Trainingul: Y-PLAN Youth Plan Learn Act Now - Youth Participation and Democratic Citizenship

The training course will have two parts: - The first part (1 and a half day) is a training course that will give participants the opportunity to learn, experience, and reflect upon elements related with youth involvement in public life. - The second part (2 days and a half) is designed as an open floor for the participants to share experience, to design and develop methods/activities related with youth participation. All the information that we will use during this training course is based on training manuals from UNDP, Council of Europe, and UNICEF. What you will learn: - Module 1: The concept of youth participation: what is youth participation, historical background, interpreting participation, pros and cons of participation, level of youth participation - Module 2: Strategies for promoting participation: principles of participation sequence of action, participation process - Module 3: Participatory methods - Principles and techniques: type of techniques for promoting youth participation, legal and informal methods for youth involvement in decision making at a local level, Council of Europe Charter as a tool in youth participation, using participatory methods: advantages, challenges, and ways forward. A short list of the methods that will be presented: World Café, Open Space Technology, Citizens Jury, Consensus Conference, Delphi, Technology of Participation, etc.More information you can find at ACT Association web site :http://act.org.ro/serviciile-noastre/agenda-cursurilor-in-2006