Democracy through Dialogue not Conflict

Today’s societies of Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries are facing increasing inner divides and polarization, regarding their European-integration plans. This ensues in social exclusion, poverty and even emergence of separatist movements, which put the very integrity of countries at risk. One of the ways to tackle this is higher domestic and international youth cooperation and involvement in decision making process. To promote reforms that support this approach, a project “Democracy through Dialogue not Conflict” will be hosted in Lithuania (June 10-17, 2015).

The main objectives of the project is to: 1) identify the most severe problems, that could potentially be solved by youth; 2) find out good examples of international and domestic youth cooperation and work in rural and/or post-conflict areas; 3) teach the key skills needed for campaigning and proposing initiatives; 4) come up with initiatives regarding youth participation in the decision making processes; 5) campaign for collaboration of youth NGOs and public institutions; 6) propose initiatives to the relevant policy makers across the involved countries and beyond.