Young Ethical Consumers in the Fight Against World Poverty!
Training details
| Activity organised by | NGO/Others |
|---|---|
| Summary | It is in our hands, to work for the change of our societies. 28 young people from all over Europe will meet in Athens from the 15th to the 19th of March for this training course on raising awareness activities and ethical consumption. |
| Activity date | 2010-03-15 - 2010-03-19 |
| Activity type | Training course |
| Target group | Young people, Youth leaders, Youth workers |
| For participants from | ALL YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME COUNTRIES, NEIGHBOURING PARTNER COUNTRIES |
| Group size | 28 |
| Venue place, venue country | Athens, Greece |
| Details | Main themes of the seminar are: -Non Formal Education as a means of facilitating the social inclusion of young people and children. -Peer education and awareness on the issues of poverty in the world, but also in the city -Ethical consumption as a responsible way of fighting poverty -The organisation and realisation of raising awareness activities for young people Objectives of the seminar are in brief: -To bring together young people from different national and social backgrounds with the aim to promote dialogue and solidarity among them -To raise discussions on the causes and results of world poverty -To introduce ethical consumption and how it can become a tool against poverty -To empower peer education -To facilitate participants to put the knowledge they gain into practice |
| Costs | Thanks to a grant we received from the European Youth foundation, FTH is in the position to accept participants and to cover all the accommodation, food and the 70% of the trip up to the 350 euros. The participation cost is from 30 to 60 euros (depending on the country of origin) |
| Working language | English |
| Organizer | Fair Trade Hellas |
| Organizer's profile/framework of activity | Fair Trade Hellas is a non profit, non governmental organization founded in June 2004 with the aim to promote the fair trade movement and ethical consuming in Greece, though different tools including development education and education for active participation and conscious citizenship. Along with the promotion of Fair Trade labelled products in the Greek Market through the non profit world shop in Athens and other outreach projects, FTH puts a great effort in running awareness raising campaigns, educational programmes in schools and activities and trainings for activists and volunteers. In 2007-2008 a travelling educational project about fair trade as a tool to fight poverty was funded by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and after its end FTH has kept a constant periodical presence in schools of Athens. Since the beginning of our association FTH is involved in the Youth in Action Programme organizing seminars and being a very active sending and hosting organization for EVS (European Voluntary Service programme). In the last 3 years either as organiser or as partner, FTH has been involved in Leonardo and Grundtvig projects both based on youth mobility or educational activities. At the moment we are partners in two international development projects in the framework of the Europe-Aid call, mainly based on educational, training and raising awareness activities. Moreover, together with our Greek and foreign volunteers, we participate in development coalitions with the aim to support the sustainable development and capacity building in the Global South. |
| Deadline | 2010-02-15 |
| Date of selection | 2010-02-20 |
| Downloads |
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Application to
| Fair Trade Hellas Eleni Stamouli Nikis 30 10557 Athens Phone: +30 210 3614070 Fax: +30 210 3614070 E-mail: Website: http://fairtrade.gr |
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