We have great news:It was very successful event with the great and creative participants, with the real results and long term plans for future, with very efficient and warm atmosphere. With the financial support of European Youth Fund of Council of Europe from 10 till 16 April 2008 in the frame of the large scale project «Youth Transcending New Frontiers» was realized training course for multipliers «Partnership In Action». Event took place in Belarus, not far from the capital - Minsk city. Details...

The sessions were planned in such a way that you couldn't feel bored or tired. I think that it is a very important point which was accomplished with success by the organizers of this event. All the trainers were professionals and did their job as good as possible. The information was delivered to the audience with clarity and enthusisasm. They were able to capture our attention and involve us in a spirited debate. We were in a permanent interaction with them, so that the sessions have never become some kind of theoretical lessons. I especially enjoyed the sessions which were leaded by Daniela and Reghina. We have ceceived a lot of new and useful information regarding the notion of "Partnershp". Details...

Ever wonder how is to receive a hug from a stranger? But how is to offer it to somebody you cross with you on a street, someone who passes nearby for some seconds only? Can we hug anybody? You can not answer these questions if you never were the subject of a Free Hug, you may only guess… One thing is sure, on Saturday, 19th April 2008, AVI-Moldova volunteers decided to spread free hugs again. Details...

Courses of the Buryat language start in Ulan-Ude on 4 April 2008. The organizers – the Regional Union of Young Scholars, Human Rights movement “Erkhe” and Social Inclusion PMT – have decided to join their efforts in the cause of revival of the Buryat language while preparing for the events to commemorate the International Mother Tongue Day. The organizers have an experience of conducting such language courses. Thus Siberian Creative Group used to conduct Buryat courses for its members in 2004-2006, and the RUYS started Buryat courses in Ulan-Ude and Novosibirsk last year. Details...

Dear friends, We are looking for participants for the Multiplier Training Course, which is organized in the framework of “Youth Transcending New Frontiers” project (YTNF, www.ytnf.org ). The latter is an exciting project aimed to promote innovative activities of young volunteers at grass-root level in three main fields:  human rights education  the struggle against racism and xenophobia  social inclusion of minorities and youth from disadvantaged backgrounds The project, which is supported financially by the Youth Program of the European Union, will last for three years, started in January 2006. Details...

Searching for 600 years old oak-tree We did not find it. We tried, but did not know the way (there even was a map), and we were close. But our other searches resulted with bigger success. We were searching for fresh ideas, experiences and inspiration how to improve long-term volunteer (LTV) and EVS (European Voluntary Service) exchanges in SCI through better prepared hosting projects for LTV during international training “Hosting projects – what we can do”, organized by LTEG working group of SCI and SVIT-Ukraine. The training gathered SCI activists and volunteers from Germany, Poland, Ukraine, Sweden, Moldova, Russia, Finland and Belarus in a small town of Svyatogorsk, Ukraine, March 17-23, 2008. Details...

During the first three months of the new year 2008 we have organized several activities. After a loooooooong vacation during the winter holidays, in February we have organized a mini-workcamp to an asylum for dogs (http://www.ytnf.org/activities6-18_52-.htm) and in March, during the International Day on Global Warming (http://www.ytnf.org/activities6-18_53-.htm) we have participated to a drama training linked to the topic. On International Day Anti-Rasism we had organized a seminar on this topic (http://www.ytnf.org/activities6-143_51-.htm). Details...

On 20 March 2008 a round table in Buryat devoted to the problems of the Buryat language took place in Ulan-Ude. The round table organized by the Social Inclusion PMT of SCG, in cooperation with the Regional Union of Young Scholars, the Human Rights movement “Erkhe,” and the “All-Buryat Association for the Development of Culture” followed the Politcafè “Why is the Buryat language dying?” that took place on the International Mother Tongue Day on February 21st. Details...

Thanks to the work of Dominika, TWC trainer from Poland, a power point presentation of the Travelling Workcamp on Human Rights is now available here (Download might take up to 3-5 minutes!). Details...

As probably most of you know, at TEM (Technical European Meeting) held in Palermo, Italy from 21-25 of February, me [Cezar] and Julia decided to make a short presentation about YTNF project. The time allowed for that was at a plenary session so that all participants could attend it and many even raised questions regarding it. Julia presented main objectives and the structure of the project, explaining the major activities made so far at international and national level, activities and trainings to be implemented in the appropiate 2008 and possibility for the participants to take part in. As some of present participants already took part in YTNF activities was even easier to let peaople express themseves. Details...

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