Youth Meeting and Education Centre Sajan

14/09/2018

URGENT CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS FROM SERBIA

ABOUT THE PROJECT:

The Center for Intercultural Dialogue (CID) through the project BalCAN Change which is going to implemented from July 2018 to February 2019. The whole project will focus on development of action plans on local level in 4 communities, development of an online course, production of stories, surveys and articles in different languages which will go on www.multikulti.mk, video compilation depicting the caravan and impressions of the participants from the whole process, including learning moments, challenges they have faced and beautiful stories of working together.

CID together with the partners from Kosovo*, Montenegro and Serbia will select a group of 8 participants from each country, from 18 to 25 years old. The first part of the project is going to be the Peace Academy happening in Ohrid from 19th-23rd September. Afterwards we are going to have online courses as well as the Implementation of advocacy campaigns from each country. In January we will organize The caravan which will start in Belgrade and will take all the group to each city, ending in Podgorica. This project will promote and try to build the capacity of young people to advocate for peace through cultural/artistic activities as well as increase the mobility of youth (especially from marginalized communities) in the Balkan region.

ABOUT THE PEACE ACADEMY:

The Academy will last for 5 days and will prepare the 32 participants for organising and implementing an advocacy campaign which will have clear objectives and a plan for action. The idea is to have advocacy campaigns that will have an element of public display (can be an exhibition, a theatrical performance, flashmob, etc.), which can be incorporated in the Caravan 4 Peace and displayed in every city, but the campaign does not have to be limited to this format. The groups will have time in the program

The methodology of the training will rely on the non- formal education principles: group discussions, role plays, daily evaluations, smaller/bigger/mixed group activities, using creativity and arts for expression. Every partner will come with the expertise of their organization to share new tools on how to ensure intercultural dialogue. The practical aspect of the Academy will be the planning of the advocacy campaigns, so that the youngsters already have a starting point for when they go back to plan their advocacy campaign during the Academy, so that they can get feedback from facilitators and other participants.

HOW TO APPLY:
If you are interested, please follow the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbsFZYydpDqe9GvLjwgi18GWcLrgkX2G_lkyxjittD1K21MQ/viewform?usp=pp_url

Thank you!

03/10/2016

LAST MINUTE: Call for GERMAN and SERBIAN participants in Kavadarci, Macedonia 5.-14. Oktober 2016

Are you interested in nature and organic farming?
Are you willing to gain practical experience in the field of entrepreneurship, management, sustainable development and agriculture?
Do you like to share your knowledge with 27 young people form Macedonia, Germany, Serbia and Romania?
If Yes, APPLY for the Youth Exchange “Organic Impact” that will happen in Kavadarci, Macedonia from 5th till 14th October 2016.
This Youth Exchange aims to increase the abilities among the participants to use organic farming, outdoor pursuits and nature as a learning tool, formally, informally and non-formally. Using these methods, we want to raise awareness about environmental issues, human separation from the natural world and explore the possibilities to act toward sustainable living culture breaking cultural, social and geographical barriers.

To apply follow the link: https://goo.gl/forms/LSA82k2vSREvqe833
For more info check attachment or contact: [email protected]“

26/09/2016

Call for Serbian participants!

- You feel that hate speech and discrimination in social media is a big problem?
- You are not indifferent towards the issue of hate speech and group focused enmity?
- You are ready to discuss and reflect on these issues?
- You live in Germany or Serbia, and you are between 16 to 21 years old?
Then join the second part of our Youth Exchange in Sajan, Serbia to share your experience and express your ideas!

The project will address rapidly growing phenomena of hate speech. Special focus will be put on growing presence of hate speech within social media and what are the possible consequences of it for a democratic society. Assessment of this issue will be made through parallel comparison with the propaganda and hate campaigns that were used in the period of National Socialism and now.
In the introductory part participants will have an opportunity to get familiar with the basic principles of discrimination, hate speech and prejudices. Topics will be further developed through simulations, exercises, group and team activities. Historical context of both Germany and Serbia will be considered throughout the pregame of the Youth Exchange.
Therefore, the topic of hate speech will be approached from the comparative perspective. Through the work participants will jointly define dangers that hate speech can cause to democracy and human dignity.
The aim of the project is to establish and define tools for suppression and prevention of hate speech and discrimination. Tools which are accessible to each one of us who want to use them.
The outcome of the Youth Exchange is an online exhibition which will be designed by participants themselves.
Two seminars will be organized within this project:
_We against the Hate Speech I 6-14 August, 2016 in Weimar, Germany
 _We against the Hate Speech II 8-16 October, 2016 in Sajan, Serbia

In order to apply, fill in an online application form:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Kud6kbeYlcHuYlg6K054fs8XakZENNAi4zcB1prOm0c

Deadline extended until 30th of September.

Deadline for applications: 25 September 2016 Accommodation and food will be provided by the organizers for the whole duration of the exchange. We will refund transportation costs for participants coming from Germany to Serbia. Unfortunately, we are not able to refund travel costs for local participa...

19/09/2016

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Youth Global Forum is a unique event, which will gather together more than 150 participants from all over the world, with the aim to come to solutions for the most prevalent issues. The topic of the annually organized event is related to the location and actuality of the matter. This year, it is "Th...

11/07/2016

Last call for participants

form GERMANY, ICELAND, BiH, SERBIA, MONTENEGRO, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA and SWEDEN.


“EvsMOTIONS” training course is chance to develop EVS mentors/tutors/facilitators competences, especially in context of learning to learn philosophy that will enable them to deliver of better quality support within their future work.

For more info and how to apply: [email protected]
https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/evsmotions.5770/

Everything at a glance: training within the YOUTH IN ACTION Programme and beyond! Are you curious about what Europe has to offer in training activities in the field of youth and non-formal education? Would you like to contribute to the varied range to make it even more attractive? Search this online...

08/07/2016

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
- You feel that hate speech and discrimination in social media is a big problem?
- You are not indifferent towards the issue of hate speech and group focused enmity?
- You are ready to discuss and reflect on these issues?
- You live in Germany or Serbia, and you are between 16 to 21 years old?
Then join our Youth Exchanges in Weimar, Germany and in Sajan, Serbia to share your experience and express your ideas!
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The project will address rapidly growing phenomena of hate speech. Special focus will be put on growing presence of hate speech within social media and what are the possible consequences of it for a democratic society. Assessment of this issue will be made through parallel comparison with the propaganda and hate campaigns that were used in the period of National Socialism and now.

In the introductory part participants will have an opportunity to get familiar with the basic principles of discrimination, hate speech and prejudices. Topics will be further developed through simulations, exercises, group and team activities. Historical context of both Germany and Serbia will be considered throughout the pregame of the Youth Exchange.
Therefore, the topic of hate speech will be approached from the comparative perspective. Through the work participants will jointly define dangers that hate speech can cause to democracy and human dignity.

The aim of the project is to establish and define tools for suppression and prevention of hate speech and discrimination. Tools which are accessible to each one of us who want to use them.
The outcome of the Youth Exchange is an online exhibition which will be designed by participants themselves.
Two seminars will be organized within this project:
• We against the Hate Speech I 6-14 August, 2016 in Weimar, Germany
• We against the Hate Speech II 5-13 October, 2016 in Sajan, Serbia

HOW TO APPLY
In order to apply, fill in an online application form: http://goo.gl/forms/4exFQy6Sd6kDB6wu2
Deadline: 10 July 2016

Deadline for applications: 10 July 2016 Accommodation and food will be provided by the organizers for the whole duration of the exchange. We will refund all transportation costs for participants coming from Serbia to Germany up to 208 euros. Unfortunately, we are not able to refund travel costs for…

02/06/2016

SUMMER 2016 - Here we come!!! After the winter break the staff of Youth Meeting and Education Centre Sajan (YMECS) is preparing for a summer full of amazing projects. What´s new? A 90 qm terrace is in preparation, getting rid of the old fence in the middle, lots of open space and finally getting a place for fire and BBQ! Come and enjoy :)

20/05/2016

You want to experience an outstanding project?

Apply and join the International Training Course "EvsMOTIONS" in the frame of the long-term project "VOLUNTEERING GOES EUROPE" organised by CGE Erfurt e.V. in the cosy Youth Meeting and Education Centre Sajan in Serbia, 15th - 24th of July 2016!

Check the Centre via https://www.facebook.com/Youth-Meeting-and-Education-Centr…/ and apply for the project https://www.salto-youth.net/…/eur…/training/evsmotions.5770/

See you soon in Sajan!

31/08/2015

Have a look inside!

31/08/2015

Summer 2015!!!

31/08/2015

Another step to go: International Training Course „BE THE KEY – Empowering European Youth Workers through Conflict Management Skills“, 05.05.-13.05.2014, Sajan, Serbia

He drew a circle that shut me out. Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout. But love and I had the wit to win. We drew a circle that took him in (Edwin Markham, American poet).

Today‘s world is challenging for young people: different ways of living, loving, believing – as such – being often trigger misunderstanding and exclusion. Feelings of frustration and disillusion often effect young people’s relationship to others contributing to conflicts not just within the young person themselves but also to friends, relatives and co-workers. Youth workers play an important role in supporting young people in coping with personal, social and intercultural conflicts.

Therefore, CGE Erfurt e.V. invited 22 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Portugal, Serbia and Spain to the training course „BE THE KEY: Empowering European Youth Workers through Conflict Management Skills“. The TC took place from May 5th to 13th 2014 at the Youth Meeting and Education Centrein Sajan, Serbia. During the project participants were given the possibility to develop their conflict management competences. These developed competences will support them in facilitating constructive learning outcomes and in stimulating reflective perspectives among their target group.

The learning process of the participants was facilitated by two experienced and supportive trainers, Marija Farmer (Serbia) and Sylvia Schmidt (Kosovo/Germany). They introduced participants to different concepts of conflict as framed by established academics (John Burton, Johan Galtung and Friedrich Glasl) as well as to concepts of parallel truths, conflict escalation and anti-bias. Participants recognized the importance to differentiate between needs and positions when in conflict and to reflect on conflicts from the perspective of needs. By means of different non-formal methods such as role plays, song writing and pantomime it became more and more apparent that conflict is a not only a time of danger but also a time of opportunity and as such fun.

During the TC participants obtained the chance to develop their own skills and knowledge on tools, strategies and methods in conflict management. Important competences of „Europe’s next top conflict manager“ were introduced and directly put into practice. Especially the session on assertiveness had a great impact on participants’ learning process during the week and they kept on practicing „to stand up for their personal rights and expressing their thoughts, feelings and beliefs in a direct and honest way which does not violate another’s persons rights“.

Many of the participants als felt deeply connected to „the journey through the dark forest“ or to put it into other words „I have no idea what is going on and that is o.k.“ As such, tolerance to ambiguity emerged as another crucial competence during the TC. Participants started to appreciate this journey as adventurous, creative and as teaching themselves another way of personal power and security.

During the TC the participants had the possibility to exchange their experiences and good practices on conflict management, being it during different workshops or during the NGO Cocktail Evening that gave each participant the platform to present their organization. Another evening participants were invited to the European Art Night giving each of us a taste of our European culture – by listening (Macedonian drum’n’bass, Anomalia Nativa ft. Kacar „Premnogu Drsko“), tasting (Italian chocolate), seeing (German artists, Herkut and
Peter Lenk), feeling (Portugese poem, Natália Correia „Queixa das lamas jovens censuradas“) or smelling (Bosnian Rakia).

In the end participants were given the chance to experience the power of creativity and put their developed competences into practice by means of image theater and forum theater to be used eventually within their own group. We watched scenes of conflicts in youth organisation, personal conflicts of going through the dark forest as well as social and structural conflicts. In the end all of us realized that we should consider conflict as positively challenging and changing … or to put it in the words of impro wisdom:

say „yes“ – take every offer
don’t prepare
just show up
start anywhere
be average
pay attention
face the facts
stay on the course
wake up to the gifts
make mistakes, please
act now
take care of each other
enjoy the ride

In the following weeks an e-booklet on the TC will be published.

We would like to thank the following organizations for being part of this project:

Bosnia and Hercegovina: Asocijacija „Mostovi prijateljstva BiH“ Zenice
Croatia: Raplection
Czech Republik: Tmelnik o.s.
Germany: CULTURE GOES EUROPE (CGE) – Soziokulturelle Initiative Erfurt e.V.
Greece: Hellenic Youth Organisation
Italy: Connect
Macedonia: European Cultural Epicenter (ECE)
Montenegro: Juventas
Portugal: Associação Máquina do Mundo
Serbia: IUVENTA
Spain: Libertas International

The project was implemented in the frame of the Youth in Action program of the European Commission.

31/08/2015

One participant about her time in YMECS, Sajan ....

http://www.libertasinternational.com/marta-in-serbia-during-1st-european-passion-academy

Before going to the 1st European Passion Academy in Sajan, Serbia, I honestly had no idea what to expect. It was the first training course I was attending and with a topic like “passion”, I was a bit confused beginning the course. I soon realized I was not alone in my confusion and that I was abOou…