Dear region,
here is the opportunity for some of you to go to
Budapest in Hungary and to participate in a seminar
organized by European Youth Forum.
I would strongly urge people from Slovenia, Croatia
and Bosnia and Herzegovina...and other
too..(ofcourse)but especially these three to apply and
give a chance to this seminar.
It is not far away, either!Only, in Budapest!!
The topic is:
"Learning for Active and Democratic Citizenship"
Your applications should reach AEGEE-Europe headoffice
by Wednesday, the 12th of July at midnight.Only the
complete applications will be taken into account and
will be sent to European Youth Forum!!!
For any questions and help, contact Oana(President of
AEGEE-Europe) on [log in to unmask]
hope to see lots of applications!!!
your netcommie
Ivana
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> European Youth Forum Seminar
>
> "Learning for Active and Democratic Citizenship"
> European Youth
> Centre Budapest (Hungary)
> 25 - 30 August 2000
>
> Call for participants
>
> INTRODUCTION
> The development of democratic societies through the
> active
> participation of young people is one of the prime
> concerns of the
> European Youth Forum. Democratic societies require
> that people
> actively participate and contribute to them. In
> order to stimulate the
> current discussions on citizenship education and
> non-formal
> education, and to empower young people and their
> organisations to
> participate in these discussions and to relate their
> activities with
> the discourse on these issues the Youth Forum
> organises a
> seminar on 'Learning for Active and Democratic
> Citizenship'. This
> seminar will take place at the European Youth Centre
> Budapest,
> August 25-30, 2000.
>
> The conference will build upon the work of the
> European Youth
> Forum and its member organisations in the field of
> non-formal
> education. By drawing on the concepts of active
> citizenship, life-
> long learning and non-formal education, the Youth
> Forum wishes to
> promote the role of youth organisations as providers
> of learning
> environments.
>
> European and international organisations such as the
> European
> Union, the Council of Europe, UNESCO and the
> Organisation for
> Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), but
> also
> foundations and corporate donors, have developed
> policies and
> operational programmes to promote and intensify
> learning
> opportunities stimulating active participation of
> young people.
>
> With this conference the European Youth Forum
> intends to explore
> the concepts related to citizenship and the settings
> for learning in
> our societies, and to take stock of the work of the
> institutions in
> order to contribute to the further development of
> policies and
> programmes concerned with citizenship and education.
> The
> seminar shall produce proposals and recommendations
> for the
> work of European institutions and youth
> organisations.
>
> Further to the seminar itself, a number of
> participants will
> eventually have the opportunity to take part in
> Council of Europe
> conferences on Citizenship Education (Strasbourg
> 14-16 Sept.)
> and Non-formal Education (Strasbourg 12-15 Oct.)
> respectively.
>
> AIM and OBJECTIVES
> The conference aims to explore key issues and
> strategies for
> learning for active and democratic citizenship
> within the youth
> sector by:
>
> -building upon and further developing the work of
> the European
> Youth Forum regarding non-formal education and life
> long learning;
>
> -raising awareness of the importance of learning for
> active and
> democratic citizenship amongst our member
> organisations,
> European institutions and the public;
>
> -giving meaning to the concepts of
> life-long-learning, non-formal
> education and active citizenship by linking and
> developing these
> concepts, drawing on the specific experience and
> expertise of
> youth organisations;
>
> -examining the role of youth organisations as actors
> in non-formal
> education and creators of learning environments for
> life-long-
> learning and active citizenship;
>
> -constructively challenging the work of European and
> International
> institutions in regard to citizenship and education;
>
> -discussing and developing the work of the European
> Youth Forum
> on non-formal education and active citizenship.
>
>
> PROFILE OF PARTICIPANTS
> Applicants for the seminar ideally would fulfil the
> following criteria:
>
> -be active in a member organisation of the European
> Youth Forum;
> -have a background in formal and/or non-formal
> education;
> -have a background in citizenship/education policies
> and/or
> -be involved in the practical implementation of
> educational
> programmes;
> -have at least a basic knowledge about the European
> Youth Forum
> and European institutions (Council of Europe,
> European Union);
> -be willing and capable to pass on knowledge and
> experience
> acquired in the seminar;
> -be able to fully participate in the entire seminar;
> -be able to work in English and/or French;
> -be less than 35 years of age.
>
> TECHNICAL INFORMATION
> Venue of the Seminar: EYC Budapest, Hungary
> Dates of Seminar: 25 - 30 August 2000
> Participation Fee:
> The participation fee is 100 Euro, which will be
> deducted from the
> travel reimbursement.
> Travel:
> Travel expenses will be reimbursed according to
> European Youth
> Forum regulations.
>
>
> SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
> Participants will be selected by the preparatory
> team (non
> AEGEE), based on the application forms (please see
> application
> form below) according to the criteria as described
> above. All
> applicants shall be informed of the results of the
> selection by
> Monday 24 July 2000. A maximum of 40 participants
> will be
> selected.
>
>
> Application form
>
> Organisation
> Function
> Surname
> Name
> Male…Female…
> Address
> Postal code
> City Country
> Tel:
> Fax
> Email
>
> I need visa. Yes…No
> If YES:
> Passport Number
> Issued on
> Expiry
> Date of Birth
> Please note which embassy should be contacted, if
> you know
>
> Working languages: English…French…Other
>
>
> 1. What are your responsibilities within your
> organisation/group?
> 2. To what extend have you been involved in the
> educational/training work of your organisation?
> 3. What is your personal motivation to take part in
> this seminar?
> 4.a) What has your organisation done in the field of
> citizenship
> education?
> 4.b) Have you been personally involved in any
> activity or policy
> development concerned with Citizenship and/or
> Education?
> 5. What is your organisation planning to do in the
> field of Learning
> for Active Citizenship?
> 6. How do you intend to develop this issue within
> your organisation?
> 7. What specifically would you like explore in the
> field of
> Citizenship Education during the seminar?
>
> The following two questions are for information
> purposes only.
> They have no impact on the selection of
> participants.
>
> A) In approximately how many youth training and/or
> policy-making
> events at European level have you taken part so far?
> B) Would you be interested and able to attend either
> of the two
> conferences organised by the Council of Europe?
> Please tick
> appropriate box:
> () No
> () Yes, Conference on Education for Democratic
> Citizenship,
> Strasbourg 14-16 Sept. 2000
> () Yes, Symposium on Non-Formal Education,
> Strasbourg 12-15
> October 2000
>
>
> TO BE COMPLETED BY APPLICANT
> I commit myself to fully and actively participate in
> the entire
> European Youth Forum seminar "Learning for Active
> and
> Democratic Citizenship”.
>
> Date:
> Signed:
>
>
>
_________________________________________________________
>
> Oana Mailatescu
> President AEGEE-Europe
>
> PO Box 72 - Etterbeek 1
> B-1040 Bruxelles
>
> Tel: +32-2-245 23 00
> Fax: +32-2-245 62 60
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
__________________________________________________________
>
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