Balkan Youth Sport Democracy Training

The objectives of the training are in brief: • Develop the skills of Balkan youth leaders in promoting inter-ethnic dialogue through youth and sport activities • Support Balkan youth leaders to discover and develop innovative ways of participating in democratic decision making processes in their local communities • Establish a network of youth leaders that are actively pursuing and implementing cross-cutting initiatives in the youth and sport field in the Balkans METODOLOGY OF THE TRAINING The training will be based on the principles and practise of non-formal education and is conceived to allow a learner-centred approach taking into account the needs, interests and the experiences of participants. Time and space for active participation and exchange between working practices will be provided during the different workshops. Participants will be given the opportunity to share, discuss, learn about and develop new ideas within the theme of democratic youth participation. Participants will be strongly encouraged to organise own projects after the course as well as to transfer what they learned during the course to their respective groups/organisations. FINANCIAL CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION ISCA and DGI will support all costs related to accommodation and food. The participants should arrange their own travel to and from Serbia. Participants will receive a travel reimbursement of 70% of the total costs, up to the amounts mentioned below. The organizers will need to see all original tickets and receipts to be able to enable a refund. We encourage participants to make use of the cheapest methods of travel possible. Maximum reimbursement of travel costs; • Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Serbia € 70 • Croatia and Montenegro € 100 • Albania, Macedonia and Slovenia € 120 • Denmark € 200 The participation fee for the seminar is 30 euro and will be deducted from the travel reimbursement.