tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55993057606339628582024-02-19T07:24:20.472+01:00Foundation for Democratic Youth - DIAUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger48125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-49269799837826507702013-11-06T10:48:00.003+01:002013-11-06T23:39:46.184+01:00What we achieved in the 2012/13 academic yearWe in DIA strongly believe that before starting something new - a new initiative or a new academic year - it is worth looking back to see what was achieved. To this end we created a short summary about the last 12 months. Although we all knew that we've spent a meaningful year with plenty of challenges and achievements, the outcomes surprised us. If you wish to know how many training days we've had, how many people participated in our programs, or how much our staff travelled, take a look at our graphic report.<br />
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vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-47354976682823512312013-10-24T12:12:00.003+02:002013-10-24T12:12:22.879+02:00DEMO: a unique learning opportunityWe have some great news to share: 13 Hungarian NGO’s will be participating in a long-term cooperation (27 months) and ’learning from each other’ in an organizational development and advocacy process brought to life by DIA.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><br />The new initiative funded by the Norvegian Civil Fund seeks a solution for two problems at a time. The focal issue addressed in DEMO is the increasing democracy deficit and young people’s disinterest in the public sphere which will be tackled through an exchange of experiences and best practices, longer term cooperation, and methodological development. The common feature of the 13 participating NGO’s is that they all work with young volunteers to change the lives of children and young people living in extreme poverty or exclusion and that they all have been rather successful in doing so. However, longer term sustainabilty is an issue for all which will also be addressed throughout the program.<br /><br />Throughout its 14 years of existence DIA gained a considerable amount of professional experience and acquired methodological knowledge in educating youth for democracy and in the capacity building of young NGO’s and youth initiatives, therefore it’s time for us to develop, discuss, customize and share with others. DEMO provides an excellent oppurtunity for all the above. It is an honor for us to work together with some internationally reknown organizations such as Bagázs,’Dr Ambédkár High School, the Igazgyöngy Foundation, and Pressley Ridge Hungary.<br /><br />DEMO will create a unique opportunity for all these NGO’s to cooperate, get to know and develop new methods, and solutions. At the end of the process a Youth Service Methodology Knowledge Center will be created accessible to a larger public. We are ready to start.<br /><br /><br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-40496445152570233762013-10-24T12:11:00.001+02:002013-10-24T12:11:27.060+02:00Schools loud of debate10 schools, 170 educators, 40 days of debate, 1200 students – the participants of the Have your say! Program. There will be no shortage of exciting debates in schools in the coming academic year.<br />
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<i>’It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it’ --Joseph Joubert</i><br />
<br />Nothing could describe the Have your say! Program better than Joseph Joubert’s sentence: we don’t necessarily have to agree but it’s better to discuss this disagreement than not to. However it doesn’t make it easier that debating demands some real efforts: first of all, we have to be knowledgeable about the topic, we have to get information. Then we have to be able to present arguments on our standpoint generating some cognitive stress (assuming that the ’because I said so’-type of statements – no matter how effective they can be – are not considered as arguments). Finally, the most uncomfortable part of it is that if we engage in a debate with someone, there is a chance to find out that we are absolutely wrong or at least there are really strong arguments on the other side – and we have to do something about it.<br /><br />Taking this into consideration it’s no wonder why debating (the real one) is not one of our favourite hobbies. However, real debates – the ones in which the participants end up gaining new knowledge (a new point of view of the topic, of the other and of themselves) gained – are pretty much fruitful.<br />That is what the Have your say! Program is based on: high school students today have very few opportunities to participate in real debates, especially with adults. Our response to that is: the consultaion days of the program offer interactive debate sessions where the students acquire the techniques of reasoning and get to know the solution-centered approach, and the consensus-seeking debate. After their own standpoint is outlined, they can discuss it with adults (decision-makers and experts) in a structured way.<br />
<br />The central topic of the Have your say! Program this year is youth unemployment – a problem which should not be overlooked. What do young peaple know about the expectations of the labor market? Do they have some ideas about their future? How would they solve the problem of youth unemployment? These will be the main themes of the forty debate days taking place in the months to come nation-wide.<br />
<br />The Have your say! Program has some more interesting components as well: methodology courses for educators, professionals and mentors will be organized for the participating schools and locally initiated debate projects organized by the teachers and educators granting exciting debates in those schools in the Spring. <br /><br />To be continued...<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-51288291748461323832013-10-18T12:19:00.000+02:002013-10-18T12:19:05.198+02:00DiN in Hungary – continues in September 2013!“I’m angry with you.” – said one of the participants of our last DiN training session. “Since I started to attend your training, I don’t like others’ your’s being so good.” – Well, it’s quite rewarding to get such a feedback from one of the participants at the end of a debate method training. Isn’t it?<br />
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<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-34409096580746758752013-02-01T14:43:00.000+01:002013-06-07T14:44:15.024+02:00DIA Youth Service Teachers’ Handbook and TrainingDIA’s Teachers’ Handbook for Youth Service activities was published in June 2012 in order to support the work of secondary school teachers who from this academic year onwards have to support their students’ service activities.<br />
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The Handbook offers pedagogical background, methodological suggestions, project descriptions, and personal accounts of various service project participants. DIA will provide each Hungarian secondary school with a copy of the handbook. The handbook project was supported by Budapest Bank, Magnet Bank and Vodafone. <br />Meanwhile in-service training sessions are offerred for teachers to complement the Handbook with methods and reflection. In 2012-2013 200 secondary school teachers will have been trained and mentored by DIA staff.<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-38029137099569443462013-01-11T14:39:00.000+01:002013-06-07T14:39:28.815+02:00Szóval?! 2013 National Debate ChampionshipStarting January 2013, DIA, for the 3rd time is a member of a team of 5 organizations which coordinates the 3rd National Debate Championship for secondary schools (Szóval?! 2013) on EU-related topics.<br />
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The program funded by the European Commisson, the European Parlament and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs contributed tremendously to the expansion of the debate network in Hungary.vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-80446629426650956502013-01-10T14:35:00.000+01:002013-06-07T14:36:22.167+02:00Just joined the Debate in the Neighbourhood (DIN) projectIn January 2013 DIA joined the DIN network for an international debate project aiming at working with vulnerable youth groups.<a name='more'></a>The project consists of a train the trainer workshop, of local debate club activities and a series of public debates involving local decision makers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The aim of the proejct is to empower vulnerable youth and provide them with various citizenship skills through debate. Our partners are: IDEA Netherlands, IDEA UK and the Slovak Debate Association. The project is supported by EU’s Youth in Action Program.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-40344047733780953212013-01-03T14:40:00.000+01:002013-06-07T14:41:28.144+02:00The Volunteer Program of the Year 2012 Award went to DIA The Volunteer Program of the Year 2012 Award has been given to DIA by the Volunteer Center Foundaton in December 2012. The award acknowledged DIA’s 7 years of efforts in coordinating National Youth Service Day (KöZöD! Önkéntes Fiatalok Napja) in Hungary.<br />KöZöD! has been a great success among youth volunteer groups all over Hungary. In its best year, in 2011 it mobilized 32 000 young volunteers in 200 locations, as a result DIA won the 4th place worldwide among Global Youth Service Day (www.gysd.org) countries.<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-71254939875580990602012-11-08T14:47:00.000+01:002013-06-07T14:48:53.030+02:00DIA continues cooperation with corporate partnersFollowing the organization’s traditions, DIA continues to work together with major companies.<br />
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DIA has been a member of the Hungarian Business Leaders’ Forum’s (HBLF) Corporate Volunteering working group. This is a forum for corporations and NGO’s to exchange ideas and experiences concerning volunteering and social responsibility.<span id="goog_486894896"></span><span id="goog_486894897"></span><br />DIA coordinated Telenor’s Volunteer Day In June 2012, when 600 employees in teams of 20 volunteered in Törökbálint (the town where Telenor headquarters are located near Budapest).<br />DIA continued its partnership with Hungary’s leading OTP Bank by managing its internal Volunteer Program which is open to teams of OTP employees. Furthermore, OTP supports a pilote school-based youth service program in a Budapest based secondary school.vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-64399328734179166892012-10-15T15:07:00.000+02:002013-06-07T15:08:12.201+02:00News from our global partnersOpen Society Foundations, Youth Service America and International Youth Foundation.<br />
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Open Society Foundations<br />A short film featuring George Soros and outstanding thinkers from all over the world about open society and its values:<br />http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/introduction-open-society-foundations?utm_source=news_newsletterB&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Text%2BLink%2B1&utm_campaign=News%2BB%2B101312<br /><br />Youth Service America<br />Useful tools for designing service projects:<br />http://www.ysa.org/resources<br /><br />International Youth Foundation<br />A recent article by Bill Reese, CEO of International Youth Foundation (IYF) on youth policy by USAID: <br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-reese/usaids-new-youth-policy-i_b_2065121.html<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-22263417510741063662012-10-11T14:52:00.000+02:002013-06-07T14:53:17.694+02:00DIA’s National Youth Service Day 2012 (KöZöD!) Awards went to talented young social innovators<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the four KöZöD! Awards went to Humana Magazin, a human rights magazin run by young volunteers (http://www.humanamagazin.eu/egyesulet/humana-egyesulet).<br />
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The KöZöD! National Youth Service Day (NYSD) 2012 mobilized 13 000 young people across the country who all contributed to bringing some change to their communities. <br />
Art School (http://igazgyongy-alapitvany.hu/en/) for children living in extreme poverty in east Hungary. Anna was also one of the 21 young volunteers presented at DIA’s 7th National Youth Service Day ”Fashion Show” whereby 21 young changemakers, 21 causes and 21 lifestyles were brought on stage with the idea that volunteering has many faces, volunteers come from all sorts of backgrounds but they all strive to generate some kind of change. vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-1220844833130253262012-10-01T14:55:00.000+02:002013-06-07T14:56:55.483+02:00Compulsory Youth Service in Hungarian Schools starting September 2012While DIA has been advocating the importance of youth service since its creation in 1999, and reached out to hundreds of schools and thousands of students the idea beeing that young people should get at least one chance in secondary school to be involved in projects aiming at giving back to their local community, in December 2011, the government of Hungary made youth service compulsory for all secondary school students obtaining a matriculation.<br />
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Since the government is not allocating any funding for the operation, and the entire school system in Hungary has been struggling with financial problems, the schools encounter a number of challenges. We are talking about almost 1 000 schools and roughly 80 000 students a year. That changed the landscape considerably and put DIA in a delicate position. Our response to that is that using our recently published youth service handbook as a tool, we offer professional development moduls and mentoring to schools. Funding comes from various resources such as the Open Society Foundations, and OTP, a leading national bank.vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-38318008340438451292012-09-20T14:59:00.000+02:002013-06-07T15:00:13.331+02:00How to see the world in 3D: Dilemma, debate, democracy, debate education by DIAIn a country where the civic education of young people has been neglected for decades including the last 22 years, debate education is one of the neglected areas of public education. <br />
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The most recent one, funded by the European Commission and the Open Society Foundations is aiming at bringing debating skills to secondary schools all over the country. One-day events are organized whereby our trainers deliver debate workshops to students on topics related to the EU and invite local decision makers and opinion leaders to a round table discussion where the students are in the audience. The programs includes in-service professional development for teachers and a grants program which enables the teachers to initiate local debate projects.vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-33667752062690412262012-09-12T15:05:00.000+02:002013-06-07T15:05:36.392+02:00How we shape our past (HWSOP), cooperation with Citizens of EuropeA team of young Hungarians participated in an exciting project of intercultural learning along with their German, Czech, and Lithuanian counterparts looking at various aspects of their common history: fascism and Stalinism.<br />
<a name='more'></a>Here is what the project was about: <br />The way we deal with history tells a lot about us. By deciding which aspects to stress and which ones to ignore, by connecting different events and interpreting them, and by contrasting us with ‚others’ and their development, we define who we are – and who we would like to be. <br />
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The way we approach it determines who we will become. In the last century, Europe has experienced both the fascist and the Stalinist ideology and the complex systems and societies which enabled them and were shaped by them. Their existence affected all of us. Their experience is a fundamental aspect of the conditions under which democracy in Europe has been and will be shaped in Europe. For our project, we decided to analyse the way we deal with history at different locations which had very different experience – and react to the past by very different policies until today. <br />
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For more information:<br />http://www.citizens-of-europe.eu/projects/how-we-shape-our-past#zoom=3&lat=53.6029&lon=11.51373&layers=TB000<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-55799151128623809792012-04-02T15:03:00.000+02:002013-06-07T15:03:20.574+02:00A talented young American social entrepreneur at DIA: Amy DinglerTo read her reports on adventures of her gap year: http://fayettewoman.com/amy-dingler-limits-walls.html<br />vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-81093703379936006932012-03-12T15:01:00.000+01:002013-06-07T15:02:10.462+02:00European Youth Service Day 2012<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="mso-ansi-language: HU;">For the second time, DIA coordinated Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) efforts in 2012 in 10 countries of Europe including Hungary. Based on 6 years of succes with coordinating National Youth Service Day (KöZöD!) in Hungary, Youth Service America (YSA) commissionned DIA to assist GYSD operations in 10 other European countries. </span></div>
vikicshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12412263977711257774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-88823838635206206662012-03-12T13:31:00.002+01:002012-03-12T13:31:55.642+01:00Joining Instructions to HWSOPFor the participants of the Budapest Workshop - "How we shape our past" program:<br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5wXyN4IsEPgYU1xRWpXdEpSVjZIRU1EeTAxWTNKUQ">Download</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-20029229144509605062012-03-01T11:44:00.003+01:002012-03-04T16:53:55.759+01:00How we Shape Our Past The Hungarian ExampleWhat is ´How we Shape Our Past´ about? <br />
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The way we deal with history tells a lot about us. <br />
<a name='more'></a>By deciding which aspects to stress and which to forget, by connecting different events and interpreting them, and by contrasting us with ‚others’ and their development, we define who we are – and who we would like to be. The way we approach it determines, who we will become. In the last century, Europe has experienced both the facist and the communist ideology and the complex systems and societies which enabled them and were shaped by them. Their existence affected all of us. Their experience is a fundamental aspect of the conditions under which democracy in Europe has been and will be shaped in Europe. For our project, we decided to analyse the way we deal with history at different locations which had very different experience – and react to the past by very different policies until today. We will compare and contrast the way in which we chose to remember the darker periods of their histories and the conclusions we reach. <br />
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Citizens of Europe will realise a series of events and activities dealing with how our past shapes us and how we shape our past in the following locations. <br />
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<b>Workshop 1</b>, Berlin, 2 – 5 February 2012 <br />
<b>Workshop 2,</b> Budapest, 15 – 18 March 2012 <br />
<b>Workshop 3</b>, Vilnius, 17 – 20 May 2012 <br />
<b>Workshop 4</b>, Prague, 12 – 15 Juli 2012 <br />
<b>OpenForum</b>, Weimar, 31 August – 3 September 2012 <br />
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<b>Budapest Workshop 2: The Hungarian Example </b><br />
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Right after the Berlin wrokshop, the Budapest event aims to explore ´The Hungarian Example´ especially focusing on the Arrow Cross Party regim and on the retaliaion period after the revolution in 1956. <br />
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This will include: <br />
<ul>
<li> Visiting and analysing historical sites and museums in Budapest. </li>
<li> Discussing the historiography of the Fascist and Communist periods with experts in the field. </li>
<li> Interviewing members of the general public about their thoughts a memories of this era. </li>
<li> Documenting findings and observations made in Budapest. </li>
<li> Following and developing the framework (if neccessary) of how to approach the workshops following. </li>
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<b>Your Host : Foundation for Democratic Youth (DIA) </b><br />
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Foundation for Democratic Youth is a politically independent, non-governmental and non-profit oriented organisation. It is our belief that modern democracies should rely on the active participation of well-informed citizens. <br />
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Therefore our aim is to promote youth service on the national and international level. Therefore DIA manages a variety of programs all aiming at developing young people’s democratic skills through experiential learning opportunities offerred by youth service activities. <br />
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Read more about our programs on the following web site: <a href="http://english-dia.blogspot.com/p/dias-programmes.html">http://english-dia.blogspot.com/p/dias-programmes.html</a> <br />
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<b>Whom would we like to meet in Budapest? </b><br />
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Everyone who is interested in these two histrories and actively want to participate in a debate around these wide reaching topics. All opinions are valuable and will be considered. Academic and professional backgrounds are relevant for us only to the extent that they allow for interesting contributions to the debate. <br />
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We are willing to meet participants coming from the public and private sector, the academic community, civil society, arts, etc. Involving people with a variety of personal backgrounds will contribute to a lively debate with substantial results. We are particularly interested in people and organisations interested in contributing towards the program. <br />
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<b>What are the conditions for participating? </b><br />
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Participation requires the ability to take part in a debate held in English language. Room and board are included. <br />
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<b>What do you need to do in order to apply? </b><br />
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1. Fill in our application form and motivational letter, downloadable at: <br />
http://wiki.citizens-of-europe.eu/images/2/29/HWSOP_Application_Form_.odt <br />
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2. Write a short motivational text (a few lines up to 4.000-5.000 characters), or send us visual material produced by you, which may provide an answer to one of the following questions: <br />
<ul>
<li> For what reasons is remembering the past important? </li>
<li> What is the difference between remembering facism and communism? </li>
<li>Can there be too much rememberance? </li>
</ul>
Please send your application to the following address: <a href="mailto:szucs.anna@i-dia.org">szucs.anna@i-dia.org</a> with the following subject: Budapest The Hungarian Example. <br />
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<strong>Apply now! Latest application deadline is 7th of March. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions!</strong><br />
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5wXyN4IsEPgUk40MnhNX3hTLW1oanVyQ2hJbFZvdw">Programme</a> <br />
<a href="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B5wXyN4IsEPgUXBpbk5sT2tUTmVsNUc3MU5UR0d1QQ">Application Form</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-83994603194539292482012-02-27T11:12:00.000+01:002012-02-27T11:12:46.019+01:00Calling All Bloggers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Become a Global Youth Service Day (GYSD) 2012 Blogger! We’re looking for service lovers to blog about their projects to feature on YSA’s (Youth Service America) blog. This is a chance to share why GYSD is important to you and to inspire others to get involved in the largest service event in the world. Share project ideas, planning process highlights, creative reflection activities, community impact, and more. Apply by 2/29 if you’re interested! <br />
<div> </div><a href="http://bit.ly/yXmFxy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/yXmFxy</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-31347083988649792932012-01-24T17:17:00.002+01:002012-02-26T10:15:31.990+01:00How to plan a project?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>Quick guidelines for beginners II.</b><br />
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<b>Action </b><br />
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Let people know about your project. Put up posters, distribute flyers, include announcements in newsletters or blogs, personally invite people, or promote your project on Facebook and Twitter. Register your project on GYSD.org.<br />
Let the local media and public officials know about your project. Invite them to attend your project to cover it as a news story or to participate alongside youth volunteers. Ask them to help promote your project ahead of time or to recognize youth volunteers after your project.<br />
Implement your project plan! <br />
<a name='more'></a>Make sure the project leaders are ready to make sure everyone knows where to go and what to do and are ready to answer lots of questions during the project.<br />
Manage and recognize volunteers. Greet volunteers, provide orientation and training, and supervise throughout the project. Be sure to thank volunteers for helping before, during, and after the project.<br />
Document your action by taking photos or videos. Try to remember as many details as possible so you can share with others after the project. Survey volunteers to gather information about who participated and what they thought about the project.<br />
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<b>Reflection </b><br />
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Provide an opportunity for reflection for all project volunteers and for the project leaders. Reflection helps you analyze and understand the difference you are making, and what you are learning along the way.<br />
Share what you have done and what you have learned from the experience by teaching others about the issue and how they can help. Create a video, play, story, or report for the community, present your results at a public event, write letters to public officials, distribute a press release, or send out a newsletter to parents, peers, and community members.<br />
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<b>Demonstration/Celebration </b><br />
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Recognize and celebrate volunteers, partners, and special guests.<br />
Evaluate your project, comparing to your baseline data to identify what changed because of your project. Share your impact with YSA by completing the GYSD report form to make sure your project is included in our annual GYSD Final Report.<br />
Review the outcomes of your project and to assess what worked, what you might do differently next time, and to determine potential next steps. Determine what more you can accomplish and how you can sustain your project. Be sure to also seek feedback from the community you have served.<br />
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<b>Register your project as soon as possible! First send me an e-mail about your plans and ideas to the regional coordinator: szucs.anna@i-dia.org. From January of 2012 you will be able to register your projects on gysd.org. (from gysd.org)</b></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-87954898308758402052012-01-19T18:28:00.002+01:002012-02-26T10:16:00.957+01:00Nominate a Youth, Teen, or Young Adult!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Do you know any powerful or influential youth, teens, or young adults who are making lasting and substantial changes in their community? I encourage you to nominate a powerful and influential change-maker for "The YSA List!"<br />
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YSA is currently accepting nominations for its inaugural <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=otshzucab&et=1109047302067&s=93506&e=001UhDq2sY1RdskptJ1xZ7MG_OiMDawsrmZZdOb6Qov-JyEekz_cE13XYkTMo5ywoDonEDt-VCmpdPx0kk484P338Znw7_QG4cjQxNDILuzF8OjV1EApd2Fyg==">YSA List: The25 Most Powerful and Influential Young People</a>, in celebration of its 25th Anniversary! The "YSA List" will recognize 25 young people (ages 5 to 25) around the world that are making real, large-scale change in five categories:<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>Health </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Education </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Human Service </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Human Rights </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Environment </b></div><br />
The "YSA List" will be announced in April 2012, in conjunction with <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=otshzucab&et=1109047302067&s=93506&e=001UhDq2sY1RdvGTqls_wBKnsgwRLt4HIfqhrAZ6wxNQnvBonW05J4mE_FXzheANTUGS-qDE9NQVlv4sI6Zi4bhXyUNRhbnvEyQ6B6_Sc9hukM=">Global YouthService Day</a>, the largest service event in the world, and the only one dedicated to children and youth.<br />
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For additional criteria information, and to nominate a powerful and influential young person, visit <a href="http://www.ysa.org/25/list">http://www.ysa.org/25/list</a>. Nominations will be accepted online through January 31, 2012.<br />
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If you have any questions, please contact the YSA Outreach team at <a href="mailto:outreach@ysa.org">outreach@ysa.org</a>.<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-44907869563782266302012-01-19T18:24:00.001+01:002012-02-26T10:16:16.608+01:00Workshop in Berlin<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Foundation for Democratic Youth recruits participants for the first workshop of the “How we shape our past” program in Berlin <br />
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-four people will be chosen,<br />
-you have to have good proficiency in English,<br />
-serious interest in history.<br />
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The selection will be made in the order of application. The selected members only have to cover 30% of the expenses of the trip to and from Berlin.<br />
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Call for Participation<br />
<b>How we Shape Our Past </b><br />
<b>The German Example </b><br />
Workshop 1, Berlin (February 02 – 05 2012)<br />
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<b>What is ´How we Shape Our Past´ about? </b><br />
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The way we deal with history tells a lot about us. By deciding which aspects to stress and which to forget, by connecting different events and interpreting them, and by contrasting us with ‚others’ and their development, we define who we are – and who we would like to be. The way we approach it determines, who we will become. In the last century, Europe has experienced both the facist and the stalinist ideology and the complex systems and societies which enabled them and were shaped by them. Their existence affected all of us. Their experience is a fundamental aspect of the conditions under which democracy in Europe has been and will be shaped in Europe. For our project, we decided to analyse the way we deal with history at different locations which had very different experience – and react to the past by very different policies until today. We will compare and contrast the way in which we chose to remember the darker periods of their histories and the conclusions we reach.<br />
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Citizens of Europe will realise a series of events and activities dealing with how our past shapes us and how we shape our past in the following locations.<br />
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<b>Workshop 1, Berlin, 2 – 5 February 2012 </b><br />
<b>Berlin Workshop 1: The German Example </b><br />
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Starting with Germany, the Workshop in Berlin aims to explore ´The German Example´ This will include:<br />
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<ul><li>Visiting and analysing historical sites and monuments in Berlin. </li>
<li>Discussing the historiography of the Fascist and Stalinist periods with experts in the field. </li>
<li>Interviewing members of the general public about their thoughts a memories of this era. </li>
<li>Documenting findings and observations made in Berlin. </li>
<li>Developing a framework of how to approach the future workshops in Prague, Budapest and Vilnius. </li>
</ul><br />
<b>Your Host : Citizens of Europe </b><br />
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Citizens of Europe is a politically independent, non-governmental and non-profit oriented network of people from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds who realise projects that go beyond national boundaries. Citizens of Europe is open to everybody who sees diversity as an opportunity. We initiate, support and coordinate a wide range of projects, offer a pool of expertise, information and contacts regarding matters of European concern, and provide our members’ experience in NGO project management to ensure high standards in any activity we support. We want to help overcome the lack of coordinated independent civil action in Europe, but many local initiatives in Europe could profit from sharing contacts, infrastructure and experience.<br />
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Read more about us here! <a href="http://panorama.citizens-of-europe.eu/">http://panorama.citizens-of-europe.eu/</a><br />
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<b>Whom would we like to meet in Berlin? </b><br />
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Everyone who is interested in these two histrories and actively want to participate in a debate around these wide reaching topics. All opinions are valuable and will be considered. Academic and professional backgrounds are relevant for us only to the extent that they allow for interesting contributions to the debate.<br />
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We are willing to meet participants coming from the public and private sector, the academic community, civil society, arts, etc. Involving people with a variety of personal backgrounds will contribute to a lively debate with substantial results. We are particularly interested in people and organisations interested in contributing towards the program.<br />
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<b>What are the conditions for participating? </b><br />
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On request, we will refund travel tickets (max 70 %, max. 125 EUR).<br />
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<b>What do you need to do in order to apply? </b><br />
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If you are interested let me know at <a href="mailto:szucs.anna@i-dia.org">szucs.anna@i-dia.org</a>, I’ll let you know the further details.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-78631070341816722132012-01-10T14:23:00.005+01:002012-02-27T11:19:43.354+01:00What happened last year? IV.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Croatian Youth Network <a href="http://www.mmh.hr/en/">http://www.mmh.hr/en/</a> <br />
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On 21st of April, National Consultations on Regional Youth Mobility took place at the Human Rights House of Zagreb as an integral part of the project „Advocating the Regional Youth Mobility Fund”. The event gathered approximately 30 participants from different non-governmental organizations, primarily youth NGOs, and many participants from public institutions responsible for youth issues. The National Consultations were mainly focused on discussion over the past experiences of the mobility of youth within the region, and on the needs of young people connected to mobility. Furthermore, the Consultations aimed to articulate the inputs correlated to three important programme areas of the future fund: fields of mobility which should be mostly supported by the Fund; types of activities which should be in the focus of its work; and finally, target groups (within youth population) which should receive majority of financial allocation.<br />
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Even though the event wasn’t widely covered by media representatives, many representatives of relevant public institutions joined the event to discuss over the issues connected to youth mobility in the region. The representatives from the following institutions were present: Ministry of Family, War Veterands, and Intergenerational Solidarity; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integrations; Ministry of Science, Education and Sports; Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes; Department for Youth of the City of Zagreb; Student Assembly of the University of Split; etc.<br />
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This year Coratian Youth Network may join the event again. We are really looking forward to see their great ideas again!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-90714163935191010462012-01-05T10:20:00.002+01:002012-02-27T11:20:01.103+01:00What happened last year? III.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Romania: <b>New Horizons Foundation</b> with 33 IMPACT community initiative youth clubs (out of which 30 are opened in schools) <br />
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The community service projects implemented by IMPACT clubs during GYSD 2011 covered a large area of interests and were based on the analysis the kids did in their communities to assess the local needs. Most of the projects were focused on children and youth, and the school environment. The IMPACT clubs addressed issues like: drug use among teens, violence awareness campaign, human traffic awareness campaign, environmental issues (awareness campaigns, cleaning activities), renovations of schools / kindergartens and outdoor spaces (parks), promoting healthy lifestyle in schools, cultural and artistic activities, intercultural Easter festival, promoting volunteerism, events for the elderly etc.<br />
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Five national media have reported about GYSD 2011 following the press releases distributed by New Horizons Foundation. Local media have reported about the local projects implemented by IMPACT clubs during GYSD 2011.<br />
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New Horizons Foundation and the youth clubs did a really good job and were able to involve 672 young people!<br />
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They are joining for GYSD 2012 as well, so keep your eyes on them!</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5599305760633962858.post-26047175368626556712012-01-02T13:08:00.003+01:002012-02-27T11:20:25.178+01:00What happened last year? II.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">The Vinspired story: <a href="http://vinspired.com/organisations">http://vinspired.com/organisations</a><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dac4_MO3Kz0/TwGeLVlxz1I/AAAAAAAAEN0/TKfskMj0yfU/s1600/vinspired2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="219" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Dac4_MO3Kz0/TwGeLVlxz1I/AAAAAAAAEN0/TKfskMj0yfU/s320/vinspired2011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b>v</b> achieved considerable success in promoting Global Youth Service Day, engaging approximately 40,000 young people aged 16 – 25 through integrated communications across traditional and social media.<br />
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<b>v</b> succeeded to focus on the promotion of micro-volunteering opportunities in England, enabling young people to respond to a range of flexible opportunities which could be carried out in small chunks of time, either online or in the real world. <br />
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Micro-volunteering opportunities broadly fall into three impact categories: <br />
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<b>Helping charities and other worthy causes</b><br />
Examples include:<br />
Feed a starving person for free with a simple click of the mouse<br />
Make a very seriously ill child smile with just a letter or an email<br />
Microloan £10. Change a life. Get paid back. Reloan.<br />
Knit a hat or other garment for homeless people<br />
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<b>'Green' Actions' (Tackling environmental and energy issues)</b><br />
Examples include:<br />
Stop junk mail, save paper, save trees!<br />
Plant a tree for free by using a search engine!<br />
Reduce plastic bags. Distribute re-usable bags!<br />
Help predict climate change with your pc!<br />
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<b>Advocacy Actions (Highlighting injustices and wrongdoing)</b><br />
Examples include:<br />
Posters for Peace. Print them out. Put them up!<br />
Act to end the use of animals in circuses!<br />
Oppose the Arms Trade via non-violent action!<br />
Reduce global warming. Join a Virtual March!<br />
Boycott socially irresponsible companies!<br />
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<b>Media Coverage</b><br />
On 14th April, <b>v</b> invited Brooke Vincent, an 18 year old actress from one of the UK’s best known TV soaps (Coronation Street) to Carnaby Street in central London to carry out a GYSD Super-Hero stunt. <br />
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Accompanied by a group of young volunteers (all dressed in Super-Hero costumes of course!), Brook completed a number of micro-volunteering actions to demonstrate how easy it is to contribute small acts of kindness and make a difference. <br />
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Volunteers helped people with directions, distributed metro maps, gave out tissues, recharged mobile phones and a host of other mini-actions designed to surprise and delight shoppers in Carnaby Street. <br />
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As a result of this stunt, media coverage of Global Youth Service Day was extremely successful, with over <b>34 million</b> Opportunities to See (OTS) the GYSD brand and messages across integrated media platforms. <br />
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<b>Endorsement from public officials</b><br />
<b>v</b> secured the support of Tim Loughton, Member of Parliament (MP) and Under-Secretary of State for Children & Families. Tim said: <br />
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<i>„Global Youth Service Day is a unique opportunity for young people in England to be part of a global community of people that are doing something positive for their neighbourhoods. I’m proud that we are joining over 100 countries to support and celebrate young people taking action on 15-17 April.”</i> <i><b>Tim Loughton, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children and Families </b></i><br />
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<b>v did an amazing job in introducing Global Youth Ervice Day 2011 to young people in England.</b><br />
Their traditional and social media reach has laid strong foundations for the Global Youth Service Day brand, and enabled them to engage large numbers of young people in micro-volunteering actions. Engaging a well-known celebrity with youth appeal was extremely helpful in amplifying the GYSD campaign and encouraging new young volunteers to participate in positive social action. They are excited about the potential to grow their relationship with GYSD and EYSD in 2012, and they feel they have learnt a great deal.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com