Anti-corruption Education of Šiauliai County Youth by Increasing the Involvement in Public Policy Forming

Lithuania (LT)

Project facts

Project promoter:
Northern Lithuania College(LT)
Project Number:
LT-ACTIVECITIZENS-0081
Status:
In implementation
Initial project cost:
€70,451
Donor Project Partners:
FURIM Institutt(NO)
Other Project Partners
Jewish community of Siauliai county(LT)
Siauliai “Santarves“ gymnasium(LT)
Šiauliai Association of Youth Organizations "Round Table"(LT)
Programme:
Civil Society

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Description

The project aims to expand civil activity and participation of Siauliai Region youth in public policy forming by developing anti-corruption education, promoting the integration of national minorities and exploiting the potential of NGO cooperation at the local and international levels. The project''s target group – young people of Siauliai Region (14-29 y.). The project solves the problems of lack of high-quality non-formal anti-corruption education, lack of modern digital methodological tools required for their implementation; passive participation of young people, especially young people from national minorities, in civic activities, and too little involvement in public policy-making.

In project there will be:

  • implemented an experience exchange traineeship in Norway where the Applicant, 1 and 2 Partners will exchange the positive experience of activities aimed at more active involvement in the formation of public policy;
  • improved a non-formal anti-corruption education and preparation of public administration proposals program, prepared the digital methodological material “easy to read”, open to all external users;
  • implemented training “Engine of Youth Anti-Corruption Initiatives - Civic Activity and Involvement in Public Administration Decision-Making” for 160 youth representatives in 7 municipalities of Šiauliai County;
  • organized 4 moderated public management proposal preparation working groups in each Šiauliai county municipality, involving 48 youth representatives;
  • improved the skills relevant to the development of the Applicant''s and Partners'' NGO activities.

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