19-27/11/2016 - Training Course: “Theory and Practice of Youth Empowerment” (Armenia)

“Theory and Practice of Youth Empowerment” is a training course for youth workers and young leaders, who want to make young people protagonists of the decision-making process of their NGOs and youth centers. A reflection on youth work, power and empowerment.

One of the ongoing tasks and challenges of youth work is to contribute to the education of young citizens, who are able to act autonomously and responsibly within their peer-group as well as in the society. This learning process is also known as youth empowerment and is aimed at enabling young people to represent their interests in a responsible and self-determined way. The more young people are confronted with the complexity of holding power and exerting it autonomously, the more a real process of youth empowerment is possible.

Objectives:
- To give youth workers and youth leaders the chance to explore the challenges of youth empowerment on theoretical and practical level;
- To equip participants with experienced based methods of democratic decision making;
- To reflect upon the challenges and chances of a power transfer to young people and the concrete consequences for the work of participants;
- To develop follow up projects for young people, which will take the outcomes of the project into consideration.

Eligibility:
Youth workers, Youth leaders from Armenia, Belarus, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russian Federation, Ukraine.

Deadline: 1 October 2016.

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