{"id":453,"date":"2023-09-16T07:44:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T07:44:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecoprint.kastamonu.edu.tr\/?page_id=453"},"modified":"2023-09-16T07:44:45","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T07:44:45","slug":"association-for-cultural-and-educational-development-youth-on-board-%f0%9f%87%b2%f0%9f%87%b0-north-macedonia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ecoprint.kastamonu.edu.tr\/?page_id=453","title":{"rendered":"Association for Cultural and Educational Development YOUTH ON BOARD \ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\uddf0 North Macedonia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Association for Cultural, Sport and Educational Development \u2013 YOUTH ON BOARD from Shtip, N. Macedonia is voluntary, non-profit, non-governmental, non-partisan association of citizens, established by the free association of citizens for exercising, protecting ,and coordinating their interests, rights and beliefs to promote civil society, civic engagement within the local community as well as to perform activities to en-courage moral values, strengthen inter-ethnic relations and economic development on the territory of Shtip, the region\u00a0 and abroad, in accordance with the Constitution and laws of our country.<\/p>

The main goals of the Association are: to improve the quality of education attainment of young people, advocate for purposeful and effective improvements within the non-formal and formal education sector, work to create an environment where youngsters living in the community could improve and develop their professional lifestyle and their ability to quickly find a job or successfully open their own business; modern interactive methods and content that stimulate youth; increasing the qualitative and quantitative portfolio for cultural, sports, volunteering and other activities for young people; enhancing the appeal for cultural events amongst young people by advocating and working on increasing their part in the planning, development and executing processes within events of such kind, create and implement a policy from the youth, by the youth and with the youth present at all levels, starting from the needs and interests of young people, supporting and promoting youth organizations, determination of measures and recommendations related to the youth sector; through a variety of activities we enrich knowledge and inter-ethnic and intercultural friendship amongst young people so they can set up a positive atmosphere; networking with local, national and international youth and cultural organizations; and, strengthening leadership, self-awareness and self-esteem amongst young people through their involvement in organized formats of action. In addition to this we are active advocates for the lawful rights of our youngsters in all aspects of their lives within our community.<\/p>

Through our work we stimulate and empower our youngsters to be more interested for their rights and be more proactive within their community, furthermore through our work we aim to portray and promote a spirit of philanthropy as means for encouraging cultural integration and improving the collective wellbeing of our community with all its ethnicities. Our work also includes environmental activism and one of our goals is indeed to further develop our agenda in this regard, as we recognize the fundamental need for work in this sector within our community. In addition to this our organization represents a strong advocate for gender equality and women\u2019s rights, and this problematic is something we are very passionate about and dedicated to contribute to the resolution of it in our community. Besides this, we dedicate great portions of time and effort in promoting sustainable healthcare education specifically in fields such as sexual education, healthy lifestyle, and healthy nutrition, preventing sexual abuse, preventing violence within the households etc.<\/p>

Owing to the fact that we primarily work with young people aging from 16-29 our organization had signed a memorandum with the University of \u201cGoce Delcev\u201d from Shtip with whom we have had fruitful cooperation in the past. As previously mentioned one of our main goals is to focus on working on creating a more sustainable and effective youth policy that would allow for our youngsters to be more included with the decision making process in our local community,\u00a0 this remains our main priority for the upcoming year. Besides this our agenda for the next year includes aiming to do more work in the previously mentioned fields of activism, thus we are able to achieve a more complementary agenda, one encompassing all our aims and goals into a more unified structure that would be most beneficial to our youngsters.<\/p>

Activities and experience of the organisation in the areas relevant for this application?<\/strong><\/p>

YOUTH ON BOARD is citizens organization for cultural and educational development. It offers youth opportunities to develop their personal skills and capacities, learn new perspectives, and be-come the best versions of themselves. We aim to teach youth to be more inclusive, respect-full, and active citizens; to appreciate where they come from and to make their futures come to life. We have to transform the youth in ideas, passion and actions!<\/p>

Erasmus Projects<\/strong><\/p>

  1. Lobbying and representation<\/li>
  2. Networking and experience<\/li>
  3. Writing SWOT analysis and other methods of valuation<\/li>
  4. Increasing the role of the youth in making decisions<\/li>
  5. Increasing of the integrations of the Youth Councils in making decisions at local level<\/li>
  6. Strategic youth influence<\/li>
  7. Coordination for equal development and enhancement of the Youth Councils in the Republic of Macedonia<\/li>
  8. Strategy of the Youth Councils for decision influencing on local level<\/li>
  9. Maintaining a structured dialogue<\/li>
  10. Active Youth, Active Citizens \u2013 BG \u2013 2022<\/li>
  11. Food Eunites \u2013 IT \u2013 2022<\/li>
  12. TRAINING COURSE Productive Networks \u2013 Spain \u2013 2021<\/li>
  13. \u201cTake Action, Create the Change!\u201d TACC \u2013 KA2 \u2013 BG \u2013 2021<\/li>
  14. Dragon Dreaming \u2013 Make Your Dreams Come True \u2013 LT- 2021<\/li>
  15. Local youth councils at international scale \u2013 Capasiti building \u2013 PT \u2013 2021<\/li>
  16. Creativ recycling \u2013 PL -2021<\/li>
  17. Take Care \u2013 PL \u2013 2021<\/li>
  18. Your life, your choice \u2013 PL \u2013 2021<\/li>
  19. AEFRH Asociaci\u00f3n Espa\u00f1ola de Fiestas y Recreaciones Hist\u00f3ricas \u2013KA2 \u2013 SP \u2013 2021<\/li>
  20. Developing cross-sectoral cooperation for youth employability in the Western Balkans \u2013 HU -2021<\/li>
  21. Speak up! \u2013 Lithuania \u2013 2020<\/li>
  22. Empower Youth \u2013 Romania \u2013 2020<\/li>
  23. Zdru\u017eeni v kulturi\u00a0 (UNITED COLORS OF EUROPE) \u2013 Slovenia \u2013 2020<\/li>
  24. Overcoming Prejudice \u2013 Romania \u2013 2020<\/li>
  25. Diversity through pop-culture \u2013 Croatia \u2013 2020<\/li>
  26. The European Union \u2013 yesterday, today, tomorrow \u2013 Poland \u2013 2020<\/li>
  27. Citizenship \u2013 North Macedonia \u2013 2019<\/li>
  28. Game Exchange \u2013 Estonia \u2013 2019<\/li>
  29. Democracy in EU and Beyond \u2013 Romania \u2013 2019<\/li>
  30. Protect yourself\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u2013 Poland \u2013 2019<\/li>
  31. EQUALITY IS FOR EVERYONE \u2013 Finland \u2013 2019<\/li>
  32. Storify Yourself \u2013 Bulgaria \u2013 2019<\/li>
  33. Youth in Rural Development \u2013 Cyprus \u2013 2019<\/li>
  34. Me & You \u2013 Hungary \u00a0\u2013 2019<\/li>
  35. NET ART FOR TOLERANCE \u2013 Latvia\/ Cyprus \u2013 2019<\/li>
  36. Connecting People, Organizations, Communities, Europe \u2013 Finland \u2013 2019<\/li>
  37. StartUp Battle \u2013 UK\/Armenia \u2013 2019<\/li>
  38. 1,2,3 ECOLOGY SYSTEM \u2013 Spain \u2013 2019<\/li>
  39. Youth work VS Fake News \u2013 Poland \u2013 2019<\/li>
  40. Youth Council for Active Citizenship \u2013 Romania \u2013 2019<\/li>
  41. TO BE here TO BE me \u2013 Spain \u2013 2018<\/li><\/ol>

    Our activities and experiences that prove relevant include:<\/p>

    Local projects:<\/strong><\/p>