Deadline: 10 September 2013
Open to: youth leaders from Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia , Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom
Venue: from 1st to 10th of November in Montenegro, plus activities will take place on-line as well
Description
“Social Media for Active Citizens” is dedicated to developing competencies of youth workers to support active citizenship of young people in community contexts through use of social media tools and methodologies. Activities will take place on-line and at a residential training course in Montenegro from 1st to 10th of November, 2013.
More specific objectives are:
- To explore active citizenship from participants own experience and the resources and opportunities available to address issues of concern through democratic, civil and civic engagement;
- To explore possibilities for utilization of social media for youth activism;
- To reflect on non-formal education and its methods and their applicability within social networks;
- To develop creative and attractive ways to apply social media for youth activism, with a special emphasis on civic engagement;
- To identify local opportunities for community engagement and to design and develop an action plan for use of social media in the local context.
WHY?
Because the organizers believe that:
- Social networks are a new and exciting field, which offer a lot of space for creativity, invention and imagination in developing youth led projects;
- It would be difficult to convince young people to disconnect and come offline, hence youth leaders might as well learn how to use social networks in order to engage young people;
- Active participation of young people is always in need for new initiatives and creative approaches and social networks are a field to be explored;
- Social networks bring a new dimension to intercultural learning and international cooperation as a whole.
The training methodology has 2 dimensions (online learning platform and the residential part) which will be implemented as follows:
- Introductory phase (preparation for the course) starting after the selection of participants till the beginning of the residential training course. This phase will require few hours per week of participant’s dedication.
- Residential training course, from 1st to 10th November in Montenegro.
- Follow-up phase through distance e-learning, after the residential training for 2 weeks (couple of hours required).
Costs
This project is funded by the Youth in Action Programme. All costs of board and logging will be covered by the organizers. In addition, the organizer is going to reimburse 70% of the participants’ travel costs, upon the receipt of all original tickets and invoices.
Eligibility
This training course is open for 28 youth leaders from Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom, who:
- are working with young people in their everyday reality;
- are active on social networks and are interested to explore their use in youth work;
- have knowledge and practice of non-formal education and learning;
- are interested in developing social medial projects focused on active participation of young people;
- have basic IT skills and are not afraid of experimenting with the computers;
- are committed to applying their newly gained skills in their communities and within their respective organisations.
Application
All interested participants should apply online by completing the online application HERE. Deadline for applying is 10 September, 2013.
For more information visit the official website HERE or review the official call HERE.
