Active participation of unemployed young people fa..
Active participation of unemployed young people facing economic obstacles
Start date: Mar 1, 2011,
Project "Active participation of unemployed young people facing economic obstacles" will gather ¿2 participants facing social exclusion and discrimination originating in their families low-income statusThe project targets young people who are long-term unemployed, those whose families receive social welfare and those who live in some form of poverty. In all, young people with fewer opportunities, usually not aware about these sorts of projects ever happening, and especially those who never had a chance to participate in any type of non-formal education event.These young people will on this occasion have a unique opportunity to participate in an 8-day international training that will be organized for them in City of Nis, Republic of Serbia.Unemployed young people facing serious economic obstacles aren't that very much motivated to actively participate in civic or social processes in communities they live in as they, understandably perhaps, don't see a reason to participate in these processes gathering other young people when this involvement usually doesn't generate any income for them.However, without some level of activeness in their lives, chances that they will improve their financial standing are not so good like they would be if they were more active in civic or social processes in their communities, as this tends to open a range of opportunities for a young person. Unfortunately, this philosophy of activeness often tends to be in confrontation with their potentially passive state of mind and this is something that we, as people working with young people for 11 years, see on a day-to-day basis. Unemployed young people facing economic obstacles, and especially those from low-income backgrounds, don't apply for participation in events that usually gather a lot of their peers and thus they don't participate in these events. Reasons are many.Moreover, if these young people are not participating in any form of civic and social processes in their communities they are also likely passive in job seeking as well as in investment in their personal development, closely connected to one's employability.For these and several other reasons we want to use this project to positively influence these young people motivating them for active participation and making them realize potential benefits for overcoming of personal economic disabilities (among other things) through active participation in lives of their communities. By steering them towards active participation we are likely to help them become more employable as youth participation brings practical benefits to youngsters as it offers chances for personal development, new acquaintances and strengthening of ties with various actors in communities in which they live in.
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