TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES FOR EQUAL PARTICIPATION

# 27/10/2012
TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES FOR EQUAL PARTICIPATION

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS STUDY SESSION

“TOGETHER WE CAN OVERCOME THE CHALLENGES FOR EQUAL PARTICIPATION”

European Youth Centre Budapest, December 2-9, 2012

 National Assembly of Youth Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan (NAYORA) in cooperation with the European Youth Centre, Budapest launches the Call for participants for its Study Session “Together we can overcome the challenges for equal participation” to be held in Budapest on December 2-9, 2012 (travel days included).

Background information

The purpose of the Study Session is to get together young people with migrant, refugee, asylum seeker and IDP backgrounds and youth leaders from the youth NGOs which are working with young migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people in order to raise competences and knowledge on how to fight discrimination and promote the social participation of marginalized groups of young people by practicing the current methodology in their future activities

The target group of the activity are young migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and IDPs. Therefore, the activity is primarily aimed at developing of the skills for fighting discrimination towards these groups of young people in order to promote active social participation of young migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and IDPs. Moreover, the activity is supposed to achieve the goal through the process of intercultural learning. Because intercultural learning that promotes intercultural dialogue will further result in developing anti-discrimination initiatives in the heads of participants.

Aim and Objectives

  • The aim of the study session is to promote youth activities aimed at the enhancement of social participation of young migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and IDPs in societies and specifically youth activities by developing the competence of youth leaders from youth NGOs active in this field.   
  • The objectives are:
  1. To identify the relevant activities to be used as means to counter the main challenges faced by the asylum seekers, young migrants, refugees and IDPs;  
  2. To prepare young people for taking actions targeting inclusion of young migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and internally displaced people and their participation in society;
  3. To promote the main European values in youth work aimed at promotion of democratic and equal participation;  
  4. To further develop already existing competences of participants in the field of human rights activism, social inclusion, participation and intercultural dialogue;
  5. To empower young people to fight discrimination and promote cultural diversity and intercultural dialogue through follow up activities;
  6.  To provide participants with the space for learning and exchange of experiences;

The profile of the participants is as following:

o  Young people between 18-30 with migrant, asylum seeker, refugee or IDP backgrounds, or;

o  Youth workers from youth NGOs working with young migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and IDPs;

o  Be motivated and committed to contribute to the theme of the activity and its outcomes;

o  Have already some experience preferably at international level;

o  Be able to work in English;

o  Be available for the whole duration of the activity;

o  Be a resident of a country of the Council of Europe or Belarus; 

Financial and practical conditions of participation

Travel expenses

Travel expenses and visa costs are reimbursed upon presentation of the relevant receipts, according to the rules of the Council of Europe. Only the participants who attend the entire Study Session may be reimbursed. The payment will be made either by bank transfer after the meeting, or at the end of the meeting in cash (in Euros).

Accommodation

Board and lodging will be provided and paid for by the Council of Europe at the European Youth Centre in Budapest.

  • There is an enrolment fee of 50 Euros which will be deducted from the reimbursement of the participants’ travel expenses.

Application procedure

If you are interested to take part, please, fill in the Application form and send it to konulc@gamil.com and ramiz.aliyev@nayora.az, indicating “Study Session Budapest” in the subject of the e-mail.

 DEADLINE for Applications is: October 28, 2012