Training Course: Long Term Training Course “FEMPOWER”

Location: Yerevan, Armenia / London, United Kingdom

Dates: 22 July – 16 September 2017

Number of participants: 36

Participating countries: Belarus, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Moldova, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Spain, Ukraine

Organizer: Armenian Progressive Youth NGO

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Deadline to apply: 7 July 2017

Inquiries about this training course: Nelly Paytyan: hr@apy.am

Costs: This project is financed by the Erasmus+ Program. Accommodation and food will be provided during the training days. Relevant visa costs will be covered by the organisers. 100% of the total travel expenses of Training Course in Armenia and Study Visit to the UK will be reimbursed by the organizers during the second stage of the project in the UK.

Please check travel budget limits per country below for Training Course in Armenia:

Bulgaria, Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine : 275 EUR
Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Serbia : 360 EUR
Spain, Portugal: 530 EUR
Georgia: 180 EUR

Please check travel budget limits per country below for the Study Visit to the UK:

Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine, Serbia: 275 EUR

Bulgaria: 360 EUR

Georgia: 530 EUR

If travel costs exceed the amount budgeted in the project, the participants will need to cover the exceeding amount.

Participation fee! There is a participation fee of 60 EUR to be paid in cash during the Training Course in Armenia. This is a participation fee for both stages of the project.

The accommodation and food will be provided during the Training Course in Armenia and Study Visit to the UK.

Long Term Training Course “FEMPOWER”

FEMPOWER aims to enable youth workers and young leaders to feel and reflect about the power of gender and gender roles by giving them space to discuss, debate and learn more about the topic that often remains undiscussed.

Description

Long Term Training Course (LTTC) “FEMPOWER” aims to increase the awareness of youth workers and youth leaders about gender equality issues and perspectives in Europe and to provide the participants with skills to develop good quality projects locally and under the “Erasmus+” program focusing on gender equality and gender mainstreaming.

Conservative, discriminating values are hard to tackle. Thus, it is very important to enable youth workers and young leaders to feel and reflect about the power of gender and gender roles by giving them space to discuss, debate and learn more about the topic that often remains undiscussed.

Through the LTTC we would like to develop and improve our participant’s knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender issues, analyze traditions, roles and perceptions of gender in different countries and societies. It’s obvious that there will be huge differences as participants will come from different realities and different corners of Europe.

Long Term Training Course envisages 2 stages:

– Training Course in Yerevan, Armenia (22-30 July, 2017)
– Study Visit to London, United Kingdom (11-16 September, 2017)
Both stages of the project should be attended by the same participants. Participation in both stages is mandatory.

The project aims to empower the participating youth workers, youth leaders and volunteers to more efficiently and extensively use innovative and creative tools in their everyday work. The project aims to promote respect of human rights, equal opportunities, and gender equality.

During the training course, participants will gain theoretical knowledge about the Human rights and Gender equality and practical skills how to use an effectively social intervention methods in their youth work in their local communities towards meaningful social change. Participants will learn, practice and produce new graphic and video tools and finally, they will learn how to use online space to combat gender stereotypes, prejudices, sexism, violence and hate speech.

The objective of the LTTC are following:

– To learn about gender equality issues by sharing and comparing the realities in the European Union and Neighboring Partner countries;
– To exchange experiences, best practices and knowledge between youth workers and their organizations on gender mainstreaming and women empowerment;
– To develop participants knowledge and understanding on various concepts related to gender and emphasize the importance of gender equality in youth work;
– To facilitate networking process among participants and promote new common projects related to gender equality.