Ágora Bracarense in Europe

Ágora Bracarense completed recently its 11th participation ininternational Projects. Since February, 2007, we've been pretent in several countries:

- Italy (3 times)

- England (3 times)

- Poland (once)

- Czech Republic (once)

- Spain (once)

- Lithuania (once)

- Romania (once)

Next destination will be Holland. See in the photo where have we been... Congratulations Ágora Bracarense.

Yes Project Final Meeting - 18 January 2008

On January 18, the “Polo Multimediale La nave di Harlock” will host the concluding conference of the EU project YES-Young European Stage Network.

Taking advantage of the opportunity offered by the conclusion of the works around the YES project, the event will represent a perfect occasion to stimulate reflections and debates concerning youth needs and the policies (national, local and European) which aim at satisfying such needs, but also concerning the role of youngsters in Europe.

The YES project, coordinated by Mondo-Palcogiovani from Brescia, is financed with the support of the European Youth Programme (Action 5) of the European Commission and with the contribution from the Municipality of Brescia. The project involves organizations (both public and no-profit), from six EU countries (Italy, Slovenia, Poland, Germania, Spain e Portugal) which will take part to the event. The YES project aims at favouring dialogue and debate among the actors (institutions, associations etc.) working with and for young people, through the consolidation and promotion of a network aimed at promoting youth projects in the framework of EU opportunities as well as local initiatives.

Youngsters represent in today’s Europe not only a resource but also the future protagonist of the European project. At the same time, for its youngsters, Europe represents a great opportunity for personal and career development. However, as of today, such resource seem to be very little valorized still and Europe (with its institutions, policies and programmes) still too distant from the daily life of many European youngsters. In spite of the several European initiatives (programmes such as Youth in Action, but also Erasmus and Leonardo), as well as the national and local ones (i.e. creation of specific policies and activities for youngsters etc.); discrepancies persists and they should find a solution in a tighter collaboration between different political level and also between institutional actors, youth actors and the youngsters themselves.

In this context, the final conference of the YES project intends to, not only disseminating information concerning the project and the YES network as tools at the service of European youngsters to help them take full advantage of the opportunities available to them, but also favour a larger debate concerning the key role youngsters play in the evolution of the European Project.

New International Project - IIE Training

IEE Intelligent Energy for Europe – Youth Training Project

Summary of the project:
The main aim of the project will be to train and educate youngsters (aged between 15-18 years old) in the participating countries (one class of around 20-25 youngsters for each country) on themes concerning energy savings and renewable energies. This training and education activities will use formal and informal education means to teach youngster about energy problems of the planet and more practically of their country, region and even home. They will also aim at providing youngsters with, and stimulating them to find themselves solutions which they could implement to solve such problems. Moreover, the teaching methodology will fully and actively involve the youngsters directly, since they will become also teachers during the exchanges (i.e. the hosting classes will teach the foreign classes concerning the renewable energy source and technologies used in their local areas). The project will favour a behavioural change in the youngsters involved but also on other youngsters by spreading the teaching methodologies used during the project. Moreover, the project will provide the participating youngsters with specific knowledge and skills which will significantly increase their job opportunities and career prospects.
The activities of the project will include:
-training on a local scale (i.e. youngsters in their home towns and local school managers and policy makers)
-e-learning activities (training youngsters on the utilisation of e-learning tools, putting youngsters from different countries in touch among each other and carrying out common activities by using ICTs –i.e. information technologies such as pcs and internet)
- youth exchanges (with youngsters travelling to the countries involved in the project to meet and implement activities together).

New section, for international projects

It is now possible to find a new section, on Ágora Bracarense's blog, specially dedicated to international projects.

There you can find information concerning the proposals to participate on new projects developed by our partners.

Clock on the left bar, on: www.agorabracarense-internationalprojects.blogspot.com

The information is both in portuguese and english.

To reply the offers and know more about the projects contact us to: agorabracarense@gmail.com

Yes Project - September Newsletter

Yes Project - August Newsletter

This is the August Newsletter from the Yes Project developed by Ágora Bracarense.

To know more about this project click: www.yesproject.eu

Training Course Interfaith Youth Dialogue for a Common Europe

Ágora Bracarense is going to participate in the Training Course Interfaith Youth Dialogue for a Common Europe in Loughborough, from the 4th until the 11th of September.
This is the programme of the event:

1st DAY (5th September)

9:30-11:00 – Official opening, presentation of the programme, name games
11:00-11:30 – tea/coffee break
11:30- 13:00 – Team building
13:00- 14:30 – lunch
14:30- 16:00 – Presentation on Youth in Action Programmes
16:00- 16:30 – tea/coffee break
16:30- 18:00 – Presentation on work of a local organisation Charnwood Arts and a workshop.
Evaluation
Multicultural Evening

2nd DAY (Thursday, September 6th)
9:30- 11:00 – Round table discussion: Is Europe turn in 'Eurabia'?
11:00-11:30 – tea/coffee break
11:30- 12:00 - Importance of Words and Language in IF Dialogue
13:00- 14:30 – lunch
14:30- 16:00 – Learning about Druids
16:00- 16:30 – tea/coffee break
16:30-18:00 – presentation on the work of Loughborough Council of Faith and a workshop
Evaluation
Deputy Mayor Reception at the Town Hall

3rd DAY (Friday, September 7th)
9:30- 11:00 – Presentation
11:00- 11:30 – tea/coffee break
11:30- 13:00 – Meeting Islam
13:00- 14:00 – lunch
14:00-16:00 – Exploring Faith Diversity (workshop)
16:00-16:30 – tea/coffee break
16:30- 18:00 – Project development (part 1)
Evaluation
19:00 – dinner
Sport activities

4th DAY (Saturday, September 8th) on this day we will change the accommodation for one day.
free time at Loughborough Market
Visit to Loughborough University
lunch
Project development
Dinner
Free time

5th DAY (Sunday, September 9th)
9:45 meeting at Leicester Town Hall
10:00- 16:00 Faith Pilgrimage in Leicester (the city near Loughborough)
Dinner, return to Loughborough and our hotel (Ramada, High Street, Loughborough)

6th DAY (Monday, September 10th)
9:30-11:00 – Reflection on Pilgrimage
11:00- 11:30 – tea/coffee break
11:30- 13:00 – Project Showcase
13:00-14:30 – lunch
14:30-16:00 – the Baha’I faith
16:00-16:30 – tea/coffee break
16:30-18:00 – conclusion and final evaluation
19:00 – dinner & farewell party

Departure day is 11th September. You need to check out before 11 a.m.