Be Good! Be Better! Be Excellent – Seminar on Good Practices in Youth in Action Programme

Name of project:
"Be Good! Be Better! Be Excellent – Seminar on Good Practices in Youth in Action Programme"

Action:
4.3 - seminar (Youth in Action programme, http://ec.europa.eu/youth/youth-in-action-programme/doc74_en.htm)

Location:
Braga, Portugal
(map: http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=41.552783,-8.243866&spn=0.51076,1.234589&t=h&z=10)

Date:
November 6 to 10, 2011

Partners:
Associação Cidadania Viva + 9 organizations based in programme countries
(27 EU countries, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey)

Teams:
2 participants (no age limits) per partner

Summary:
The Youth in Action (YiA) programme aims to inspire active citizenship, solidarity and tolerance among young Europeans and to involve them in shaping the Union's future. It is, as a matter of a fact, a tool to gather young people from different European countries and to give them the chance to widen their horizons in issues of their interest. YiA is a program for all that promotes mobility within and beyond the EU borders, non-formal learning and intercultural dialogue, encouraging the inclusion of all young people, regardless their educational, social and cultural background.
Due to this fact, ACV is planning to organize a seminar that will focus on the importance of YiA through the equal share of YiA good practices between youth workers that deal with this program and the Portuguese National Agency.
Through this seminar, we plan to contribute for the capacity of youth workers and their organizations to know more about the program and how it works in Portugal, inviting experts from the Portuguese National Agency to share their experience with the participants.
With this project, ACV plans to contribute for the dissemination of the importance of the YiA programme as a tool for the future. A good practices guide will be created which should work as a useful instrument for all persons or entities involved in the YiA, helping them to create and implement better projects in the future. In this way, ACV will strengthen the impact of European cooperation in the field of youth policies and will also support project development under the Youth in Action programme.

How to apply to be a partner:
Send an email to ines.duarte@cronoteam.net with the following contents:
- A brief description of your organization and how you can contribute to this project (activities, ideas, similar past experiences, etc.);
- Name of project coordinator / contact person, direct email address and phone number;
- If you will include people with fewer opportunities in your team, how many and what are their backgrounds;
- Extra costs that might be associated with participants with fewer opportunities (e. g. support persons);
- What is your nearest airport and the cost (per person) to reach it from where you live (round trip);
- Cost estimation for a round trip ticket between your nearest airport and Porto airport (IATA code: OPO);
- Cost of a visa to come to Portugal (if applicable);
- Associated costs to get the visa (e. g. travel costs to embassy) (if applicable);
- A scan of your fully filled part 3 (you can find the template enclosed, DO NOT USE OUTDATED FORMS) (alternatively, part 3 can also be sent by fax to +351 214 757 661, please mention that in your reply). To be sure your part 3 is correctly filled, please check the attached document.

Then, AFTER BEING SURE YOUR DIGITAL PART 3 IS CORRECT (CHECK THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT) AND HAVING SENT ALL THE INFORMATION REQUESTED ABOVE, send 2 ORIGINAL COPIES by post to:

Attn: Inês Duarte
Associação Cidadania Viva
Estrada Militar, 23A
Damaia
2720-192 Amadora
Portugal

The deadline to reply this call is Friday, March 25, 2011, at 24:00 (GMT).
Replies after this deadline and / or not containing all requested information will not be considered.
Selected partners will be contacted afterwards.