Training Course "Mainstreaming minorities"

Training Course
“MAINSTREAMING MINORITIES”
Stip, 08 – 14 June 2009

Minority Leaders for Society - MLS will organize the following training course.


Objectives of the activity:

- To develop participants’ competences in developing and running youth non-formal education activities based on citizenship and active participation;
- To develop and consolidate essential skills for trainers in non-formal education with multicultural youth groups and to raise awareness about quality criteria in their activities;
- To share and learn from practices of youth work and training with minority youth for citizenship and social inclusion;
- To develop specific trainer competences related to work with minority youth and citizenship;
- To inform the participants abut various European Youth programmes and more concretly with the possibilities that Youth in Action programme offers in connections with inclusion and minorities;
- Creating new partnerhips and new projects in relation with the topic.

Methodology
The methodology will include communication based methods (interaction, dialogue, open discussions), activity based methods (sharing experience, practice and experimentation), socially focused methods (partnerships, teamwork, networking) and self directing methods (creativity, discovery, responsibility, action).
The overall character will be participative, pro active and interactive with a learner – centred educational approach, as recommended by Council of Europe for non formal education in youth work.


Partner countries:

- Albania
- Bosnia and Hercegovina
- Finland
- Greece
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- UK
- Macedonia

The training course will be organized in Stip, a small town located in the eastern part of Macedonia.


Travel reimbursment:

The organizer will reimburse 70% of your travel costs from home city to Stip, Macedonia.


What you should prepare in advance?

 Please prepare a short description of your organization in English for the NGO fair. Bring photos, brochures, newspapers or anything that can present activities of your organization for the exhibition. You can use computer or other equipment or use the opportunity to make posters or other creative things for your presentation. It’s also good to bring electronic materials.
 An intercultural evening will take place on 9th June. Please bring some typical food, drink, national specialties, songs, instruments, brochures etc. to present your culture for the rest of the group.
 Good mood and enthusiasm.


For this training course we are still missing participants from Finland. If you are interested to participate please contact us till 16th of May 2009 on mls_macedonia@yahoo.com