Youth participation is not an illusion

Capacity building in the field of youth (Western Balkans Window)

Deadline: 01.04.2015 by noon

Tittle: Youth participation is not an illusion

Background and Aim

The project is set around the very visible need of the youth organizations working at any level to engage young people in their internal democratic decision making and to make more young people empowered to participate in society. In this way the organizations will be aiming to make their work effective and to provide space for real and meaningful participation. It is important to address issues such as democratic participation in youth organizations especially in contexts of diversity, before being able to increase quality of the work in the youth sector.  The applicant has an extensive interest in developing democratic debate and active participation of youth, so in this regards we are interested to strengthen the youth organizations. The same is happening with the partners in their countries. So the project's main aim is to strengthen the capacity and sustainability of youth organizations by developing the competencies of their democratic leadership and management structures for involving youth from diverse groups.

Objectives of the project are the following:

 - To develop a common understanding of the concepts related to democratic leadership in diverse societies and the role of youth organizations in promoting: democracy, participation and leadership, civil society, human rights and citizenship

- To raise participants’ awareness and provide space to reflect upon the value of youth organizations/structures - their role and impact as democratic leaders within society

- To develop the participants’ ability to relate the work of their organizations with youth policy and provide them with up-to-date research (study) on  youth.

Main activities

A Training course for youth will focus to build directly the competences of youth workers to develop quality mobility projects.

Each partner will send 2 participants for the course in Albania and will ensure proper follow-up of the project within their organizations.

Partnership:

If you are interested in joining the project:

1.Contact us by sending all the information to manevskizstefan@gmail.com; olsiduzha@gmail.com 

2. Fill in the table attached and send it to us