STRIVE

Project organizator: Armenian Progressive Youth: APY

The training course will take place between the 29th of March as a travel day and the 6th of April 2023, as a travel day. The training course will take place in Dilijan, Armenia.

The project aim:The project "STRIVE - Strivingfor Gender Equality ThroughYouth Work" aims to developand improve the knowledge andunderstanding of youth workersinvolved in the project on variousgender-related concepts, andanalyze traditions, roles andperceptions of gender in differentEuropean countries and societies.

The project pursues the following objectives:

A) Exchanging experiences, best practices and knowledge between youth workers and youth organizations on gender mainstreaming and women empowerment;

B) Developing participants knowledge and understanding of various concepts related to gender and emphasizing the importance of gender equality inyouth work;

C) Providing space for learning about gender issues by sharing and comparing the realities in theEuropean Union and the Neighboring Partner countries;

D) Promoting gender sensitivity in youth work and gender-sensitiveapproach in the participating organizations;

E) Facilitating networking among participants and promoting development of joint projects underErasmus+ promoting gender equality;

F) Developing quality support systems for youth activities and capacities of youth organizations to develop partnerships.

Working language: English

Number of participants: 35

Participant requirements:

Youth workers, leaders, and coordinators over 18 years old
Currently involved in working with young people on the regular basis

Interested in acquiring new competencies in the field of human rights
Ready to actively participate in the whole project (preparation, training course and follow-up)
Ready to organize at least one follow-up activity using the experience from this training (individually or together with another person from the same co
untry) within 1 month after the training with youth with their local community and planning activities for the sustainability of the project.
Ready to implement one activity for publicity to share results from the training (blog interviews, article)
Good level of communication in English

Important info:

Accommodation, meals, and the program throughout the project are fully reimbursed according to the rules of the Erasmus + program through the project organizer.

Travel costs will be reimbursed to the participant for up to 360€.

Each participant is individually responsible for the planning and implementation of the trip. Extremely important: The participant must keep the travel document to and from the destination and hand it over / send it to the project organizer according to his instructions.

Insurance: Travel insurance is NOT paid by the participants or subsequently reimbursed. Each participant must take out health insurance, which is valid in Armenia.

(Training course)

Let's support gender quality!

/29.3-6.4.2023/ Dilijan/ Armenia