Invitation to the IRSH - Youth Camp 2006
“Active citizenship and participation”
03-10 September 2006, Kune- Lezhe, ALBANIA.Context Active citizenship is about taking part -it may be as straightforward as helping a neighbors or as challenging as orchestrating a major campaign to effect change. For some, active citizenship comes naturally -family tradition, a chance meeting, an inspirational teacher.If we know our rights, duties and responsibilities and understand the nature of democratic government, and if we have practiced some of the skills of participation and joined unreflective discussion, then we are much more likely and much better equipped to play an active role in thewider community.The Youth camp aims at bringing knowledge and competences to the rest of the NGO world and vice-versa.We think that informal education has a great potential to promote social change.

“INTELEKTUALET E RINJ, SHPRESE” (I.R.SH)“YOUNG INTELLECTUALS, HOPE” (“YIH”)L:”QEMAL STAFA”, RR:”DAUT BORIÇI”, NR= 874,SHKODER, ALBANIATEL/FAX: +355  22 48476 / 48811 / 41229E-mail: Kjo adrese e-maili mbrohet nga spam, aktivizoni java script per ta pare

Invitation to the IRSH - Youth Camp 2006
“Active citizenship and participation”
03-10 September 2006, Kune- Lezhe, ALBANIA

Context Active citizenship is about taking part -it may be as straightforward as helping a neighbors or as challenging as orchestrating a major campaign to effect change. For some, active citizenship comes naturally -family tradition, a chance meeting, an inspirational teacher.If we know our rights, duties and responsibilities and understand the nature of democratic government, and if we have practiced some of the skills of participation and joined unreflective discussion, then we are much more likely and much better equipped to play an active role in thewider community.The Youth camp aims at bringing knowledge and competences to the rest of the NGO world and vice-versa.We think that informal education has a great potential to promote social change.
This training camp is one step to deal with active citizenship and participation by using different educational methods.
The camp will be based on the principles and practice of non-formal education and is conceived to allow a learner-centred approach taking into account the needs, interests and the experiences of participants.
Time and space for active participation and exchange between working practices will be provided during the different workshops.
The main topic of the camp will be “Active Citizenship and participative education” and participants will have the opportunity to make personal experience in this field and discuss these experiences after the activities and at the end of each day.

Participants are welcome to contribute with activity ideas.

Objectives of the IRSH Youth Camp gives young people the opportunity to meet in an international environment and to:
• Demonstrate how we can overcome political, social and cultural barriers.
• Test the educational concept practically.
• Exchange experience among youth leaders, active in the field of non-formal education, working directly with young people;
• Develop knowledge, attitudes and skills to play an active role in the wider community;
• Work in groups, taking on different roles such as leader or organiser, taking responsibility forcarrying through a task with others, facing up to challenges and taking decisions democratically;
• Develop a value for sensitivity towards individual differences;
• Work on concrete follow-up activities from local to international level and multiplying.

Languages: The working language will be English.
                   Applicants are requested to have good knowledge of English.

Profile of participants:
Young people involved in voluntary work at local, regional, national NGOs
Young people not active in a formal NGO structure, but working in the field of education or social change.
Participant’s age should be between 15 -30.
Participants are asked to carefully fill-in the attached application form.

Participation fee :
· The application fee for the summer camp is set at 30 € for international participants countries.
· For Albanian participants is 3000 Leke.

Accommodation and food will be covered by the organizers, but the travel is upon the participants.
Concerning the food, participants will be divided in groups of 3 or more and will have as a duty to cook for all the participants, each group per day.

Application procedure and selection of participants:
 The call for applications has started and will be closed on the 15th of July 2006. On the base of the received application IRSH will take a final decision on accepted application.
Confirmation will be send to participants on the 20th of July 2006.

Youth camp location is in the seaside village Kune near Lezha city. The Villa where will be the accommodation has its own little beach and is surrounded by nature, such as forests and green landscape. In the close surrounding we will have space to start our activities in different outdoor settings. Participants of the training course will be accommodated in shared rooms as close together as possible in the buildings of the Villa.

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