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Project Duration: 03.04.2018 - 02.10.2019
Project ERDF Financing: 121 352.08 EUR
Project call: 2nd call
A common challenge in Latvian and Lithuanian municipalities is to motivate young people and to help them to improve their practical skills and involve them in educational, social and cultural activities. This is especially challenging in case of youth at risk– young people from socially deprived families, early school dropouts, youngsters with addictions or criminal records.
The objective of the project is to promote social inclusion of youth at risk in Kuldiga and Panevezys.
Within the project youth centres in Panevezys and Kuldiga have been equipped with artistic tools as well as musical instruments and equipment for recording studio. Three different creative workshops (two to five days long each) have been organized in Kuldiga and Panevezys youth centres. In total 122 young people have benefited from the project activities. Methodical material for youth work has been developed and made available for organisations working with youth in the Programme territory.
As a result of the project more youth at risk both living in towns as well as rural areas are benefiting from more accessible and efficient social inclusion measures and improved services at youth centres.
Social media and contacts:
Phone: +371 63322469
E-mail: dome@kuldiga.lv
Website: www.kuldiga.lv
Address: Baznicas street 1, Kuldiga
On the 29th of August 2019 the final Project partner meeting was held in Kuldiga Youth House. The main aim of the meeting was to analyse the implemented project activities and achieved results and to talk about the future cooperation between Kuldiga District Municipality and Panevezys City Municipality as well as between Kuldiga Youth Centre and Panevezys Youth Centre.
On the 23rd of August a Project Closing Event was held in Kuldiga Youth House to sum up all the implemented activities and achieved results with participation of the youth who had taken part in the project activities, involved experts, youth workers, representatives from partner organisations and mass media.
The youth proudly and happily presented the CD recorded in the last camp in Kuldiga as well as the video they had made in the classes. It was surely a culmination of the project.
The experts who were involved in the camps in Kuldiga presented a methodical material which is now publicly available in Latvian and English. The methodical material has been developed in cooperation with experts from different fields – a youth specialist, an outdoor activity specialist, a clinical psychologist, a social worker and two music educators. Each expert has developed a lesson plan with a specific topic, tasks, goals to be achieved, worksheets, etc. Lesson plans can be used by anyone interested in youth work – school teachers, class teachers, youth workers, social educators, etc.
This project has proved that our youngsters are very responsive and creative if only there is somebody who is helping and motivating them, so it was worth implementing all the project activities to give them a chance to improve their skills, to learn something new, to make new friends, to get out of their comfort zone and to create.
The Project Closing Event was organized under the frame of the project LLI-282 “Social inclusion and youth empowerment in Panevezys and Kuldiga”.
From August 19 to 23, 2019 the third and the final creative camp was organized in Kuldiga. The camp called “COOL DIG II” was held in Kuldiga Youth House where participants from Kuldiga and Panevezys spent five days together full of creativity and joy.
There were three key experts involved in the camp such as music expert, social worker and psychologist who prepared also a methodical material. Although the participants could take part in different activities and classes such as Laughter Yoga, Zumba, night orienteering, etc. this camp focused more on music, CD recording and video making. As a result, the youngsters recorded a CD with their own songs using the recording studio equipment purchased within the project.
This creative camp was organized under the frame of the project LLI-282 “Social inclusion and youth empowerment in Panevezys and Kuldiga”.
In March 29-30, 2019 an international art workshop was organized in Panevezys Youth Centre in the frame of the project ““Social inclusion and youth empowerment in Panevezys and Kuldiga” (Youth empowerment), No. LLI-282. Fourty youngsters from Kuldiga and Panevezys came together to get to know each other’s culture better, to learn to work in a team as well as individually and to create.
The aim of the two-day workshop was to acquaint young people with the problem of identity and its importance. The essential task of adolescence as a developmental period is to define and strengthen one’s identity. This is especially important for young people aged 14-19. The greater the teenager’s perception of “Who am I?”, the stronger that person feels in the social environment; the greater is person’s self-esteem, the easier it is to set goals, make decisions, take responsibility, be motivated to learn, maintain quality relationships with others, benefit society. During the art workshop the youth had an opportunity to participate in different activities and classes such as painting classes, ceramic workshop, photography classes etc. At the end of the workshop an exhibition was open to present the creative works made by the participants.
In September a music equipment for a recording studio in Kuldiga Youth House was purchased. This equipment will be an additional attraction for local youth to attend activities and events organized by the staff of Kuldiga Youth Centre. Youngsters will have an opportunity to come together, to play music together and also to record it, thus improving their skills and sense of cooperation. This equipment will be essential also for a successful implementation of the activities of the music workshop, which will be organized in August 2019 in Kuldiga. It is planned that the participants of the camp will record their own CD.
The equipment was purchased under the frame of the project LLI-282 “Social inclusion and youth empowerment in Panevezys and Kuldiga”.
From August 19 to 24, 2018 a creative music workshop was organized where 20 youngsters from Kuldiga (Latvia) and 20 youngsters from Panevezys (Lithuania) took part. This workshop focused more on personal development and growth, emphasizing the importance of music in this process. Activities within the workshop promoted teamwork, ability to work together and decision making. Through different non-formal education methods youngsters learned how to talk, present themselves, communicate, co-operate etc. gaining necessary confidence for further involvement in different activities and active decision-making, also intercultural dialogue was promoted. Different cultural and active sport activities were provided. At the end of the workshop a concert was held.
This workshop was organized under the frame of the project LLI-282 “Social inclusion and youth empowerment in Panevezys and Kuldiga”.
On the 14th of August 2018, 2nd Project partner meeting was held in Kuldiga Youth house, Jelgavas Street 26, Latvia. The main aim of the meeting was to discuss project implementing process and achieved progress focusing on the upcoming summer camp as well as to discuss the public procurement and publicity.
This meeting was organized under the frame of the project LLI-282 “Social inclusion and youth empowerment in Panevezys and Kuldiga”.
Kuldiga, Latvia
Panevezys, Lithuania
The project has resulted in:
Last updated: 26.06.2024 15:10
