EUROPE GOES LOCAL - MENTORSHIP PROGRAM FOR THE MUNICIPALITIES OF ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN, MOLDOVA, GEORGIA AND UKRAINE

During the mentoring programme, selected participants from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine will have the opportunity to:

• Develop a personalized plan for enhancing local youth work in their municipality;
• Receive guidance and support from local mentors;
• Make the European dimension an integral part of local youth work provision;
• Implement youth work development plans on a local level;
• Offer tools and opportunities for local stakeholders to collaborate and develop common projects;
• Recognize and promote European best practices for peer-learning.

We are seeking individuals who are:

• Involved in youth work at the municipal level (municipal workers, representatives of NGOs cooperating with local authorities, other relevant entities);
• Committed to actively participating in all stages of the project throughout 2025;
• Interested in the knowledge of local youth work development;
• Equipped with ideas on how to develop local youth work in their region (e.g., youth policy development, enhancing E+ and ESC opportunities at the municipal level, fostering cooperation with local young people through various activities).

Please note that we can also involve teams of 2 relevant persons from the same municipality. They might represent only the local authorities or make a team of local authorities representative and i.e. NGO worker or a librarian or a local school teacher, etc..

Project Timeline:

• January 2025: Selected participants meet online with local EGL mentors for a  get-to-know meeting;
• every 6 weeks check-up meetings with SALTO EECA;
• April 2025: 3-day intensive training and study visits in Greece;
• May-June 2025: 2-day residential training with local mentors;
• summer 2025: mid-term evaluation meeting with study visit elements in Moldova;
• December 2025: participants meet for a one-day closure and evaluation ceremony.

In the recruitment process, please be ready to:

• answer the questions in the application form about yourself and youth policy in your municipality. You can use the questions as a reflection tool in order to analyse the state of youth work in your place and have your initial ideas in which area would you like to develop; 
• answer the questions in the application form about your intentions and plans for the upcoming year and youth work development, in other words: your ideas and plans for youth policy development in your municipality that we can support with the mentoring programme;
• in case of being chosen, please present the letter of approval from a head / director of your local municipality within 2 weeks.

Participation is free of charge. The program covers all costs associated with each stage of the project.

Please fill out the application form until 15th of December 2024
You will be notified about the results until end of December 2024