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seminar:
“WORKING TOGETHER: YOUNGSTERS, PARTICIPATION AND CITYZENSHIP “
PLATFORM NETWORK - FOR EUROPEAN YOUTH ACTIVITIES

SEMINARIO
Murcia (Spain)
FROM the 14th to the 8th NOVEMBER 2007

THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN FINANCED IN THE FRAME OF ACTION 4.3 OF THE PROGRAMME YOUTH IN ACTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMISSION WITH REFERENCE ES-43-26-2007 – R3

The Platform Network- for European Youth Activities is a network for co-operation in the youth sector integrated by more than sixty European entities (regions, municipalities, states,…).

This network was created in 1986 in Luxemburg. Its main goal is the promotion of youth mobility and social exclusion prevention by camps and youth exchanges and other youth activities having to do with international mobility. It is one of the most active European networks in the Youth-work field. Several projects and initiatives in the field of youth mobility are made.

Murcia City – Council became an affiliate in 2002, during Kokkola (Finland) meeting, being nowadays an active and full – right member.

Youth exchanges (bilateral and multilateral), international co-operation youth policies, EVS, job – shadowing, etc,… are the main goals of the Platform Network

Once a year it takes place the General Assembly, where the following items are dealed:

• Decision making and new members incorporation.
• Last year activities evaluation.
• Presentation and approval of raised activities for next year.
• Decision making and approval of the countries where General Assembly will take place in the two following years.

Due to the active participation in activities organized by the Platform, the city of Murcia was proposed for organizing the General Assembly of 2007.

The main purpose of this meeting is the accomplishment of the Assembly of 2007 and preparing the next one, in 2008 which will be hold in Poland.

It was set that it would be also very important to make a complementary evaluation of activities and projects which have been developed together during 2007.

The fundamental goal is to open a space for evaluation about effective participation of young people in the projects. It is also very important to measure the range of its implication and promoting and increasing mobility projects for youngsters where the main engine is the youngsters themselves. This action wills to evaluate the real dimension which has had young people implication and participation in the preparation, development, evaluation and assessment of projects carried out with European countries. It is also expected the evaluation and assessment of the methodology used for implying maximum use young people, stimulating the role of leaders and organizations in the support and the impulse of these methodologies.

This action also wills to evaluate the assessment actions of the different projects, developed in their origin community and the multiplication of these actions, goals and conclusions. It will be evaluated the level of understanding that young people has of the European Union and the Youth in Action Programme in particular.

Assessment actions with different participants will be valued as well. It is expected to discuss good practices in techniques and methodologies from this meeting – space and evaluation useful for young people in general and for less favoured youngsters in particular so that they can star their own projects and initiatives. A Methodology manual for the implication of young people in international projects will be made for the spread of these practices. It will be published in the Internet.

METHODOLOGY

It has been proposed a specially active and participative methodology with experiences presentations giving a relevance to each one of the participants and inducing a shared - learning situation through direct instruction, discussion and work in group. The evaluation and self – evaluation will be applied directly during all the process.

This learning – line application through discussin and debate will be complemented bybrief presentations related with the subject and focused in the following points:

• Active Citizenship, participation and youth mobility,
• The evaluation process in youth mobility programmes.

· Previous contact has been hold about these presentations, subjects and methodology to develop.

ORGANIZATION, DATES AND PLACE OF CELEBRATION

The Seminar will take place from the 14th to the 18th November 2007.
Sessions will be at CEMACAM, Torreguil, Murcia, Spain.

HOSTING:

Participants will be hosted in a residence, property of Caja de Ahorros del Mediterráneo Savings Bank, CEMACAM, situated 10 kilometres away from the city of Murcia. It is a meeting and a conference centre with double bedrooms with enough meeting – rooms and a suitable space for large meetings. There is also a new – technologies room enough equipped enough for this event. Its location will help the development of activities and at the same time it will favour the knowledge of the local community, culture, associations, social life, ect,…

For further information: http://obrasocial.cam.es/medio/torreguil/guil.htm

PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT MURCIA:

Murcia is the Capital – City of the Region of Murcia. It is situated in South – Eastern Spain, in the Mediterranean. The city is formed by a main node and more than 50 districts called ‘pedanías’. Nowadays its population overcomes the 400,000 inhabitants. According to the lattest estimates the Region has got more than 1,300,000. Would you like to know the Region of Murcia?

The city of Murcia is a warm place with an ancient History. Due to its non too big dimensions and to its climate, Murcia is the perfect town for walking and having ‘tapas’. Click here if you want to know a bit more about our city. If you do not want to get lost, you can click here and entering the city – map. If you want to see some Murcia pictures and sending an e – postcard, just click here.

PROFILE AND NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS

PROFILE

The participants are responsible of programmes and departments of Youth Exchanges in their organizations. They are able to make decisions. It is convenient that for those delegations bringing two people, one of them will have international responsibility.

All of them are engaged to participate in an active manner in the preparation and the development of the meeting and continuing the projects which will be produced.

Participants come from the following countries and associations:

ACTIVITY COST

Hosting, internal trips, programmes and insurance hill be completely covered by the organisation.

OTHER EXPENSES
Participants will not have to pay any hosting, transportation or events related to the programme.

These expenses will be covered only since the official arrival till the departure dates (from the 14th till the 18th November, included). This has no exception.

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL COSTS
Travel expenses will be reimbursed according as we agreed with the organizations (70% of its price).

PARTICIPANTS CONTRIBUTION
As it is usual in the Platform Network meetings, every participant will pay a participation fee. As the European Comission will finance the event, the participation fee will be € 150.00 per participant. This amount will be deposited in a City – Council account. The receipt will be sent to the Youth Service of Murcia City – Council.

COORDINATION

Project responsible:
María Teresa Martín Melgarejo
Jefe de Programa Plan Joven e intercambios Juveniles
Servicio de Juventud
Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Teléfono: 0034968201927
E MAIL: planjoven@ayto-murcia.es
WEB: www.informajoven.org/juventud/planjoven.html