CREATE and MOTIVATE

CREATE and MOTIVATE training course aims at stimulating young people’s ambition and internal motivation, creativity and entrepreneurship in particular through youth initiatives, giving young people competencies to become a more active and informed citizen of their society. This training is going to provide skills and competencies to gain knowledge about poverty, marginalization, social inclusion, sustainable peace, human rights, anti-discrimination policies and social cohesion. Focusing on volunteering, misperceptions and intolerances are broken down, creating a more peaceful global society. Youth workers and youth leaders will be able to strengthen their personal, social and professional abilities; to promote active participation of youth with fewer opportunities and to increase their employability through their personal empowerment. NGO CDIR will host the TC in Causeni, Moldova from 15-05-2014 to 21-05-2014. The group formed by 24 participants from 8 different countries (EU + EECA countries) with a vast array of ethnic, religious, social, and economic backgrounds, will have the opportunity to create and motivate, to share their experiences, discover the needs of their communities, simulate realistic youth initiatives, lead and be led by each other, and learn through the use of non-formal methods: games, exercises, group presentations, workshops, role plays, open space, team building, and healthy lifestyle-promoting outdoor activities. The participants will also have the opportunity to become acquainted with Moldova and its culture. As an outcome the participants are expected to act as multipliers of the project for greater social and community involvement in the framework of YIA Program, with the task being to raise motivation among youth; implement local and international activities for encouraging and enabling young people to behave as active, informed citizens; and utilize YIA opportunities