​Name: “Really Including Inclusion”
Dates: 18 to 25 November 2018
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) 
Participants needed: 2 participants 
Age: 18+
Location: Worcester, UK
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Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €360. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Participation fee host organisation - € 30
Host Organisation: Consilium Development and Training 
Countries Participating: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, UK 
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association

Project Description:
The training course is aimed at youth workers (anyone who works with young people aged 13-30, in a paid, voluntary, full or part-time position) to equip them with the necessary knowledge, understanding and skills to be able to ensure the inclusion of young people who are underrepresented and from backgrounds of fewer opportunities into their projects and activities. The training course is strongly based on experiential learning (learning by doing) and non- formal education. The prospective participants should:
- Be youth workers, leader’s coordinators, facilitators and trainers from active NGOs or public bodies that have mission and objectives that are related to young people.
- Have an idea about what prevents some young people from getting involved in projects and have a desire to open their projects further
- Understand the importance of equality, inclusion and anti-discrimination
- Be open to meeting new people from different countries and spending an intense period of time together, motivated and dedicated to learn and contribute to the training course
- Be willing and ready to share the outcomes of the training course with their young people, their local region and further if possible, by undertaking certain dissemination activities

Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 21st September 2018.

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Project Name: Race for Tolerance
Dates: 18th - 28th November 2018 
Type: Erasmus+ Youth Exchange (KA1 – Youth Mobility) 
Participants needed: 4 participants and 1 youth leader 
Age: 18+
Location: Newcaslte, UK
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €360. Food and accommodation 100% free.
Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. 
Host Organisation: Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V.
Countries Participating: Germany, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Romania, Malta, UK
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association

Project Description: The project “Race for Tolerance” revolves around tolerance as being an intrinsic ideology. This YE will focus on proving that tolerance is one of the most important pillars for long-lasting peace and key at improving tomorrow’s society. For anyone who wants to know more, we could say ―google it! … but through this YE, participants will say … ―Explain it to others! I, ―YOU, bring tolerance to the people. This is what this project is about. During this project, 40 participants from all across Europe will learn to develop and teach each other methods on how to create tolerance in the immediate community. The scope of the project will culminate through a Tolerance Race that will be organized out on the road for the people of the village.

Interested applicants are to fill the participation form: https://www.cognitoforms.com/MUYA1/participationform
Deadlines for applications is 28th October 2018.

Name: Game Zone
Dates: 27th September to 4th October
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1)
Participants needed: 1
Age: 18-30
Location: Dingli, Malta
Costs: No travel cost refund.
Food and accomodation 100% free.
Membership fee of 5EUR for non-members.
Participation Fee: 15EUR.
Host Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association
Countries Participating: Malta, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine, Germany, Kosovo and Slovenia.
Project Description:
Game Zone: Developing an inclusive society through games" will be organized by the Malta UNESCO Youth Association at the Dingli Youth Activity Centre, Malta from the 27th September – 4th October. This project will include 30 youth workers and youth leaders from 9 countries including Malta. This is a fantastic opportunity to learn, grow and network!

Contact Person: Bernard Bonello
Treasurer Malta UNESCO Youth Association
e-mail: bernard@muya.info
​mobile: +356 79925725 

​Project Description:
The topic of the exchange is gender equality and the importance of providing men and women the same opportunities and access to education, healthcare, work distribution, participation, decision-making and security. This will benefit society as a whole. The exchange will take place in Alqueva, a small village near the dam with the same name and 32 participants will take part in the project from 5 different countries.

Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here.

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 15/JULY/2018

Dates: 2 to 8 September
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) 
Participants needed: 5 participants and 1 youth leader 
Age: 18 – 21.
Location: Alqueva, Portugal

Costs:
Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free.
Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members.
Participation fee Malta - €10. 

Host Organisation: Alentejo
Countries Participating: Greece, Cyprus, Italy, Malta, Portugal
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association
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Training course for youth workers to discover their element, passions, dreams and learning how to support and empower young people to find their passions, dreams and professional path. For that we shall focus especially on developing understanding and practical tools related to two major areas: 1) Personal competences: self awareness (learning style, personal development), self-regulation (self-control, adaptability, innovation), self-motivation (achievement drive, commitment) 2) Social competences: empathy (understanding others) and social skills (communication, conflict management, leadership, collaboration and cooperation, team capabilities).


Email Ms. Maxine for participation forms that need to be submitted by Friday 23rd February 2018.

Storytelling is a great way to learn a lot about ourselves, to understand better the nature of “identity” and to get in touch with our surroundings. We will focus on the topic of social exclusion and social inclusion and we will explore it with non-formal methods involving lots of creativity, simulation, debates, team work, acting, crafting and music.If you’d like to learn about the Hungarian countryside, meet old villagers, inspiring people from abroad lots of farm animals, if you are searching for your story or you want to share it: Your place is here!


Email Ms. Maxine for participation forms that need to be submitted by Friday 23rd February 2018.

Name: Lead the Ship 
Dates: 6th to 13th February  
Type: Mobility of Youth KA1 Erasmus+ 
Participants needed: 3 participants (minimum 18 years old) 
Location: Olomouc, Czech Republic
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 275€. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10
Host Organisation: Vivid 
Countries Participating: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Spain

Project Description: Do you believe that success and sustainability of NGO’s are strongly connected to efficient leadership? Would you like to learn more about a concept of the leader? And would you like to discuss and share your ideas with people from across Europe?

We are looking for youth workers and youth leaders, who want to share their
passion, motivation and knowledge with others and want to learn in the same way. Participants should be involved in youth sector or some active citizenship projects and they should have a motivation to accomplish their goals. Experience in leading the group(s) of people is very welcome.

With this project, we aim to walk the way towards professionalism in order to sustain and deliver - we can cooperate together, strengthen our partnerships, learn through each other, share practices, disseminate results and build in bigger picture. Focus is put to exercise leadership methods and improve techniques in order to successfully lead the group of workers, volunteers and participants on the field of active participation within their local communities, where motivation clearly is not driven by money or other corporate sphere success measures, but more likely by values, passion and believes.

Email maxine@muya.info for more information and application forms which must be submitted by the 2nd January 2018.

Name: “Film me: Inclusion” 
Dates: 10 December – 17 December (8 Days)
Type: Mobility of Youth KA1 Erasmus+ 
Participants needed: 4 participants (18 -25 years old) and 1 group leader (no age limit) 
Location: Sopron, Hungary 
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 275€. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10
Host Organisation: Mozgóképmás Egyesület
Countries Participating: Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Malta, Portugal, Turkey, Serbia and Spain 

Project Description: Reducing the barriers to inclusion requires integrated effort across government and non-government agencies at all levels, horizontally and vertically, influencing policy and practice through direct links to individual experience. Organizations from all sectors could build the bridges, required to support community participation, active citizenship and build social capital. The working methods include practical workshops on the basics of creating short movies, writing a script, filming on location, acting, editing materials etc. Also, the working methods include many non-formal learning activities for more in-depth grasping of the problem of social inclusion. The project design first would prepare the participants with their own attitudes and opinions, and afterwards would film what they have attained. Participants would also be welcomed to use their own footage material if that contributes to their creativity idea and contributes to their creativity processes for making short movies on the theme of social exclusion.

Email maxine@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Friday 15 September ’17.

Project Description: The idea came about due to the fact that obesity rates are by far a concern in these countries, as stated by Eurostat news release 203/2016, including a 26% obesity rate in Malta, the largest of the European Union. Furthermore, non EU-members such as Turkey and Georgia, show even higher rates of obesity. The participating network of organizations has aims to develop skills and knowledge of participants, raise awareness and give them a chance to discuss issues that really affect them throughout their current lifestyles, and therefore might create illusionary walls in achieving the scope of this project.  Therefore, we intend to find ways to overcome these walls​.
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Email Maxine for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 11th July 2017.

Project Description: The Youth Exchange "Beyond Borders" aims at coexistence and interaction of people with or without disabilities, by actively participating in an organized educational, recreational and cultural program. The aim of the project is for young people with or without disabilities to meet, exchange ideas, explore diversity. Participants will actively participate in an educational programme which will incorporate the principles of non-formal and informal learning. The participants of "Beyond Borders" will have the unique opportunity to coexist and participate in joint activities with people with disabilities, gaining experience and developing skills not only related to empathy, awareness of disability issues, but also social, communicative and artistic skills.
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Email Maxine for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 25th July 2017.

Description: The project stems from a desire to experiment and promote an inclusive dimension of sport capable of overcoming physical and cultural barriers and stimulating cooperation among young Europeans. The participants of this exchange will deepen topics such as healthy lifestyle and healthy eating and will try out some sports possibilities, including, compare the attitude towards sports and exercise in their countries of origin and the possibilities for practicing sports for all; In this way they will be able to raise social awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle and to spread the practice of sport, including the dissemination of European values of equality, non-discrimination, tolerance and solidarity, acting to promote international cooperation and the exchange of good practices. The STOP youth exchange aims to use sport as a tool capable of promoting youth development.


Email maxine@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Friday 12 May ‘17.

Name: “Accept me, accept my culture”
Dates: 10 May – 18 May 2017 (8 days) 
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Exchange) 
Participants needed: 5 participants + 1 group leader
Age: 18 - 25
Location: Kranj, Slovenia
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 170€. Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee host organisation - €15. Participation fee Malta - €10
Host Organisation: Klub študentov Kranj
Countries Participating: Croatia, Germany, Slovenia and Malta 
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association
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Description: The aim of the project is to enable young people to explore aspects of the project’s participants cultures, their differences and similarities. This will be done through games, debates, workshops and discussions. The main activity during the project will be working in groups in order to create games that will be based on the individuals’ childhood games and which are present in all the participating countries. Games represent the start of a child’s learning and this represents various aspects of culture, behavior and rules of individual participants and nations. The games will be presented at a festival in Kranj, which will be part of Youth Week. Throughout the whole activity, participants will gain work experience, improve their communication in a foreign language, and increase a sense of initiative and cultural awareness. The project will also offer an insight into digital journalism and article-writing tailored to certain communication channels. The mentor for this activity will be a youth trainer and journalism graduate with several years of experience in digital marketing. Participants will also have time to explore the town and to be involved in the lively and diverse programme of the Youth Week festival.
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Email maxine@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Sunday 12 March ‘17.

Name: “Fate or Negligence”
Dates: 23 June – 7 July 2016 (15 days) 
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Exchange) 
Participants needed: 8 participants
Age: 18 - 25
Location: Trabzon, Turkey
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 270€. Food and accommodation 100% free. 30 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members.
Host Organisation: FuturEurope – Shokkin Group Turkey
Countries Participating: Turkey, Romania, Spain, Malta and Lithuania 
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association
Project Description: The project will address the issue of workplace accident. Participants will approach workplace accidents with a wider perspective by interrogating reasons and outcomes of accidents, examining what precautions can be taken to prevent accidents and exploring which parties can take responsibility. Various activities will enable participants to examine different dimensions of workplace accidents which will in turn help participants raise awareness about this topic in their home country. The youth exchange will also include trips to historical and natural places, cultural nights, party nights and much more.
Email maxine@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Sunday 8th May '16

Name: „From Forming till Performing in International Environment”
Dates: 3rd – 11th May 2016 (9 days)
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Exchange)
Participants needed: 5 participants + 1 leader
Age: 18 - 30
Location: Matīši, Latvia
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 270€. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members.
Host Organisation: Domāts – Darīts
Countries Participating: Latvia, Turkey, Italy, Malta and Portugal
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association
 
Project Description: „From Forming till Performing in International Environment” is a 9-day YE on entrepreneurial and social skills. The participants will be divided in small international teams to work on real performance of projects. In this way they will experience growth throughout the project development, mainly - forming, storming, norming and performing. Furthermore, in order to facilitate participant performance methods such as team building activities, coaching instruments, retrospectives, discussions and other informal educational methods will be used. The main aim of the project is to make youth aware about achieving a high performance team, through two main channels: becoming more self aware about ones capability within a team and on the other hand coming to the realization on how a group atmosphere makes one become a better team player. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Saturday 2 April.

Malta UNESCO Youth Association is inviting you to celebrate the Christmas festivities at Il-Kastell Wine Bar.

So join us for this fun night, discover more about us by chatting over some food...and drinks of course :)

Do not forget to RSVP on the Facebook event here!

Location:
Il-Kastell Wine & Dine
Triq il-Kbira
Tarxien

Time: 20:00

When: Monday, 28 December 2015

Name: "SPORT for Dialogue II"
Dates: 19th-24th October 2015 (6 days)
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Training Course)
Participants needed: 3
Age: 18+
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members.
Host Organisation: Foundation for Freedom
Countries Participating: Finland, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Poland, Spain, Ukraine
Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association
 
Project Description: ”SPORT for Dialogue” is a 6-day TC on good practice in the field of social inclusion and intercultural dialogue through sport. Topics discussed during the seminar are connected with different aspects of human rights, diversity, inclusion, youth work, fair play etc. in local communities, especially in a school setting. To deepen the context and broaden publicity, the training course will be organised in Football People Action Weeks 2015 period. The training will consist of three overlapping parts: first and the shortest part will be led by trainers in order to create a safe environment and a common ground of mutual understanding of the main topics of this TC through the use of active methods and discussions of local challenges. In the next part of the training participants will share their "best methods practice" and participate in study visits (in smaller groups) in local organisations involved in the topic of youth, intercultural dialogue, inclusion and fair play sport. This part will also include working on specific case studies reflecting various youth social environments. In the last part participants will be invited to create new innovative methods to be used with their target groups. This will provide participants with possibility to elaborate a concrete way of running youth work activities using the competences gained during the first two parts of the training and their own experience. At the end of this TC the "SPORT FOR DIALOGUE" booklet containing articles, interviews and project ideas created by all 21 participants will be published. Malta UNESCO Youth Association will be distributing copies locally to interested organisation and affected local communities. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Friday 11th September.