Youth4Society

“Learning in nature’’ was a youth exchange hosted by Youth4Society organisation, 7-15 September 2012, in the city of Pogradec, Albania. It brought together 43 youngsters, 36 participants and 7 leaders from six countries: Albania, Macedonia, Italy, Romania, Turkey and Kosovo. The main theme of the youth exchange was education through outdoor activities. Partcipants got familiar with the concept of using outdoor activities to lead them in a healthy lifestyle. During the exchange they had the chance to reflect on the benefits that outdoor activities brings in the youngsters’ life, as well as protecting the environment as a challenge for our generation. Participants got equipped with different tools in order to use outdoor education in future projects in local and international level. Despite this, the youngsters had the possibility to cooperate together and share ideas for future projects within Youth in Action programme.

The methodolgy that was used, based on non-formal education. Methods such as: discussions, role play, games, simulations etc, helped participants to get a complete picture of outdoor activites as well as helping them to practice what they learned.

Partners were very helpful and present in every stage of the project. First they helped with suggestions while the project was being drafted. Once the project got approved they shared information about the activity and started selecting the participants. Partners provided the neccessary information and guidelines to their participants in order to be prepared before the event. Another aspect was spreading the outcomes of the project in their websites and in their local communities

Link: Photogallery Youth Exchnage – Learning in the nature

 

This is  a training course for youth leaders and youth workers and aims to promote tolerance and mutual understanding amongst youth of different communities and religions. As the title indicates, the project aims to shed light on the growing importance of dialogue and mutual understanding of persons living in a multi-cultural or multi-religious community.

The project will take place in Albania and the 30 participants will be a mixture of youth leaders / youth workers coming from countries of the European Union, the pre-accession Country of Turkey, The Euromed Region, the South East Europe Region and Caucas region . This diversity of backgrounds will enhance the mixture of ideas and experiences in the multi-cultural / multi-religious environment, for a better learning process of both the participants as well as the trainers.

This course will give the participants the possibility to improve and increase their understanding and knowledge of the diversity of religions and aims to increase their problem – solving skills on the basis of non-formal, equality and human rights education, when confronted with prejudices, stereotypes and racism in the multi-religious community we live in