NAME: “OPEN WINGS” PLACE: Bydgoszcz, Poland DURATION: September 2022 –September 2023 HOSTING ORGANIZATION: WAITRAK foundation SENDING ORGANIZATION: Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO AIM: Assist people with disabilities in their daily work and rehabilitation, teach children how to manage their free time without cell phones or other electronic devices, show the seniors that despite language, culture and age boundaries, they all form a single European integrity. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, initiative, motivated young people with conversational level of English. TO APPLY you need to send y...

TITLE: (You)th Power  PLACE: Daugirdiškės, Lithuania DATES: September 29 – October 7, 2022   THE PROJECT AIMS to introduce participants with the fundamentals of youth policy in different countries and to promote young people’s initiative by implementing positive change in their environment through learned skills.    PROJECT OBJECTIVES: Develop young people’s negotiation and advocacy skills, Provide knowledge and tools to develop and implement community initiatives, Promote political participation of young people, understand their importance and representation   WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The Armenian team will consist ...

TITLE:  ECODING: New Technologies for environment, employability and civil activism PLACE: Rustavi, Georgia DATES: 3-10 July, 2022   PROJECT OBJECTIVES: Learn about the basics of programming and working with robotics, Create own little website or app project as a group, Connect the hard skills (coding, robotics, etc.) with civil activism regarding climate change and environment, Get in contact with professional developers and IT experts and learn about this career path.   INVOLVED COUNTRIES: Armenia, Georgia, Germany and Sweden.    PARTICIPANTS: The Armenian team will consist of 5 young participants and 1 team leader....

PHASE 1: TRAINING COURSE  TITLE: Peace Multipliers  PLACE: Hannover, Germany DATES: 5-14 August, 2022   PHASE 2: LOCAL ACTIVITIES DATES: September – November, 2022   PHASE 3: EVALUATION SEMINAR PLACE: To be defined DATES: To be defined    THE PROJECT AIMS to strengthen the capacities of youth organisations and youth workers working with youth with disadvantages with the focus on youth with a migrant background, to develop awareness and competences of participants in peace education, as well as to exchange best practices in relation to youth work and conflict.   INVOLVED COUNTRIES: Armenia, Georgia, Azerba...

TITLE:  Viewpoint diversity matters PLACE: Orahovica, Croatia DATES: July 27 - August 5, 2022   THE PROJECT AIMS to promote better understanding of the human rights and freedom of speech concept, how the concept of ‘’cancel culture’’ impacts democracy and to respect different points of view. To learn more about the project, please download the InfoPack here.   INVOLVED COUNTRIES: Armenia, Croatia, Portugal, Lebanon, Georgia and North Macedonia.   PARTICIPANTS: The Armenian team will consist of 5 young participants and 1 team leader. Young participants should be 18-25 years old active young people, volunteers and stud...

TITLE: Nuotta seminar - Social reinforcement of NEET youth through experiential learning PLACE: Kokkola, Finland DATES: August 15-21, 2022   THE PROJECT AIMS to introduce Finnish Nuotta-coaching methodology to youth workers and develop their competences in using this method within the target group of NEET youth. Nuotta-coaching is practiced in 9 youth centres in Finland and targets NEET youth. It aims to give young people social reinforcement and support their healthy lifestyle, social skills and life management through outdoor activities and experiental learning.  Our project will include activities such as mountain biking, archery and geocaching,...

NAME: “GREEN UP YOUR COMMUNITY” PLACE: Tramonti (SA), Italy DURATION: July 2022 –June 2023 HOSTING ORGANIZATION: ACARBIO Association SENDING ORGANIZATION: Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO AIM: Join the local community, carry out sustainable development activities, as well as improve language skills and build European network. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, with the desire to do activities in nature in all seasons, initiative, motivated young people with conversational level of English. TO APPLY you need to send your CV and a motivation letter in English to evs.sending@yic.am email address indicating w...

TITLE:  In Between  PLACE: Prádena del Rincón, Madrid, Spain DATES: July 25-31, 2022   THE PROJECT IS AIMED at youth workers who are supporting young people in transition between childhood and adulthood.   THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE: Create a common understanding about what is transition between childhood and adulthood; Bring attention to emerging issues that youth workers may face when working with young people in transition (like ambiguity, youth workers as role models, identity…); Reflect about the way youth workers deal with the 4 dimensions (bio - psycho - social - spiritual) of personal development in their work; Offer...

TITLE: ImpACT for Nature  PLACE: Paestum (Salerno), Italy DATES: 6-16 June, 2022    In this youth exchange project young people will discuss sustainable development, do volunteering activities for the local community and make videos to promote sustainability. An important focus will be put on the outline of the concept of ecological sustainability, on the development of communication competences and on the activities of intercultural exchange.   PROJECT OBJECTIVES:  Create positive experiences on how to become active for the environment; Identify results in form of good practices and interpret them through creating short videos to be...

TITLE: Mind for Social Transformation PLACE: Bakuriani, Georgia DATES: May 6-14, 2022    AIM OF THE PROJECT: Enable youth workers' personal development and leadership capacity by fostering their skills for self-reflection and self-awareness.    PROJECT OBJECTIVES:  Improve the competencies of youth leaders and youth workers in Mindfulness, Embodiment and Coaching as non-formal education methods to increase mental health and wellbeing Opportunity for youth workers to learn and practice facilitating community-building processes, Empower youth leaders to build intercultural networks and partnerships for acting towards systemic transf...