In the meantime our site is being accessed by an average of ten thousand visitors per month. I am wondering how much more our  PMTs (Project Management Teams) could achieve if each visitor could kindly donate 1 Euro each to our project... Details...

The next international Steering Group meeting for YTNF will take place in Ukraine from 27-29th July 2007. The meeting will assess the current stage of the project's development and discuss & plan future strategy for the rest of the year & beyond. Any volunteer wishing to propose topics for the agenda of the meeting should contact their regional manager/steering group member or else write directly to the senior manager ( john.myers@sci-d. Details...

SCI Germany is now recruiting volunteers for 12 voluntary posts in YNTF-partner countries, scheduled to begin from October 2007 and last until August 2008. Most of the available posts are in social projects. The program is possible thanks to a further grant from the European Union. Due to the conditions of the grant, applications can only be accepted from persons living & registered in the EU. Interested volunteers from SCI branches & groups should contact sandra.kowalski@sci-d.de for details of the posts, selection criteria and application procedure. Details...

"Our seminar went really great, almost perfect. It surpassed all my expectations. It was like fairy tale (but useful:).Personally for me this seminar will remain in my memory for rest of my life. All participants got really inspired, learned many things and went to Baikal or home today. Details...

From 07-16th May and from 13th to 22nd May SCI Germany is organising group leader training courses for PMT members from Moldova, Belarus and the Ukraine in Haunetal & Halle respectively. All three groups will also be hosted for three days by SCI´s local group in Berlin. The courses are possible thanks to generous support from the German Ministry for Youth Affairs. Details...

International workcamps are still one of the most popular & good value ways for people of all ages to travel, meet new friends, get deeply aquainted with different cultures, practice a foreign language and, last not least,  make a meaningful contribution to social development, international understanding and peace.  Most workcamps last 2-3 weeks and combine useful & interesting work (5-6 hours per day on average) with lively discussions, fun & games as well as excursions to places of local interest. Details...

Call for participants for a *Multiplier Training Course on "Peer education"*, which will be organized in the frame of the project "Youth Transcending New Frontiers". It will take place in *Buryatia, **Ulan-Ude* from *the 1st till 6th of May 2007. * The training course is hosted by Siberian Creative Group (scg@hotbox.ru) The course will be led by a professional trainer(s) and will focus on methods of educating peers (or how people can sensitize, motivate & teach other people of a similar age to become active as volunteers). Details...

The first international YTNF Feedback Seminar was held in snowbound Poznan, Poland from 23-29th January 2007 hosted by One World Association - SCI Poland. It brought together 28 participants from 12 different countries. The first three days were devoted to an intensive evaluation of the first year of the project and produced many interesting results and conclusions. One discovery was that altogether 24 different projects(!) had taken place in CIS-countries in the frame of our project, including workcamps, trainings, seminars, volunteer days, exhibitions and many other colourful activities. Many thanks  to our trainer, Zaneta, who had prepared some excellent working methods to capture everyone's interest and stimulate our thinking. Details...

How sad, but strangely appropriate, that the end of 2006 should now be remembered most of all by a gruesome video depicting the violent death of Saddam? Three months before the outbreak of the war in Iraq one SCI volunteer wrote the following words: “I shall not support a Labour government whose Foreign Secretary continues his incessant war-mongering comments and lies on the issue of Iraq. Britain has nothing to gain from causing unpredictable suffering to the civilian population of Iraq or endangering the lives of our own soldiers, not to mention the damage that will be done to our country’s interests and image throughout the Muslim/Arabic world and beyond. On the contrary - it will feed more terrorist acts against our people. Details...

The first International Feedback Seminar for YTNF will take place in Poznan, Poland between 23-28th January 2007. It will be attended by around 30 volunteers from Belarus, Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Germany, United Kingdom, Switzerland, France, Finnland & Poland. Besides evaluating the first year of the project, the seminar will elaborate an action plan for the coming year. There will also be opportunities for representatives of SCI branches to meet with volunteers of the project management teams, in order to discuss additional new projects & exchanges. Further details of the event are available from OWA Poland. Details...

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