![]() Name: “Youth Work’s Role in the Prevention of Youth Radicalisation” Dates: 14-23 November 2018 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Training Course Participants needed: 1 participant Age: 18+ Location: Gahrlstedt, Osterholz-Scharmbeck, Germany Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275 (per activity). Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Mostar Friedensprojekt e.V.ar Countries Participating: Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina, UK, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, FYROM, Poland, Portugal, Kosovo, Serbia, Spain, Turkey Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: The radicalization of young people is (again) on the rise throughout the spectrum - left, right or religious. Youth work plays an important role, as the radicalization of many young people could be successfully prevented, if youth worker could better differentiate motivations and mechanisms in the process of extremism. With this project we also want to give a valuable input on the current problems in many European countries when it comes to the successful integration of refugees as well as the further integration of second or third generation migrants. The project will directly bring the issues of migrants on the agenda, as these are the issues we will face when talking about right wing extremism and Islamism in a European perspective. We will equip the participants with competences that will help in the social dialogue that they need to get involved in when doing youth work. This project will support the cooperation between the partners on the chosen topics. This should help the participants, which will be youth workers, group leaders and other people working with youth to get a set of competences to prevent the radicalization of young people in their closest environment. As this is a training course the participants will acquire different new knowledge, skills and attitudes. The participants will broaden their knowledge about terrorism, roots and foundations for extremism, get to know different prevention attempts by youth work in Germany and also work on their own skill set to become a preventer in youth work. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 4th November 2018 ![]() Name: “Wings of Youth Work” Dates: (Training 1) 11.11.18 to 17.11.18 (Training 2) 3.3.19 to 9.3.19 (Seminar) 20.5.19 to 24.5.19 Participants are not required to attend the 3 sessions as each training is a unit of its own but connected to the main topic "youth work". Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 2 participants Age: 18+ Location: Trbovlje, Slovenia Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €275 (per activity). Food and accommodation 100% free. Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee Malta - €10. Host Organisation: Mladinski center Trbovlje Countries Participating: Italy, Portugal, Croatia, Malta, Greece, Denmark, Norway Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: The project is meant for youth workers and/or youth leaders and volunteers who are in daily contact with youth and which would like to develop their knowledge, experience and competences. The project focuses on two elements: (1) training for future youth workers and (2) monitoring, evaluating and recognizing learning effects. Through this training, youth workers will be more competent to work with present and future generations. The main aim of this project is to research, develop, test and upgrade systems of monitoring learning effects and to develop a system to train future youth workers and leaders. Interested applicants are to fill the participation form here by the 30th October 2018 ![]() Name: “Really Including Inclusion” Dates: 18 to 25 November 2018 Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 – Youth Mobility) Participants needed: 2 participants Age: 18+ Location: Worcester, UK 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. ![]() 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 for project description, see original post
The project “LEADER” aims to enhance natural resources through: sustainable environmental management and development of rural areas. This project will also follow the creation of a historical consciousness of rural areas, in a logic participation of European integration by bringing together many young people from different countries and cultures to confront this issue, always focusing on enhancing their personal and professional skills in acquisition of transversal skills for personal development and subsequent integration in the labor market. The future of rural areas is a current concern and transcends national borders. The project stems from several discussions in several EU institutions which were put into action since 1991. In this period, the LEADER program was created for the promotion and development of rural areas, based on a territorial approach to rural development through the application of decentralized procedures, both relation to decision-making and in financial management. It is intended that the activities during this project occur in rural areas, contributing to the effective development of youth activities and to improve the organization of civil society capacity and the immediate the local community in the participants’ own countries.
Interested applicants are to fill the participation form, here Please specify name of project when applying. Deadlines for applications forms is 17th June.
The project is targeted to youths who are currently not in employment or in education. 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. Deadlines for participation forms: Youth Leaders are to apply by the 17th June; Participants are to apply by the 30th June. Participation form accessible through here
'Mind your body' deals with the topic of healthy lifestyle, sports, dealing with stress and time managment. Young people will recognize the meaning and influence of healthy lifestyle on physical health and general well-being. Results of the project include 1) A ZINE of healthy recepies you can cook in less than 20 minutes (2) Preparation of a VIDEO with exercises (30) VEGE-FESTIVAL as a final event (4) Seven days WORKOUT challenge in the local enviorment. The activites will be diverse and spread over the whole day from morning to evening. Participants will get the chance to meet people from abroad, enjoy their national evenings, achieve daily challenges, enjoy sports and become more confident, learn how to deal with stress and how to organize time and mostly – have fun!
Interested applicants are to fill the participation form by Friday 18th of May
The project 'Creativity UK 4 – Unity through Creativity' is the 4th edition of Creativity Youth Exchange. The project will be held at Fairplay House, Wickham Bishops, Essex, UK and will group 63 young people from all over Europe. This year’s theme is EQUALITY. The theme will be examined through workshops in music, fashion, dance, drama, video & photography and arts and crafts. There will also be a possibility for some young people and leaders to work in the ‘Creativity News Team’ to create a daily record of the exchange.
Interested applicants are to fill the participation form by Friday 18th of May
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.
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.
Email Maxine for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 25th July 2017.
Description: The aim of Healthy for Life 3rd Edition is to raise awareness about the importance of including sports and other outdoor recreational activities in the daily life of young people, highlighting their positive impact for a healthy lifestyle. For this particular aspect non-formal education methods will be used in a multicultural context and practical activities through which young people can learn by experimenting. The methods used will include teambuilding, acting, interactive presentation research, analyzes, group work, workshops, video making. Participants will have the chance to explore our mountains through hiking (at least 2 days) and engage in adventure activities with trained specialists (zip-line, adventure park with ropes, etc).
Email maxine@muya.info for application forms
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 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. Email maxine@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Sunday 12 March ‘17. MUYAs next challenge is blood donation! That's Right! We will be meeting all together in a joint effort to donate some blood which serves as a life line for those in need. So join us on Saturday the 5th of November in this good cause at "Ċentru ta' l-Għotja tad-Demm, Pjazza San Luqa, G'Mangia. MSD 1010" 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. The Malta UNESCO Youth Association would like to invite you for our Annual General Meeting which will take place on the 7th of April 2016 at 18:30 at the University of Malta Common Room (Msida).
Below find a link to the agenda of the AGM and the MUYA statute and means to access last year's AGM Minutes. It is appreciated if you inform the Secretary General about your attendance by the 7th of April. There are two important procedures to be communicated prior to the AGM. 1. Elections This year we will have five posts in the Committee up for elections: 1) President (2 years) 2) International Officer (2 years) 3) Public Relations Officer (2 years) 3) Member of Committee (2 years) 5) Secretary General (co-option for 1 year) The nominations and applications for the vacant posts accompanied by a short motivation letter are to be sent to the President and the Secretary General by 1st of April to info@muya.info. 2. Motions Each member can propose motions to the Statute which you may find below. These motions have to reach the Secretary General by 5th of April to thelma@muya.info. Documents: MUYA Statute: http://www.muya.info/uploads/5/3/4/5/5345324/muya_statute_2015.pdf MUYA AGM 2016 Agenda MUYA AGM 2015 Minutes Should you require more information regarding the AGM or above mentioned procedures, kindly contact Thelma (thelma@muya.info) for further information. |