TITLE: Digitalization of Youth Work PLACE: Bakuriani, Georgia DATES: 16-23 April 2024   PROJECT OBJECTIVES: To increase media literacy education in youth workers and understanding of the media production process. Develop the skills and competencies of youth workers so that they can better support young people in developing their media literacy skills and becoming responsible digital citizens. Popularization of non-formal learning activities․   INVOLVED COUNTRIES: Armenia, Romania, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine.    WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: Armenian team will consist...

PLACE:  Vilnius and Trakai, Lithuania DURATION: March 2024 – March 2025 SENDING ORGANIZATION: “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO HOSTING ORGANIZATION: European Voluntary Service Association “SALTES”  AIM:  To reach our goal we work to disseminate and promote volunteering and non-formal education ideas, to unite volunteers, to create volunteering traditions in Lithuania, to exchange best practices of youth work internationally, to raise the quality of youth work in the field of volunteering, to promote cultural cooperation and develop sociօ-cultural competences. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, initiative, motivated y...

"Youth Initiative Centre" (YIC) invites young individuals aged 13-25 to participate in “Online Leadership Schools” which is implemented within the framework of the long-term project “Youth in Action: Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development in Armenia”. "Online Leadership Schools" are scheduled for February 24th and will proceed through four distinct stages as follows: First flow: February 24, March 2, and March 9 Second flow: February 25, March 3, and March 10 Third flow: April 13, April 20, and April 27 Fourth flow: April 14, April 21, and April 28   Duration: 3 weeks, one online meeting per week and up to two hours of in-person w...

TITLE:  Outdoor education for gender equality PLACE: Bakuriani, Georgia DATES: 6-13 March 2024   THE PROJECT AIMS to address gender-based inequalities and discriminations in and through outdoor activities and non-formal education.   THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE: Raising awareness about discriminations and their intersectionality, Providing participants with tools to tackle gender-based discriminations and inequalities, Training participants in order for them to create inclusive indoor or outdoor youth activities, Raising confidence among participants to experiment new sports and activities.   LANGUAGE: Participants are r...

TITLE: ‘’Moving forward 3.0’’ PLACE:  Bydgoszcz, Poland DURATION: February 2024 – February 2025 SENDING ORGANIZATION: “Youth Initiative Centre” (YIC) NGO HOSTING ORGANIZATION: WSG University in Bydgoszcz AIM:  Developing skills and competences while bringing changes in different areas such as international affairs, design studio (marketing department), nursery and photography.  WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, initiative, motivated young people with conversational level of English.  TO APPLY you need to send your CV and a motivation letter in English to evs.sending@yic.am email address.   APPLICATION...

Subject of contest: Trainer in the Field of Youth   Type of the contestant: Individual Expert or Legal Entity  Type of contract: Service Provision  Project Duration: December 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026  Total number of working days for all components: 720 hours (90 working days)    "Youth Initiative Centre" (YIC) NGO within the framework of the "Youth in Action: Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development in Armenia" Project is launching a competition for experts in the field of  youth in order to involve them in the following components of the project.  Component 1. Capacity building of youth workers  A four-day training program is sch...

Subject of Contest: Expert in the Field of Youth Policy  Type of contestant: Individual Expert or Legal Entity  Type of contract: Service Provision  Project Duration: December 1, 2023 - June 30, 2026   Number of Working Days: 432 hours (54 working days)    "Youth Initiative Centre" (YIC) NGO within the framework of the "Youth in Action: Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development in Armenia" Project is launching a competition for two experts in the field of youth  policy in order to involve them in the following components of the project:  Component 1  Development of guidelines for local youth policy quality standards based on the mo...

TITLE:  Mental health at work PLACE: Rustavi, Georgia DATES: 27 November – 02 December 2023   THE PROJECT AIMS to address mental health issues at work in general and mental health in the frame of youth work and NGO field.   THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES ARE: Gather a group of youth workers to engage a conversation toward Mental Health at Work, Learn psychosocial risks prevention theory through non formal education, Learn concrete tools to implement a mental health strategy at work, Lean concrete methods to identify colleagues’ mental health problems, Learn communication and awareness methods to launch the discussion about Mental ...

"Youth Initiative Centre" (YIC) NGO invites adolescent girls aged 13-15 from all regions of Armenia to the GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) girls' leadership and empowerment camp, which is implemented within the framework of the long-term program of “Youth in Action: Youth Empowerment and Leadership Development in Armenia”.   GLOW camps aim to develop leadership skills as well as highlight the role of girls in leadership.   There will be workshops on leadership, civic education, media literacy, human rights, volunteering, healthy lifestyle, environmental protection, philanthropy and meetings with experienced speakers. Participants will also gain pr...

TITLE: Inclusion Quest PLACE: Ogulin, Croatia DATES: 23–29 November, 2023   THE PROJECT AIMS to provide non-formal learning opportunities for improving training and facilitation competences of participants and to contribute to the quality activities of the youth workers’ community in the field of inclusion.   PROJECT OBJECTIVES: To provide space for learning and sharing experience. To introduce inclusion methodology through the Training of Trainers programme. To develop a booklet and implement follow up activities at the local level.   INVOLVED COUNTRIES: Armenia, Georgia, Turkey, Albania, Croatia, Germany, Italy, Latv...