Description
The project will improve communication with young people and involve new participants in NGO activities. The aim of the project is to create a united national level cooperation network for youth NGOs to allow young people participate in joint measures within informal education, irrespective of their social status, nationality and gender, as well as solve integration-related problems and look for solutions for co-existing of various sub-cultures. Within the project a youth movement will be developed, new members attracted, experience and knowledge from partner organisations transferred, NGO communication with the society promoted, skills of visual communication, and improvement of regional and national communication environment, involving Latvian and Russian youth living in Riga in NGO operation on the regional and national level. The target group: young people, members and volunteers of the organisation, members of cooperation partners, young people from Latvian municipalities.
Summary of project results
The project was necessary to provide young people from different social backgrounds, irrespective of their social status, nationality or gender, with free informal education therefore increasing their civic participation, making them an active member of the society and empowering them in the job market. The aim of the project was encourage young people to think critically about their surroundings - whether that is media, political and social issues - and provide a platform for their participation in decision making. Furthermore, by providing an open platform, young people were given an opportunity to find solutions for coexistence of different subcultures in a friendly environment where primary focus was put on achieving results. The project not only provided workshops, discussions, lectures and seminars in the field of media, but also provided project participants with first work experience in organizer's projects - filming, editing, creative writing, photography, project assistance, therefore young people being not only passive observers but becoming active participants in the content creation. New media and youth products are primarily created by professionals of different age group, which creates a gap between the creator and receiver - the project developed a structure so that the young people would be the creator of the products for their own audience - a youth magazine "iZvēlies", TV shows, online platform, participation in organizing media summer school and discussions, and so on. The project has provided a significant contribution to the objectives set initially: • There were 75 volunteers involved with the project activities • 15 project implementing partners and members were trained • There were 5 exchange visits in Latvia and 3 international exchange visits • There were 2 summer camps held (in total 75 participants) • Created 4 TV and internet programs • The products of the project have reached 5000 young people - show "My first job", "Work / Unemployment", "Morality / immorality"; • Released two electronic and two print magazines • Have improved communication with young people by involving them in different types of activities and offering internships within the NGO. Information about the project, its progress and results of the project are available on the website
www.avantis.lv and information platform
www.izvelies.lv.
Summary of bilateral results