Kontaktseminar om ungdom og kunst, Polen, 22 -28 mai

Interkulturelles Zentrum, Vienna and Semper Avanti, Wrocùaw kindly invite to apply for the youthNET – CIS Contact Seminar and International Public Fair “Inclusion through Art ”in Wrocùaw, Poland, 22-28 May 2006

youthNET aims at the development of sustainable relationships, co-operation and joint projects in the areas of youth, informal and intercultural education and school education in Belarus, the Russian Federation and Ukraine but also between these countries and other countries in Europe. More info about youthNET you will find on our home page http://www.iz.or.at

Aims of the Contact Seminar
The main aim of the seminar is to promote international youth work as an extra tool for inclusion of young people into society. The focus of the seminar is using artistic methods in order to reach youth on the edge of society

Objectives:

• to exchange ideas, methods and good practice in the work field of the participants
• to initiate long term cooperation between represented organisations by setting up common projects
• to increase knowledge of realities and cultural understanding between Eastern and Western European citizens
• to promote the YOUTH Programme as a tool for inclusion

The Contact Making Seminar will focus on Action 1 Youth Exchange (Gruppeutveksling)and Action 5 Support Measures (Oppl¿ring, informasjon og nettverk) of the YOUTH Programme of the European Commission. As a follow up youthNET expects that participants prepare and submit concrete project proposals to respective YOUTH National Agencies.

International Fair: Inclusion through Art:
The International Fair “Inclusion though Art” will be a public open air event in the city centre of Wroclaw, where 30 organisations from the seminar and 20 local organisations will present actively their methods of work to the local youth and to each other.

The fair is meant as a broad platform for:

Bulgaria, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Romania, Turkey

30 places for participants are available! You will be informed if you are chosen for participation at the latest 28th April 2006. With the positive answer you will receive a detailed info letter.

Working Language
The seminar will be held in ENGLISH language!

Costs
Expenses for travel, accommodation, meals and participation in the seminar will be covered 100 % by Interkulturelles Zentrum/youthNET. Travel costs for participants will be reimbursed only after the seminar as soon as they have sent back to Interkulturelles Zentrum receipts and original travel tickets.

How to apply?

Inclusion through art - draft programme

CMS Inclusion through Art Application form

Please, submit the attached application form preferably by
e-mail : gerhard.mosshammer@iz.or.at
or by fax : 0043/1/58675449
(only typed and readable applications will be taken into account) at the latest 21st April 2006!