Seminar: Draw your future!

Location: Odemis, Turkey

Dates: 4-10 May 2017

Number of participants: 30

Participating countries: Albania, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine

Organizer: CEIPES

Apply here: Application form

Deadline to apply: 26th March 2017

Date of selection: 30th March 2017

Inquiries about this training course: Irene Capozzi mobility@ceipes.org

Costs: This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. No fee is requested. Being selected for the project, food and accommodation will be covered for the entire project 100%. Travel costs will be reimbursed 100% within the maximum amount covered by Turkish National Agency, namely up to 275€ to participants from Italy, Greece, Albania, Hungary and Ukraine. No travel reimbursements is provided for Turkish participants.

Draw your future!

The International Seminar is aiming at sharing best practices on youth-led projects for the development of local communities.

The international Seminar “Draw your future!” has been planned with the main aim of starting a virtuous process to develop the skills of European organizations in the field of youth-led project management. A strong network of youth organizations and young leaders will be created, that will cooperate in a long term perspective becoming a resource also for the other organizations all over Europe who wants to grow in this field.

Specific objectives:
• sharing a common understanding of youth participation, European active citizenship and youth-led projects for community development, focusing on a gender sensitive approach and use of different media.
• increasing the knowledge of best practices on how to develop successful youth-led projects around Europe and foster the skills of youth organizations and informal groups;
• to create a network of organizations that will cooperate in a long term prospective on this topic becoming a resource for the other organizations all over Europe.

The international Seminar will be held in Odemis (Turkey) from 4 to 10 May 2017 and will gather 30 participants from 6 countries: Turkey, Italy, Greece, Ukraine, Hungary, Albania . The project is targeted to youth workers, youth trainers, project managers and youth leaders who have the competences to share detailed information about youth-led projects in their communities, as he/she has participated in the project with a main role.

The gender balance will be ensured by trying to select an equal number of female and male participants.