The annual Networking Conference is an event where representatives of member and partner organizations, IYNF volunteers, trainers and enthusiastic newcomers meet to exchange ideas, network and brainstorm on new projects within IYNF network.
The year 2013 is IYNF Year of Action for Change and the Networking Conference comes with a core topic Act-iv-ism redefined!
IYNF is presenting this youth meeting as an opportunity to get a glance of various forms of activism and participation as such, asking young people to reflect upon their past and current ways of participation and look into various possibilities of influencing their local communities, participate in decision making process and raise their voice for their cause.
We believe that activism takes many forms: Doing nothing might support the current status quo in the world. Buying certain products and services indirectly influences the living conditions for communities near and far. We want to emphasize to young people that what they do and not do – matters equally. We want to inspire you to act, by showing the samples of diverse ways to participate and exposing you to inspiring speakers, who have taken their role in social change wheel by creating original and positive movements.
We have built a program of 4 days full of workshops by experts and participants, with possibilities to share ideas and plan projects. The experts are coming from very various movements, giving us opportunity to connect participants with different forms of activism
This activity is open to: Representatives of IYNF Member and Partner organizations, volunteers, representatives of various youth organizations that share the values of IYNF and are willing to join the network.
Date and Place: 22-26/05/2013, Rajecke Teplice, Slovakia
Costs: No participation fee, 30% of travel costs
Apply: Please fill-in this application form to apply – the deadline for application is 15th of March
This activity is kindly supported by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe and Youth in Action Programme of the European Union
For more information contact Ewa Iwaszuk: ewa@iynf.org
