TITLE: Participation laboratory: using Erasmus Plus projects to promote real Participation PLACE: Daugirdiškės, Lithuania DATES: March 14-21, 2017 THE OBJECTIVES OF THE TRAINING COURSE: -Train participants how to use youth projects as a tool to work with marginalized and unemployed youth․ - Develop youth worker project development, project administration competencies and raise their awareness on quality criteria of youth projects. - Create new international partnerships and create ideas for future projects on topics of youth unemployment, working with marginalized and fewer opportunity youth․ -Provide participants with practical tools to assure ...

TITLE: “Involving Marginalized Youth in International Projects” PLACE: Wolmirstedt, Germany DATES: March 13-17, 2017 THE TRAINING COURSE AIMS at enabling and supporting youth workers and youth leaders to exchange their view on this topic and learn how to involve marginalised youth in projects. At the end of the training course the participants will know what groups of marginalised youth exist, will gain knowledge about the strategies of work with youth with fewer opportunities, acquire skills and competencies to develop projects and activities to empower youth to participate, know how to identify problems in their communities and how to find solution for this...

 Daer friends and partners, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! YIC team wishes you peace, joy and prosperity throughout the coming year. Thank you for your continued support and partnership. With love YIC NGO team...

Dear volunteers, Happy International Volunteer Day! Volunteering has a magical ability of paying back your efforts in double. It is today's best chance for growing, gaining experience and professionalism. May the voluntary work done by each of you becomes a great contribution to the development and prosperity of our society....

Gyumri YIC NGO is launching a new, exciting, rhythmic dance club for amateur lovers. If you love to dance Georgian dance and want to learn it, then hurry to become a member of our club and spend your time in the dance and music. To participate in the club you need to register online until November 21 at the following link  We are going to meet on May 22, at 15:00...

Do you have a vivid imagination? Do you love making interesting things?. Then this is for you. Gyumri "Youth Initiative Centre" NGO is running A new "Handcraft Club", which gives an opportunity to realize the interesting thoughts using creative imagination, so making handcrafts. The club will be held by YIC's international volunteers German Elina Benz and Dannish Christian Kensmark. hurry up to participate in the firts meeting of the club on the topic of winter and make with us hand lanterns. For participation you need to be registered online, going through the following link here If have questions, call 095 91 91 97 (except Mondays and Sundays). The first meeting w...

Youth Initiative Center is looking for a responsible, active and innovative young person for the position/voluntary work of PR manager’s assistant. Position – Social Media Assistant Qualities demanded - Skills to use computer and advanced technology - Skills to use and manage social websites (Facebook, Twitter, Linkdin, Instagram) - Work experience in Wordpress blog (preferable) - Knowledge of Photoshop CS (preferable) - Armenian and English language knowledge - Team working skills - Experience in relevant position is preferable If you are interested then hurry up to send your CV to yic@yic.am email....

TITLE: “Prevention radicalism through non-formal education” PLACE: Ivančice, Czech Republic DATES: 02-10 December, 2016 The aim of the project is to equip youth workers with set of competences and tools making them able to use non-formal education as a measure of prevention of youth radicalism and terrorism. Thus, the objectives of the project is to explore theoretical background of terrorism and radicalism and its influence on the conscious of young people, to raise awareness about capacities of non-formal education in order to prevent such negative social phenomenon and to learn good practices and tools from all over the world. To apply for the project, please ...

Gyumri YIC NGO draws attention of those who are interested in Turkish language. We are starting a new Turkish club for beginners and invite you to learn the language with us. If you are interested, then hurry up to be registered online till October 27 through the following link. The first meeting with the participants will take place on November 1, at 15:00...

On May 8, at 13:00-16:00 the "Human Library" project initiated by Gyumri YIC NGO will take place at Gyumri Central Park. The project aimes to promote dialogue, reduce prejudices and encourage understanding between people. At ''Human Library'' instead of books you choose people, listen to their stories and through dialogue get questions and answers. The ''books'' are the people that have their stories about stereotypes and prejudices. Unlike books people can learn, be informed and get answers from each other through conversation, as we think that it is the best way to understand each other better. ''Human Library'' is cunducted by Gyumri YIC NGO's international volunt...