Noortevahetus Catch the Opportunity!

Noortevahetus "Catch the Opportunity!" (Haara võimalusest!) tõi kokku 31 noort Eestist, Leedust, Prantsusmaalt, Hispaaniast, Rumeeniast ja Türgist. Projekt leidis aset 7.-17. juuli Kalanas, Hiiumaal ja käsitles seda kuidas vähendada tööpuudust noorte seas ja väärtustada vabatahtlikku tööd. Noortevahetuse raames viidi läbi mitmeid töötubasid, tutvuti erinevate riikide töötusega võitlemise strateegiatega ja viidi läbi osaluskohvik Kärdlas. Ühel päeval mindi ka erinevatesse kohtadesse Hiiumaal, et anda oma panus vabatahtlikena: aidati tassida nii talvepuid, laduda ümber riitasid, restaureerida maja kui ka tassida keldrist kartuleid ja pügada hekke. Projekti lõpus valmis dokument, mis sisaldab kokku kogutud ideid ja ettepanekuid väärtustamiseks vabatahtlikku tööd ja võitlemaks noorte töötusega. Dokument on saadaval siin: http://euroopa.noored.ee/node/5036 Lisaks sellele kuulutasime välja ideekonkursi, et koguda kokku ka teised head ideed ning koostöös Euroopa parlamendi saadiku Tunne Kelamiga panna ka kõige lennukamate ideedega noorele välja reis Brüsselisse. Konkursi info on olemas siin: http://seiklejatevennaskond.blogspot.com/2011/09/ideekonkurss.html ning konkurss on endiselt avatud kõigile Eestis elavatele noortele vanuses 16-26.

Cheese and Chat! 18.04.2011

Hea Lõuna-Eesti aktiivne noor, noortejuht või noorsootöötaja!
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Project One World - Our World! successfully completed!

Project “One World – Our World!” took place in Estonia from 20th to 29th of August 2010 on the island of Saaremaa and brought together 31 young people from Estonia, Slovenia, Greece, Italy, Bulgaria and Latvia. The main aim of the project was to discuss topics related to world education and global awareness which include: the impact of media and connection to global awareness, fighting against discrimination, racism and xenophobia, environmental awareness and sustainable development, life on different continents (countries) etc. We worked together to get to know more about these important topics and tried to find solutions how to get more people interested in these problems which have (in)direct effect on all of us. For that we also communicated with local people on the island of Saaremaa (in Kuressaare, Valjala, Salme, Lümanda, Kihelkonna, Leisi, Kärla) and found what is important for them, locally and globally. We also talked with decision makers and heard their opinions from the graasroot level to the top (we talked to the Kuressaare major Urve Tiidus, member of green party Marek Strandberg and Estonian European parliament member Ivari Padar).
We also developed our own group. Together we found our differences and similarities and got over cultural barriers. We developed the understanding of common European citizenship and common future, where is no discrimination or xenophobia.
We also worked on a photo exhibition, which helped us to show the resualts of our project. This was our way to make ourselves, our project and our ideas visible. The exhibition was first opened in Tallinn Solaris center and later in Torgu perish, Saaremaa.
Take closer look: http://YouthExchangeEstonia.blogspot.com/ 
http://Saaremaa2010.blogspot.com/  (in Est) Pictures in Facebook

Youth exchange "Catach the Opportunity!" and training course "I share, I care!" approved by Estonian NA!

Youth exchange “Catch the Opportunity!” brings together 32 young people from Estonia, Lithuania, Romania, France, Spain and Turkey and takes place on a small island of Hiiumaa on the remote part of Estonia. The topic consens unemployment (and specially youth unemployment) and how to decrease it. We also promote voluntary work as a way do decrease youth unemployment and try to value in and also value non-formal learning. We meet with youth from Hiiumaa, members of different voluntary organizations, the workers of Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund and local desision makers. We gather together all the experiences from them and also of our partner countries to work on a set of proposals 1) how to decrease youth unemployment 2) and how to value non-formal education and voluntary work. We promote voluntary work by engaging in different activities with local NGOs (a volunteer work campaign). In the end we prepare a document with all our suggestions which we personally deliver to different organizations, decisions makers, policical parties and institutsions. We also make this document all languages we speak and send it around not only in Estonia, but also to partner countries organizations, public bodies, politicians. We prepare a blog and a webpage where we promote our ideas and give ourview of our project and we also prepare a photo exhibition of our results.
Training course „I share, I care!“ is aimed for youth workers directly working with young people from different target groups or responsible for sharing and providing information about different opportunities (especially YiA programme) to young people, youth organizations, decision makers etc. Training course will take place in Otepää, small town in South-Estonia in Valga county and involve 20 participants from 10 countries across Europe (Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey). Training will be lead by intercultural team of trainers from Estonia and Bulgaria with the support of Estonian support team.
Training course helps to develop skills which are essential for this kind of activity: working with different target groups, understanding the concept of intercultural learning, developing personal learning process (LLL & L2L) in the context of non-formal learning. If the first part of training course is more general, the second part gets more concrete: first of all – what are the opportunities of YiA programme and developing participants’ knowledge of certain subprogrammes, also Youthpass as a important tool in valuing non-formal learning process is examined and introduced (and practicezised). Secondly – we work on how to analyze the needs of different target groups, how to motivate them and provide them information (attractively) this way it would be useful for them. The training course also involves local specialists, multipliers and members of local youth organizations who have the chance to share experiences with seminar participants and make new contacts. In the end of training course participants have the chance to put their learning outcome into practice – they will participate in providing information in different places to different target groups (youth, youth with less opportunities, local municipality workers, unemployed youth, youth organizations etc) and this how they can get a real experience how is to provide information in different cultural environment. This is also important to make the training course visible and bring some benefit for the local organizations/youth etc.
For more information contact: seiklejate.vennaskond@gmail.com

About us

We are a group of young active and optimistic people who are all interested in different areas of life. We have participated in different projects concerning environment and youth culture.Our group gathers every month to take up new ideas and think how to put them into practice.We sincerely believe that the young people today can make a difference and we all work for this purpose:)

Contact us

e-mail: seiklejate.vennaskond@gmail.com

Also do not forget to take look out facebook page as we have uploaded great deal of pictures there! :)

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