Our White Sea III: Empowerment Through NGOs,Turkey

Deadline: 24 October 2011
Open to: NGOs from Youth In Action Programme Countries and the Neighboring Partner Countries
Costs: Hosting costs covered by Turkish National Agency and for travel costs check with your NA

Our White Sea III is organized by the Euro-Med Youth Platform in cooperation with SALTO Euro-Med RC, (SALTO) and will take place from 6 to 10 December 2011 in Adrasan, Antalya, Turkey. Following the meeting held in Malta in 2010, OWS III shall focus on participation and empowerment – two essential driving forces of sustainable development. Networking between organizations should be encouraged in order to proffer young people with opportunities to actively participate; thus stimulating initiative, innovation and entrepreneurship. Therefore, the event shall generate an environment to facilitate NGO empowerment and sustain an extensive network of “partnership” relationships which support NGO capacity building in the Euro-Med region.
Aims and objectives:

1. Better understanding of the several models of intervention of Youth NGOs and Associations about the topic;
2. Sharing of good practices amongst NGO to stimulate empowerment and opportunities of participation;
3. Facilitating the networking process among participants with an aim of promoting new projects.

Eligibility

The training is open to 41 participants from the Youth In Action Programme Countries and the Neighboring Partner Countries. It is highly recommended to youth worker and youth leader. The target group is representatives from experienced youth NGO’s/Organizations that can contribute through the sharing of good practice. The invite shall also be extended to participants from emerging NGOs. The selected participants will be invited to send a short paper about their vision on empowerment through NGOs prior to the meeting.

Costs

For the YiA programme countries: Travel and visa costs of selected participants should be covered by the sending National Agencies. Please check with your National Agency if they would support these costs and if any additional participation conditions apply. Hosting costs (accommodation, food, programme activities, local transport) will be covered by Turkish National Agency.

Application

If you are interested in participating in the training you can submit your online application here.
Contact for questions:
Handan Boyar
Fax: 00 90 312 409 61 16
E-Mail: handan.boyar@ua.gov.tr
Phone: 00 90 312 409 61 37
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