Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (YIC) – Armenia, in cooperation with Youth Association DRONI – Georgia, Center for Euroinitiatives – Ukraine, The Globe- Czech Republic and Local Action Group (LAG) Vallis Colapis – Croatia, is hosting a 7-day Capacity Building Training Course for Youth Workers taking place on February 14-21, 2020 in Gyumri, Armenia. There are 20 participants from Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Czech Republic and Croatia. The training course is a 7-day mobility activity implemented in the frames of the long-term project “Cities of YOUth: increasing the role of young people in the development of tourism infrastructure” supported by the Er...

"UPSHIFT Armenia" Adolescents Development and Empowerment programme At the beginning of 2018, Gyumri "Youth Initiative Centre" NGO and UNICEF Armenia united their efforts to implement the UNICEF Global UPSHIFT programme in Armenia. AIM "UPSHIFT Armenia" Adolescents Development and Empowerment programme aims at empowering 12-18 years old adolescents in Armenia to be more proactive in practicing civic engagement and in advocating for their rights and positive changes at local and national levels, therefore investing in a more successful future for themselves their and their communities.   TARGET GROUP About 50 adolescents form Gyumri and Spitak will d...

“BikeLife” Social Entrepreneurship Since January 2019 Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO is running the social entrepreneurship project “BikeLife”, through which we would like to promote biking in Gyumri, create and develop bike renting system, as well as provide different touristic services. The aim of the project is to promote biking in Gyumri and its surroundings. The project, contributes to the improved quality of life of young people, as well as the environmental development through providing affordable services to the locals and tourists. The income generated from the project will be directed towards the operations of the “Youth House”...

TITLE:  In Between PLACE: Madarcos, Spain DATES: May 12-18, 2020       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; Off...

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TITLE: Youth Participation Academy PLACE: Daugirdiskes, Lithuania DATES: 20-27 April, 2020      THE PROJECT AIMS to gather youth policy stakeholders, representatives of youth councils to discuss participatory youth policy development, co-management, youth work implementations and future youth policy vision in the region and build capacities of participants to implement it in their countries. Participants will improve their competencies in following areas: developing youth policy, researching youth situation, active involvement of youth in decision-making, effective representation; will get acquainted with the national and Europ...

TITLE: SPARK! PLACE: Nowy Gierałtów, Poland DATES: 30 March – 07 April, 2020   THE PROJECT AIMS at empowering and building up the competences of youth workers to initiate, support and run social initiatives and projects by and for young people based on youth & community needs, with a focus on social entrepreneurship. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Participants should be at least 18 years old youth workers, youth leaders, mentors and coaches who are interested in social entrepreneurship and carry out daily work with youngsters.      Working language is ENGLISH.  The Armenian team will consist of 3 participants. Food and ...

TITLE: Agents of Change PLACE: Galway, Ireland DATES: 27 April – 01 May, 2020       THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE: To hear and collect the experiences of youth workers in empowering young people;To experience and exchange inspirational tools and methods which encourage empowerment that can be transferred to working reality.To examine what is needed in youth work to empower young people;To examine what obstructs empowerment and identify ways of eliminating or minimising these obstructions;To create the basis for a developmental, empowering training programme for young people;To discover the value of the Erasmus+ youth progr...

TITLE: CARE ABOUT FUTURE PLACE: Sheregesh, Kemerovo region, Russia DATES: April 2-8, 2020          THE PROJECT IS AIMED at raising the awareness of youngsters on climate change and find out ways how to use the limited geographical conditions for tourism development.  Participants will have the opportunity to discover the Siberian beauty and its rich touristic/resort experience. The project will be implemented with non-formal methodologies. On the train from Moscow to Sheregesh participants will see the natural beauty of Russia and interact with the other travellers for example through an intercultura...

TITLE: CARE ABOUT FUTURE PLACE: Sheregesh, Kemerovo region, Russia DATES: April 2-8, 2020          THE PROJECT IS AIMED at raising the awareness of youngsters on climate change and find out ways how to use the limited geographical conditions for tourism development.  Participants will have the opportunity to discover the Siberian beauty and its rich touristic/resort experience. The project will be implemented with non-formal methodologies. On the train from Moscow to Sheregesh participants will see the natural beauty of Russia and interact with the other travellers for example through an intercultural ev...