Do you struggle to get young people involved in
the local projects
and decision-making of your organisation?

Have you heard a lot about how important youth
participation is - but
found very little on how to make it happen? Do
you want to make sure
that youth involvement extends beyond the “usual
suspects”?

Than this is the right training course for you!

*Period of the training course:*

25-29 of  May 2006 ( excluding travel days)

*Location*: Oradea, Romania

*Objectives of the training course*

    * to equip youth workers with the knowledge,
abilities and skills
      that they need to involve effectively young
people in local projects;
    * to encourage and assist organisations
working with young people to
      develop an organisational culture and
working practices that
      encourages authentic youth participation.
    * to develop participants’ competence in
using the revised European
      Charter on the Participation of Young
People in Local and Regional
      Life

*What you will learn: *

    * What is youth participation and what are
the stages of participation
    * What is the framework for participation
    * What are the steps in the participatory
process
    * How to plan and implement workshops that
are using Technology of
      Participation (ToP) method for Strategic
Planining, Team Building,
      Action Planing, etc
    * What are the benefits of using ToP method

*Working language *

The official language of the training course is
english.

*Financial information *

Travel expenses are reimbursed up to 70%. Only
participants who have
attended the entire training course can be
reimbursed. Payment will be
made either by bank transfer after the course, or
at the end of the
course in cash in Euros.Board and lodging are
provided by Max Association.

*Eligible participants and how to apply:*

The training course will bring together
participants from
local/regional authorities and from
non-governmental youth organisations
that are active in Council of Europe countries.
Youth leaders and people
in position of responsibility in international
non-governmental youth
organisations (INGYOs), national youth councils
(NYCs), national or
local youth organisations, actively and directly
involved in youth
participation projects at local or regional level

* The profile of participants should be :*

· young staff of governmental or local authority
services responsible
for youth participation at local and /or regional
level;

· youth workers or project leaders active within
regional and municipal
services, in charge of a project on youth
participation

· motivated in developing youth participation
projects

· able to work in English

· Over 18 years old

· coming from a Council of Europe country

/* In order to apply you have to send us the
application form that
contains the following:*/



   1. Your name, your age and your contact
details adress (town,
      country, telephone, e-mail adress)
   2. Your organization name and contact details:
adress (town, country,
      telephone, e-mail adress, web site)
   3. Describe your previous experience with
youth participation (
      training courses that you attended,
projects that you have
      developed) (not more than 300 words)
   4. What is your motivation to participate in
this training course
      (not more than 500 words)
   5. What you expect to gain from this training
course (not more than
      500 words)
   6. The prices of your travel costs (from your
country to Budapest in
      case of flight or to Oradea if you travel
by other means)


*Deadline for application *25 of April 2006!* *


Contact us:

Max Association

Tel: 004-0259-414-156

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This training course is run in the framework  of
the « All Different,
All Equal » European Youth Campaign for
Diversity, Human Rights and
Participation
http://www.alldifferent-allequal.info/