Training Course: "Youth Work 4 Youth Active Citizens" in Republic of North Macedonia

Training Course: "Youth Work 4 Youth Active Citizens"
26 April - 3 May 2022 | Krushevo, Republic of North Macedonia

The aim is to increase skills knowledge and understanding of youth workers about active citizenship and provide tools to empower youth in their local communities to become active citizens and to promote active participation of youth in the decision-making

OBJECTIVES
To develop competencies (knowledge, practical skills, and attitudes) of 20 young people coming from the partner countries about active citizenship, advocacy and the decision making processes on a local level;
Learn new tools on how to engage and empower young people to become active citizens, and contribute to the development of their community;
Gain skills on how to organize local activities and engaging youth to be active;
Share good practices from the partner organizations;
Promote youth work and youth organizations and the volunteering opportunities they are offering to young people for self-development;
Promote young people’s active citizenship and social responsibility in their local communities;
Promote the overall personal development of young people as active citizens in diverse and democratic societies;
Empower and encourage youth to participate actively in shaping society – and especially a more integrated Europe;
Make participants become more engaged in the youth rights debate
Debate the importance to have a voice in Europe, where young people are equal citizens and are encouraged and supported to achieve their fullest potential as global citizens
To gain new tools on how to encourage and equip young people with the necessary resources to become active citizens, agents of solidarity and positive change inspired by EU values and a European identity