Getting Involved! Strengthening Citizen’s Involvement among Young People

Background Information

Eurasia Partnership Foundation and Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg are pleased to invite applications from young people for participation in the "Getting Involved" program. Program participants are selected on a competitive basis.

Eurasia Partnership Foundation's (EPF) mission is to empower people to effect change for social justice and economic prosperity though hands-on programs, helping them to improve their communities and their own lives. With locally registered offices in Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia, EPF is the legacy institution of Eurasia Foundation (EF), a privately managed non-profit organization established in 1992 to deliver seed capital to emerging civil society organizations in the former Soviet countries. Supported by the United States Agency for International Development and other public and private donors, EF invested nearly $70 million in the South Caucasus through more than 1,700 grants and programs from 1992 until 2008.

For further information please visit our homepages http://www.epfound.am/, http://www.epfound.az/, http://www.epfound.ge/ and http://www.eurasia.org/.

Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg is a program of the German foundation Robert Bosch Stiftung and the international non-profit association MitOst with an office in Berlin, Germany. Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg supports young people who want to contribute as volunteers in shaping their environment and facilitating social change. In individually developed projects, they have the opportunity to be active, develop friendships and gain important experiences. We assist in the implementation of the projects over the course of one year with training and international meetings. Individuals between 18 and 25, from German speaking countries, from Central and Southeast Europe and from CIS countries can become active and work together. The mission of Robert Bosch Stiftung - to promote understanding among nations - is effectively put into practice in Theodor-Heuss-Kolleg. MitOst, founded as alumni-organization of Robert Bosch Stiftung fellows, involves 1700 members in 40 countries in voluntary projects and creates ties over national borders.

For further information, please visit our homepages http://www.theodor-heuss-kolleg.de/, http://www.robert-bosch-stiftung.de/ and http://www.mitost.org/.

Objectives

"Getting Involved!" is designed to strengthen civic involvement among young people from the countries of the South Caucasus. It provides the space and the freedom to:

Through the program, the selected participants will

Eligibility

Logistics of the Training

The trainings will take place in Georgia. Board and lodging will be provided by the training organizers. Travel costs will be reimbursed with submission of the copy of the travel ticket.

Application Process

The deadline for the application is April 10, 2009. Only those candidates that are shortlisted will be contacted in the middle of April to verify English language ability. Decisions will be announced on April 18, 2009.

The capacity building education program schedule is as follows:

To apply for this program please fill in the application form and send it to:

 

In Armenia, by email to Gayane Mkrtchyan at gmkrtchyan@epfound.am or as a hard copy to:

Եվրասիա համագործակցություն հիմնադրամ

Զարոբյան փ. 56

0009 Երևան

Phone: +374 10 586095
Fax: +374 10 586096

In Azerbaijan, by email to Qurban Karimbayli at gkarimbayli@epfound.az or as a hard copy to:

Avrasiya Əməkdaşlıq Fondu

C.Cabbarlı küç. 44

Kaspian Plaza, 6-cı mərtəbə

1065 Bakı

Phone: +994 12 437 29 4/ 41/42/43

Fax: +994 12 437 29 44

In Georgia, by email to Maia Tavadze at mtavadze@epfound.ge or as a hard copy to:

evraziis TanamSromlobis fondi

kavsaZis q. #3

0179 Tbilisi

Phone: +995 32 25 27 78/82

Fax: +995 32 25 39 42/43

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