EmploYouth Training Course 2011, Serbia

Deadline: 23 September 2011
Open to: Paricipants from Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Ukraine, Serbia
Costs: Accommodation, food and 70% of the travel costs are covered.

EmploYouth 2011 is a 7-day training course on video activism organized by Association Kulturanova and supported by Youth in Action proramme. The course will take place from October 6th to October 13th, 2011, in Sremski Karlovci, Serbia. The course seeks to address three topics: youth unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and to explore possibilities of addressing these issues in the form of video work, and video activism.

Objectives
The main, long-term objective is to raise overall public awareness on the problem of youth unemployment, poverty and social exclusion.

Aims
The specific aims of the training course are:

• Providing a platform for creative intercultural exchange on the topics of youth unemployment, poverty and social exclusion, and confronting different local (national) perspectives and specific local problems.
• Encouraging youth participation, especially video activism and utilization of new technology and open-source software in youth work.
• Promotion of volunteering as a way of active social participation, and a way to acquire knowledge and skills useful for persons’ professional development.

Eligibility

The Training course is open to 24 youth workers, young people, youth leaders from Hungary, Portugal, Slovenia, United Kingdom, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Ukraine, Serbia.

Costs

The costs of accommodation and food, as well as all the activities are covered by the organizers through Youth in Action programme. The participants should cover 30% of their travel costs.

Application

If you want to participate, you can apply by:

• filling in the online APPLICATION;
• submitting a written application to Njegoseva 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia.

The deadline for applying is 23 September 2011. For further information on the application process please contact Vladimir Tegeltija on vladimir.tegeltija@yahoo.com.

The Draft Programme

The Official Webpage