Project name: “Model for active participation and democratic management of youth organizations”
Project dates: 08/05/2016 – 13/05/2016
Project place: Mavrovo, Macedonia
Application deadline: 30.04.2016
Project description
The project Democratic governance in youth organization – key to participation’ is addressing one of the key issues in youth organizing: the aspect of real effective and meaningful participation, quality management and outreach. It is lasting from August 2015 to till December 2016 and involves 4 partners (JUB Netherlands, CID Macedonia, TOG Turkey and Out-of-the-box Belgium).
The project will address the following questions/issues:
- How to manage democratically youth organizations and how to ensure active participation and links between young people from rural areas and remote areas, with the organization
- How to address youth policies related to the needs of local youth organizations, and to create meaningful discussions among the organization and with other stakeholders
- How to empower local level youth organizations to allow enough space for practical development of strategies and competencies
- How to use ICT to strengthen the communication and coordination within youth organization, and to provide space for active youth participation through online tools
Objectives of the training:
- Reflect On models of organizational management (different managing structures)
- Propose ideas for conducting effective development of democratic mechanisms in youth organizations
- Develop outlines and proposals for assessment of democratic mechanisms in youth organizations.
Participants profile:
- Young people between 15 and 30 years old
- Youth workers or youth leaders active within their organizations
- Already have experience in working with young people, coordinating initiatives and/or projects
- Be committed to attend for the full duration of the course and be supported by a youth organisation
- Competently able to work in English language
Financial support:
Specifics on costs:
- CID will cover your stay 100%, including food and drinks;
- All travel costs (cheapest way, until the limits below) will be reimbursed afterwards, after receiving all relevant receipts;
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