Background
“Social Media for Active Citizens” is dedicated to developing competencies of youth workers to support active citizenship of young people in community contexts through use of social media tools and methodologies. Activities will take place on-line and at a residential training course in Montenegro from 1st to 10th of November, 2013.
Objectives
- To explore active citizenship from participants own experience and the resources and opportunities available to address issues of concern
through democratic, civil and civic engagement
- To explore possibilities for utilization of social media for youth activism
- To reflect on non-formal education and its methods and their applicability within social networks
- To develop creative and attractive ways to apply social media for youth activism, with a special emphasis on civic engagement
- To identify local opportunities for community engagement and to design and develop an action plan for use of social media in the local
context
Eligibility
This training course is open for 28 youth leaders from Albania, Armenia, Cyprus, Italy, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine and United Kingdom, who:
- are working with young people in their everyday reality
- are active on social networks and are interested to explore their use in youth work
- have knowledge and practice of non-formal education and learning
- are interested in developing social medial projects focused on active participation of young people
- have basic IT skills and are not afraid of experimenting with the computers
- are committed to applying their newly gained skills in their communities and within their respective organisations
Costs
This project is funded by the Youth in Action Programme. All costs of board and logging will be covered by the organizers. In addition, the organizer is going to reimburse 70% of the participants’ travel costs, upon the receipt of all original tickets and invoices.
Deadline: 10 September 2013
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