CET PLATFORMA Skopje from N. Macedonia and Ungdomsfronten from Sweden are launching an open call for participants (citizens and residents) from North Macedonia, Sweden, Italy, Georgia and Ukraine for an Erasmus+ youth exchange “Let’s Map it! Intercultural dialogue in countryside areas” that will be organized in Krushevo, North Macedonia from 13th to 21st of July 2022.
Despite increasing youth participation in cities, rural youth participation in various mobility and educational programs remains rather limited, together with daily life obstacles such as higher unemployment and more difficult access to all the opportunities present in urban areas. Much of the rural youth needs more skills and knowledge to start a project, enter a job market, develop their personal and professional path or access information and learn about possibilities they could benefit from. The overall aim of our project is to empower young people, youth workers, and volunteers who could tackle this problem with more innovative ways, methods, tools and ideas.
The goal is to elaborate and implement a complex methodology that from one side engages and empowers youth from rural areas and from the other brings a tangible impact to the hosting communities. The identified methodology is based on the “Image Mapping” (www.imagemapping.org) project that has been in development by the Ukrainian partner DC Pangeya Ultima since 2015 and its activities have been carried out now in 8 rural communities in Ukraine and Lithuania. We plan to train young people interested in rural development in this methodology and therefore they will be able to replicate the activities in other contexts.
The youth exchange will involve 31 youth leaders and young people from N. Macedonia, Sweden, Italy, Georgia and Ukraine.
Conditions for participation:
- Participants should be aged between 18 and 30 years old (preferably 18 to 25 y.o.)
- The group leader should be older than 21 (no age limit) and be experienced with youth work, non-formal education and youth mobility projects
- Strong motivation for participation and open-minded attitude
- Able to comfortably communicate in English as its the working language
- Motivated and readiness to participate in all project activities (preparation, implementation and follow-up/dissemination)
- Residents in Sweden, Italy, Georgia and Ukraine
- Preferably fully vaccinated OR with a certificate of recovery of COVID-19 not older than 180 days.
All costs related to accommodation, food and work materials during the youth exchange dates (13-21.07) as well as the travel costs up 275€ are fully covered by the project coordinators from Ungdomsfronten from Sweden. There is no participation fee!
You are allowed to stay maximum 2 days before OR after the youth exchange (e.g. 1 day before and 1 day after). We cannot cover any of your expenses for staying extra days and they are totally on your own budget.
If you are interested to participate in our youth exchange, then please first carefully read the project info-pack, and then fill out the application form. Please only fill the application form if you are 100% sure that you are fully available to travel and participate in all project activities during its planned dates!
If you have any questions or doubts, please contact us at [email protected].
