online application form, available on our website.

EU candidates must imperatively contact with their National Agency.

MEDA candidates must absolutely send, in addition, a "Word version" of their applications, available at the bottom of the page, to SALTO-YOUTH EuroMed, by Email. Faxes will NOT be considered.

All applications must be completed and sent by 29/09/06 AT THE LATEST.
Only properly filled out applications will be considered. Selection will be based on these and carried out by the relevant National Agency or by SALTO-YOUTH EuroMed.
The SALTO-YOUTH EuroMed RC will inform selected candidates at the latest by 06/10/06, so as to allow enough time for people needing visas. Selected candidates will receive documentation relative to the training directly.
We remind selected candidates that once they have been selected, they MUST attend the training in its entirety. If, for whatever reasons, they cannot attend, they must immediately inform SALTO-YOUTH EuroMed. Other participants will then be selected from a reserve list.

The following downloads are available:

Application form "Women In Euro-Med Context" for MEDA applicants (526 kB)
To be filled in by MEDA applicants only

Fiche de Candidature "Femmes dans le Contexte Euro-Med" pour candidat(e)s MEDA (529 kB)
Fiche candidature à remplir par les ressortissants des pays MEDA

Descriptif formation en français "Place des Femmes 2006" (495.5 kB)
Pour les francophones, voici le descriptif de la formation! Bonne lecture!

Last modified: 2007-12-07

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