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.  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.  Malta UNESCO Youth Association is inviting you to participate in a photographic and video exhibition titled ‘Through the Lens.’ The aim of this project is to promote cultural diversity in Malta and raise awareness on human rights issues in our society. Participants can work individually or in groups to produce a series of photos on the theme of multiculturalism OR human rights. We are accepting a max. of 3 participants per team for the photographic project. Participants will also benefit from seminars organised by MUYA, for which we have invited expert speakers to deliver talks and workshops on the respective topics. These seminars will be held in October. The photography teams will have their photos mounted and prominently displayed at the Qawra LEAP Centre during the launch of the exhibition. Some of the photos will be permanently housed at the venue. If you would like to learn more about this project, please send us an email on info@muya.info. You may also find the application form at the end of this post. This project is being organised in collaboration with Qawra LEAP Centre and is co-funded by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ through the BE ACTIVE Scheme.  Name: "TOGETHER"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 - Youth Exchange) Dates: 18th - 28th August 2015 (11 days) Participants needed: 5 participants + 1 leader Age: 18+ Location: Tsaf Tsouf summer camp, Greece Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 170 €. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host: Kids in Action Countries: Greece, United Kingdom, Spain, Poland, Hungary, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Latvia, Slovakia Project Description: The Youth Exchange "TOGETHER" 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 young people with or without disabilities to meet, exchange ideas, explore diversity. Also to increase the empathy of the situation experienced by young people with disabilities and to share experiences and best practices on structures dealing with disability in EU countries. The program brings together more than 100 young people from 10 different countries in Europe open call participants and participants from " Beyond Borders"-a project implemented by Summer Camp Tsaf Tsouf, which accommodates people with disabilities and takes place every year in the summer camp Tsaf Tsouf. -that will be, in parallel with "TOGETHER". The participants of "TOGETHER" 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. Kindly send an email to rodianne@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 21st July.  Name: "European Fashion – Multicultural Exchange for Common Development"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Youth Exchange) Dates: 10th - 18th August 2015 (9 days) Participants needed: 5 participants, 1 leader Age: 16-26, leader 18+ Location: Dzięgielów Castle, Ustroń, Poland (http://www.zamek-dziegielow.pl/) Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 170 €. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host: Jagiellonian Club Silesia Countries: Poland, Turkey, Bulgaria, Portugal, Hungary, Malta, Romania Project Description: The project "European Fashion - Multicultural Exchange for Common Development" is a 9 day youth exchange that will group 7 EU countries. The main aim of this YE is to develop the creativity and entrepreneurship of young people through the mutual learning of cultures and exchange of experiences. It is through the investigation of the diversity and richness of history (including folk customs, architecture, fashion and social conventions) of the different countries that this project will seek to answer contemporary challenges such as unemployment and lack of opportunities especially for young people. The project will be hosted in two locations - Ustrori (6 days) and Katowice (3 days). Foreseen activities include long-term social actions, local campaigns on social networks, outdoor activities and the creation of a website related to culture and youth entrepreneurship. In this way, the project will create creative ways to promote youth activity, all in line with the Europe 2020 strategy. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Wednesday 8th July.  Name: "Creativity UK 3 - ‘Equality Through Creativity’ "
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 - Youth Exchange) Dates: 10th - 20th August 2015 (11 days) Participants needed: 6 participants + 1 leader Age: 15 - 19, leader 18+ Location: Fairplay House, Wickham Bishops, Essex, UK 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: Love Life Generation Countries: Slovakia, Greece, Portugal, Malta, Romania, Hungary, Italy and Latvia. Project Description: The project Creativity UK 3 - Equality Through Creativity is the third edition of Creativity youth exchange funded by the British Council and Erasmus+ Programme. The project application was successful and bid an invite to 8 EU counties, grouping a total of 63 young people from all over Europe. The theme of this years exchange is EQUALITY and this will be examined through various workshops in music, video & photography, fashion, dance, drama, and arts & crafts together with a variety of outdoor activities. 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. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Wednesday 8th July.  Name: "MovIeT"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1 - Youth Exchange) Dates: 19th July - 1st August 2015 (14 days) Participants needed: 7 participants + 1 group leader Age: 18 - 30 Location: Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €400. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host: P.O.D. Association Countries: Spain, Romania, Bulgaria, Malta, Greece, Italy, and Portugal Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: "MovIeT" is a Youth Exchange that will bring together 49 youngsters and 7 group leaders form 7 EU countries to be involved in sessions using non-formal educational techniques that have two main dimensions: sports and movie making. The activities planned have as purpose to enrich your potential, developing your social abilities and competences that lead to the mitigation of the social disadvantage. This project will offer the framework for the exchange of ideas, experiences and team work through outdoor activities, sports and the creation short movies about the use of sports as a method of social inclusion. At the end of the exchange participants will have the technical competences that can be very useful in a diverse range of areas, both personal and professional, as participants will gain knowledge about practical experiences of making a movie from the initial idea to video editing. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Wednesday 3rd June 2015.  Name: "Theatre as a tool for social development"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Dates: 12th - 21st July 2015 (10 days) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Malmo, Sweden Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of €360. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee of €30 payable to host organisation. Host: Centre for Capacity Building & Empowerment Countries: Malta, Poland, Turkey, Macedonia, France, Croatia, Portugal, Italy, Lativa, Sweden Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: The project Theatre as a tool for social development" is a 10 day training course that will group 30 youth workers and youth leaders from 10 EU countries. This TC aims to provide youth workers with competencies on how to use theatre and drama techniques in their everyday work as a means for youth inclusion. Theatre and Drama both have significant implications in inclusion and learning, however its applicability to the educational system is not yet developed. Through the main themes of this project, participants will learn to cooperate with each other, approach knowledge via experiential learning, solve problems, take decisions, acquire empathy, and to recognize the needs of others. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Wednesday 3rd June 2015.  Name: "D.E.A.L. II - Develop, Empower, Achieve, Learn "
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Dates: 12th - 19th July 2015 (7 days) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Worcester, UK (www.travelodge.co.uk) Costs: Travel costs covered up to a limit of 360 €. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Participation fee of host of 30 GBP per participant. Host: Consilium Development Education and Training Countries: UK, Poland, Malta, Turkey, Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, Greece, Bulgaria, Belgium, Romania, Latvia. Sending Organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Project Description: The project " D.E.A.L. - Develop, Empower, Achieve, Learn" is a 7 day training course that will group 34 youth workers and youth leaders from 14 EU countries. Inspired by the “Study on the impact of Non-Formal Education in youth organizations on young people’s employability” launched by the European Youth Forum in October 2012 (whilst also bearing in mind the increase in unemployment in Europe, recorded at 5.52 million unemployed youth in 2012) the proposed project offers methods, tools and practices, that people involved in youth employability can use so as to provide support in pursing diverse career prospects. Participants will be encouraged to build on the experiences gained from the project and adapt them according to the demanded standards back in their countries. This project will be consolidated with a final seminar in the UK in spring 2016. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 26th May.  The Malta UNESCO Youth Association would like to invite you for our Annual General Meeting which will take place on Monday 25 May at the KNZ Office at: 50, Lion Street, Floriana, at 18:30 hours. This year we have we have a total of four posts in the Committee up for election: 1) Secretary General (2 years) 2) Treasurer (2 years) 3) Committee Member (2 years) 4) Committee Member (2 years) MUYA members are able to vote for those who showed interest in joining our committee for the mentioned posts during the AGM. Recent members and non-members are welcome to join and learn more about MUYA. Kindly confirm your attendance by filling in the RSVP Form below  Name: "Eco – Active in the City"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- T) Dates: 17th - 24th May 2015 (8 days) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18+ Location: Krzyżowa & Wrocław, Poland Costs: Travel costs 100% out of a maximum budget of 275EUR reimbursed. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR apply. Host: C.E.T Platform Sending organisation: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Countries: Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Italy, Macedonia, Malta, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia Project Description: The project "Eco – Active in the City" will gather 27 youth workers from 9 EU countries. The main objective of the project is to promote youth entrepreneurship as a way to fight social exclusion. Participants will also learn basic ideas of Sustainable Development, European mechanisms of support for young entrepreneurs, and experience examples of good practices running in an urbanised environment. The first part of the project will be held in the organisation's youth centre in Krzyżowa (http://krzyzowa.org.pl/index.php/en) and end in Wroclaw, capital of the Lower Silesia region. The project will be based on non-formal learning principles and will use methods such as brainstorming, discussions, debates and group work etc. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 30th March.  Name: "Young Entrepreneurs in Action II: CU "
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Dates: 16th - 23rd February 2014 (8 days) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18 - 30 Location: Marsaxlokk, Malta (http://cdn02.abakushost.com/agenzijazgh…/…/Mxlokk_centre.pdf) Costs: Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Countries: Malta, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland. Description: "Young Entrepreneurs in Action II: Combating Unemployment" is an 8 day training course that will group 28th youth workers supported by trainers and support staff, from 8 EU countries. The main aim of the project is to introduce youth entrepreneurship as a tool for fighting youth unemployment. During the training course participants who work directly with young people (who are either current or future job-seekers) will learn how to introduce the idea of entrepreneurship to young people, how to motivate them to be pro-active and how to support them during the process of applying an entrepreneurial approach into career development. During the training course, participants will have the opportunity to explore entrepreneurship through multimedia presentations, interviews, plenary discussions, open space technology, creative workshops, role plays, active selling simulation exercises and more. Kindly send an email to: thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Thursday 29th January.  Between the 6 and 13 of December, 31 youth workers and youth leaders from 9 different countries met together for a training course focused on developing competences in youth leaders necessary for running top notch Youth Exchanges in the Erasmus+ programme. The project, "Laboratory: Technology of Involvement", was organised by the Malta UNESCO Youth Association at the Marsaxlokk Youth Activity Centre, Malta, and co-funded under the Erasmus+, Key Action 1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals, programme. Directed by trainers and support staff, the training course enabled the promotion and facilitation of an active approach to build appropriate models of motivation in young people. Through the conceptual use of a laboratory, an increase in the understanding that the role of personal and professional development play in youth work was obtained. The main aim of the project was based on the fact that group leaders from different NGOs are able to increase the quality of Youth Exchanges through the finding of appropriate models of motivating young people to actively participate during the implementation of the project by gaining new skills and knowledge.  The training course was complemented by the facilitation of reflection on personal motivation to be a leader and self-evaluation. In addition, creativity and communication skills were built up, along with support for inter-cultural exchange, and fostering of mutual understanding between young people in different countries, which helps to increase quality of Youth Exchanges. To work on the key competences for active participation among youngsters, participants from Cyprus, Estonia, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain and Turkey were brought together in Malta. MUYA is a youth association represented in Malta in cooperation with National Co-ordination Body (National Commission of UNESCO in Malta). MUYA works in the field of developing culture, education, science and communication and spreading the ideas of UNESCO amongst youth and grown up population in Malta and internationally through organisation of programmes and projects including training courses, seminars and exchanges on a national and international level and through the publishing of diverse literature. For more information about the project you may also contact us directly by sending an email to info@muya.info   Name: "Laboratory: Technology of involvement"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Training Course) Dates: 6th - 13th December 2014 (8 days) Participants needed: 3 participants Age: 18 - 30 Location: Marsaxlokk, Malta (http://cdn02.abakushost.com/agenzijazghazagh/downloads/Mxlokk_centre.pdf) Costs: Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR for non-members. Host: Malta UNESCO Youth Association Countries: Malta, Estonia, Cyprus, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Spain and Turkey. Project Description: The project "Laboratory: Technology of involvement" is an 8 day training course that will group 31 youth workers and youth leaders from 9 EU countries. The main aim of the training course is to improve quality of Youth Exchanges in the framework of E+. The project's methodology will be based on the concept of a laboratory which aims to find the form of motivation where the leader plays the role of a facilitator who is able to motivate the youngsters. Workshops that will take place include: What it takes to be a leader?; We as one; Skills theatre; Super leader and meeting the locals. Finally participants will be able to be a natural leader and come to terms with the ease of personal reflection and self-evaluation. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 4th November.  The Malta UNESCO Youth Association (MUYA) is pleased to inform you that the Culture Fest that was organised on Sunday 19th October, in collaboration with the Qawra Leap Centre, and co-funded by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ through the Be Active scheme, under the patronage of H.E. the President of Malta Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca, was highly successful. Since MUYA works in the field of developing culture, education, science and communication and spreading the ideas of UNESCO amongst youth and grown up population in Malta and internationally, the main aim of the festival was to promote active citizenship and cultural diversity through the participation of people coming from various cultures was reached on all accounts. The countries represented ranged from Colombia to the Philippines, and from Morocco to Lithuania. Food, dances and singing were the highlight of the day, with performances including dancing, workshops and various bands, all live on stage! On behalf of the Committee Members, we would like to thank first and foremost all the volunteers who supported us during these past months up to the event and all those who attended this event, our families and partners who supported us along the way and anyone else who helped us in any way or another. Notably, we would like to thank participants from all the countries, Colombia, Libya, Lithuania, Malta, Morocco, Philippines, Russia, and Ukraine. For more information about the festival, we urge you to send an email to our Secretary General on: dorianne@muya.info You may also wish to visit our website at: http://www.muya.info/ follow us on twitter at: www.twitter.com/muyamalta or join our Malta UNESCO Youth Association Facebook page: www.facebook.com/muyamalta We look forward to hearing from you!   The Malta UNESCO Youth Association is delighted to inform you that it will be organising a Culture Fest on Sunday 19th October from 11am till 5pm. The festival is being organised in collaboration with the Qawra Access Centre, and co-funded by Aġenzija Żgħażagħ through the Be Active scheme. The Qawra Access Centre, founded in 2008, aims to empower residents from the community of St. Paul's Bay to be active. They aim to identify the needs of the community and to work in close collaboration with various stakeholders to be able to address these needs.
Since MUYA works in the field of developing culture, education, science and communication and spreading the ideas of UNESCO amongst youth and grown up population in Malta and internationally, the main aim of the festival is thus to promote active citizenship and cultural diversity through the participation of people coming from various cultures. We are hence looking for people who want to participate in the festival as follows:
For more information about the festival, or should you wish to participate during the day, we urge you to send an email on: dorianne@muya.info by not later than 5th October. You may also wish to follow us on twitter at: www.twitter.com/muyamalta or join our Malta UNESCO Youth Association Facebook page: www.facebook.com/muyamalta We look forward to hearing from you! 
Name: "FAIR PLAY FOR ALL"
Type: Erasmus+ (KA1- Youth Exchange) Dates: 20th- 28th October 2014 (8 days) Participants needed: 5 participants + 1 leader Age: 18 - 25 Location: Białystok/Podlasie, Poland Costs: Travel costs 100% out of a maximum budget of 270EUR reimbursed. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR apply. Host: Foundation for Freedom Countries: Finland, Italy, Malta and Poland. Project Description: The project "FAIR PLAY FOR ALL" is an 8 day youth exchange that will group 24 participants from four EU countries. The main theme of the exchange is anti-discrimination and education through sport and outdoor activities. During the project, the participants will discuss topics related to discrimination, human rights, education and sports (with special emphasis on football), in order to learn methods to prevent social exclusion. To sum up the results, towards the end of the YE, participants will organize a mini-tournament and social event with the local community. Participants will also meet and work with football players of the multicultural football league "ETNOLIGA". Finally, the participants will broaden their knowledge on human rights, sport, theatre practise, and anti-discriminatory education. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 9th September. Name: "Empowering Young Jobseekers"
Type: Youth in Action (Training Course) Dates: 4th- 12th October 2014 (8 days) Participants needed: 2 participants Age: 18+ Location: Stumica, Macedonia Application Deadline: Tuesday 26th August Costs: Travel costs 70% out of a maximum budget of 500EUR reimbursed. Food and accommodation 100% free. 10 EUR Participation fee + Membership fee of 5 EUR. A participation fee of 30 Eur by the host organisation applies. Host: Center for sustainability and advanced education (CSAE) Bitola Countries: Macedonia, Malta, Albania, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Azerbaijan,Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Turkey. Project Description: The project "Empowering Young Jobseekers" is an 8 day training course that will group 36 participants from twelve countries. The aim of this project is to develop the competences of youth to be able to integrate easily in the labour market and, in the process, empower other youth in doing so. Participants will have the opportunity to practice and enhance new skills and engage into a self-confident attitude to find and keep into stable jobs. During this TC, participants will investigate the current and predict future market needs, learn how to manage personal finances and set career goals; all in the context of personally developing oneself. The methods used for this TC will include role plays, panel discussions, brainstorming, games, inner/outer circle and pair share and pair work tools. Kindly send an email to thelma@muya.info for participation forms that need to be submitted by Tuesday 26th August. |
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