European Youth at the

frontlines of active
citizenship:
A Roadmap towards a collective “South-North-East-West” Momentum
THE BEST WAY TO PREDICT
THE FUTURE IS TO CREATE
IT!
If you could change
one thing about your
community, what would
it be and why?
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DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA OR AN INITIATIVE THAT
CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITHIN THESE 5 AREAS?
1) Education and lifelong learning
2) Social and Community Issues
3) Environment and Sustainability
4) Culture and Heritage
5) Health and Wellbeing
LET US SUPPORT YOUR
IDEA OR INITIATIVE!
WE WANT TO
EMPOWER YOU!
Thinking that “nothing ever changes” or “politicians are all
the same” is unacceptable. We want to remind you that each
and every one of us can make a change in our societies.

It’s time to challenge the notion that we need to “accept the

things we cannot change”, and realize that we in today’s
Europe we are able to “change the things we cannot accept”.
 WHAT CAN WE DO TOGETHER?
 Attend a training course (11-20 March in Skopje) to learn about
tools and mechanisms that can be useful during the
implementation of your project;
 Provide you with a 7-month personalized mentorship to unlock
your potential and ensure optimal results (April- October 2020)
 Provide you with a budget of 1.000 Euros which you can use to
financially support your initiative;
 Work together to organize dialogues with policy-makers who can
directly support or influence the realization of your vision;
 Networking opportunities with peers from other European
countries (Spain, Romania, Denmark, Cyprus & Macedonia);
 Collaborate and support the overall Project Management.
Focal Points across Europe
Coordinating Org:
Volunteers Centre
Skopje

SPAIN
Asociacion Mundus- Un
Mundo a tus Pies

DENMARK
EUCMC Aaarhus

ROMANIA
Young Europe Society
(YES)

CYPRUS
Citizens In Power (CIP)
TRAINING COURSE NAT. CARAVANS TO 5 CITIES MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

THINGS
WE’LL
DO
SUPPORT GRASSROOT INITIATIVES CONFERENCE & BOOKLET
 Timeline of Activities
Training Course Booklet content
March
Europe Day
9 May
gathering
Mentoring
Programs Feb- Oct Conference
Work on Projects October
March-
Nov Nat. Caravans
April- May May- Oct
Nov

2020 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2021

Training Course 11-20 March

Mentorship April- October

Nat. Caravan April – May

Europe Day 9 May

Work on Projects May- Oct

Project Booklet March- Oct

Conference 9-18 October

Training Course (11-20 March 2020)
Get your hands dirty with
Democracy
Why?
To raise awareness about active
participation in the society, and
prepare, equip and empower
you to lead your initiatives and
share knowledge with other
peers with similar goals.
How?
By motivating you to not wait for
elections for something to change
to improve your community, but to
provide you with tools, knowledge
and guidance about social activism
and initiating change.
Mentorship After attending the Training Course, you will work
with your Country Coordinator for approximately 8

programs months. The goal of the mentorship is to provide you

with consistent support to unlock your potential and
achieve the best results with your initiative.

The mentorship Program foresees several challenges

and tasks you will need to complete in order to get a
certificate. As part of the mentorship program, you
will receive financial support to lead an initiative
on grassroots level.

During the national caravans, you will need to

organize and deliver at least one national workshop
about your topic and assist with another one.
National Caravans to 5 cities (April- May 2020)
Part of the Mentorship Program
National “Road Show” to at
least 5 cities
Mentees organize, plan and
implement workshops
Target group are young people
from smaller cities
Goal is to inspire peers to think
critically and get active in their
communities
Feedback from these workshops
will be gathered and analyzed
Each person organizes at least one
outreach workshop
Each person needs to support at least
one workshop organized by someone
else
Outreach workshops to youth from
small urban communities
Young people get “hands on”
experience with social activism
CELEBRATE On 9th May we will come together (online) to
discuss our common values and summarize the

EUROPE DAY feedback from the national caravans.

TOGETHER We will have an oline discussion titled:

«Diverse but united in our contemporary
issues», and we will discuss the feedback from
the national caravans.

9th May 2020 The feedback from the workshops will be

organized in a Resolution Format Document,
which we will send to our Countries’
Representatives in the EU.
Work on selected Projects (May-October 2020)

1 2 3
After the National Caravans, you Once you identify an issue you’re The 5 Core Areas are:
will be financially awarded to passionate about, in collaboration • Education and lifelong learning
work in your projects. The funds with the mentors you will come up • Social and Community Issues
can overcome challenges such as with approaches and ideas that can • Environment and Sustainability
transportation costs, lack of funds potentially improve the situation. • Culture and Heritage
etc. • Health and Wellbeing

The rationale for the open approach is that we don’t want to tell you what your issues are, but rather give you
directions for critical thinking, which is a key precondition to active participation in civil processes. Funds can be
used to print materials for the project, online activism, producing videos, awareness raising, organizing events,
meetings with policy makers, volunteering, publishing in newspapers, design and print of materials, petitions,
social media campaigns etc. Please consult your mentor about eligible and not- eligible costs.
PROJECT Cumulative efforts by all involved to

BOOKLET-
summarize key project findings per country
and offer perspectives from the South-
West-East-North European youth.

CONTENT The booklet will include some key tools and

GATHERING & methodologies. It is meant to serve as a mini-

guidebook for all interested, who can learn

DESIGN
and draw conclusions from the experiences of
this project.

As a part of the dissemination of results

March- October 2020 strategy, it will be distributed to the broader
public in the participating countries, and will
be made available for download.
CONFERENCE: The Project will come to a close with this
Conference. The main objective is to bring all the

BUILDING Project Coordinators and Assistants, young

people plus one additional young person selected
by each of the project beneficiaries.

BRIDGES We will present the Project Booklet, Present

the initiatives from each of the Core Areas, and

TOGETHER work in groups to further develop structured

partnerships.
The conference will offer additional training for
active civil participation to the new batch of
young people from the participating countries.
9-18 October 2020 The event will include a panel discussion with
policy makers (we will invite ambassadors from
the participating countries, EU Country
Representatives, and country coordinators) to
discuss the project outcomes and impact.
For more info, please contact
your Country Coordinator or
visit:

https://roadmap4youthactivism.info/

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