ngo magazine - nr. 3 (february 2012)

NGO MAGAZINE – February 2012

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The role of

a student

• CED, five years with you

• YATA Macedonia delegation visits Brussels

• CDI, Bona Mente Conference


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EUROPEAN CENTER SN7 ORGANIZED REGIONAL CONFERENCE ON TOPIC

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European Center SN7 organized a regional

conference on topic “European future of

the youth”. The conference was held at

the EU InfoCentre in Skopje, on February

07, 2012. The conference was attended by

representatives of the nongovernmental

sector from our country and beyond,

representatives of the public institutions,

creators and protagonists of youth

policies, representatives from the

educational institutions, researchers for

youth future etc. Daut Memeti, the

president of the European Center SN7

noted that the conference coincides with

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the long-term strategy of the European

Center SN7. “Our organisation fully

committed on youth development,

involving young people in decision-

making and ensuring equal opportunities

between generations”, said Mr. Memeti.

Otherwise, the secretary general of the

European Center SN7, Fatos Veliu, during

the opening speech said that the topic of

the conference “European future of the

youth” presents a challenge for all

generations. “Dealing with young people

and their future is a big responsibility, but

also is a huge satisfaction", said Mr. Veliu.

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"Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." – By: Henry Ford


Before five years, motivated by the idea that

things should be changed, either in the

approach that we teach children, also in the

way of acting locally related to cultural

developments in the societies, it was found

Center for education and development

(CED). Even in that time the organization had

a clear mission and vision that there should

be institutional action in the society, so that

positive changes would be promoted,

through which young people will find their

selves and will contribute for their future.

Our projects were successful thanks to the

organizational and professional capacities

that were involved during their

implementations. It is very easy to fulfill the

project aims, when they are led by

professional, but in the same time by people

which are motivated to work with young

people. From its beginning the organization

as its target group has the young people,

and only through direct involvement them

on the education process we could promote

the excepted changes. We have never forget

to involve in our projects the teachers,

students, leaders of the different institutions

who were directly involved in different

activities. We were aware that the projects

would be accepted only if they promote skills

and if they are applicable. Always we strive to

increase the quality of our projects, the

implementation methods, monitoring and

evaluation. The different projects are based

on participative pedagogy, where learning is

understood as process, which depends from

the learner. Since 2006 the organization has

implemented more than 15 projects and

more than 50 activities. Projects and activities

were striving for education, capacity building

and initiatives for different cultural activities

in the region. The methodology that we

were using in our projects is mainly through

non formal education methods, such as:

individual work, group work, tutorials,

presentations, role plays, dance theatre,

campaigns, creative workshops, Medias and

the intercultural education. The seriousness

of our projects and different actions is seen

through the different national and

international cooperation’s with: Ministry of

education and science, Children Foundation

Pestalozzi, Switzerland programme for the

Western Balkan, Pro Helvetia, Contemporary

art centre, Centre for non formal education-

Triagolnik, New York University (Skopje),

British council. Currently the organization is

member of different coalition of organization

such: SEGA, MOF, RCC, and ADAEL. The

organization is open for everybody, so every

individual who would like to contribute to

make changes within his/her region, at the

same time to increase its capacities, might

join to us on creating a better future for the

youth. In the name of the all organizations

members, we thanks all previous members

that have contributed until now on

implementing different projects and

promoting the positive values which the

organization has built until now. We hope

that on the tenth anniversary CED would be

serious institution which functions not only

in the country but wider in the Balkans, by

promoting changes on the education system,

culture and the development in general. We

believe that only with positive energy,

sustainability and creativity, objectives might

be achieved; CED continues to live and

function.

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FROM CULTURE TO DEVELOPMENT

Being aware that more than half of

population in Macedonia lives in rural

areas, but in the same time identifying the

needs within the communities in these

areas, CED works on the field of promoting

the cultural development in these areas.

According to the strategic plan of the

organization we work with different NGOs,

individuals and other citizens groups to

function as non formal group on solving

different cultural issues. Until now we have

implemented several activities so that the

rural region become attractive destination

for the tourists and other interested

organization. Based on this idea CED,

through the project RCC cooperates with

the Switzerland programme for the

western Balkan, through which we realize

more then 4 activities by year. In December

2011 for the first time under local

organization it was organized open debate

for the idea of declaring the Sharr

Mountain as National park. On this event

more than 40 people, leaders of NGOs in

Macedonia and Kosovo were participating.

The organization believes that only

through genuine culture events, national

protection of the beauties of the rural

regions, and the idea of brining cultural

events to the rural areas, Macedonia could

be developed country, where each

individual is valued according to what he

does, and not where he or she lives.

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The Youth of the Euro-Atlantic Council of

Macedonia on 18.01.2012 in the facilities of

the University American College Skopje held

its regular Annual Assembly. At the Assembly

the members had the opportunity to review

and adopt the Annual Report for the work of

the organization as well as the Activities of

MEACM for 2012. Regarding these two

documents the participants had a very fruitful

debate. At the Annual Assembly of MEACM a

new presidency was elected:

- President: Ilija Djugumanov

- Vice-presidents: Stefanija Madzoska and

Emir Berisha

- Secretary General: Jordan Tasev

The new presidency consists of 14 additional

young Atlanticists elected following the

criteria for gender and University balance. At

the Assembly the Executive Office of the

Euro-Atlantic Council of Macedonia was

present and the President, Lazar Elenovski,

gave a short and encouraging speech.

Delegation of YATA Macedonia on invitation

by the NATO Public Diplomacy Division, from

22nd to 25th of January 2012 visited NATO HQ

and SHAPE in Brussels and Mons, Belgium. The

youth opinion formers, in the NATO HQ, had

briefings and discussions with high

representatives of NATO. The first briefing was

dedicated to the current political issues and

forthcoming NATO Summit in Chicago, held by

Mr Alexandros Papaioannou from the Policy

Planning Unit, Office of the Secretary General.

During that one hour, the Macedonian

delegation had possibility to listen more on the

role of the new strategic concept as well as the

priority issues on Chicago Summit agenda.

Next session was dedicated on the states of

Western Balkan. Representatives of NATO

PDD were Ms. Barbora Maronkova, Regional

Coordinator for the Western Balkans and Mr.

Laurie Walker, Balkan Officer, Political Affairs

and Security Policy Division. Afternoon session

was dedicated to Afghanistan, on which the

youth could debate with Mr. Daniele Riggio,

Information Officer with responsibility on

Afghanistan within NATO PDD. Also meetings

were held with Ms. Joy Davis-Kirchner,

representative of the U.S. Mission to NATO

and photo exhibition held by Chez delegation

on the topic “Our security is not given” was

accessed, opened by Kolinda Graber, Deputy

Secretary General for Public Diplomacy. The

day finished with a round table on public

diplomacy and new media, followed by a

meeting with representatives of the

Macedonian Mission to NATO. The visit of

SHAPE was a high-level visit. Two sessions

were held, first one dedicated to NATO,

SHAPE and ACO, and the second one was

dedicated to NATO operations. The third

meeting which was held, was dedicated to

questions and answers, and was especially

beneficial for the young atlantists. During the

informal part, the Macedonian representatives

had an opportunity to spend time with YATA

representatives. Opportunities for the future

cooperation were considered. Previous work of

YATA Macedonia was presented and highly

remarked by the Montenegrin fellows as well

as Macedonian representatives in NATO HQ

and SHAPE. This visit was also very strong

team building tool for the new Presidency of

YATA Macedonia.

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Volunteering is generally considered an

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also volunteer for their own skill

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performed by a wide range of people. Many

volunteers are specifically trained in the areas

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an as-needed basis, such as in response to a

natural disaster or for a beach-cleanup. Such

volunteers do not work for free and are given

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Civil Association Community Development

Institute (CDI), organized a national conference on

December 21, 2011 at the "EU Info Centre" in

Skopje under the project "BONA MENTE: Support

Committees for Inter-Community CICR" CDI that

was implemented in the past 11 months with

financial support from the European Union,

through the IPA of 2008. The conference aims at

promoting the results achieved within the project

and opening the discussion about the need to

amend the Law on Local Self-Government, in order

to strengthen the role of CICR at the local level.

Representatives of civil society, committees for

Inter-ethnic Relations between the communities of

21 municipalities, members of Parliament, and

other participants attending the conference had

the opportunity to become familiar with the

contents of CICR manual titled "Everything I want

to know about CICR" altogether with the analysis

of policies for CICR that CDI has drafted under this

project, as well as specific proposals for

amendments to the Law of Local Government that

CDI proposes for increasing the participation of

minority ethnic communities in decisions making

that affect them by strengthening the role of CICR.

In his speeches the Executive Director of CDI

Sreten Koceski, and General Secretary Damir Neziri

presented activities that were conducted as part of

the "Bona Mente: Support for CICR," while

Professor of Law Faculty in Skopje, Ms. Renata

Deskovska addressed the legal aspects of the

proposed amendments to the Local Government

and how these changes will impact on improving

the functionality of these committees in the future.

The conference presented the following activities

that CDI will implement in 2012, which will aim to

adopt the proposed amendment by the Assembly

of the Republic of Macedonia. This project

represents a continuation of a series of activities

that CDI realized in the past 6 years, and which aim

to improve the performance of CICR and increasing

their role at the local level.

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(CDI) within the annual programme

supported by CIVICA Mobilitas, during

the year of 2011 developed and

published the Manual for volunteers.

The purpose of this manual is to

facilitate the way towards voluntarism

for both today’s and also future

volunteers, and to show the organizers

of the volunteering activity the role of

volunteering, the contents of the Law

on volunteers and to provide answers

to the most frequently asked

questions about the ongoing

implementation of the Law which will

contribute for stimulating and

recognizing the importance of

voluntarism in Macedonia. According

to the authors of this manual who are

volunteers themselves, volunteering

include voluntary work, or activity of

people who by their own good will

invest their time, effort, knowledge

and labor, without financial

compensation for the benefit of

certain individual, group, community.

The voluntary work offers a lot of

opportunities to young people that

want to help their community in any

way and at the same time to develop

their communication skills and gain

the experience they need. For these

reasons CDI works actively on

promoting voluntarism and

encouraging young people to engage

in voluntary work as many as possible.

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It is amazingly interesting now day’s role of a

student. It took centuries people in this world

to come up intentionally or not and “vote” a

pathfinder that will everlastingly be a key of

exploring professions and help people survive

and live, and this is the student that seems to

be just a term. This term, as always, today

presents a youngster whose future is

enigmatic and has treasure of wisdom that is

endowed somewhere in space, waiting and

wanting this pure will of a student to explore

it. This term also has a place that is an object

where ideas enjoin the lecturer and the

searcher to illustrate a way of progress in life.

And In spite of all, the will of this youngster

and his/her purification may be restricted?

BECOMING A STUDENT

I am a student myself and becoming a student

we already know that it is a universal, unique

and authoritative term. As students, we live in

different sections of the world and all we do is

inherit the lessons of those who were

students, years, decades and centuries ago.

This seems to be that the student is the leader

of population whose country is this planet

earth, because, as students, we are all over the

world and in front of any development. It is

very much important to be cautious in our

beginning of our search and understand why

we are the leader of this planet; otherwise, we

may end up in the many theoretical

explanations that lead us toward to different

life standings people own, which move us

away of who we are supposed to be. We

usually say that “future is unpredictable”, and

this means that no one assures us if people

were aware of living this lifestyle we have

today, because our present time is what

people in the past have considered as their

future which we might like or not, and

unpredictably we happen to live this way we

do, same as our future might be for the new

generations. We start our education in our

own environmental places we live: among our

families, in our nations and with the lectures

that traditionally have been our guide. And I

think, maybe the traditional lecture of living

life this way, sometime leads us to making the

Sadudin

BAJRAMI

very famous question to ourselves: why do we

use a small percentage of our brain, and why

do we feel that we are excluded somehow

from life? And the kind of answer I have for this

is: we don’t seem to work properly to be

included to life, because the purpose of this life

is a human to be related and engaged to the

nature’s environmental creation and respect it

by being patient, tolerant and curious, but, we

do the opposite, because we segregate each-

other and study life superficially. It is necessary

to care this way and be critical when learning

what we are taught, explain it to ourselves and

foresee whether it works globally, and if it

doesn’t then we are, may be, unwontedly

manipulated. This manipulation we can

recognize if we understand that our world isn’t

only our countries that have few millions of

people, many borders that restrict our will to

explore deeper in life, but our country is our

entire world, and we’re its citizen. This way of

understanding life involves and introduces to

us the purpose of its values.

BEING A STUDENT

Being a student many people or students

understand it as just being someone who

attend some courses in state or private

universities, but in reality a student can be

anyone, (especially youngsters who might have

no chance to attend educational courses, but

work in some random jobs or just hang around

the streets, having no given opportunity to do

what many others can, but learn from being

pushed away ), because to be a student to me

means to be a researcher who looks for lessons

that adapt people easier to life. And if those of

us who are students, think by any chance that

attending the lessons and finishing the years

that we are required before we get degrees

complete our lesson that adapts us easier to

life than we are wrong, because our lesson is

our life and in different sections of our world

our lesson changes: If in one part of the world

dominate democratic means then in another

on dominate communism means or whatever

else. So, what I want to explain isn’t what

democracy or communism means, but how

people have different ways of standings and

political views which for every oncoming

generation are a wrong traditional lecture, and

that deceives our brains, by taking our will that

we are supposed to use in our normal lives,

and they make it a product to fed their

conspiracies’ theories. So, every step we take as

students we should never forget that our

role isn’t to be able to manipulate with

others or relate to different organizations,

but be a role keeper and this term, “the

student” is an organization itself, because it

includes everyone at the same time and its

means aren’t to agree with whatever

foolishness we realize or comes out, but to

study it and see whether it is a problem for

us and our future. I personally disagree with

the way that we as students accept life, and

I also irritate those washed brain people

who institutionally use their positions to

manipulate with us and pretend like they

are doing something that makes them

exceptional in their careers, but in reality

they are the screwier. We attend our

courses in our universities, and we can see

that state universities have people who

usually have nationalistic views whose

lectures are a total lie when teaching a

student to learn how to be against one

another’s nations, instead of leaving us live

life and respect it as it is, and the second

one are also our private universities where

we can realize how materialistic minds

work. These aren’t reasons to be against

professors, because there are good

professors who knew what it meant to be a

student and who clearly know what they

should teach students, but are against the

concepts that institutional laws allow to

happen. This is or isn’t the way to teach and

study, but a best way to tell ourselves what

kind of students we are is to learn how to

earn our lifetime grade which is very deep

in life. These life perceptions might look

quite idealistic which stand away of realism,

but, nevertheless, the idea is a title that

beneath it stands the providence of a

predictable future according to factious

reasons. And these reasons may look

complicated, but life connections are

unlimited, and the complicated

mathematical number connections from

zero to nine can tell us what our life is all

about. So if we want to know and get rid of

our psychological and physical pain then

we should always ask ourselves: why our

will is restricted?

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The European Youth Information and

Counselling Agency (ERYICA) was

established on 17 April 1986 in Madrid, in

accordance with a recommendation adopted

by the first European Colloquium of Youth

Information Centres organised in April 1985

in Marly-le-Roi (France). This Colloquium,

which brought together some 200 youth

information and counselling professionals

from 18 countries, was an initiative of the

Paris Youth Information and Documentation

Centre (CIDJ), with support from the French

Ministry for Youth and Sport and from the

Commission of the European Communities.

ERYICA is composed of national bodies

(non-governmental or governmental) which

seek to guarantee the right of young people

to full and reliable information, which helps

them make the choices they face in their

lives, and which promotes their autonomy

and their active participation in a democratic

society.

MISSION

ERYICA is an independent European

organisation, composed of national youth

information co-ordination bodies and

networks. It works to intensify European co-

operation in the field of youth information

work and services. It aims to develop,

support and promote quality generalist

youth information policy and practice at all

levels, in order to meet the information

needs of young people in Europe and to

apply the principles of the European Youth

Information Charter.

AIMS

As stated in the Agency's Constitution,

ERYICA has three aims: to promote respect

for the principles of the European Youth

Information Charter, and to work for their

implementation; to ensure European co-

ordination and representation in the field of

youth information and counselling; to

promote the establishment of a European

arena in this field, especially by developing a

European Network of youth information and

counselling structures. (Source: eryica.org)

processes and recent EU policy

development.

BACKGROUND

AGE was set up in January 2001 following a

process of discussion on how to improve

and strengthen cooperation between older

people's organizations at EU level.

Membership of AGE is open to European,

national and regional organizations, and to

both organizations of older people and

organizations for older people.

Organizations of older people will have the

majority of votes in AGE's decision-making

bodies. Membership is open only to non-

profit-making organizations. AGE is co-

financed by its members and by the

European Commission.

AGE AND THE EU INSTITUTIONS

This section is designed to introduce

visitors to the European institutions and to

increase their knowledge and

understanding of the main interactions

between AGE and the major European

institutions. It will serve as a useful tool for

better understanding the main legislative

instruments of the EU and to explain how

organisations of and for people aged 50+

can get involved in AGE’s work to influence

the political outcomes of such instruments

through its policy work and lobbying

activities. (Source: age-platform.eu)

AGE Platform Europe is a European

network of around 165 organisations of

and for people aged 50+ representing

directly over 30 million older people in

Europe. Its work focuses on a wide range

of policy areas that impact on older and

retired people. These include issues of

anti-discrimination, employment of older

workers and active ageing, social

protection, pension reforms, social

inclusion, health, elder abuse,

intergenerational solidarity, research,

accessibility of public transport and of the

build environment, and new technologies

(ICT). The Platform takes also active part in

several EU projects. The majority of these

projects are funded by the 7th Framework

Programme. The purpose of its work is to

voice and promote the interests of the 150

million inhabitants aged 50+ in the

European Union and to raise awareness of

the issues that concern them most. AGE

seeks to give a voice to older and retired

people in the EU policy debates, through

the active participation of their

representative organisations at EU,

national, regional and local levels, and

provides a European platform for the

exchange of experience and best

practices. It also aims to inform older

people on their rights as EU citizen or

resident and on EU policy making

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CommunityBuildingMitrovica(CBM)CBM is a local non-governmental organisation (NGO) operating in the field of peace and

community building in the wider region of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo. The overall aim of CBM

is to facilitate contact and dialogue between citizens in the whole of Mitrovica municipality.

CBMs staff consists of devoted citizens – both Serbs and Albanians – who grew up in this region

and want to restore the previous confidence and even friendship that war and politics have

destroyed. By supporting many concrete projects which address the direct needs of the local

communities, CBM contributes in a modest way to this aim. The work of the past years has

gained the organization a strong reputation on both sides of the Ibar. Fields in which CBM works

are: media, culture, youth, women, minorities, dialogue, and return of refugees and IDPs

(Internally Displaced Persons). CBMs projects are open to members of all communities living in

Mitrovica, and wider. CBM often cooperates with other NGOs, helps out with local initiatives and

works with local governmental institutions and international organizations in order to initiate, to

develop and to implement activities, for the benefit of the communities, in Mitrovica, and wider.

Vision of CBM: Mitrovica, a safe place where accountable institutions and strong civil society

cooperate in developing a democratic society, where there is an appreciation for diversity and

opportunity for citizens to make choices.

Mission of CBM:Local organization that identifies and advances joint interests of citizens

through facilitation of interethnic dialogue and advocacy, as well as strengthening civil society

against accountable institutions. (Source: cbmitrovica.org)


The European Youth Forum is the Platform of

the Youth Sector of Civil Society in Europe.

Independently established by youth

organisations it is made up of more than 90

National Youth Councils and International Non-

Governmental Youth Organisations, which are

federations of youth organisations in

themselves. It brings together tens of millions

of young people from all over Europe,

organised in order to represent their common

interests. Representation, internal democracy,

independence, openness and inclusion are

among the main principles for the functioning

of the European Youth Forum and its Member

Organisations.

OUR VISION

Be the voice of young people in Europe, where

young people are considered as equal citizens,

and are supported and encouraged to achieve

their fullest potential as citizens of the World.

The European Youth Forum represents and

advocates for the needs and interests of all

young people in Europe, through their positive

and active participation.

OUR AIMS

● Increase the participation of young people

and youth organisations in society, as well as in

decision-making processes;

● Positively influence policy issues affecting

young people and youth organisations, by

being a recognized partner for international

institutions, namely the European Union, the

Council of Europe and the United Nations;

● Promote the concept of youth policy as an

integrated and cross-sectoral element of overall

policy development;

● Facilitate the participation of young people

through the development of sustainable and

independent youth organisations at the

national and international level;

● Foster the exchange of ideas and experience,

mutual understanding, and equal rights and

opportunities among young people in Europe;

● Uphold intercultural understanding,

democracy, respect, active citizenship and

solidarity;

● As the biggest regional youth platform in the

world, we work to deepen European integration

while at the same time contributing to the

development of youth work in other regions of

the world. (Source: youthforum.org)

SALTO:Why?What?Where?When?Who?SALTO-YOUTH stands for Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities within the

European YOUTH programme. What is the history and scope of this network of SALTO-

YOUTH Resource Centres?

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SALTO-YOUTH.net is a network of 8 Resource Centres working on European priority areas

within the youth field. It provides youth work and training resources and organises training and

contact-making activities to support organisations and National Agencies within the frame of

the European Commission's Youth in Action programme and beyond. SALTO-YOUTH's history

started in 2000 and is part of the European Commission’s Training Strategy within the Youth in

Action programme and works in synergy and complimentarity with other partners in the field.

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SALTO-YOUTH does not take over the work of other actors in the field - on the contrary -

SALTO strives to complement existing initiatives or build synergies between them.

• SALTO provides mutilateral Training Courses, in cooperation with National Agencies /

Coordinators, about European Priority Topics and according to NAs needs.

• SALTO works together with the Partnership on European Youth Worker Training between

the Council of Europe and the European Commission on publications like Coyote and T-Kits,

through interlinking between their websites and by co-organising Trainer Meetings

• The SALTO EuroMed Resource Centre is a partner in the EuroMed Partnership agreement

between the Council of Europe and the European Commission

• SALTO cooperates with the European Youth Forum and lists their Pool of Trainers

members in TOY. (Source: salto-youth.net)

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order to implement our ideas in our local

groups and in joint activities. Within

international actions, we intend to raise

public awareness and to put pressure on

enterprises and politicians.

YEE'S EUROPEAN ACTIVITIES FALL INTO

TWO MAIN AREAS:

1) Supporting the work of the member

organisations by promoting the widest

possible exchange of information, ideas

and experience among them, through

publications and European training courses

(e.g.: sustainable development, landscape

management, ecology and economy,

sustainable tourism, energy, climate

change…)

2) Coordination of the activities of the

member organisations by promoting direct

cooperation between individuals on topics

of mutual interest through European

working groups and by organizing joint

actions and campaigns on environmental

issues of European importance. Such

campaigns are: Climate Campaign, Green

Energy Go Campaign, Sustainability

Campaign, Ozone Campaign. (Source: yeenet.eu)

ABOUT YEE

Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) is

a platform of many European youth

organisations that study nature or are

active in environmental protection. These

member organisations come together

from 28 countries. The aim of YEE is to

encourage youth to be involved in

environmental protection and to provide a

platform where these organisations can

work together. YEE gives an opportunity

to contact other European organisations,

to exchange experiences and ideas and to

work together. All our activities are

organised and carried out by young

people under 30. YEE organises and

encourages all activities that can increase

the knowledge, understanding and

appreciation of nature and the awareness

of environmental problems among young

people in Europe. Its aim is to promote

the commitment of youth to the principles

of environmental conservation. Therefore,

young people's voluntary actions have to

be stimulated for the protection and the

rational use of the Earth's resources. Since

environmental problems do not accept

any borders, we act together within YEE in


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WHO WE ARE

The amazing work that YouthNet does

wouldn’t be possible without the people

who work and volunteer here. YouthNet is

based in offices in central London, and we’re

grouped into a number of directorates that

all work towards achieving our

organisation’s mission.

CENTRAL SERVICES AND CEO

Central to everything we do, our Central

Services team ensures the smooth running,

effectiveness and excellent administration of

the organisation. The team supports the

Chief Executive and Board of Trustees with

charity administration, assists the senior

management team to ensure good

organisational management and provides

human resources leadership on the

management of staff, volunteers and

external freelancers and consultants. Our

Chief Executive provides leadership and

guidance, and is crucial in shaping the

organisations vision and strategy.

DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING

The Development and Marketing team raises

money to ensure that YouthNet is a well-

resourced charity and awareness of what our

organisation does. A team of skilled

fundraisers build and manage relationships

with funders from companies, government

and charitable trusts and foundations to

ensure that YouthNet is a social business

that can meet and exceed its objectives.

Contact the Development team if you would

like to discuss a funding partnership or want

to support us through individual giving. Our

experienced researcher provides intelligence

and research to support YouthNet, while

marketing and communications

professionals support internal teams and

provide a consistent perception of YouthNet

and its brands across all stakeholders and

beneficiaries. Contact our press team if you

are a journalist or the marketing team if you

would like to discuss a marketing

opportunity.

OPERATIONS

The operations team manages our websites

and partnership work on a day-to-day basis.

They are focused on working with partners

to create engaging, useful services and

editorial content for visitors to the sites.

The team includes experienced journalists,

online community experts and project

managers, who work tirelessly to manage

ongoing relationships with key partners

and content providers. They also recruit

content providers such as national

charities, youth organisations, government

bodies and not-for-profit organisations.

Contact the operations team if you would

like to discuss opportunities to work

collaboratively with YouthNet, or get

involved as a contributor or have any

suggestions about improving our sites

and services.

TECHNICAL

YouthNet is committed to harnessing

technology for the delivery of valuable

user services. This relies on having a sound

IT infrastructure and a collection of people

skilled in building and maintaining this

infrastructure. Our technical team includes

software programmers, technical project

managers, IT support staff and systems

specialists, who together, create a solid

platform on which we can build our

services. They also support our partners

with their technical needs. Contact the

technical team if you think you could help

us improve our systems.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

YouthNet’s Trustees are collectively

responsible for setting the strategic

direction and objectives of our

organisation. They ensure that YouthNet

operates within the legal and financial

guidelines set out by law and are fulfilling

the charity’s objectives as set out in its

constitution. They work closely with the

Chief Executive and other senior staff in

defining overall policy, setting targets and

monitoring performance. (Source: youthnet.org)

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A project proposal is a document that is written

with a specific purpose in mind: to convince

someone that a project can and should be

completed. Although there isn't a universal format

for project proposals, many elements in proposals

are important, and often, mandatory. Above all

else, you must remember that a project proposal is

an argument. If you don't present a viable and

logical argument, your proposal will likely be

rejected.

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Analyze your audience. Decide who will be

reading the document and how they will be

interacting with the document. The simplest way

to conduct an audience analysis is to write down

what prior knowledge the audience may have

about the topic. This will help you determine how

much detail to include in the proposal.

2. Write an introduction and place it under a

header labeled "Introduction." This should be a

brief description of the overall project and a

statement about why it is a relevant and

important project.

3. Include a section about previous or related

work. Place this under a header labeled

"Background." If there is research or other similar

projects related to your own proposal, you must

include this information. Including this shows the

reader that you have done your homework and are

knowledgeable about your topic.

4. Write out the specific proposal under a header

labeled "Proposed Work." This includes the entire

scope of the project and the details related to each

component of the project. Include a list of project

outcomes. This allows the reader to see tangible

results from your project.

5. Include a project timeline, which can fall under

"Proposed Work." Alternatively, you can add a

new section entitled "Project Timeline." The

timeline should be based on each component of

the project. Include information about how long a

component of a project will take, who will be

responsible for completing the task and the

specific dates associated with a task. Present this

data in a table. To insert a table in Microsoft Word,

click the "Insert" tab and select "Table." Enter the

number of rows and columns you want to include

in the table.

6. Write out a budget and place it under a header

labeled "Budget." Present the expenses that the

project requires. Write out a brief explanation for

each budget item.

7. Conclude by stating the significance of the

project. Tell the reader how your project will

directly impact or improve the reader's life.

By: Art Corvelay , eHow Contributor

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PROJECT PLANING

• Pay close attention to the human factor • Involve your team in the planning process • Iterate your plan • Move tasks that involve risks closer to the start of your project • Leverage technology to save time


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The Association of Local Democracy Agencies - ALDA

ABOUT ALDA

The Association of Local Democracy Agencies

is a non-governmental organisation dedicated

to the promotion of good governance and

citizen participation at the local level. ALDA in

particular focuses on activities that facilitate

cooperation between local authorities and civil

society. It works in Europe (27 members state)

to promote citizens' participation in the public

and European Policies and in the

Neighbouring countries to promote local

democracy from below, with the engagement

of citizens and multilevel stakeholders. ALDA

was established in 1999 at the initiative of the

Council of Europe's Congress of Local and

Regional Authorities to coordinate and

support a network of Local Democracy

Agencies which was established in the early

1990es. It remains one of its supporting

programmes. It is the umbrella organisation of

the Local Democracy Agencies which are self-

sustainable, locally registered NGOs that act

as promoters of good governance and local

self-government. ALDA is a membership

based organisation gathering more than 150

members (including Local Authorities,

Associations of Local Authorities and non-

governmental organisations) coming from

more than 30 countries. ALDA is funded

through membership fees and project funding

from the European Commission, the Council

of Europe and other public and private

donors.

WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT ALDA?

Most of ALDA's work is based on the method

of multilateral decentralized cooperation. This

method involves a multi-stakeholder approach

which focuses on strong partnerships between

Local Authorities and non-governmental

organisations. These partnerships create

positive synergy and ensure that common

goals are reached in a successful way.

WHAT WE DO?

In the framework of promoting good

governance and citizen participation at the

local level ALDA focuses on various themes,

such as European integration, civic initiatives,

youth involvement, human rights,

immigration, equal opportunities, sustainable

economic development, decentralization and

volunteering. ALDA conducts its activities

through different forms of action:

●Coordinating and supporting the 12 Local

Democracy Agencies in their activities

●Developing and implementing projects

based on ALDA's expertise in the field of

good governance and citizen participation at

the local level

●Providing technical assistance to Local

Authorities as project partner using ALDA's

knowledge, network and experience in the

regions where ALDA and the Local Democracy

Agencies are working.

WHERE WE WORK?

ALDA works in most of Europe and the

European neighbourhood countries. Activities

in the European Union focus in particular on

the promotion of Active European Citizenship.

Activities in the Western Balkans and

European Neighbourhood focus on good

governance, citizen participation, European

integration and decentralisation. Most of the

Local Democracy Agencies are located in the

Western Balkans, which gives a natural focus

on that area. But ALDA is also becoming more

and more active in the European

neighbourhood. In 2006 a Local Democracy

Agency was established in Kutaisi in Georgia

and ALDA is currently working towards

opening agencies in Armenia and Azerbaijan.

ALDA is also leading several other projects

and developing partnerships in other

European neighbourhood countries, such a

Belarus, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey.

(Source: alda-europe.eu)

BEST, Board of European Students of

Technology is an international non-profit

and non-political student organization,

organized and run entirely by students.

BEST connects students from 89 technical

universities in 30 countries in a network that

is maintained through numerous joint

projects, interests and friendships. Every

year it organizes over 120 international

courses, seminars and conferences in which

students from different countries learn and

exchange experiences and ideas. Our priority

is to offer quality and to assist students in

Europe, and to do everything we can

combine the triangle "students - university -

companies. As a result of the need for

greater exchange of students, introduction

and operation of domestic students with

colleagues from other universities and

obtaining further education in their studies

was established Board of European Students

of Technology - Skopje.

BEST - Skopje is a full member of the great

European family BEST. Thus, students of Sts.

"Cyril and Methodius" in Skopje have the

right to use the services of BEST, including

the participation of free academic events

organized by other local BEST groups. This is

one of the privileges, but on the other hand

there are obligations. One of those is

committed each year to organize at least

one BEST event that will be attended by

around 30 students from across Europe,

which BEST - Skopje will cover all costs

associated with their stay in Macedonia.

BEST - Skopje this responsibility successfully

meets for seven years, and last year was able

to organize the biggest international seminar

for training and motivation within the BEST -

BalkanJAM, which will have about 400

participants, and the fifth fair. Labour and

many other events. The hard work of

members, who sacrificed much of their free

time, resulted in the successful organization

of these events.

STAY TUNED! SEE YOU NEXT ISSUE!

ALDA CONTACT INFORMATION

The Strasbourg Headquarters

Council of Europe; 1, avenue de l'Europe

F-67075 Strasbourg, France

Phone: +33 3 90 21 45 93

Fax: +33 3 90 21 55 17

Email: [email protected]

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