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ENDING UP OF SET OF TRAININGS WITHIN PROJECT
«NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION IN EUROPE» |
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december 2005.
By the end of November, there have been ended up the last
two of 10 trainings
«Non-formal Education in Europe
– a Step Toward Recognition in Serbia and Montenegro»,
organized and realized by «Hajde da...» Group, during past
two months, throughout Serbia and Montenegro. We've been talking
about position of non-formal education in our country, current
trends in this field in Europe, as well as about steps to
take towards better recognition and validation of non-formal
education in Belgrade,
Subotica, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Uzice, Nis and Podgorica.
Also people from other towns (Zrenjanin, Guca, Backa Topola,
Đurdin, Novi Kneževac...) have participated in almost every
training; news about this project and the trainings has been
put on several web sites; there have been published the three
articles in «Prosvetni pregled» newspaper, so we are sure
that the number of those who have been reached by the idea
of necessity of recognition of non-formal education in Serbia
and Montenegro is quite larger than the official data we have.
According to our data-base, there have been over
160 persons who took part in trainings in the 7 towns.
Our main target groups were representatives of governmental
bodies (Ministry of Education and Sports and Ministy of Labour,
Employement and Social Policy), National Employement Service,
formal-educational institutions, media, NGOs, scientific institutes,
institutions for adult education, but everyone who sees the
importance of non-formal education and is willing to work
on its promotion was wellcomed, so we also had representatives
of the Red Cross, Scouts Organizastion, business sector etc.
We will continue our work
on the promotion of non-formal education. Some of our very
next steps in that direction are organizing the Dialogue Day,
in cooperation with Forum Syd Balkans, and publishing the
set of reccomendations for recognition of non-formal education,
came as outputs from the realized trainings.
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youth programme - user's guide |
| YOUTH Programme
- user's guide, version valid as of 1 January, 2005.
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TRAINING OF FACILITATORS FOR THE ASSOCIATION OF STUDENTS WITH
DISSABILITIES |
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29.10.2005.
The Training took place in Kladovo, October 1st – 6th,
2005. The group consisted of 16 members of the Association
of Students with Dissabilities from Belgrade and their partner
organizations from Majdanpek, Pirot, Zajecar, Sabac, Nis and
Podgorica.
The main aim of the Training was to increase competences
and motivation of participants for implementing activities
of the Association. The course was designed in accordance
with needs of the concrete group. The idea was the participants
to be given basic knowledge on training situation, as well
as skills to handle it, and the framework was the social model
of handicap, whose promotion and popularisation is mission
of the Association.
The trainers who have been learning and having fun with 16
great, motivated and enthousiastic young people during the
first 6 days of October were: Aleksandra Vidanovic, Vojislava
Tomic i Jelena Rankovic.
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| A
LETTER FROM OUR EVS VOLUNTEER FROM SLOVENIA |
12.10.2005.
During the year of 2004. it was our pleasure o host our dear
Matea, EVS volunteer from Slovenia.
Here’s what she says about her service in “Hajde da...” Group...
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letter (Serbain only)
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| ORGANIZATIONAL
EMPOWERMENT FOR NGO "VELIKIMALI" |
10.10.2005.
”Hajde da...” for “VelikiMali” is a title of two modular
program of supporting organizational
development of NGO
“VelikiMali”, held in Pancevo, August 20th-21st and September
3rd-4th.
Participants were members and volunteers of this Experts’
Initiative for Helping Mentally Disabled Children, and the
trainers were from “Hajde da…” Group Trainers’ Pool – Danijela
Jovic and Dragana Lalic.
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THE
FIRST CENTER FOR MENTAL CARE IN COMMUNITY IS OPENED |
10.10.2005.
At October 2nd, 2005 Center for Mental
Care in Community "Medijana" was opened and it was
the official beginning of its service.
This is the first center of that kind in Serbia and is based
on the principles of cooperation between staff and beneficiaries,
including also family members and the local community.
The Center offers
various services to its beneficiaries:
• social therapy and educative groups
• courses and seminars (language, dancing and cooking courses,
training of social skills, practising of living in community...)
• working groups (for arts, literature, music...)
• excursions and visiting exhibitions, sport events, cinema,
theatre
There are also home visits
organized, so that staff can continuously be in course of
the health condition and everyday living situation of the
beneficiary and, at the same time, experts’ help and support
became more available to the beneficiaries then they used
to be.
The Center is open from 8am
till 8pm, on working days.
There is also the possibility to get in touch with the staff
by phone: 063/ 360-877,
when the Center is closed.
"Hajde da..." Group
has supported preparations before the openning of the Center,
by providing the set of workshops, giving the opporunity to
the staff members to develop skills that showed up to be necessary
according to the new challenges of their job (caused by founding
of the Center and the general reform of the mental health
care system).
The educators on
this project were Jelena Jovanovic, Dragana Lalic and Marko
Pejovic.
The Center was founded as a part of the project “Increasing
of the Social Cohesion by Empowering Services for Mental Health
Care in Community”, done by SEE Stability Pact and
WHO, in cooperation with National Committee for Mental Health
of the Ministry of Health Care of the Republic of Serbia and
the Assembly of the city of Niš.
Its foundation couldn’t be possible also without support and
pleading of the Director of the Special Psychiatric Hospital
"Gornja Toponica", dr Milana Stanojkovic and the organization
Caritas Italiana.
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| CONTACT
POINT FOR THE YOUTH PROGRAMME OF THE EUROPEAN UNION |
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12.09.2005.
"Hajde da..." Group has officially became the contact
point for the YOUTH Programme of the European Union.
The nomination for the contact points was done by
SALTO-SEE Resource Center, in cooperation with the
European Commission.
Except for "Hajde da..."
Group, there are three more nominations for contact
points for Serbia and Montenegro:
* BalkanIDEA from Novi Sad,
* Youth House from Niš and
* ADP-Zid from Podgorica.
THE ROLE of contact points will be:
* disseminating information,
* promoting YOUTH Programme,
* as well as advisory support to organizations from Serbia
and Montenegro, who want to realize international youth projects.
More information on
future work of contact points and the ways to take part in
the YOUTH Programme can be found at our website, starting
from October, and at the joint web presentation of all four
contact point, which is still under construction.
YOUTH Programme link: http://europa.eu.int/comm/youth/program/index_en.html
SALTO-YOUTH SEE RC link: http://www.salto-youth.net/see/
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| ANNOUNCEMENT
OF THE SEMINAR “A STEP TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" |
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12.09.2005.
In the preiod September -November, there will be 10
seminars in 7 towns
in Serbia and Montenegro, entitled “A STEP TOWARDS
RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO”.
The seminars will take place in Kragujevac,
Niš, Užice, Novi Sad, Subotica, Podgorica and Belgrade
(4 seminars).
Each seminar will be delivered by two expert
trainers, who have previously passed the training of
trainers organized and ran by an international trainers’ team,
experienced in non-formal education programs and its promotion.
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| PUBLICATION
"NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN EUROPE – A STEP TOWARDS
RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO" |
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12.09.2005.
Publication “NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION IN EUROPE – A STEP TOWARDS RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO” has been published!
The e-version of this publication in Serbian is available
at the “Hajde da…” Group website
download...
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| ORGANIZATIONAL
EMPOWERMENT FOR NGO "cOVEKOLJUBLJE" |
| 05.08.2005.
On July 20th – 22nd, there was held a tailor made training
course for the staff of NGO "Covekoljublje", lasting for 2,5
days.
The training course was organized concerning organizational
need for a strategic development and creating a strategic
document for the next 5 years. In accordance with the aforementioned,
the aims of the training course were: * empowerment of the
staff for the process of strategic planning and * initiating
of that process.
During the training course, there have been defined organizational
vision and mission, stakeholders and draft strategic aims.
Participants also had chance to remind of the specifics of
their organization, their needs and priorities. At the end,
there have been formed teams which are supposed to do the
further work on defining the strategic aims, objectives and
activities of the organization. The continuation of the process
is planned for September.
Trainers: Smilja
Sindjelic and Jelena Jovanovic
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| BROADCASTING
OF THE ANIMATED SERIES "IT’ SO UNFAIR!" ON TELEVISION |
Dear colleagues and friends,
It’s our pleasure to inform you that the first (as far as we
know) Animated Series for Peace Education of Children and the
Others, called “It’s So Unfair!”
will start its television
life!
The Series has been created in production of “Hajde da...” Group
and follow the group of buddies, who stumble upon various “problems”
in their school (prejudices, discrimination, violence, cooperation).
Starting on August 8th, 2005
(Monday), at 11:40 a.m., at RTS2
(within the educational program), there will be broadcasted
the first and every next day, at the same time, one more episode
of this Series.
With hope that you will enjoy and maybe even learn something
from our friends – Djole, Misa, Lela, Sandra, Kosta, Ramiza,
Sipka, Caca, Zuca and the teacher Goca,
Best regards from “Hajde da...” Group!
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| „NON-FORMAL
EDUCATION IN EUROPE“ |
Jul
2005
The NGO Group „Hajde da...“ has initiated and started to impelment
the project „Non-formal education
in Europe“ in order to apply
these modern European trends in the field of education,
and to stimulate and sustain the social
recognition of non-formal education in Serbia and Montenegro.
This project that takes the form of a
social dijalog amongst and between all the relevant subjects
and actors in the field of education, should result in the formulation
of reccomendations for future steps towards recognition of non-formal
education in Serbia and Montenegro.
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T-KITs-
“TRAINING ESSENTIALS” AND “INTERCULTURAL LEARNING” PUBLISHED...
DOWNLOAD FROM THE WEB... |
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With an
aim to improve the quality of non-formal education in the
country and the region, we’ve translated the two training
manuals, published by Partnership of Council of Europe and
European Commission.
E-versions of these manuals in Serbian are available at following
web addresses:
- Grupa “Hajde da...” www.hajdeda.org.yu/tkit
- Group’s - Partnership’s ( www.training-youth.net).
For printed copies, you can contact „Hajde da...“ Group, by
sending the request form to:
t-kit@hajdeda.org.yu |
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| YOUTH
IN ACTION ! |
WHY? We’ve asked youngsters:
What is the concrete thing
that you want to change in your surroundings?
Maybe that would be the they (don’t) participate in
the life of their city and making decisions that are connected
to them; maybe that would be a problem in their surroundings,
that now lasts for a long time because they didn’t manage
o find people who’d share their ideas; maybe they’re
not sure how to do that in their own town...
An NGO “Hajde da...”
from Belgrade and “Forum
for Civil Action” (FORCA) from Pozega initiated
an action that will include young people from Novi Beograd
and Pozega, giving them the opportunity to find out how can
they participate in life
of their city, how can they cooperate
with local institutions, NGOs, how can they plan
and implement actions for improving young people’s
life in their community.
By this program, we want to support
the young in their efforts to contribute to development of
the cities they live in, in order to create
the society that will appreciate proactivity, initiative,
cooperation, creativity...of youngsters.
Young people, aged 17-25,
who will take part in this program, will have the opportunity
to learn on the real examples of the youth groups from other
parts of Serbia, to discuss with the representatives of local
government, acquire knowledge and skills that are necessary
for creating and implementing of small projects in local communities
and, finally, they’ll be also financially supported
in realization of their local actions.
METHODOLOGY AND PROGRAM DYNAMICS
Program is consisted of:
- education for active
citizenship – that will take place in Soko Banja,
August 7th-14th, 2005 for 40 young people from Pozega and
Novi Beograd;
- planning and preparation
of local actions - (September and part of October)
- realization of youth
local actions in Pozega and Novi Beograd - (part of
October and November)
Perticipants are obliged to actively participate during the
whole project. Those who successfully complete the Program
will get the certificate of the participation in the Program.
Project is supported by Balkan
Trust for Democracy
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| YOUTH
EDUCATION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS |
June 2004.
what
- training course
for those who work in schools and activists of youth NGOs –
“Youth Education for Human Rights”
- one of the trainings on a national
level, treating human rights, within Council of Europe
Youth Education Program on Human Rights. - there was also developed
the “Compass”
– manual
for youth work. This manual is meant both for working in schools
and education on human rights that has place in the field of
non-formal education, realized by youth NGOs.
- contents of the “Compass”
Manual, methodological principles it is based on, as well as
concrete materials will be the base of our training course,
and usage of “Compass” in our schools and non-formal educational
activities is one of the main goals of this training.
AIM
- human rights education (HRE) includes various educational
programs and activities aimed to promote core equalities, based
on human dignity as an irreplaceable value of contemporary Europe.
WHO’S INVITED?
- we invite all those who work in the field of (non-) formal
youth education, to get to know better the evolution, practice
and challenges of human rights, as well as meaning of human
rights for young people nowadays.
WHERE
AND WHEN?
- in Belgrade, July 17th – 25th, 2005, in British Council premises.
Deadline for Applications: June, 17th, 2005 |
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| "BECAUSE
IT’S DIFFERENT" |
... is realized DURING FEBRUARY AND MARCH
OF 2005, as a part of the project “Alphabet
of Tolerance for the Young”.
Program is offering the possibility for learning and developing
basic intercultural skills, attitudes and values. The idea for
this program has been arising gradually – the first step was
work of the “Hajde da…” Group with children in Roma Center “April
8th”.
A set of educational psychological workshops was originally
meant for primary school children and later it spread to working
with teachers through the “Alphabet of Tolerance – Education
and Implementation”, that had got credential of Ministry of
Education and Sports of Republic of Serbia. Based on our previous
experience in working with children and teachers and as an answer
to the need of young people to be proactive in their communities,
we’ve created a pilot program, meant for youngsters and namet
it “Because It’s Different!”.
This program offers a chance for learning and developing of
basic intercultural skills, attitudes and values.
Main themes and phenomena treated by the program are:
discrimination, prejudices, stereotypes, distribution of power,
human rights etc. Participants were 39 young people, aged 16-25.
Project consisted of four days of interactive workshops; participant
showed a high level of motivation for active participation,
share their experiences and contribute to quality of the learning
process.
They were particularly satisfied with the topics and the way
they were dealt with. Visits
that were organized were an extra value of this program: they
were nice opportunity for gaining more intercultural experiences.
The first visit was to the “Old Belgrade Town”, where, at the
very beginning of the program, we had the opportunity to learn
more about the multicultural reality of Belgrade and get to
know the fact that its contemporary looks was influenced by
Romans, Turks, Austro-Hungarians… During the second visit, we
saw the Bajrakli Mosque, Jewish Municipality, synagogue, Russian
Orthodox Church and Catholic Church, where our hosts (some of
whom were the participants of our program themselves) introduced
us with political attitudes, believing, legends, customs and
traditional holiday meals characteristic for their religion.
The third visit took place in the British Council, where our
guests from NGO “Enfants” from Berane, Montenegro, presented
their activities and work in the field of supporting inhabitants
of Roma settlements in Berane and Rozaj to include themselves
in formal-educational system and complete primary and secondary
school, in order to have larger possibilities to find a job
and accomplish their rights.
Results of final evaluation,
at the end of the program, showed that change has been attained
– young people who participated our program afterwards had better
understanding of phenomena such as: prejudices, discrimination,
stereotypes.
They learnt a lot about human rights and their attitudes concerning
minority groups and “differences” became more tolerant. Participants
also became more aware of the fact that there are numerous minorities
living in Belgrade and that they face lots of problems in their
everyday life.
It is especially important that many of the participants were
motivated for continuation of working themselves, feeling that
there are various ways for initiating a non-violent action against
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ESTABLISHING
OF THE FIRST CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH IN COMMUNITY
IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO |
IN
FEBRUARY OF 2005 "HAJDE DA..." GROUP JOINED THE PROCESS OF REFORM
OF MENTAL HEALTH CARE
This reform is implemented by Ministry
for Health of Republic of Serbia i.e. National Commission
for Mental Health.
From the very beginning, the initiative is professionally and
financially supported by Caritas
Italiana.
Except for the proposal for the new Law on Mental Health Care,
one of the most important steps in the reform process is establishing
the first Center for Mental Health in Community, aimed to make
life of persons with mental health problems as quality as possible.
To its beneficiaries, Center would provide:
- permanent controlling of their health,
- mobile team care (including continuous contact with families),
- help to keep their working ability,
- informing of the wider community with an aim to fight prejudices
concerning mental diseases and persons who have mental health
problems i.e. to diminish the distance between persons with
mental health problems and wider community,
- support to include this persons into wider community...
The first center of
this kind in our country is about to established in Nis. By
closing one of the asylum hospital departments in the Special
Psychiatry Hospital in Gornja Toponica, conditions were
set for some of the staff to star working in city zone, in Center
for Mental Health, named “Medijana”,
after the municipality where it is placed.
”Hajde
da…” Group trainers took part in empowering professionals of
various profiles who would work in “Medijana”, to give their
contribution to the mental health care and improving quality
of living of future beneficiaries of the Center.
There were realized the four (of seven) training modules so
far with future staff of the Center.
The participants had the opportunity
to:
- deepen their previous professional and personal relationships,
- reflect upon quality of the cooperation they want to achieve
in their future team work,
- express their feelings that came as a consequence of change
caused by establishing of the Center,
- create the vision of their future work,
- think of the first steps toward its accomplishment.
We thank for cooperation
to dr Milan Stanojkovic (the
principal of the Special Psychiatry Hospital in Gornja Toponica
and founder of the future Center), Gaia
Montelatici (Program Manager in Caritas Italiana), dr
Dusica Lecic-Tosevski (the principal of the Institute
for Mental Health in Belgrade and president of National Commission
for Mental Health) and, of course, to all
the participants of the seminar.
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BRIDGES
FOR RECOGNITION-
PROMOTING RECOGNITION FOR YOUTH WORK ACCROSS EUROPE |
Leuven,
19-23 January 2005.
Bridges for Recognition of Youth Work is a European Event which
brought together youth workers, trainers, non-formal and formal
learning organisers, social partners from the labour market
and policy makers, to take further steps towards the recognition
of non-formal learning and youth work.
Bridges for Recognition wants to stimulate the recognition of
youth work and of the skills millions of young people gain through
participating in youth activities.
It could mean another chance for young people to find their
place in society, to embark on further education or to get a
job! Our role on the Bridges for Recognition was to present
a good practice of recognition of non-formal education.
Particulary, we presented teacher training “Alphabet of Tolerance
– Education and Practice” which we implemented with teachers
from 29 schools in Serbia.
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NON
–FORMAL EDUCATION AND BYSINESS SECTOR
– COOPERATION WITH
PROJECT BEAUTIFUL SERBIA |
Beautiful Serbia
is the project of temporary employment and vocational training
conducted by UNDP and Republic of Serbia Ministry of Labour,
Employment and Social Affairs (MoLESP).
Model of employment of the Project is based on engagement of
workers (who had been unemployed for a long time) on construction
financed within Project, and employed by the SME. Program of
the seminar had been created and conducted by trainers of “Hajde
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