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NEW Training within Category A, European Youth Foundation - Call for participantsInternational training “Promoting youth participation to financially disadvantaged young people” is primarily intended for the benefit of 30 young men and women from Serbia, Macedonia, Romania, Greece, Montenegro, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Bulgaria who face social and economic exclusion due to unemployment and financial difficulties produced by today’s unfavorable economic climate and lack of jobs for young people. Limited number of participants from other countries, member states of the Council of Europe, can be accepted in exceptional cases. This Training is especially intended for those young people who didn’t before participate in international education events for young people, although the participation is also open for other youngsters who did. The training is going to be held in Leskovac, Serbia, from 1 - 7 June, 2012. Working language of the training will be English. However, limited interpretation and linguistic support will be available for a number of participants who speak only basic English. If you are interested and feel that participation in the training can benefit you, we invite you to apply using APPLICATION form. Please, also read the the official CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS with draft program of the training. You can apply until May 20th, 2012.
Youth in action Training - Call for participantsAPPLICATION PROCESS IS CLOSED! International training “Inclusion of economically threatened young people through volunteering” is intended for 30 young men and women from Serbia, Macedonia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece who face social and economic exclusion due to unemployment and financial difficulties produced by today’s unfavorable economic climate and lack of jobs for young people. Participants from other countries can’t be accepted. This training is especially intended for those young people who didn’t before participate in international education events for young people, although the participation is also open for other youngsters who did. The training is going to be held in Leskovac, Serbia, from 4 - 12 May, 2012. Working language of the training will be English. However, limited interpretation and linguistic support will be available for a number of participants who speak only basic English. If you are interested and feel that participation in the training can benefit you, we invite you to apply using APPLICATION form. Please, also read the the official CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS with draft program of the training. You can apply until April 20th, 2012.
Youth in action Training - Call for participantsAPPLICATION PROCESS IS CLOSED! Training “Fighting youth unemployment” is intended for youth workers/activists who didn't before participate in international trainings organized within the framework of the Youth in Action Programme or in other similar projects and events dedicated to youth employment issues. This 6-day training (excluding travel days) is going to be organized in City of Leskovac in Serbia, from March 12 - 18, 2012. The training will bring together 28 youth workers/activists from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. The project targets young men and women (preferably aged 18-30) who didn't before participate in international non-formal education events for young people and who are working on youth employment issues within their organizations, or want to start working on youth employment projects. Working language of the training will be English and we expect all participants to have a good knowledge of English. If you are a youth worker/activist from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria or Romania and feel that this training course might be useful to you, we invite you to apply using the APPLICATION in English. Here is the official CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS with draft program of the training and other useful info. You can send in your application until February 29th 2012, at the latest. Crossbroder cooperation Bulgaria - SerbiaAssociation "People's Parliament" and “Viva Pautalia” association from Kyustendil in Bulgaria stared working on implementation of a one-year long project called "Family Online Resources and Youth Opportunity Units“. The main objective of the project is to improve the regions’ capacity for solving the problems related to the disadvantaged social groups, particularly of children and families at risk in the Municipalities of Kyustendil and Leskovac Within "Family Online Resources and Youth Opportunity Units“ project, Association "People's Parliament" and “Viva Pautalia” association organize a seminar in Leskovac (during 14th and 15th October 2011) intended for experts from institutions and organziations who deal with problems faced by "at-risk" population, especially children, young and families. This seminar will be held in the Competence Improvement Center and is intended for participants from Leskovac and Kyustendil, Bulgaria. Download: Letter of invitation (for Serbian participants) Participation form (for Serbian participants) The Call is openned until October 7th, 2011
Youth in action Training - Call for participantsAPPLICATION PROCESS IS CLOSED! International training “Active participation of unemployed young people facing economic obstacles” will gather young people who faced with different financial obstacles, rarely have a chance to participate in international events for young people. This 6-day training (excluding travel days) is going to be organized in City of Nis in Serbia, from May 08 - 15, 2011. The training course will bring together 32 young men and women from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. The project targets young people who are long-term unemployed and is especially intended for those young people who never had a chance to participate in international events for young people. Working languages of the training will be English and Serbian. Simultaneous interpretation service will be provided for those participants who don’t speak English or Serbian. If you are a young person from Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria or Romania and feel that this training course might be useful to you, we invite you to apply using the APPLICATION in English. Here is the official CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS with draft program of the training and other useful info. Call for participants and Application form are also available in other languages for the benefit of participants who don't speak English: Повик за учесници Покана за участниците Apel de participare Poziv za učesnike Aplikacija - мakedonski Aplikacia-BG Cerere - romanesc Aplikacija - srpski
TC "Improving social rights of young people facing poverty and social exclusion" held in City of Nis
City Council of Leskovac adopted our initiative for amendments to the City StatuteAssociation "People's Parliament", along with 13 other NGO's from Leskovac submitted during October 2010 an initiative for amendments of City Statute in regard to reduction of percentage of registered voters needed for running of people's (civil) initiatives. The initiative proposed reduction from current 25% of registered voters to only 5%. City Council of Leskovac positively responded to our initiative during December 2010 and official adoption of the amendments by the City Parliament is expected. More infromation on this initiative can be found on www.narodnainicijativa.rs (Serbian only). International training in Novi Sad successfully implementedAssociation "People's Parliament" implemented from 15th to 21st February 2010, an international training called "Cross-border cooperation on youth entrepreneurship development and promotion". This training was organized within "Youth in Action" Programme and gathered 36 participants, youth workers, from 6 countries: Serbia, Montenegro, Macedonia, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. Below are a couple of photos from this training:
Youth in action Training - Call for participantsCross-border cooperation on youth entrepreneurship development and promotion is international training which will gather youth workers active in the field of youth self-employment. This 5-day training (excluding travel days) is going to be organized in Novi Sad, Serbia, from 15th - 21st February 2010. We are going to organize this training because we feel that one of positive solutions to youth unemployment problem is entrepreneurship education of youngsters and that self-employment needs to be more seriously considered by youngsters, as well as those providing youth with services in area of self-employment support, as viable income-generation option and as an alternative to job seeking. If you are from Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovakia, Hungary or Romania, and are a project manager actively and directly involved in youth self-employment projects at local, national, regional and/or international level, you can apply for this training by the 25th of January 2010. Here is the official Call for participants and Application form. THE APPLICATIONS PROCESS IS CLOSED! People's initiativePeople's Parliament began implementation of a national project "People's initiative", in cooperation with several NGO's from Belgrade, Pozega, Novi Sad and Negotin. We started this legislative project due to restrictiveness of the actual Law on referendum and people’s initiative and related regulations, as well as parts of the Law on local self-governance who deal with local people's initiatives. Above mentioned laws currently restrict democratic rights of citizens of Serbia to propose legislative solutions to legislators through so called "people's initiatives". Evaluating parts of concerned legislations which deal with the length of the signature's collection process from citizens supporting a people's initiative, as well as a required number of signatures that need to be collected, we came to the conclusion that current legislative acts are too restrictive, especially when compared to similar laws in numerous European countries. In reality this laws currently make it harder for citizen's to participate in legislative roles. Because of the above mentioned, and some other reasons, we plan to develop and propose to legislators amendments to the Law on referendum and people’s initiative, amendments to the Law on local self-governance (especially Article 68.) and various sub-legislative acts that regulate people's initiatives. This will be done during 10 months period, until middle of 2010. Also, we plan to organize a public campaign that will introduce the project to a wider auditorium and give it a chance to participate in it. More information on this project and activities organized are available at www.narodnainicijativa.rs.
“Advancing tolerance among youth from South Serbia”During September 2009 we've organized a training in Vlasina Lake in Serbia, called “Advancing tolerance among youth from South Serbia”. This training gathered 25 youth of different nationalities from South Serbia. Below are a couple of photos from this training.
10 years since civic protests in LeskovacOn July the 5th this year, it will be exactly 10 years from the beginning of civic protests in Leskovac. These protests continuously lasted for 44 days and gathered many thousands of citizens of Leskovac and surrounding areas. The civic protests practically represented the beginning of the existence of People's Parliament, the organization that shortly after the end of the protests, articulated voice of citizens that was expressed during these civic protests. More on these civic protests can be learned on our Internet presentation. Support of the European Youth FoundationFor the fifth time European Youth Foundation decided to support our work. On this ocassion, through "Advancing tolerance and peace among young people in southern Serbia" project, People's Parliament will work on human rights education of young people from southern Serbia, as well as building of tolerance and understanding between young people of different ethnic backgrounds. Call center continues to work - 0700 400 700Due to interest expressed by the general public and a need for more effective implementation of the Law on free access to information of public importance, Call center of the Coalition for free access to information continues to operate. Citizens dialing the number of the Call center, 0700 400 700, will be able to obtain information and assistance in order to fulfill their rights concerning free access to information of public importance. Working hours are Monday to Friday, 10 Am to 16 PM. Running costs of the Call center will be, for the time being, handled by organization providing Call center services to citizens, NGO's: People's Parliament and Committee for human rights from Belgrade. More than 600 young people participated in trainings on youth entrepreneurship during last 17 monthsImplementing our youth entrepreneurship development program in South Serbia, so far we've organized more than 130 half-day trainings and business informatics courses for potential and existing young entrepreneurs, visited by more than 600 young people. Besides these young people, dozens of other young people participated in other activities we organized, such as different study tours and other programs that offered young people to spend some time with managers of succesful local enteprises and learn even more on entrepreneurship. More importantly, through securing constant free-off-charge consultative services to our users, we've initiated and helped start-up of 12 new businesses. Draft law presented in the National Parliament of the Republic of SerbiaDuring Thursday, March 19, our NGO presented to the Culture and information Committee of the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia, one of two laws we've submitted to the Parliament and for which we collected signatures from more than 36 000 citizens of Serbia. The Law on amendments of the Law on free access to information of public importance. Our laws finally on the Internet presentation of the National Parliament of the Republic of SerbiaMore than a year has passed since we submitted The Law on amendments of the Law on free access to information of public importance and the Law on personal data protection to the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia. Finally, during February 2009 they managed to find their way into the Internet presentation of the National Parliament of the Republic of Serbia. Certificate of attendance given to 500-th user of Center for youth entrepreneurship!In premises of the Center for youth entrepreneurship in Leskovac and Vlasotince, certificates of attendance were given to last users of trainings on youth entrepreneurship which brings number of users of our youth entrepreneurship program up to more than 500.
Research "Attitudes and habits of young people from Leskovac"People's Parliament initiated development of a draft Local youth strategy for Leskovac which should provide recommendations for "improvement of quality of life" of young people living in City of Leskovac. This research is integral part of those efforts. |
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