The
call for the members of the International Preparatory group
CDN
– Cooperation and Development Network Eastern Europe (www.cdnee.org) is announcing a call for
members of the international preparatory group (prep team) of the summer camp VISA mobility of Youth in Europe
– It’s time to make a stand. This project will take place from 15th
to 22st of July 2007 in Ukraine and is part of the European Youth
Campaign for Diversity, Human Rights and Participation “All Different, All
Equal” (). This
event has been so far financially supported by Council of Europe, European
Youth Foundation and the Green Forum, Sweden.
The call
This
call is open for applicants coming from any of the Council of Europe member states
(listed bellow).The prep team member
should be interested in the topics of this event, willing to take active part
in the preparations, implementation and follow up of the project and be
available to take part in the preparatory meeting in spring 2006 and the summer
camp itself. The advantage (but not the condition) is to have green
organisation background and the experience with the topics of the event.
Considering that this is a youth event the members of the prep team will not be
younger then 18 and older then 35. The selection of the prep team will be done
by the Executive Committee of CDN in May 2007.
DEADLINE for submitting
the application (filled in applications form attached to the call) to
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is 21th of May 2007 at 12AM CET.
Role of the prep team
Prep
team will take the responsibility for development, coordination, implementation
and reporting of all the program and technical activities related to the
project. Their work will be supported by CDN office, project host team and the
Executive Committee of CDN. It is expected that the preparations of the event
will start on 28th of May. In preparation period the prep team will
be in regular communications via e mail, several phone conferences will be
organised based on the need of the team and the prep team will take place at
least one month of June prior to activity start at the location of the event, ,
latest 16th – 18th. The follow up of the event will be
coordinated by the prep team in July and August 2007.
Preparatory meeting
During the meeting the prep team will prepare all
the documents needed:program of the
event, readers for the participants on the topic, information sheet about the
country and general conditions and requirements, list of the group building
games that will be used and the list of energizers for the mornings. Special
attention will be on the good methods for handling and integrating such big
group.
All of the technical issues (travelling,
arrival/departure, accommodations and food, meeting rooms, material) will be
discussed and decided at these meetings. Decision on lecturers/trainers that
will be invited and selection of participants will be mostly done through e
communications though we will make definite choice while we are together at the
prep meeting. International Prep team should consist of up to 5 people. All of
the travel and lodging costs of the prep team member, connected to event
preparation and realisation, will be covered by the organisers.
Project information
Where and when will the meeting be held (venue
(place), starting and end dates):
15. – 22. July 2007, Kyiv, Ukraine
Number of working days:
6
Working languages: English
Main
themes:
Main themes of this event are the youth mobility in Europe, visa policy and practical situations, youth
participation and active contribution to changes in the society and development
of tools to tackle the obstacles in freedom of movement and more active
cooperation. We want to:
Learn about present state of procedures regarding
visa policies and study the system of regulations and decision making that
enables policies to function
Exchange experiences with applying for visa and
attending international events with specific weight given to examples of bad
practice by embassies and discriminations
Develop different ideas and tools for practical
actions, from lobby work to street activism, and train youth leaders in order
to support the struggle for removal of visa obstacles
Motive participants to take action and empower them
to become more active in their society and to recognize the importance of
participation in the democratic processes
Objectives:
The mobility of young people is essential for
building up democratic countries and civil societies in Eastern
Europe based on European values. Many young people in Eastern Europe and especially in post-soviet countries
are rather passive regarding problems in their society. Lack of opportunities
and means for experiencing other cultures and cooperating with other countries
is always additionally strengthen by visa obstacles.
By exploring the situation of youth mobility in
Europe by providing participants with the background knowledge about European
policy concerning visa regimes we want to encourage social integration of young
people from all backgrounds and give them the chance to make concrete actions
in order to tackle this problem.
Due to the fact that there is increasing number of
human rights violations linked to visa procedures, it is necessary to identify
those violations and find main inequalities in visa procedures, discuss their
background and support solutions that are reducing discrimination and promote
cultural diversity and freedom of movement. Intolerance among European citizens
has to be prevented by supporting civil society development and the promotion
of active citizenship.
Methodology:
We will use multipart composed of lectures,
presentations, workshops, role plays, games, discussion groups, panel debates,
working groups, taking part in local activities (actions). We want to make
working atmosphere closer to young people from eastern countries same time
keeping the short distance with general methods that western participants are
used to.
Working groups will be formed in order to come up
with recourses for future projects, fresh ideas and views. We will also focus
on personal experiences and interactive learning that will ensure equal
opportunities for all to contribute.
To ensure practical follow-up we will create report
and social committee so participants are able to be part of preparing and
reporting different parts the seminar.
Prep team application form is sent together with
this call and also can be downloaded at our web site. To repeat: DEADLINE for submitting the application (filled
in applications form) to
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is 21th of May 2007 at 12AM CET.
The call for the participants
CDN – Cooperation and Development
Network Eastern Europe (www.cdnee.org)
is announcing a call for participants of the summer camp VISA mobility of Youth in Europe –
It’s time to make a stand. This project will take place from 25th
to 31st of July 2007 in Ukraine and is part of the European Youth
Campaign for Diversity, Human Rights and Participation “All Different, All
Equal” (). This
event has been so far financially supported by Council of Europe, European
Youth Foundation and the Green Forum, Sweden.
Profile
of the participants
This call
is open for applicants coming from any of the Council of Europe member states
(listed bellow) and Belarus.The participants should be interested in the
topics of this event, willing to take active part in the planned activities and
open for new experiences and people. The advantage (but not the condition) is
to have green organisation background and the experience with the topics of the
event. Considering that this is a youth event the participants will not be
younger then 17 and older then 32.
We would
like to keep participation open for people of different education levels and
with different backgrounds. Important is the diversity of experience and
knowledge. The allocation of participants will be based on gender and
geographical balance. We will use the application files standard procedure.
DEADLINE
for submitting the application (filled in applications form attached to the
call) to
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is 1st of July 2007 at 12AM CET.
General conditions
If accepted as participant to this
event, you should arrange your travel in most environmental friendly and
economic way. You are expected to arrive before 25th of July and
depart only after 2 am on 31th of July.
The organisers will partly reimburse
your travel expenses. At the moment we are not able to confirm the exact amount
but we are aiming to be able to support up to 70% of your travel costs, upon
presentation of all the original receipts. Accommodation, meals, educational
materials and refreshments will be provided by organisers for the entire
duration of the activity, free-of-charge.The participation fee for the event will be set at later stage aiming at
around 30 euro per participant.
Participants
application form is sent together with this call and also can be downloaded at
our web site. To repeat: DEADLINE for
submitting the application (filled in applications form attached to the call) to
This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
is 1st of July 2007 at 12AM CET.
Prep team members and meetings
After reviewing 11 applications for prep team members of the summer camp, CDN Execdutive Comittee decided to invite Ivana Vujadinovic, Cristian Radu, Mariana Peneva, Eva Van Velzen and Olga Fomina to preparatory commitee. Phone confernce was organized on 1st of July 2007 when prep team members decided to have a meeting on 6. - 8. of July 2007. Selection of participants and draft agenda was done through e-mail comminication.
Prep team meeting I
Prep team members met in Kiev from 6th to 8th July in order to finalise the main technical issues,
hotel/transportation, arranging/booking, deciding final agenda and tasks and
decision on the prep team agenda, lecturers, workshops, participants etc.
Prep team meeting II
On 24th of July Prep team members met together with CDN Executive Committee members to finalise the main technical issues, hotel/transportation, decide on final changes
in agenda and tasks and final division of tasks.
