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Discuss, Understand...Change!
Start date: Dec 1, 2010,

This project brings 4 different international events - planning meeting in Bangkok, youth workers and youth leaders training in Slovenia, youth exchange in China and youth forum in Lithuania in which 100 young persons and 34 youtH workers from all 4 countries will participate. Additionally, there will be activities simultaneously organised in all participating countries - 3 essay contests, minimum 480 young people participating, 60 public debates, minimum 600 young people being actively involved, 10 Internet debates, minimum 80 young people being'actively involved and Arts competition with around 400 participants and 10 youth workers. All together there will be 1800 young persons and youth workers actively involved, indirectly as audience of public and Internet debates, being exposed to different information strategies - minimum of 30 000 young people.Main objective of the project is to empower young people, youth workers and youth organisations involved to become outspoken and strong advocates for youth participation, cultural diversity, inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities and global issues affecting young people, such as climate change, sustainable development, migrations and other Millennium Development Goals. The very important objective is that youth involved learn about different cultures and traditions, the difference between Europe and Asia with specific focus on Euro - China dialogue. Additionally.we do expect the follow ups of this project will be numerous youth initiatives advocating different priorities of this project, establishing a few youth organisations and some new future projects, including also new youth organisations from other Asian and European countries.Outputs; minimum 480 essays in English, Slovenian, Lithuanian, ,Thai and Chinese about the themes of the project; 400 drawings/paintings; at least 20 video taped debates in English, Slovenian, Lithuanian, Thai and Chinese about the topics of the project, available on-line; different curricula in English for different types of activities, available on-line; a study done on the basis of questionnaires about different aspects of themes discussed, available on-line, a special web page with all the material developed during the project blog postings about different themes of the project written by the young people. The results and products will be available on-line at the project web page, a summary of the project will be sent to different list-serves, blogs and web pages globally and at the national levels -distributed to youth organisations, ministries of youth, education, culture, relevant governments, parliament members and relevant non governmental organisations.
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