Seminar / Conference: Positive Leadership, Positive Change
Location: Bar Riviera , Montenegro
Dates: 25-30 July 2016
Number of participants: 25
Participating countries: Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Western Balkan countries
Organizer: Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro
Apply here: application
Deadline to apply: 15 June 2016
Date of Selection: 20 July 2016
Inquiries about this training course: Jelena Mrdak: jelena.mrdak@umhcg.com
For general Inquiries and consultation: hello@abroadship.org
Costs: This project is financed by Erasmus+ programme. According to the new rules within the Programme “Erasmus+” we will reimburse the travel costs on the basis of the cheapest possibilities, e.g. second class railway tickets, APEX-flights etc., accompanied by the receipt of complete and original tickets, invoices, bills, receipts, boarding cards etc. upon a certain “contribution to the travel costs of participants, from their place of origin to the venue of the activity and return”. This contribution is “based on the travel distance per participant. Travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission”. Here is the list of maximum reimbursement for travel:
Group 1:
Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Albania – Maximum reimbursement 180 EUR per person
Group 2:
Spain, Greece, Romania and Italy – Maximum reimbursement of 275 EUR per person
Group 3:
For participants from Portugal maximum reimbursement of 360 EUR per person
Other costs (accommodation, food, travel) are covered by the project but participation fees are not requested.
Let’s speak about disability
This project is aimed at building capacities of the youth organizations from EU and Western Balkans on how to be prepared to include more young people with disabilities in their projects and activities.
The Erasmus + Youth in Action program created great impact on numbers of young people all over Europe, developing young people’s competences, self confidence and offering the unique international experience. Being aware of this amazing opportunity that Erasmus + Youth in Action program offer and provide possibilities for mobility of young people with fewer opportunities on one hand but on the other hand young people with disabilities still have very limited access to these opportunities, they are not so visible on trainings, youth exchanges or EVS (European Voluntary Service). There are various reasons for this kind of exclusion: being in a vulnerable situation (social barriers, lacking family support, poverty, limited qualifications, unemployment, inaccessibility of environment and limited access to information). Also most of the hosting organizations/ youth works/ trainers don’t have enough capacities (knowledge and experiences) to develop programs and activates that can be accessible for everyone including people with disabilities.
With this project we want to train youth peers, youth workers and trainers providing them competences to work with people with disabilities and to recognize their potentials and talents to lead them to fulfillment of their life and dreams. According to that we start with the first activity of this project and that’s seminar in one of the most beautiful areas of the Montenegrin coast – Bar Riviera.
The objectives of the seminar are:
– To provide a platform for discussion and exchange of good practice based on theoretical inputs about inclusion of young people with disabilities;
– To build and/or strength between partnership organizations in EU and partner countries;
– To create bridges of cooperation among partners;
– To format thematic network providing information of social inclusion to all interested parties for the purpose to improve participant’s level of competences and fostering social inclusion in society;
– To developing new forms of youth work;
– To develop future cooperative projects and exchanges in Erasmus+, involving young people with disabilities;
– To encourage non formal education and youth mobility programmes as tools to support positive development of society based on active citizenship, inclusion and democratic participation.
PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS:
– Have strong motivation and interest in the themes of seminar;
– Must use English during the whole seminar;
– Ability to make agreements on behalf of its sending organization.
We encourage you to keep gender balance in the group! :)
Organisation
Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro is a non-governmental organization, registered on October 22, 2001. It gathers youth with all kinds of disabilities (cross-disability approach) as well as people without disabilities willing to participate in activities of the future co-existence and integration. It is a non-profit organization, founded firstly to provide psycho-social support, solving numerous and complex problems that youth with disabilities encounter daily, as well as creation of educational conditions for College and University opportunities.
In our work we are guided by a model based on human rights.
VISION OF AYDM
For youth with disabilities, without barriers!
MISSION OF AYDM
Association of Youth with Disabilities promotes equal position of youth with disabilities in society through activities and initiatives for establishing legal, educational, cultural and social frame that enables it.
Click to access letstalkaboutdisability.pdf
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