{"id":12,"date":"2009-10-31T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2009-10-31T14:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-09-15T23:23:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T21:23:06","slug":"new-activities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/new-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"New activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explore recent Y-AGORA activities and the earlier projects that form part of Youth4Society\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/y-agora-young-people-shaping-local-democracy\/\">Explore Y-AGORA: the project, activities and latest updates<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Y-AGORA: youth participation and local democracy<\/h2>\n<p>Y-AGORA \u2014 Youth Agoras: Bridging Generations and Empowering Citizenship Across Europe \u2014 is an Erasmus+ capacity-building project connecting partners in Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Serbia. Its activities support youth participation through non-formal learning, dialogue and local civic action.<\/p>\n<h3>International training in Belgrade, 1\u20134 June 2026<\/h3>\n<p>Youth workers, educators and youth leaders explored democracy, inclusion, communication, empathy, media literacy, collective action and mentoring. Activities included a Local Youth Agora simulation, stakeholder mapping and Forum Theatre, preparing participants to support Local Y-Agoras.<\/p>\n<h3>Local Y-Agora Albania<\/h3>\n<p>In June 2026, Youth4Society invited nine young people aged 18\u201330 living in Albania to apply to the Local Y-Agora. The call described research, surveys, focus groups, dialogue with stakeholders and development of a Local Action Plan. The application deadline was 5 July 2026; this call is now closed.<\/p>\n<h3>Community research<\/h3>\n<p>In September 2026, the project published factsheets presenting community research findings from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. They explored young people\u2019s participation, barriers to engagement and examples of local practice.<\/p>\n<h3>Activity updates and original posts<\/h3>\n<p>Dates below refer to publication of each update, which may follow the activity itself.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>06\/01\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTLP_4Fgk80\/\">Project launch<\/a> (Youth4Society)<\/li>\n<li><strong>22\/02\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DVEBYweAjB5\/\">Newsletter: youth participation and active citizenship<\/a> (Youth4Society)<\/li>\n<li><strong>03\/04\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWq3BSLjZh8\/\">International training announcement<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>06\/05\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DX_vjwxDacH\/\">Meet the project partners<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>01\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZC0nwFjcHv\/\">Opening of the international training<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>02\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZFHITbNDrA\/\">Day 1 video: participant reflections<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>02\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZFR5NzDeqT\/\">Training day 2: democratic participation<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>03\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZIlxe2tZzO\/\">Day 2 video: communication and empathy<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>03\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZIpbtBjamP\/\">Training day 3: media literacy and collective action<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>04\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZKNmrttHU6\/\">Day 3 video: media literacy and Forum Theatre<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>04\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZKV5rmDTC2\/\">Training final day: mentoring and commitments<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>05\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZMxBlbtli5\/\">Training: participant reflections and next steps<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>12\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZfMgICNuJG\/\">Second transnational project meeting<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZmywwCDc3n\/\">International training overview<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>17\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DZr_hnltu9E\/\">International training: video highlights<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>19\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZw_Ni6DVmL\/\">Second newsletter<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>24\/06\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZ_9qQ9Cgs1\/\">Call for Local Y-Agora Albania participants (closed)<\/a> (Youth4Society)<\/li>\n<li><strong>10\/09\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdGsYCzjWpp\/\">Albania community-research factsheet<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>14\/09\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdQxF7Hjdwl\/\">Bosnia and Herzegovina community-research factsheet<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<li><strong>15\/09\/2026<\/strong> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DdTpdKGDdEm\/\">Serbia community-research factsheet<\/a> (Y-AGORA project account)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Y-AGORA is funded by the European Union through the Erasmus+ Programme.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Earlier activities<\/h2>\n<h3>Path to Interfaith Dialogue \u2014 3\u20139 February 2010<\/h3>\n<p><em>Archived training-course announcement.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This course was planned in Albania for 30 youth leaders and youth workers from the European Union, Turkey, the Euro-Mediterranean region, South-East Europe and the Caucasus. It aimed to promote tolerance and mutual understanding between young people from different communities and religions.<\/p>\n<p>The programme focused on the importance of dialogue in multicultural and multireligious communities. Participants\u2019 varied backgrounds were intended to create opportunities to exchange ideas and experiences, enriching learning for both participants and trainers.<\/p>\n<p>Through non-formal learning, equality and human-rights education, the course aimed to deepen understanding of religious diversity and develop problem-solving skills for responding to prejudice, stereotypes and racism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore recent Y-AGORA activities and the earlier projects that form part of Youth4Society\u2019s history. Explore Y-AGORA: the project, activities and latest updates. Y-AGORA: youth participation and local democracy Y-AGORA \u2014 Youth Agoras: Bridging Generations and Empowering Citizenship Across Europe \u2014 is an Erasmus+ capacity-building project connecting partners in Albania, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/new-activities\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New activities<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429,"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/12\/revisions\/429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youth4society.org\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}