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Pondelok, 07 Marec 2011 19:49 |
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Institute for Development of Knowledge Society (IRVS) allowed twenty-six young people to go abroad and participate in educational activities in twelve European and Asian countries. With the support of the European Commission, young leaders gained valuable knowledge which might help them to succeed in labour market.
Main topics of trainings and seminars were employment of youngsters, concept of European citizenship, EU institutions, Human Rights protection, corporate social responsibility (CSR), management of non-governmental organisations (NGO´s), European cooperation in the area of youth, marketing and youth activism.
Thanks to methods of non-formal education, which enable higher rate of interaction between participants and trainers, young people from all over Europe united in diversity in order to deepen their awareness about common European values and also to become familiar with cultural particularities. Fighting prejudices and cooperation are key measures to achieve mutual understanding and tolerance. Promotion of these ideas is enabled by projects organised within the Youth in Action Programme, which supports non-formal learning of young people.
Youth Development Centre of IRVS develops activities supporting youth mobility. Foreign educational events are followed by international trainings in Slovakia as well as by national projects.
Participants wrote about their training...
“I gained new practical information about project financing and about searching for partners and sponsors. Very valuable was information about specific tactics.”
Zuzana, participant of training “CSR in Modern Youthwork”, Poland
“I see benefits mainly in extension of my knowledge in the area of business and work in NGOs, in discovering local culture, in exchange of experiences with other participants and in establishing new contacts.”
Andrej, participant of training “Cross-border Cooperation on Youth Entrepreneurship Development and Promotion”, Serbia
“I improved my English proficiency and I also extended my ability to work in multicultural teams with people having different opinions, views and experiences.”
Marek, participant of training “Fighting Poverty through Human Rights Promotion”, Italy
“Everybody had a possibility to meet new people and learn about their habits and traditions. Relations with other participants were very friendly. Also, I got to know other cultures better and I made my own opinion on them.”
Patrik, participant of youth exchange “European Union”, Turkey
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Pondelok, 07 Marec 2011 19:43 |
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Institute for Development of Knowledge Society (IRVS) organised an experimental educational programme “Young European Leaders” (YEL) in 2010, whose aim was to motivate young leaders to take responsibility for their surrounding and to work out projects in their communities.
Participants were given knowledge and skills during trainings which were led by using methods of non-formal education. Training programme consisted of several modules: voluntary work in Slovakia, communication and presentation skills, leadership and team work, planning of the project, project management and fundraising. Mobility of youth is a key element for personal development and therefore IRVS enabled young leaders to participate in trainings all over Europe. Young leaders thereby travelled to Turkey, Italy, Georgia, Russia, Germany, Poland and Hungary. At the end of the first phase “Young European Leaders in Action” call for proposals was announced, within which participants formed in informal groups had a possibility to apply for a financial support for their own projects.
19 young leaders were trained. They organised 6 projects in which 550 people took part. Realisation of that projects confirmed that young leaders gained new competences.
Projects of young leaders were original and innovative. Thanks to this innovations, students of vocational schools in Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Trenčín and Piešťany region gained knowledge in the area of business and trade formation, almost 400 students of Faculty of Management in Bratislava obtained information about activities of youth organizations, youth from Kopčany in Bratislava has 7 new young editors and first magazine for Kopčany, 100 students of University of Economics in Bratislava got first newsletter about activities for youth, 45 kids from orphanage Studienka in Bratislava and Harmonia in Modra participated in theatre activities and 10 members of student school councils in Dolny Kubin obtained knowledge about project management.
YEL finished by evaluation meeting, where the majority of participants showed interest in working in the area of youth in the future.
We are grateful to main partners and donors of the project, which were the Ministry of Education of Slovak Republic, the Youth Council of Slovakia and the Regional Youth Council of Bratislava Region.
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Sobota, 19 Február 2011 13:21 |
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Representatives of Institute for Development of Knowledge Society
Lucia Pavlendová
Director
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Branislav Rajčáni
Project Manager
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Mária Pénzešová
Project Manager
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Miloš Moravčík
Senior Adviser
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Vanda Mackovová
Senior Adviser
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Ivana Ondrišeková
Office Manager
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Ľubica Holubcová
Member
Business Development Centre (BDC)
Katarína Čarnogurská
Head of Business Development Centre
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Miroslav Korduliak
Assistant
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Marek Gulčík
Assistant
Eva Čarnogurská
Assistant
Youth Development Centre (YDC)
Dean Reš
Head of Youth Development Centre
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Zuzana Piptová
Trainer
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Martina Balážová
Marketing Assistant
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Maroš Demovič
Organizer
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Andrej Pavol
International Relations Assistant
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Marek Pobijak
Assistant |
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Diversity – Key to Success |
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Pondelok, 20 September 2010 00:00 |
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Conclusions of international event
„Diversity – Key to Success“
9th – 16th September, Duchonka
Institute for Development of Knowledge Society (IRVS) in cooperation with National Youth Council of Slovakia (RMS) organized international event Diversity – Key to Success which was held in Bratislava, Slovakia 9th – 16th September 2010 with participation of 17 countries from the European Union, Eastern Europe, Caucasus Area and Northern Africa. Event was supported by the European Commission from the Youth in Action Programme and by the Council of Europe from the European Youth Foundation (EYF).
Participants from Egypt, Jordan, Macedonia, Moldavia, Armenia, Russia, Serbia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Spain, Italy and Turkey agreed that higher respect of cultural, religious and ethnical diversity is needed. Diversity would not be understood in society as problem anymore, but rather as enriching element, which significantly contributes to success of young people.
Thanks to networking workshop in Bratislava, this event contributed also to achieve higher connection between Slovak youth organizations and foreign ones. New projects and future cooperation and collaboration were other outcomes of the project. New contacts, information about activities of foreign organizations and new partnerships will contribute in next periods to quality and sustainable work with youth in Slovakia and give them international perspective.
In pursuance of conclusions of event Institute for Development of Knowledge Society calls to further “breaking” of barriers of international cooperation and to more intensive support of freedom of youth organizations in the world.
Institute for Development of Knowledge Society within its activities is trying to modernize Slovakia by organising international activities, supporting international mobility, activating young people to contribute to social-oriented activities, trainings focused on project management, fundraising, communication skills, leadership and another activities.
For additional information please contact:
Miloš Moravčík – coordinator of the project,
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Streda, 28 Apríl 2010 00:00 |
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International Training Course
“Follow the Roots”
14 -20 April 2010, Limbach and Pezinok
Institute for Development of Knowledge Society (IRVS) in cooperation with Regional Youth Council of Bratislava, Christian-democratic Youth of Slovakia (KDMS) and Young European Leaders (YEL) organized the international training course Follow the Roots held in Limbach 14 - 20 April which was supported by the European Commission from the Youth in Action Programme. Participants of the event were young workers and young leaders from Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine, Turkey and Slovakia.
The aim of the project was to improve participants’ knowledge, skills and competences needed to understand the idea of active European Citizenship. Relation between traditions and cultures of participating countries, attitude to European identity, active citizenship and tasks of young people in future Europe was strengthened by intercultural dialogue and non-formal education.
Participants of the international training were led to become multipliers of ideas of peaceful international cooperation in the area of youth in their own countries. International training opened door for next cooperation among participating youth organizations and countries.
For more information please contact us on
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Štvrtok, 05 November 2009 21:05 |
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“Successful Project Management” training
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The aim of the training is to acquire and absorb knowledge and skills in the field of effective project management since the idea formulation trough planning, realization, assessment and controlling. The training is based on methods of informal education and learning-by-doing education. Several specific methods are used such as mentoring, discussion, consulting, couching, new skills training, simulation a creative games. Instructors are IRVS experts on project management and fundraising, who present theoretical approaches and solutions based on their own experience in the field of project management.
The target group consists of mainly volunteers and workers in the third sector, who want to realize their ideas trough projects. The training can also be modified on the requirement of our client and thus aimed at different target group. Participant of this training will be able to identify the needs, find solutions and formulate them into project. He will also gain experience in teamwork project realization, learn the fundraising fundaments and other knowledge and experience. Successful participants will obtain the certificate as well.
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