Participation in civic life in the region and influence in decision making
5. Advocacy for young people with their participation. Ongoing Projects:
Project Title: "Training courses for young people from Marneuli region"
Implementation period: September 2010-March 2011
Donor: The U.S. Embassy in Georgia
Project Title: Development of sport and healthy lifestyles in the city of Marneuli "
Implemen
tation period: August 2010 - August 2011
Donor: World Vision Germany
Project Title: "Employment in the IDP settlements Shaumyani and Koda"
Implementation period: October 2010-February 2011
Donor: Eurasia Partnership Foundation
Project Title: "Forum of NGO Development and Cooperation in Marneuli"
Implementation period: May 2011-July 2011
Donor: CiDA
Completed projects:
• Documentary Film Festival "I-Man." 2007. Donor: The Heinrich Belya
• Photo exhibition of young photographers. 2006 Donor: World Vision Germany
• «The Star of ICY» - Youth Music Competition. 2007
• «Fragments from life" - a project to film a documentary with a youth center in Kvemo Kartli (movie filmed at youth center about the customs and culture of the peoples living in the region). 2006. Donor: OSCE
• Integrating rural youth in social life. 2007-2008. Donor Embassy Holland (program MATRA)
• «Ethnic Festival in Marneuli" - the presidential campaign. 2008
• Youth Employment Project. 2008-2009. Donor: World Vision Germany
• «Golden Microphone» - Youth Music Competition. 2008 Donor: World Vision Georgia
• Youth Employment Project. 2008-2009. DVV International
• Youth magazine for ethnic integration. 2008-2009. Donor: World Vision
• «Golden-Microphone 2 - Youth Music Competition. 2009-2010. Self financed
• «Sustainable communication for effective integration" – an integration project with refugees and members of the local population. 2010 (February-August). Courses conducted at MYC
• English
• The Georgian language
• Computer courses (lecturer of America)
• Journalism
• Conversation club-English
• Applied Arts (painting)
Trainings and workshops (ongoing):
• Image-Leadership
• Tolerance
• Human Rights
• Writing Project
• Trafficking, HIV / AIDS.
• Conflict
• Gender
Sport Courses
• Kickboxing (MYC has won 20 gold medals and 30 silver medals from various tournaments held in the differing regions of Georgia)
• Acrobatics
(MYC has won 73 gold, 36 silver, 24 bronze medals from various competitions held in the differing regions of Georgia. Of the participants at MYC, four are members of the national team of Georgia)
• Bodybuilding
Weightlifting classes are using new training equipment. MYC has won 2 gold medals from the championships of Georgia. Developing projects in the coming months:
• Club of Young Artists in Marneuli
• Creation of internet TV (development of social media in the region)
• Continuation of the project “Carpet weaving”
Activeness:
Marneuli Youth Center works with parallel projects by conducting various types of activities and events in Marneuli and in its villages such as: exhibitions, actions, sports and intellectual competitions. With support from MYC some villages have created their own youth organizations (Baydar, Fahraly, Saraly)
Links of activities at the following sites:
• 100th anniversary of the artist Sattara Baxlulzadeh
1) http://az.apa.az/xeber_Marneulide_genc_ressamlarin_sergisi__172793.html
2) http://az.baku-art.com/index.php?newsid=1827
3) http://www.baku-icc-2009.az/content.php?lang=az&page=166&sid=&nid=2591&n=47
• Competition of kickboxing in honor of Rashid Pahlavanu (Yusifov)
1) http://az.apa.az/xeber_Marneulide_kik-boksinq_uzre_beynelxalq__164571.html
2) http://www.adalet-az.com/new/2009/09/30/read=38608
Information about the work of the center on the cite: www.twitter.com/m_youth_center
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=149534768405499&v=info
Background of Marneuli Youth Center:
Marneuli Youth Center was established in 2003 from a project by the international organization "World Vision" under the finances of the European Union. Under the framework of the project four youth centers were created in two regions. Among these, two youth centers were created in Kvemo Kartli (Marenuli and Bolnisi), while two were created in Samtskhe Javakheti (Akhaltsikhe, Ninotsminda). Marneuli Youth Center began its work with the project "Integration of young people in civic life of the country"
Under the project the following courses were started at the center:
1. Computer Courses
2. English
3. Georgian
4. Small Business
5. Civic Education
In the sports sector there were courses in the following:
1.Karate
2. Volleyball
3. Acrobatics
Additionally, there were numerous activities in various spheres. For example:
1. Sport competitions
2. Actions
3. Trainings
4. Travel trips
5. Excursions
Over the course of the project, 3000 youth visited the center. Additionally there were parallel activities with courses during 2005-2006 in which different projects were conducted. Among these, the project “photo exhibition of the culture of the region,” had young people taking photographs from the Kvemo Kartli region. These photographs reflected the culture and traditions of the inhabitants of the region and were later put on display. In 2006, MYC established a Youth Council with elections, which was engaged in various types of activities. This project was funded by the European Union and lasted until September 2006
