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International Meeting
Bolzano / Bozen, Italy
27-28-29-30 October 2011
Final report
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Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano Alto Adige
Assessorato alla Cultura
Ripartizione 15.4 Cultura Italiana Ufficio Servizio Giovani
Gruppo di Lavoro interno
Luca Bizzarri
Daniel Benelli
Jacob Mureda
Supporto metodologico
per limpostazione, gestione dei workshops,
e redazione del report finale:
Focus Lab ricerche e progetti
Walter Sancassiani Loris Manicardi
Novembre 2011
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Index
1. Introduction
2. International YLD Best Practices presented
3. Working process agenda
4. Results
SWOT Analysis of Best Practices selected Opportunities and Threats of Youth participation and useof Social Media YLD Best Practices promotion
5. Summary of findings
6. Meeting Evaluation
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1. Introduction
LiberaMente project 2011 hosted an international youth
meeting gathering young people from peculiar regions with
the aim of empowering Youth-Led Development (YLD).
For this event, participants came from various EU and extra EU
countries to meet in Bolzano/Bozen to discuss, exchange and
strenghten the role of youths towards developing effective
strategies of YLD and creating a network for future exchange
and cooperation.
Previously the LiberaMente 2011 project has seen the
organization of different workshops during the first part of 2011
on various key issues concerning Alto Adige youths, involving
50 students, and using different participation techniques (see
report of workshops results: www.liberamente.bz.it).
The International Meeting have been held from the 27th till
the 30th of October 2011 in Bolzano/Bozen. The activities
mainly took place at the EURAC, the Free University of Bolzano
and the Youth Center "Pippo FoodChillStage" and "Vintola 18".
During the meeting YLD has been discussed under many
aspects: views, presentation of successful examples and
debate on findings and common perspectives on YLD.
The goals of this meeting have been aimed at exchanging
and comparing experiences on YLD practices in a
participated and creative way, evaluating the role of
participation instruments and social media, and defining ideaproposals and tools to enhance and reinforcing YLD actions
with various stakeholders in different contexts.
Youth YLD organisations involved
Youth NGO "Iskra" (Ucraine)Federacin de Xuventude de Galicia (Spain)
Save Youth Future Society (Gaza)
Moldovan National Youth Council (Moldova)
Mafun Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples (Russia)
Tavolo Trentino con il Kossovo (Kossovo)
Europe Direct Trentino (Trentino)
Vlach Youth Council (Macedonia)
AEGEE Tarragona (Spain)
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2. International Best practices presented
Mafun Youth Association of Finno-Ugric Peoples
(Russia)
Name of best practice:
Workshop of the future of the Finno-Ugric youth creative project
Aims of the initiative:
Combine the Finno-Ugric youth through culture. Activate creative
relationships and develop the creative initiative of youth
organizations, collectives, ensembles of the Finno-Ugric peoples.
Describe why the project is needed! What is the problem that you
want to address?
Youth of the Finno-Ugric peoples thinks, that native culture is
unpromising, irrelevant and uncompetitive in the global world. The
modern art of the Finno-Ugric cultures doesnt develop.
The project teaches young people to make their cultural product of
modern and relevant, but at the same time authentic. Marketing
techniques have to make traditional crafts and occupations
competitive.
Steps of preparation and realization:
The project is implemented for four years. Each year is dedicated to
a single topic: puppet theater production of musical instruments,modern music. Last year will be devoted to creative marketing and
branding of the product. Each year, trained 40 people. Each year
the two sessions. Also, the project pays the travel of some
participants in other similar activities. Each year, jointly produced
creative products: multimedia CD, a song performance.
Sustainability (where 1 is the best and 5 is the worst solution):
Economical 4
Social 5
Ecological 1
Achieved results and long term effects in relation to the development
of the territory:
A network of successful creative young people from different regions
of Russia.
There are new creative community, creative products. Young
people have knowledge about the positioning and branding of their
product at the regional, national and international level.
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Federacin de Xuventude de Galicia (Spain)
Name of best practice:
SUMMER SCHOOL OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
Aims of the initiative:
GENERAL AIMS:
To generate ideal conditions for a sustainable development.
To promote a social conscience for the defense and improvement of
the environment.
To revalue and to assume the rights and obligations as citizens in the
respect to the natural, historical - cultural and social heritage.
SPECIFIC AIMS:
To facilitate a space of formation, meeting and reflection about the
subject matter of the sustainability.
To develop actions of public usefulness for the zone.
To facilitate the relation with the environment in order that it turns into
a place of observation and experimentation.
To favor the situations and intergenerational, cultural and
ethnographic activities of the zone, promoting the interaction of the
participants with the local population.
Describe why the project is needed! What is the problem that you
want to address?
In spite of the continuous efforts realized in Vedra (Galicia), at
present still there are great the needs of formative and educational
character in subject matter environmental way and of sustainability.
Therefore, we design this project with the purpose of covering these
lacks: the lack of information about the environmental and
patrimonial values, lack of initiatives of conservation and
development in order to achieve his maximum valuation and to
achieve a sustainable development, looking for a labor of
implication and awareness of the natural and patrimonial values of
this territory, looking for a new social perception.
For it there develops this program of formation and environmental
education departing from the base of the sustainable development;
on the one hand the ecological sustainability that guarantees that
the development is compatible with the maintenance of: the
ecological essential processes, the biological diversity and the
biological resources; on the other hand, the social, cultural and
economic sustainability that guarantees that the development
increases the control of the human beings on his own lives, is
compatible with the culture and the values of the affected persons
and support and strengthen the identity of the community.
Steps of preparation and realization:
The idea of the Summer school of sustainable development " was
born at the beginning of the year 2008, when a group of young
persons of Vedra, worried by the sustainability of his territory, decided
to design a strategy that was bringing this problematics over to his
young persons. Since then, these associate young persons
programme the accomplishment of the summer school, which is
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realized annually during July. Likewise, during the rest of the year,
meetings are realized monthly between the participants, those who
are a part protagonist in the design and accomplishment of the
summer school.
Sustainability (where 1 is the best and 5 is the worst solution):
Economical 3
Social 5
Ecological 5
Achieved results and long term effects in relation to the development
of the territory:
Across the different activities developed in the last four years in the
Summer school, we can emphasize the high degree of participation
of the community (across intergenerational activities, round tables
with the local population, printed publications ). Likewise, we can
emphasize the important number of local actions realized
(plantation of trees, cleanliness of rivers, detection of uncontrolled
dumps, creation of ecological gardens ).
But, maybe the most important reached aim, and at that we
continue being employed, it is in the creation of an ecological
conscience in the young persons that it qualifies them to take
sustainable decisions in his lives and in the development of new
projects as the Summer school of sustainable development".
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Youth NGO "Iskra" (Ucraine)
Name of best practice:
GOLD CRADLE
Aims of the initiative:
-It is propaganda, support and development of vocal art;
-It is propaganda and maintainance of traditions of vocal school;
-It is an exposure of talented performers, teachers among the
participants of competition and stimulation of their creative work;
-It is education among rising generation of understanding and love
to the domestic and world art, spiritual culture as basic in formation
of civil world view;
-It is bringing children, young people and adults to vocal creation;
-It is perfection of performance trade of vocalists;
-It is expansion of repertoire range of interests among participants of
competition;
-It is establishment of new contacts of co-operation and possibility of
exchange by experience for teachers, leaders of performers;
-It is an exposure of talented young performers for providing by him
support in the increase of level of performance trade
Describe why the project is needed! What is the problem that you
want to address?
Crimean-tatar people have many talented children, but not all of
them are in a position to get busy in bands, because a lot of them
live in the remote corners of Crimea
Steps of preparation and realization:
Castings of competition passed in all districts of Crimea, where
among the numerous applicants of judge chooses the most
talented participants who continue a fight in next round. For a few
months there are participants of three nominations: dance, song and
artistic word, prepare to the second round, enabled them to expose
the creative talent. Those, who passes this heavy test successfully,
wait a final selection round, where they should prove their talent to a
judges,that only they deserve to be winners.
Sustainability (where 1 is the best and 5 is the worst solution):
- Economical 2
- Social 4
- Ecological 1
Achieved results and long term effects in relation to the development
of the territory:
Enabled children to rotin the talents the authoritative teachers of
Crimea. To put right connections with them and continue the further
teaching in chosen direction. Some finalists of competition are
popular performers now not only in Crimea but also abroad.
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Europe Direct Trentino (Trentino)
Name of best practice:
Youthness Council Area
Aims of the initiative:
The creation of a common Area to animate the participation of the
youth people and the community
to build up territorial youth policies. In this Council Area the youth
associations can debate with
the stakeholders connected with youth policies (delegates of student
institution, social organizations, etc.),
the politicians and the administrators of the territory to analyse and
evaluate the current economic and
social situation of the province according to the needs of the youth
people.
Describe why the project is needed! What is the problem that you
want to address?
This project is needed to enhance the lack of cooperation between
the actors operating in the youth policies field.
Steps of preparation and realization:
All the municipalities of the province choose an institutional
reference to represent their interests
toward the Y.C.A.
2) The institutional reference has the assignment of arranging
meeting and get in touch with both the stakeholders and the
administrators of the territory (politicians,investitors, etc.).
3) All the members of the council take the name of Y.C.A and take
into account some guidelines
for the annual activity of the group. According to these guidelines
the youth associations present in the
province present different kind of activities.
4) A commission chosen by the province evaluate all the projects
and assign some founds to the best initiatives.
Sustainability (where 1 is the best and 5 is the worst solution)
Economical 3
Social 1
Ecological 1
Achieved results and long term effects in relation to the development
of the territory:
After the first year of experimentation the Y.C.A. succeeded in linking
the layer of different fields
in a unique structure, and as been constantly evaluated for a future
improvement.
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Save Youth Future Society (Gaza)
Name of best practice:
Youth for change: Enhancement of democracy and advocacy
among youth in Gaza and West Bank
Aims of the initiative:
To promote respect for human rights and the rule of law in Palestine
and to reinforce Palestinian civil society institutions.
To empower Palestinian youth to effectively participate Decision
making and support the idea of democracy and the role of youth in
that.
To build strong coalitions and networking between youth in the Gaza
Strip and West Bank to deliver key advocacy messages to the
international communities.
Problem Statement
Despite the devastating circumstances associated with the current
siege and sanction imposed on Gaza, several youth organizations
and universities continue to fight for their existence, convinced that
they fill a meaningful role in representing public opinions in the Gaza
Strip. Democracy and human rights concept are cornerstones when
creating a sustainable society and youth is ones societys future.
this subject is one of utmost important to Palestinians now. This is
further related to a great current emphasis on the subjects of
democracy and human rights taking place in the Palestinian
community now and the subjects are timely and needed. Youth are
the most politically active, but are also seriously marginalized and in
need of education and support. Further, the youth are considered
the pillar of any future development in society, since they are the
major engines for change and democratic transformation.
The Palestinian youth sector is a group that is seriously marginalized in
their society. The youth have faced tremendous challenges within
the Palestinian authority areas, such as unemployment and lack of
organized initiatives to respond to their needs. For example, in the
year 2002, some PLC members proposed to issue a youth nurturing
law, aimed at building the capacities of the Palestinian youth and
designing systematic and comprehensive programs to advocate
their needs. This law failed to be implemented together with the
disappointment of Palestinian youth. In addition, the control over the
youth financial resources is the sole responsibility of the minister
himself, even the youth clubs, institutions, or associations are not
entitled to seek local or international support, unless they get the
approval of the ministry. There is a vast need of providing more
information about these subjects among young Palestinians and to
give them the tools to independently create a future democratic
environment based on their human rights.
Steps of preparation and realization:
Selection Process:
Selecting a group of youth leaders who will lead the campaigns and
implement the activities.
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events, announcements, and updates on progress. In this way,
Palestinian youth will form alliances with their peers abroad who are
also undertaking advocacy actions toward activiating the concept
of the democracy, human rights and the rule of law and will learn
from what others have accomplished while also drawing attention to
the issues that they face, issues which are often under-reported due
to their physical and social isolation.
The websites, blogs as well as facebook and twitter social websites
provide a forum for youth to learn more about the situation in Gaza
ans westbank and the role of youth in decision making and also the
rule of law, discover new ways to take action, and exchange ideas
and connect with experts in Democracy and human rights. In
addition, these social websites will be utilized by youth to write letters
and petitions to decision makers.
3. Youth-led advocacy campaign
The advocacy campaign will target policy makers, decision makers
and donors aiming to advocate for the respect, protection and
fulfillment of democracy, human rights and the rule of law in oPt. The
advocacy actions will point out the negative impact of the absent of
the law and the violation of human rights, and the absent of
democracy.
Production of a documentary film
Youth leaders together with a local organization or an expert
consultant in the field of media and photography will work on
producing a five-minute video on role of youth in change and
decision making and also about the rule of law and human rights in
oPt. The video will act as a documentary or reportage highlighting
the common problems with youth and the situation in Gaza and
West Bank. The film will be copied on CDs and disseminated widely
to local and international organizations and individuals. The film will
also be posted on you tube.
Mural paintings
Art will be utilized as the most powerful way of expressing feelings
and can be stronger than words. For this, mural paintings will be
designed to mobilize and provide space for youth as well as the
public to expresses their fear, concerns and opinions about their role
in decision making and the situation of gaza and west bank and its
negative impact on their life.
Youth leaders together with a group of artists will draw number of
mural paintings so as to voice feelings and positions in the form of
paintings.
Sustainability
Economical: The project continuity is guranteed; the society will
duplicate the same activities with other youth NGOs in the year 2012
utilizing local resources. Running costs, other fees will be collected
from local bussinesses in order to conduct the same activities with
other youth NGOs. These fees and contributions will cover some costs
of the next activities during 2012.
Social: The society will duplicate the same activities with other youth
NGOs in the year 2012 utilizing local resources .
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Trained staff from the youth will have suffcient experience to design
and implement the same training and build on previous activities
befitting from training materials and resources.
Social events and round table discussions will be extended by the
SYSF utilizing local resources with other youth members from other
NGOs and youth centers.
Achieved results and long term effects in relation to the development
of the territory:
A well-trained cadre of youth leaders is better equipped and able to
undertake advocacy actions related to their communities issues.
A platform for coordination, peer support and experience sharing
provided to young youth.
Huge numbers of youth have participated in many awareness-raising
sessions on the right of youth in making decision and changing, and
also in activating the concepts of each democracy; human rights
and the rule of law in opt.
A number of youth leaders from Gaza Strip and West Bank
participate in the video-link conference sessions and are better
equipped to plan their awareness-raising and advocacy actions.
A workshop conducted support Palestinian youth advocacy forDemocracy and human rights in oPt.
Youth leaders will have enhanced their knowledge and skills on
leadership, advocacy and social media skills.
Youth practice advocacy skills and promote advocacy messages
with peers, media, private sector and government actors through
social media and local events.
Increased knoweledge and awareness of democracy, human rights
and the rule of law in opt
Activated youth law in opt and grant them the chance for
changing and making decision.
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Moldovan National Youth Council (Moldova)
National Minorities
The issue of national minorities holds an important place from the
social perspective in modern world. Along with other countries with
recognized democracies, the Republic of Moldova represents a
certain experience in multilateral organization of development of
national minorities and observance of the laws on rights and liberties
of national minorities. The Supreme Law Constitution holds the state
in charge for recognition and guaranteeing the right to all citizens to
keep, develop and express their ethnic, cultural, lingual and religious
identity.
Issues related to observance of the right to national identity and
preservation thereof, collective and individual rights of people that
belong to national minorities, are treated and settled by dialog,
reasoning, compromise, tactfulness and good will. In this field any
drifting towards emotions, psychosis and national rhetoric, in
particular at the state level, may cause much suffering and damage
and inevitably result in international isolation and sanctions. Ignoring
or violent treatment and failure to have a dialog to reach a
compromise on issues of national minorities had always led to a true
disaster for the country where such things took place.
In accordance with international standards, national minorities have
the right to: national, lingual, cultural and religious identity,
preservation and promotion thereof, where the state has to protect
them and create the required conditions for maintaining and
developing thereof; actual participation in social, political,
economic, cultural and religious life of the country; free and
unrestrained use of their native language in public and private life,
including in relations with central and local public administration, in
particular in places of compact residence.
The state has to protect against any racial, national, ethnic or lingual
discrimination; the choice of language for education and training in
all educational institutions; form associations in order to protect and
promote more efficiently their interests and rights; equality before
law; same liberties, rights and obligations as other citizens; access to
information of public interest and other information in their native
language; maintenance and development of relations with "historic
homeland"; citizenship; to elect and be elected in local and central
public authorities; keep the surnames and fathers names as per
norms of native languages without being "adapted"; use native
language in penal and civil procedures. In the same time, according
to these standards, the states must take all actions necessary to
prevent and sanction xenophobia, anti-Semitism, racism, ethnic and
national intolerance.
We believe that it is important to maintain application of
international standards and practices in observance of all civil,
political, cultural, social and economic rights of people that belong
to national minorities. Consolidation of civil society and
enhancement of cooperation with local public authorities engaged
in protection of rights of national minorities in the Republic of
Moldova, development of association sector as a basic structure of
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states shall conclude, regardless of existing international instruments,
where specific conditions justify it, bilateral and multilateral
agreements for purpose of protection of national minorities.
Considering the above-stated, the Republic of Moldova has
concluded numerous bilateral treaties with neighboring countries.
The parties shall ensure rights of people that belong to national
minorities and residing in the territory of the respective Party both
individually or with other members of their group, freedom to express
and the right to keep and develop their ethnic, cultural, lingual and
religious identity, protection against any attempt of assimilation
against their will.
In devotion to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other
international legal acts on human rights, including to the Framework
Convention for protection of rights of national minorities, taking into
consideration ethnic, cultural and lingual diversity of population in
the Republic of Moldova, formed throughout the history, on
19.07.2001 the Parliament has adopted the Law on rights of people
that belong to national minorities and legal status of their
organizations.
The law has the goal to confirm and develop fundamental rights,
liberties and obligations of people set out in the Constitution of the
Republic of Moldova. Thereby the rights and obligations of people
that belong to national minorities have been laid out so that people
that belongs to national minorities will not feel that their rights have
been violated, but to the contrary, protected by the State.
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3. Working process Agenda
October 29th, morning
Participated evaluation of stenghts & Weaknesses of the fourBest Practices selected / Opportunities and Threats in involvingyouth and in use of social media
Main goals
Compare strenghts and weaknesses of the four chosen
best practices among all which have been presented.
Evaluation of Opportunities and Threats in youthengagemnet and use of social media.
Mix of separeted working groups and plenary sessions
Steps
09.30 10.45 Working groups - Phase 1
Discussion on Best Practices selected through a SWOTAnalysis
11.00 12.30 Working groups - Phase 2
Group discussion and synthesis on the SW poster
Evaluation of Opportunities and Threats in youth
engagemnet and use of social media.
12.30 13.00 Plenary
Presentation of the results of working group discussions
General comments on the ideas presented by groups.
October 29th, afternoon
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Action planning to expand YLD Best Practices
Main goals
Action Planning definition in order to expand good
practice of Empowering youth-led developement,keeping in mind sustainable developement principles
Define ideas, values, practices, principles considered
crucial for a youth-led developement
Mix of separeted working groups and plenary sessions
Steps
14.30 16.00 Working group Phase 1
From best practices to action plan: a step forward
1. What can we do to expand good practices of YLD at aeuropean level?
2. How to do / Instruments we need to be more effective?
3. Who can help / promote these actions?
4. In which areas action is more urgent?
16.00 17.45 Working group Phase 2
Other questions: action plan and sustainable development
1. Which environmental sustainability criteria must be
considered?
2. Which social criteria?
3. Which economic criteria?
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October 30
General Group Discussion
Steps
09.45 10.15 Plenary 1
Presentation of the results of the working groups action plans
General comments on key criteria
Video presentation
Final comments on the Meeting
Meeting evaluation
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4. Results
Best Practices Selected
1. Mafun Youth Association - Finno-Ugric Peoples (Russia)
2. Tavolo Trentino con il Kossovo (Kossovo)
3. Vlach Youth Council (Macedonia)
4. AEGEE Tarragona (Spain)
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Strenghts & Weaknesses of Best Practices selected
MAFUN case
Strenghts Weaknesses
The group is costantly growing up Strong internal connections and external (international)
support Good assimilation with neighboring countries
Good youth involvement
Opportunity to participate in decision making at a Europeanlevel
Opportunity to communicate via internet Cross-borders cultural mixing
Setting up of international finno ugric events/meetings
People depletion from some countries of the borders toothers with higher economic well-being
Russian majority shows little interest to finno-ugric minority Active people is moving to Europe
Presence of different systems in European countries and
Russia Lack of communication and support from Russian
government
TRENTINO KOSOVO case
Strenghts Weaknesses Excellent organizational skills of the association
Motivated and good-willing people
Possibility to represent the own country abroad
Expression of emotions, thoughts, experiences through the
Art Exibition
Good inclusion of youths and wide collaboration with other
realities (international links) Fast growing partecipation
Lack of help from Institutions
Economic
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Opportunities and Threats of Youth participation and use of Social Media
MAFUN case
Opportunities Threats Computer education is strongly necessary
Opportunity to deliver on-line english courses for young
finno-ugric people
Need of internet-access to keep in contact far countries of
the network
Opportunity to set up new internet sites in 2 languages
(finno-ugric and english)
Social media and mailing allow high speed information andexchanges
Need to set up new creative ways of communication with
far countries
Small amount of speakers can mean the futility of the e-
projects
Risk of control from the government among e-communication
Few people knows about internet and social media amongfinno ugrics
Internet connection is not widespread in most countries
TRENTINO KOSOVO case
Opportunities Threats
High youth involvement in e-communication
Fastest and most effective way to speak to young people atthe moment
Most effective way to acceed to information Can highly enhance the visibility of the group
Can improve fast-partecipated decision making through
polls and online questions Networking opportunities between the youth
Opportunity to make wide and effectivemarketing&advertising campaigns to promote the
association
Promote the global thinking redicing the distance frompeople and give the possibility to expand borders
Internet is sometimes providing too much information, that
can be a problem as the lack of it Some people hid behind the pc and they do nothing
Sometimes virtual connection can inhibit the real one Can cause high tech slavery
Theres the risk of manipulation and exploitation from above
Sometimes information are not transparent and wrong Its a fake world
Risk of become uncreative and with no imagination
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VLACH case
Opportunities Threats
Opportunity to connect isolated groups
Faster communications
Possibility to spread Vlach stories in many language all over
the world
E-campaigns Experience enhancing
Easier organization of initiatives Possibility to reach wider audiences
On-line tools like: online Vlach caravan; online dictionary,short clips about Vlach
Lost of face to face personal communication
Risk to isolate people furthermore (only online partecipation)
Risk of involve only people who have the internet
Could be used by political parties for votes
Pauperishing further the quality of Vlach language becauseof diminishing direct talking
AEGEE case
Opportunities Threats Opportunity to set up cultural exchanges
E-Conference making Opportunities to create networks with other minorities
around europe and world
Web 2.0 shortens distances between stakeholders Create a new Facebook page to promote the Catalan
language Catalan language is currently use in social media
communications, so they can be considered a channel ofenhancement of Catalan
.cat address is already operative
Problems in lacking of face to face communication
Its a mediated communication, can be manipulated soonor later
Catalan problem is like Pandoras box, its indipendence
would be followed by many others Catalan issue is not an EU matter, its a Spain government
responsibility
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Best practices promotion planning
MAFUN
What can we do? How? Who can help? Criteria
Peer to peer meetings;mutual events with otherminorities; creative and social
events
Find places for conferences Set up international
conferences
Create an European Networkbetween organizations
Political support
Companies Embassies
Experts
NGOs
Web
Organize meetings in nearplaces in order to minimizetransports
Recycle materials
Encourage participants to
move by train/public transports
Involve people Give feed backs
Maintain relations over time Make the people involved
actively
Set up participated-buildagenda
Find support from sponsors
Create networks and
partnerships with other NGOs
International experience
abroad and setting up ofSummer schools
Enhance the use of English
among finno-ugric people More use of social media
Companies
Internationalorganizations
EU Council
Universities Schools Ministry of
Education
Ministry of culture
Organize meetings in near
places in order to minimizetransports
Recycle materials
Encourage participants to
move by train/public transports Involve people
Give feed backs
Maintain relations over time
Make the people involved
actively
Set up participated-build
agenda
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Find support from sponsors
Create networks and
partnerships with other NGOs
Bilingual Network; Language
Volunteering
Enhance the use of English
among finno-ugric people More use of social media
Professionals
NGOs Advertisement
Media coverage
Promote environmental
sustainability issues by theinternet
Involve people
Give feed backs Maintain relations over time
Make the people involved
actively
Find support from sponsors Create networks and
partnerships with other NGOsand Institutions
Promotion of Finno ugricculture
Documentaries
History lessons for young
people Sport events
More use of social media
Real time web 2.0 newscommunication to make the
people search news from theassociation
Flas mobbing
TV
Newspapers
Web 2.0 Ministry of
Education
Ministry of culture
Universities
Schools
Promote environmentalsustainability issues by the
means of communications used Involve people
Give feed backs
Maintain relations over time
Make the people involved
actively
Set up participated-build
agenda
Find support from sponsors
Create networks and
partnerships with other NGOsand Institutions
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VLACH
What can we do? How? Who can help? Criteria
Team building
Time plan
Fundraising Advocacy
Contact making
Prepare evaluation &implementation
Promotion
Open invitation
Working team
Coordinators Strategic Plan (creative;
logistics; media; marketing;
finance; evaluation) Courses of formations
Events
Donors (lobbies/alumni)
Public institutions (Ministry of
Culture/Education; Embassies;Council of EU; Municipalities)
Artists
TV / Radio / Newspapers Educational Institutions
(schools; Universities) Civil players (libraries;
cinemas; museums)
Environmental Use recycled paper
Caravan led by horses(!?)
Upcycling art
(materials fromgarbage)
Social Marketing
Social Involvement of
Macedonians
Take into accountresults & evaluations
Maintain networksEconomic Sponsoring
Publish results Sell products
Volunteering
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5. Summary of findings
Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Strengths in general
Promoted by Youths / bottom up initiatives to preserve minority culture/language
International networks / connections and debate Great motivation
Strong self-identity of local cultural minorities Increase Participation ( Meetings projects, peert to peer collaboration, conferences)
Cross border and cultural cooperation
Self-expressions of thoughs/experiences through many channels (music, photos, movies) Representing minority culture abroad
Enhance youth voluntarism Provide positivity and goodwill
Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Weaknesses in general
Inappropriate / Lack of support by Government at different level
Difficulty in finding interest by other majority local culture
International networks / connections
Minority citizens migration
Lack of economic ressources to promote initiatives
Difficulty in motivating other youths on minority identity in a context of cultural globalisation Few people motivated
Risk of promoting closed identities Lack of dedicated law Problems of political conflicts
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Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Opportunities in general provided by social media and new participation
Best way to inform/communication Youths
Web 2.0 tools facilitate recognition, awareness and new opportunity to interact
E-learning for Young Generation High speed of information exchange
New creativity in personal relation communications
Computer education
Possibility to self-expression and advocate minority culture
Possibility to promote local minority culture worldwide Get people involved in decision making processes
Get more visibility
Expand knowledge Sharing ideas and information
Easier way to organize social motivation (E-campaign) Provide cultural examples/stories
Connect minority groups
Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Threats in general provided by social media and new participation
Too much information is not always element of quality and support to decision
Difficulty to access relevant and credible information for project aims
Difficulty to have own minority language recognized on the web
Risk of manipulation and trasparency over privacy
Economic and political interests behind
Risk of omologation
Risk of technology addiction
Risk of political manipulation
Balance between virtual relations and face-to-face relations
hide behing a pc and not do actively things Digital Divide (not all use/access Internet tools)
Risk of cultural and political isolation
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Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Potential ideas/actions to take to reinforce best practices
Youth Cultural events
Knowledge networks (language cafs, advertisement campaigns, children camps, movies, ideas fair)
Fund raising for Youth led-development projects Advocacy for promoting youth best practices
Exhibitions in public places
Promotion in Schools
International Summer Schools / Exchange of International Experiences
Youth International and and European Partnerships projects Bilingual networks
Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Potential tools to use for implementing best practices
Strategic plans
Training e team building
Art event performances at different levels
Public places
Youth Councils
Extra school activities
Cultural centres
Flash mobs
Festival on cultural minorities and diversities
Sports Events
Web 2.0 tools / Social Networking (Web Site, Facebook, YouTube, Tweeter, etc.)
Tv, Radio, Reviews
Conferences
Researchs
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Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Potential Actors to involve for implementing best practices
European Union
International Organizations
Local Governments Universities
Youths Organizations
Schools
Professionals / Experts
Actors Famous people
Ngos
Internet Advisors National, Regional and local Media
Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Environmental criteria to consider
Avoid unnecessary paper and use recycled paper
Recycled material for exhibitions
Alternative way of presenting exhibitions / results (movies, web, etc)
Up-Cycling Art (material from garbage)
Social Marketing Easy event location to access with public transport
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Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Social criteria to consider
Web 2.0 tools to engage and promote communication
Participation in many forms
Diversity respect Partnership creation
Sharing Individual responsibility for practices project management
Maintaining networking between various events
Disseminate results achievement
Trust
Youth-Led Development Best Practices
Economic criteria to consider
Appropriate budget plans to implement projects
Long term management
Public financement management and accountability
Private Sponsors / Donators to cover project costs
Merchandising of project products
Reporting and management
Volunteering to reduce costs Capacity to reach and management aims (cost-benefit)
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6. Meeting Evaluation
BAD NEUTRAL GOOD
Ideas/contents 0 2 19
Experience/relations/fun 0 1 20
Organisations 0 0 21