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Contact Making to Youth Participation; the Strengthening of a

Culture of Peace Focusing on Active Participation and Social

Inclusion among Young People in the EU And The Southern

Mediterranean

(hereafter MEDA)

CONTACT MAKING SEMINAR

The present Seminar is the first stage of the project MEDA, which will allow organisations to

meet, share and learn about each other’s actions; to map different actions taking place in

the EU and Southern Mediterranean countries; to create common Guidelines specific to the

region and recommendations to the CCIVS Plan of Action, to improve Youth Participation

and Exchange between the participating countries and regions and which could apply for

the network.

Date: arrival on 8th

and departure on 14th

December 2014

Co-coordinated by: Solidarités Jeunesses

Hosted by: Association CITRUS (delegation of Solidarités Jeunesses in Midi-Pyrénées)

Venue Address: Hameau la Mayounelle 82250 Laguépie, France

BACKGROUND OF THE

PROJECT

Following the creation of the "VOLUNTEERING 2011: Global Strategies for Global Challenges -

The Youth Volunteering Movement answering the challenges of Sustainability, Social

Inclusion and MDGs", the members of IVS defined Active Participation and Social inclusion

and Human rights and Peace as main thematic actions for the movement.

The project is directly linked to the CCIVS plan of action and touches issues including a

culture of peace, active participation and its organisational aspects which are related to

designing, implementing and evaluating projects which tackle this thematic area. This

project will take place in three stages the first stage will be a contact making seminar,

where we will share information about the organisations and about the best practices. The

aim will be to create a map which shows the IVS projects tackling inclusion and active

citizenship and peace processes that have been implemented by IVS organisations so far,

so that we can analyse their strengths and weaknesses and see what are the areas that

needs improvement and what we can do to improve youth participation in the

Mediterranean area.

OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR

The objectives set up for the seminar are to:

1. Introduce IVS, CCIVS and other organisations;

2. Exchange of good practices in the field of youth work, non-formal education;

3. Map the IVS projects tackling inclusion and active citizenship that have been implemented

by IVS organisations so far;

4. Analyse projects and their results, with a clear focus on their strengths and weaknesses;

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5. Define the approach of IVS organisations on inclusion and active participation (political

priorities, partners/stakeholders to be involved, etc.);

6. Identify needs and reflect together on how to tackle these issues

7. Develop new mobility projects within promoters countries, reinforce MEDA region co-

operation. - Promote reciprocity within youth exchanges giving equal opportunities to all

young people, develop a medium-term plan of action in the field of inclusion and active

participation;

PROFILE OF THE PARTICIPANTS

The project is open to the partners of the MEDA project who can nominate their permanent

staff or long term volunteers who have responsibilities related to international coordination

and who can represent their organisations having a good working knowledge of English

and coming from one of the partner organisations of this project.

Participants will have the following profiles:

Involved in IVS movements and have an active role in their organisations (the

contact making seminar and evaluation is aimed towards project managers,

coordinators of organisations;

Able to represent the best practice of their organisations and to support in the

fulfilment of the objectives above;

Interested in the development of Active Participation and Social Inclusion actions

within IVS movement, as a tool for social change;

Able to understand and discuss complex issues in English.

FINANCIAL ASPECTS FOR THE

PARTICIPANTS

Member organisations and partners are expected to cover the travel costs of their

representatives. A maximum of 70% of all travel costs will be reimbursed by CCIVS the

earliest 3 months after the end of the seminar/study visit/evaluation on receipt of all

boarding passes, train/bus tickets, visa receipts etc.., the travel costs will be platformed as

according to eligible costs by the Erasmus+ programme (see below); however CCIVS would

like to encourage participants to buy travel tickets ASAP to enjoy economical prices. Please

do not buy travel tickets until your participation has been approved by the CCIVS.

Activity Country departure Arrival Platform Activity

Country departure Arrival Platform Activity

Country departure Arrival Platform

1 France France 180 2 France Palestine 530 3 France Jordan 530

1 Italy France 275 2 France Jordan 530 3 Italy Jordan 360

1 Jordan France 530 2 Italy Morocco 275 3 Jordan Jordan 0

1 Palestine France 530 2 Belgium Tunisia 275 3 Palestine Jordan 180

1 Slovenia France 275 2 Slovenia Israel 360 3 Slovenia Jordan 360

1 Spain France 180 2 Palestine Spain 530 3 Spain Jordan 530

1 Netherlands France 275 2 Tunisia France 275 3 Netherlands Jordan 530

1 Belgium France 180 2 Palestine Macedonia 275 3 Belgium Jordan 530

1 Israel France 360 2 Israel Italy 360 3 Israel Jordan 180

1 Macedonia France 275 2 Morocco Belgium 360 3 Macedonia Jordan 275

1 Morocco France 275 2 Morocco Slovenia 360 3 Morocco Jordan 530

1 Tunisia France 275 2 Jordan Netherlands 530 3 Tunisia Jordan 360

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Please note that the process of reimbursement will be carried out directly with the applicant

organisations and not with the individual participants.

Above you can see the platforms for each activity. This call applies to Activity one contact

making seminar in France.

The staff exchanges included in the project can be discussed during the contact making

seminar.

However please note that any changes need to then be communicated to the agency

and the budget will not increase!

PARTICIPATION

FEE

There will be a 50€ participation fee for each activity to be paid on arrival.

CONFIRMATION

DEADLINE

The reference person in the CCIVS Secretariat for the MEDA project is Victoria Lovelock

(secretariat@ccivs.org).

Should you be interested to Joint the Training in France, please fill in a simple online

identification form http://goo.gl/dHRBju no later than 10 November 2014. We will then contact you in order to proceed with further arrangements.

Please do not book any travel tickets unless you have already received the confirmation of

participation by the CCIVS Secretariat.