Call for participants: “Sustainable co-operation and partnership in youth work across the boarders

Project “Youth: Open the door!”
International training course

“Sustainable co-operation and partnership in youth work across the boarders”
Ukraine, 10th-15^th of July, 2007

The National Youth Council of Latvia in cooperation with the youth councils from Lithuania, Estonia, Poland, Russia (Kaliningrad and St.Peterburg), Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Finland and Denmark organise the third of six International Training courses as part of the project “Youth: Open the door!”.

Theme of course: “Sustainable co-operation and partnership in youth work across the boarders” During the course participants will have the opportunity to discover different organisational methods, realities and experiences while working to promote the sustainable co-operation, creating strong partnerships that can be used in youth work across the boarders between the Baltic Sea region and Eatern Europe. Group work, team building, partnership, cooperation, intercultual learning across the boarders are the keywords of the training. As well as discuss what benefits sustainable co-operation and partnership can bring to organisation, youth work, and cooperation within the NGO network in the Baltic Sea region and the Eastern Europe. Special emphasis will be put on cooperation in the framework of Youth/ Youth in Action programme.

Participants: - youth leaders, youth actors, youth NGO representatives - experience in youth work on the national or international level will be considered as an important criteria - aged 18-30 from Belarus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Kaliningrad (Russia), St. Petersburg (Russia), Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Moldova

Dates: 10.07.2007-15.07.2007

Venue: Ukraine

Fee: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Moldova 15EURO Baltic countries, Poland 25 EURO Denmark, Finland 50 EURO

Travel and accommodation:- 70% of travel expenses and accommodation will be covered by organiser; board and lodging is provided - Participants should cover insurance, visa if needed and 30% of travel costs. Travel costs will be reimbursed after the seminar.

Deadlines for application: 13th of june, 2007, sent in to sandra.lapkovska@ljp.lv

Contact details: The National Youth Council of Latvia sandra.lapkovska@ljp.lv www.ljp.lv