Rural Change Lead the Path Training Course 8-15 December 2013 | Mestia, Georgia Organisers and Trainers would like to develop participants’ skills, knowledge and attitudes concerning how to involve youth people living in the rural area in the policy’s decision making process Rural change - Lead the path! is a Training Course (TC) that aims to gather in Mestia, Georgia, 25 participants/experts from 10 countries. There will be 6 full working days. Organisers and Trainers would like to develop participants’ skills, knowledge and attitudes concerning how to involve youth people living in the rural area in the policy’s decision making process in order to face off the youth unemployment. 2013 is the year of the active citizenship therefore the purpose is to face off the sense of isolation encouraging new (green) entrepreneurial idea in the rural areas. Learning objectives of the TC are: 1. To increase the participation of rural youth in the social life of their community; 2. To develop the capacities of developing and implementing international youth projects (YIA); 3. To explore eco-education approach as a tool for non formal education recognition. This project hopes to raise awareness on the situation of european villages and offers the opportunity to meet possible partner groups which may influence the rural areas at different levels, providing them the access to tools which have an impact on the communities they live in. All of the participants will be challenged to reflect critically upon themselves, upon the rural communities and upon their role and potential in their development. The big problem many countries face is the underdevelopment of rural locations. Rural locations are losing population. Youngsters from villages leave their homes in favor of big cities. As active young citizens represent the key resource for the development of the society, the countryside is left with no chances for recovery while youngsters continue to leave. The message to convey is: Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” (Harold R. McAlindon). Organisers believe that especially the European youth sector can and will benefit from projects like this one enormously in future years. Therefore we want to invest time, capacity and resources to share best practice examples and work with other young Europeans to create change in what concerns the perception of rural communities. We plan: - To discuss how can we provide more support to the youth from the countryside, how can we provide them/us with more interesting opportunities; - To motivate and instruct the youngsters in the area of rural development, through building networks, as well as indirectly; - Through discussions, to think on how to raise awareness in the business and governmental sector in what concerns the support for youth living in the rural areas. We believe that non-formal education is an ideal tool to develop the potential, the skills and abilities of the participants so that they could act as multipliers and create impact in the communities they live in. A combination of different creative and interactive methods will be used by the Trainers team and designed upon the profile of participants. Some of the examples of methods that are going to be used in this TC: - theoretical inputs, compass/salto sessions, individual/group activities, group exercises, work on examples in a small group, case studies, real attempt. The entire course is designed as a mutual learning situation in which, using diverse methods, participants can compare their approaches and experiences with environment as resource. The Trainers will establish a theoretical framework and common reference points for learning and communication in this course, and they will also provide a framework where participants will be able to experience. The course methodology foresees direct involvement of the organisations that will be present at the TC. The TC sessions will be held by 2 international trainers with huge experience in the youth field and non-formal education, Nona Balavadze from Alliance For Society Advancement (ASA) from Georgia and Roberto Solinas from MVNGO.
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