Call for 32 participants for Youth in Action training in Cyprus. 1 week project. learn new and travel in Cyprus. Apply
Training Course: THE CHANGE GAME
Dates: 28 September – 6 October 2014
Venue: Nicosia, Cyprus
Application deadline: 6th September 2014
The Change Game is a Training Course on promoting inter-cultural awareness and cooperation towards fighting against marginalisation and promoting social inclusionand equal opportunities of the LGBT community in Europe.
The overall aim of the Training Course is to promote social inclusion and equal opportunities for people who face discrimination on the basis of culture, with a particular focus on the LGBT community through the introduction of sustainable solutions. addition, to raise awareness, among young people and youth workers, on the concept of culture and the extent to which culture has an effect on the exclusion of certain groups in society, with a focus on the LGBT community. In addition, to find cross-cultural and sustainable solutions in order to fight against discrimination and enhance social inclusion.
Objectives of the Training Course:
•To define culture and to define to what extent culture has an influence in equality and in the determination of socially disadvantaged groups.
•To define whether the LGBT community faces disadvantages in Europe and identify the reasons why they face cultural disadvantages.
•To define stereotypes and prejudices and to understand to what extent these are influenced by culture.
•To raise awareness on the cultural differences that exist between different European countries and to what extent this impacts the inclusion or exclusion of the LGBT community in different societies.
•To find sustainable solutions in order to promote social inclusion and equal opportunities for the LGBT community.
•To involve participants in coming up with new ideas for projects that aim to strengthen solidarity, democracy, and friendship between youth and to limit and battle marginalisation of disadvantaged groups in a local, national and international level.
•To create a successful professional network among the participants and to promote cooperation between them in the future.
•To define whether the LGBT community faces disadvantages in Europe and identify the reasons why they face cultural disadvantages.
•To define stereotypes and prejudices and to understand to what extent these are influenced by culture.
•To raise awareness on the cultural differences that exist between different European countries and to what extent this impacts the inclusion or exclusion of the LGBT community in different societies.
•To find sustainable solutions in order to promote social inclusion and equal opportunities for the LGBT community.
•To involve participants in coming up with new ideas for projects that aim to strengthen solidarity, democracy, and friendship between youth and to limit and battle marginalisation of disadvantaged groups in a local, national and international level.
•To create a successful professional network among the participants and to promote cooperation between them in the future.
Who can participate?
•Participants must be 18 years old and above. There is no upper age limit.
•Participants must be able to communicate in English, as it will be the working language of the Training Course.
•Youth workers, trainers, project managers directly working with marginalised young people and the LGBT community.
•Participants are expected to actively participate in all program activities and therefore must be able to do so.
•Participants must be able to communicate in English, as it will be the working language of the Training Course.
•Youth workers, trainers, project managers directly working with marginalised young people and the LGBT community.
•Participants are expected to actively participate in all program activities and therefore must be able to do so.
Costs:
Food and accommodation will be provided and paid by the organizers. Travel costs of the participants will be reimbursed by bank transfer after the course, based on the travel distance per participant in accordance to the new rules of the Erasmus+ Programme as follows:
Lithuania: €275
Turkey: €275
Bulgaria:€275
Italy:€275
Romania: €275
Turkey: €275
Bulgaria:€275
Italy:€275
Romania: €275
There will be a €30 participation fee.
Travel costs means all costs (including visa costs) to get from the participants’ home to the project venue and back to home. The participants will have to bring with them all of their original tickets, receipts and boarding passes and copies of their travel documents (passports, identity cards) as we will collect all of them at the end of the training course. In addition participants are required to send us all of their original return tickets, receipts and boarding passes within 1 week of their departure from the training course otherwise we will not be able to refund them.
Organizer:
Ambassadors of Change
Ambassadors of Change
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