Youth Activation
Training Course, 23 July — 1 August 2019, Sumy, Ukraine
What? When? Where? With whom?
The training course is part of the long-term project "Youth Activation" supported by Eastern Partnership Youth Window of ERASMUS+ Programme.
Dates: 23rd of July — 1st of August 2019.
Location: Sumy, Ukraine.
Participants: youth workers, youth leaders, volunteers from partner organisations from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Youth Activation Project
Youth Activation project is a multi-stage fellowship programme for people from youth organisations in Eastern Partnership countries. It's aimed at enhancing their skills and competences in the field of local youth policy development with a special focus on online participation.
Our objectives:
- to organise the transfer of the experience and knowledge in the sphere of youth policy development from Programme countries to Eastern Partnership countries;
- to make researches on the needs of young people from EP organisations communities;
- to provide representatives of youth organisations with the competences related to youth participation, online participation and media literacy;
- to develop local projects aimed to organise dialogue and exchange among stakeholders on the local youth policy development;
- to involve local young people to the local policy development process;
- to set up cooperation and long term partnership relations with stakeholders involved in the youth policy development on the local level;
- to promote online participation as a tool for local policy development;
- to promote media literacy among youth organisations and young people;
- to summarise project results and organised their dissemination on the international level.
The group of 24 youth workers from 4 Eastern Partnership countries (Ukraine, Georgia, Armenia and Moldova — 6 participants from each partner) will:
- Take part in the parallel study visits to Spain and Portugal where learn about specific experiences of receiving organisations in participation in policy development processes on the local level (April 2019);
- Conduct research on the needs of young people on the local level (May—June 2019);
- Take part in the training course about active participation, online participation and media literacy. As a result, they will develop their local initiatives (July 2019, Sumy, Ukraine);
- Conduct local initiatives aimed at facilitation of the local political dialogue between youth and stakeholders (August—December 2019);
- Take part in the final conference with the aim to evaluate the whole project results, share the experience of the local projects, share the new experiences in the youth participation and plan the follow-up activities (February 2020, Sumy, Ukraine);
- Design and disseminate manual with the project results (March—July 2020).
Idea of the Training Course
Training Course will provide participants with deep theoretical and practical approaches to youth participation. Participants would have the opportunity to sum up and organise all the practical experiences that they receive during the study visits.
As a result of the TC participants will develop their local projects which will be implemented on the next project stage.
Working methods will be used all based on non-formal education and experiential learning principles: group work and discussions, brainstorming, teambuilding and trust building activities, role-play simulations, energizers, ice-breakers, getting to know each other activities, reflection groups etc.
The programme of the training course will consist of the following phases:
- Getting-to-know each other, integration and building common ground: at this phase participants will get-to-know each other and each other’s background, there will be integrating and team-building activities to create an effective working atmosphere; at this stage the participants will explore the objectives of the training, its programme, share their expectations from the event and learn about Erasmus+.
- Contextual part: developing knowledge and skills on the topic of the training. At this stage the participants will get theoretical and practical information about youth participation: principles and forms of youth participation; youth policy development process; reflection on the needs of local young people (based on the home task researches); models of cooperation on the local level; online participation; e-government; media literacy; forms and tools for online participation;
- Practical part: the participants will develop their future local activities and set up implementation plans;
- Evaluation: of the learning process of participants (reflection groups, YouthPass) and of the training course.
Partners
- Center for Euroinitiatives — Ukraine (coordinator)
- Youth Cooperation Centre of Dilijan — Armenia
- National Council of Youth Organisations of Georgia — Georgia
- Institul de Instruire in Dezvoltare MILLENIUM — Moldova
- TEATRO METAPHORA — Associacao de Amigos das Artes — Portugal
- Asociacion Arrabal AID — Spain
Participants
Youth workers and people directly involved in the partner organization: staff, volunteers and local partners.
There should be 6 people sent by each partner organisations from Armenia, Georgia, Moldova — those who took part in the study visits to Spain and Portugal.
We hope that all 24 people could come for the TC. But if someone from the group can not participate in the TC — the minimal substitutions by sending organisations are possible.
All participants should fill in an application form:
- "Old" participants (those who took part in the study visits) — Short form;
- "New" participants (did not take part in the study visits) — Longer form.
Deadline for filling in application forms — 17 of June.
Practicalities
Accommodation: the participants will be accommodated in rooms for 2 in the hotel situated in the very center of the city — Reikartz Sumy (1 Voskresenska St., Sumy, 40000, Ukraine).
Food: you will have three meals and two coffee-breaks a day. Please, inform about your food habits and needs (fast, vegetarian, vegan etc).
Working language: English.
Internet Access: there will be free wi-fi available in the hotel.
Plugs: the type of the plugs in Ukraine is European. Make sure that you have adapters for your electrical devices.
What to bring with you:
- “Standard international project equipment”: an alarm clock, music, comfortable clothes, personal first aid kit etc;
- To present your country: food, souvenirs and other materials you'll find useful;
- To present your organisation: posters, flyers, pictures etc;
- Additionally, we will inform you about the things which you need to prepare and bring for the programme elements.
Crossing the border and identification in Ukraine
While crossing the border you might be asked to provide information about the hosting organization:
Center for Euroinitiatives
22 Naberezhna r. Strilky Street
40009, Sumy, Ukraine
+38 (0542) 79-86-68
In case you need an invitation letter to cross the border — please contact info@eu.sumy.ua in advance.
Travel arrangements
The day of arrival at the venue: 23 July 2019
The day of departure: 1 August 2019
Center for Euroinitiatives will buy plane tickets for participants (to Kyiv or Kharkiv) after consultation with sending organizations.
Center for Euroinitiatives will also support participants' travel from the airport to Sumy (by bus or by train).
IMPORTANT! Please keep all the boarding passes and send them to Center for Euroinitiatives. Boarding passes are the most important proof, which we need to keep for the report to EACEA.
If you would like to have few days for exploring the country, it's possible to take 2 additional days before the arrival day or after the departure day. In this case, you would have to cover all the expenses connected with the additional staying (hotel, food etc) on your own.
Health insurance
Currency in Ukraine
Weather
Please check the weather forecast before coming and make sure that you have an appropriate cloth.
Sumy
Founded in 1655 Sumy is 361 years old, and combines great history with modern life. The central street, Soborna, after reconstruction in 2001, is an exact copy of the street's image at the beginning of the twentieth century, and the centre of Sumy is dominated by three big cathedrals. Outside of the small old town the city consists of large apartment buildings built in soviet times. The city is very green, lies on both sides of the Psol River, and is surrounded by lakes and forests.
A city of beautiful churches and historical sights, Sumy also has a wide choice of the restaurants, cafes, and nightclubs.
Some Ukrainian words
Hi. Привіт. (prih-VEET) [informal] Вітаю. (vee-TAH-yoo) [formal]
How are you? Як справи? (yak SPRA-vy?) / Як ty? (yak ty?)
Fine, thank you. Добре, дякую. (DOH-breh, DYAH-koo-yoo)
Please. Будь ласка (bood' LAH-skah)
Thank you. Дякую. (DYAH-koo-yoo)
Yes. Так. (tahk)
No. Ні. (nee)
Do you speak English? Ви розмовляєте англійською? (vih roz-mow-LA-yeh-teh an-HLEE-skoh-yoo?)
Contacts
Anna Kovbasyuk — coordinator of the project from hosting organization Center for Euroinitiatives, info@eu.sumy.ua
Yuliya Ielfimova — manager/trainer of the project from applicant organization Center for Euroinitiatives, yuliya.ielfimova.cei@gmail.com
Larisa Kondratenko — logistic support of the project from hosting organization Center for Euroinitiatives, larisa.kondratenko.cei@gmail.com