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Call for participants: Study Visit in Struga, North Macedonia

Call for participants: Study Visit in Struga, North Macedonia

22 – 28 June 2023 | Struga, North Macedonia

Spin is looking for 4 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the study visit “Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change” in Struga, North Macedonia from 22nd to 28th June 2023.

Deadline for the applications is: 21.05.2023.

*Part of the applicants can expect to be contacted even before the deadline.
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DATES: 22 – 28 June 2023

LOCATION: Struga, North Macedonia

PARTICIPANTS: 4 per country

COUNTRIES: North Macedonia – Serbia – Kosovo* – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus

The official language of the project:

Working language of the youth exchange will be English. Do not worry, your English proficiency should not be perfect, enough is to understand and be understood!

Study Visit Description

The objectives of the study visit are the following:

get to know each other,
to explore the realities in visiting countries by direct exploring the work of youth organizations, educational institutions, ecoenterprises,
to support sharing practices, tools, methods
to brainstorm ideas for future projects,
to work on the ideas development,

The project ‘Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change’ is set in line with the priorities of the Erasmus+ Programme and the general objectives of the call. The project is based on the need to increase the capacities of 6 youth organizations representing the Programme (North Macedonia, Serbia and Cyprus) and Partner countries of the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo* and Montenegro) to work with the concepts of eco-entrepreneurship and circular economy, to be able to develop competencies of young people, young people with fewer opportunities in these areas, and to transfer the principles of circular economy in their practices to become more green, sustainable youth organizations ready to face ecological and sustainable challenges of 21st century.

Profile of participants:

Participants at the study visit should have the following background:

Youth workers, youth trainers/educators, volunteers and peer educators, aged 18+, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Strongly interested in exploring the topic – Eco – entrepreneurship, circular economy
Motivated to work on the development of their personal and professional competencies in an international setting (communication, teamwork, problem-solving, conflict management, facilitation, and presentation);
Motivated to share daily practices, realities and non-formal education methodologies from their regular youth work activities
Motivated to take part in Erasmus + project, work in an international team and share their experiences in the follow-up period;
Ready to attend a preparatory online meeting in beginning of June 2023

Working methods:

Ice-breaking and getting to know each other exercises
Team-building exericses
Field visits to youth organisations and relevant stakeholders
Working in small groups with given tasks
Interactive group discussions and presentations
Self-reflection and evaluation exercises

Travel and accommodation:

Travel costs will be covered by SPIN. Travel will be supported for using green means of transport (bus or train). Accommodation is covered by organisers, 3 meals per day and coffee breaks.

Pictures of the accomodation

DATES: 22 – 28 June 2023

LOCATION: Struga, North Macedonia

PARTICIPANTS: 4 per country

COUNTRIES: North Macedonia – Serbia – Kosovo* – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus

The deadline for the applications is: 21.05.2023.

Part of the applicants can expect to be contacted even before the deadline.

INFORMATION/INFO PACK

*do not fill out the application form from the info pack, you need to fill out the form available through “APPLY HERE” button.

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Mid-term meeting of partners

Mid-term meeting of partners

In period 04.05.2023. – 07.05.2023., Spin hosted a mid-term partner’s meeting as part of the long-term project ‘Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change’ and brought together 12 staff members from 6 different participating organisations.

During the meeting, participating organisations used a chance to reflect on the project’s progress, to evaluate the work and communication of the core project team, activity team, and monitoring team, to evaluate already implemented activities (Tool-trade event in Niš and Youth Exchange in Avala), to discuss and make plans for the upcoming activities. Partners also discussed the development of a board game for young people and an online course that will be finalized by the end of the year.

The project „Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change“ is based on the need to increase the capacities of 6 youth organizations representing the Programme (North Macedonia, Serbia and Cyprus) and Partner countries of the Western Balkan (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro) to work with the concepts of eco-entrepreneurship and circular economy, to be able to develop competencies of young people, young people with fewer opportunities in these areas, and to transfer the principles of circular economy in their practices to become more green, sustainable youth organizations ready to face ecological and sustainable challenges of 21st century.

If you want to learn more about the project check the project description here.

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Eco-entrepreneurship: Future is Green

Eco-entrepreneurship: Future is Green

Youth Exchange „Eco-entrepreneurship: Future is Green“ took place in Avala, Serbia from the 20th of April till the 27th of April 2023, and involved 36 participants from 6 different countries. The main aim of the youth exchange was to raise the interest of young people, young people with fewer opportunities in the concepts of eco-entrepreneurship, and sustainability, to equip young people, young people with fewer opportunities with new competencies, to provide them with a chance to get inspired by the experiences of their peers from other countries, to create the ideas for the Board Game. The whole concept of the youth exchange was based on non-formal learning and learning-by-doing methodologies.

Check what was the experience of participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in text below.

Dejan said that he decided to apply for this project because he has never been on an Eco-oriented project before and he was always interested in the topics of ecology and living sustainably, so he was curious to see what this project had to offer. Also, an important factor was his desire to travel around, see and explore the other places he has not visited so far. Dejan describes himself as a very open person who loves to meet new people so it was an extra reason to apply and participate in this youth exchange.

His experience with the youth exchange was simply amazing. Together with other participants, he was working a lot but working on something that they liked and enjoyed and were happy to be there. Experience with the Erasmus+ program is beautiful, and Dejan always feels happy when he can start a story with:”When I was participating in the Erasmus+ activity…”. For this reason and based on previous Dejan’s experience, he would recommend to all young people to join Erasmus+ projects because they are educational, fun, you get a chance to travel and meet new people, and most importantly have a GREAT time.

Ena decided to participate in this youth exchange because of the topic that drew her attention at that moment, due to the lack of awareness among young people about the importance of ecology, and because she also did not have the opportunity to learn enough about the importance of this topic through the previous life situations.

The experience for Ena was wonderful: apart from an excellent program and interesting young people who are above all the most beautiful part of this experience, she also learned a lot and was part of this story in a productive way. In addition to new cultures, she had a chance to learn many new methods that contribute to her daily life in which she can contribute to the environment. As well as many other skills that she can use and transfer the acquired knowledge to the local community.

Her previous experience with the Erasmus+ activities has helped her to understand and learn the best learning methods that work for her and to realize that a beautiful experience with wonderful people is the best way to get out of your comfort zone and fulfill your potential.

Adi said that he decided to participate in this youth exchange as he saw it as a perfect opportunity for a new positive change in his life. He didn’t use to think about ecology often, but by the end of the project, he realized how important it actually is and why everyone should be educated about it. Of course, he was also motivated to travel, have new experiences, and meet young people from other countries. Despite being the first youth exchange he participated in, Adi still had a lot of fun, but above everything, he learned very useful things that will bring a better future not only for him but also for nature and other young people in his local community.

He also liked the concept of the project itself as the sessions were as energetic and interesting as the people who attended. Adi had a lot of great times in which he could share opinions and discuss with other young people, read, play games, listen to music, enjoy nature, and similar.

In the end, Adi would recommend to all young people to use the opportunity and become part of some future youth exchanges. He thinks that these are the projects that force young people to improve themselves, their environment, and their lives. And also, having a great time has never brought harm to anyone, so… you should definitely participate!

Youth exchange was organised as part of the project “Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change”.

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Spin participating in Digital Transformers Study Visit in Armenia

Spin participating in Digital Transformers Study Visit in Armenia

Between 19th and 23rd April 2023, we participated in „Digital Transformers Study Visit“ in Armenia as a final event of the long-term training course „Digital Transformers“. The long-term training course started in October 2022 and included blended-hybrid capacity building on digital youth work in the form of 4 online training sessions, 1 residential training in Lithuania, and a study visit in Armenia. The training sessions were focused on discovering topics such as digital participation, inclusion, well-being, digital rights, digital sustainability and emerging technologies. Online training sessions were accompanied by online panel sessions open to a wider audience.

During the study visit in Armenia, we were able to visit the following inspiring organisations and companies:

TUMO Center for Creative Technologies in Yerevan: a free-of-charge educational program that puts teens in charge of their own learning. Their learning program is made up of self-learning activities, workshops and project labs that revolve around 14 learning targets.
Picsart Academy in Yerevan: an educational institution that created a pipeline model for youth to become tech professionals through non formal education methodologies.
Youth organisations „Kasa Humanitarian Foundation“ in Gyumri and Armenian Progressive Youth in Yerevan: organisations winners of Salto awards in 2021 for the most inspiring and creative projects in the field of digital participation and active citizenship.
Arloopa: a company that works with individuals, brands, creative advertising agencies, museums, schools and cities to make everyday life filled with new content and visual experiences, educational and entertaining AR (augmentative reality) discoveries.
American University of Armenia: a private, independent university located in Yerevan working on the involvement of VR (virtual reality) in daily educational activities with students and young people.

The final part of the study visit served for 25 youth workers from 18 countries to discuss their further plans and work together on developing new projects addressing digital transformation in youth work.

The study visit in Armenia was organised by SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus. The whole project was co-organised by SALTO Inclusion & Diversity and SALTO Participation & Information. It is co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union by the National Agencies of Austria, Belgium-FL, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Italy, Lithuania, and Portugal. SALTO SEE was also covering traveling costs for participants from Western Balkan countries.

More information about resources used during the training sessions can be found here.

More information about panels can be found on this link

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Call for participants – YE in Avala/Belgrada, Serbia

Call for participants: YE "Eco-entrepreneurship: Future is Green"

20 - 27 April 2023 | Avala-Belgrade, Serbia

Spin is looking for 6 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the youth exchange “Eco-entrepreneurship: Future is Green” in Avala/Belgrade, Serbia from 20th to 27th April 2023.

Deadline for the applications is: 28.03.2023.

*Part of the applicants can expect to be contacted even before the deadline.
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DATES: 20 – 27 April 2023

LOCATION: Avala, Belgrade, Serbia

PARTICIPANTS: 6 per country (5 participants + 1 group leader)

COUNTRIES: North Macedonia – Serbia – Kosovo* – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus

The official language of the project:

Working language of the youth exchange will be English. Do not worry, your English proficiency should not be perfect, enough is to understand and be understood!

Project Description

Youth Exchange aim: to raise the interest of young people, young people with fewer opportunities in the concepts of eco-entrepreneurship, and sustainability, to equip young people, young people with fewer opportunities with new competencies, to provide them with a chance to get inspired by the experiences of their peers from other countries, to create the ideas for the Board Game. We aim that the Board Game will be created by young people. It means it will be peer to peer product. Even if the overall process will be managed by the Youth Exchange Team and the Core Project Team active involvement of the young people will be essential. The participants of the Youth Exchange will create ideas for the content of the game, and for its design. Furthermore, the participants of the YE will come up with ideas for projects/initiatives targeting their local communities with the aim to raise the understanding of their peers on the concepts of eco-entrepreneurship and circular economy.

Profile of participants:

Participants at the youth exchange should have the following background:

Young people 18-30 years old, residents in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Strongly interested in exploring the topic – Eco – entrepreneurship, circular economy
Motivated to work on the development of their personal and professional competencies in an international setting (communication, teamwork, problem-solving, conflict management, facilitation, and presentation);
Motivated to take part in Erasmus + project, work in an international team and share
their experiences in follow-up period;
Ready to attend preparatory online meeting in April 2023

Working methods:

Learning by doing method
Ice-breakers and team-building games to get to know each other.
Workshops will leave room for guided but controversial discussions.
Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education and show possible measures that strengthen them.
These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be implemented in their local communities, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect.

Travel and accommodation:

Travel costs will be covered by SPIN. Travel will be supported for using green means of transport (bus or train). Accommodation is covered by organisers, 3 meals per day and coffee breaks.

Pictures of the accomodation

DATES: 20 – 27 April 2023

LOCATION: Avala, Belgrade, Serbia

PARTICIPANTS: 6 per country (5 participants + 1 group leader)

COUNTRIES: North Macedonia – Serbia – Kosovo* – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus

Deadline for the applications is: 28.03.2023.

Part of the applicants can expect to be contacted even before the deadline.

INFORMATION/INFO PACK

*do not fill out the application form from the info pack, you need to fill out the form available through link above, or here

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Tool trade Event in Niš, Serbia (12.11.-17.11.2022.)

Tool trade Event in Niš, Serbia (12.11.-17.11.2022.)

In period from 12th to 17th of November 2022 second activity of the project “Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change” was organised in Niš, Serbia. Tool trade event gathered 18 participants coming from 6 countries participating in this project.

First day of the event was dedicated to providing space for participants to get to know each other more, with use of teambuilding exercises and by providing introductory information on the event.

Second and third days of the event provided space for participants to present their organisations, learn about work of project partners, and share some of the tools they have; connected to the topics of entrepreneurship and circular economy.

Last days of the Tool trade event were dedicated to preparing booklet of different tools, and discussing ideas for new cooperation and projects among the partners and participants.

To learn more about the project click on the link below.

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Call for participants: Tool trade Event in Niš, Serbia

Call for participants: Tool trade Event in Niš, Serbia

12 - 17 November 2022 | Niš, Serbia

Spin is looking for 1-2 participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina to join the event in Niš, Serbia and possibly become part of the other project activities to be organised in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Deadline for applications is Thursday 27th of October 2022.

Project Description

Profile of participants

Participants of the Tool Trade Event should have the following background:

Youth workers in age 18 + residence of participant’s countries;
Strongly interested in exploring the topic – Eco – entrepreneurship, circular economy.
Motivated to work on the development of their personal and professional
competencies in an international setting (communication, teamwork,
problem-solving, conflict management, facilitation, and presentation);
Motivated to take part in Erasmus + project, work in an international team and share
their experiences in follow-up period;
Ready to work in a mix-intercultural learning environment, to contribute to successful
project implementation.

Every group will include participants with fewer opportunities facing cultural differences and social, economic obstacles. It means young people who meet unemployed, are coming from a socially and economically challenging environment, and/or might face discrimination, stereotypes, and prejudices in their communities.

Working methods

Learning by doing method
Ice-breakers and team-building games to get to know each other.
Workshops will leave room for guided but controversial discussions.
Simulation games will allow us to identify current challenges of non-formal education and show possible measures that strengthen them.

These sessions will provide the participants with concrete ideas that can be implemented in their local communities, thus ensuring an important multiplier effect.

Travel and accommodation

Travel will be organised together with Spin’s project team. All travel costs are fully covered.

Accommodation is covered by organisers, 3 meals per day and coffee breaks.

Tool Trade Event program

DATES:

12 – 17 September 2022

LOCATION:

Niš, Serbia

PARTICIPANTS:

3 per country

COUNTRIES:

North Macedonia – Serbia – Kosovo* – Montenegro – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Cyprus

*Note that this call is only for participants from Bosnia and Herzegovina through the Spin’s website.

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Partners’ meeting in Skopje

In period 13.06. - 15.06.2022. Spin staff have participated in partners' meeting organised in Skopje, North Macedonia. The project ‘Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change’ is set in line with the priorities of the Erasmus + Programme.

The project is based on the need to increase the capacities of 6 youth organizations representing the Programme (North Macedonia, Serbia and Cyprus) and Partner countries of the Western Balkan (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, and Montenegro) to work with the concepts of eco-entrepreneurship and circular economy, to be able to develop competencies of young people, young people with fewer opportunities in these areas, and to transfer the principles of circular economy in their practices to become more green, sustainable youth organizations ready to face ecological and sustainable challenges of 21st century.

On the first day of the kick-off partners meeting within the project “Eco-Entrepreneurship & Circular Economy: On the Path to Sustainable Change” we dived into developing a project management plan and dissemination strategy for the activities upcoming on this project. On the second day of the partners’ meeting we dedicated the day’s work to planning qualitative management of our new project. Our hosts Next Generation organised a visit to Matka Canyon to round up the whole meeting.

If you want to learn more about project and activities upcoming in the next period click below.

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Inclusion of youngsters through sport

In period 15.07. - 24.07.2021. 29 youth workers from B&H, Serbia, Croatia, Italy and Germany gathered together in Zadar, Croatia for training course "Inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters through NFE and youth work"

This training course involved youth workers already experienced and educated in general NFE principles and methodology, with bigger focus on needs and inclusion of youngsters with disability.

During the 10 days event participants had an opportunity to meet each other and build the team, learn about Erasmus+ programme and Youthpass certificate. Participants learned about non-formal education as an opportunity for inclusion, adapting non-formal education activities in order to make them accessible for young people with disabilities and settings of inclusive spaces. Training course was not only focused on providing new information and knowledge to participants, it provided opportunity for participants to investigate about positive practices from their local communities, and share it with the rest of the group.

Second part of the training course focused on providing opportunity for participants to practically use gained knowledge – by developing and simulating educational workshops which are inclusive to different abilities’ youngsters; but based on non-formal educational approach in the same time.

This is first out of many upcoming activities and educational opportunities focused on putting together sport and non-formal education; with aim of providing better surrounding for different abilities’ youngsters in our communities.

Activity was organised as part of the project –

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Call for participants: TC in Zadar

Training Course “Inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters through NFE and youth work”

15 - 24 July 2021 | Zadar, Croatia

Training course “Inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters through NFE and youth work” targets youth workers experienced in general NFE principles and methodology, with a bigger focus on needs and inclusion of youngsters with disability in general NFE activities, as well as those that include the adaptation of sport methodology in youth work.

Youth workers, participants of the TC, will:

learn more about different practices in other countries when it comes to inclusion of disabilities through youth (sport) work
further develop their competencies in the adaptation of sport methods for inclusion of youngsters with disabilities and in organising creative youth sport work events
develop local/national workshops for youth workers and youngsters in their communities and organise national youth sport work events for inclusion of different abilities’ youngsters
get some insight into inter-sectoral cooperation and hopefully motivation to work on new cooperation with public institutions within the project topics
be inspired and motivated by other participants and this event to get more active in sending organisations and communities afterwards regarding the youth sport work for inclusion.

Overview of the topics of the sessions during the training course:

Group building activities
Country realities on social inclusion of young people with disabilities
Reflections about key concepts and terms (disability, inclusion, rights…)
Non-formal education as an opportunity for inclusion
Exchanging sport methods and games from our countries – using sport methodology in youth work
Innovation and Creativity skills when adapting sport methodology in youth work
How to adapt your NFE activities in order to make them accessible for young people with disabilities
Sharing positive practices from our local communities
Walking exhibit of works presenting positive practices
Development of NFE inclusive workshops
Simulation of developed workshops

We are looking for participants from:

🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina

🇩🇪 Germany

🇭🇷 Croatia

🇷🇸 Serbia

🇮🇹 Italy

Deadline for applications : 02.07.2021.

UPDATE FOR CROATIA

We are currently looking for few more participants from Croatia – last minute open call. Deadline for applications from Croatia is thus extended – on basis of “first come, first served” (Meaning that the applicants who submit their applications first, will be first contacted)

This training course is part of the project “Youth SPORT work with different abilities’ youngsters”. More about the whole project can be checked here

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