CALL FOR PARTNERS
Action 3.1 Project
“New Youth + New Partnerships = New Projects”
Partnership Building Activity
Lenkoran city, Azerbaijan
October, 2008
Partnership Building Activity Description:
This Partnership Building Activity (PBA) “New Youth + New Partnerships = New Projects” is organized for potential partners from cities in European Countries. The Partnership Building Activity aims to enhance the cooperation between cities situated all over Europe and to create projects within the EU Youth in Action Programme. Youth Organisations can use Youth in Action projects in their aim to increase the active participation of young people in the life of their local, regional or national community or at an international level by supporting their participation in the mechanisms of representative democracy.
Partnership Building Activity (PBA) Content:
This Project aims to bring together young people from different partner organizations for the promotion of their achievements, reducing the sense of alienation and empowering them with the skills to recognize that they can be active agents of change.
This is a Partnership Building Activity developed in the framework of YOUTH IN ACTION programme targeting young people involved in local projects. By bringing together representatives of organisations or informal groups from different European countries, the project aims at enabling those young people involved in local activities to develop and realise quality Action projects as well as to help them to find partners. The programme is designed to support you in developing and planning your Action Youth in Action projects to be implemented after the Activity, including the YOUTH IN ACTION programme and Networking principles, Contact making, Project management, Teamwork, Intercultural experience.
Partnership Building Activity (PBA) aims and objectives:
· Bringing together people working with young people in order to create new project ideas within the YOUTH in Action Projects;
· Creating an atmosphere of common understanding between people representing different cultures, working styles, etc.;
Partnership Building Activity Methodology:
The Partnership Building Activity will be based on the principles and practice of non-formal education taking into account of the needs of youth NGOs, motivations / expectations and previous experiences are used as the starting point of the Youth in Action Programme. A diversity of working methods will be used for learning about Youth in Action project management: thinking together, brainstorming, creating new ideas, discussions, debates, simulations, etc. There will be space for regular feedback and evaluations.
Target group:
v Youth leaders, Youth workers, Youth Trainers, Project managers from youth NGOs, Youth Group, Youth Networks, Youth Organisations
Conditions:
The partnership building activity is scheduled for late in October 2008 and will be hosted in Lenkoran, Azerbaijan Republic. Financial support is under the European Commission’s “Youth in Action”-programme granting scheme. If approved, all costs will be covered except for 30% of the international travel and visa costs. Organizations from all 27 EU member countries plus Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Turkey, YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME countries, EECA countries are eligible to be partners. The working language of the Training Course is English.
Countries:
All European Union countries, plus Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland and Turkey + Neighbouring countries (EECA countries)
Time plan and venue:
Submission: 1st April 2008, submission of the application form under Youth in Action Programme to the Turkish National Agency
Turkish National Agency – Action 3.1 Project,
Date of the Partnership Building Activity: October, 2008
Venue: Lenkoran, Azerbaijan
Group and duration:
Group: 1 representative from 1 Youth Organisation, Youth Groups, from EU and EECA countries chosen in an open call. Now we are looking for partner organisations:
Duration will be 6 full working days (plus 2 more days: arrival and departure)
Next Steps:
If you like the idea and the content of this partnership building activity, and if you want your organization to be partner in this project and thus be entitled to nominate for participants, then fill in the attached form (called partner promoters – part 3), sign it in blue ink, put your official stamp on it and send it by e-mail (scancopy as pdf or doc or jpg, we need the signature and the stamp)
E-mail to: rzayevsebuhi@ yahoo.com and genarersoy@gmail. com
And fax it to the number:
Fax: +90 212 473 70 64
And regular mail back to: (till 28 March – by express mail)
A. Nafiz Gurman Mah. Nazimerten Sok. Asli Apartmani No: 16/13
Merter/Gungoren/ Istanbul
Please make sure we receive these documents before 26 Mach 2008. . Furthermore, please indicate your estimated travel costs from your home town to Baku (best reached by train, near airports are Baku).
As we need to apply in 1st April deadline, please be as fast as possible in being a partner organization.
We are looking forward to your answers...
Applicant Organisation:
Contact Person: C.Burak Firat / Genar Ersoy
Address: A. Nafiz Gurman Mah. Nazimerten Sok. Asli Apartmani No: 16/13
Merter/Gungoren/ Istanbul
Fax: +90 212 473 70 64
E-mail: genarersoy@gmail. com
Host Organisation:
Azerbaijan Volunteers’ Public Union (Host Organisation)
Contact Person: Rzayev Sabuhi
Address: Yusif Mammadaliyev 21, apt 12/14, Az1005, Baku, Azerbaijan
Phone: +994 50 385 92 21
E-mail: rzayevsebuhi@ yahoo.com
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