10 September 2013

Call for partners: Social Media Summit (SMS) in Antalya, Turkey

GEYC (Romania) and Young Initiative Association (Turkey) are launching a call for European partners for Social Media Summit (SMS), a "Youth in action" training course which will be held from 24th to 31st of March 2014 in Antalya, Turkey.


Deadline to apply: 24 / 09 / 2013 | Apply now! 
Only EU and EFTA countries are eligible for this project

Do you think that social media could make a difference in your organisation? Are you interested in improving your organisational capacity in the field of communication, fundraising, volunteers management with the support of social media? You are not afraid to share & care? Then we've got something for you:

Social Media Summit 
24 – 31 March 2014, Antalya, Turkey 
YiA, 4.3, Training course - 35-40 participants from 10-20 countries 

Objectives:
1. To inform the participants about social media tools
2. To raise awareness about the European values, principles and institutions
3. To build competencies of the participants in using social media for youth work, communication and public relations
4. To establish a network of youth leaders working with media

Eligible partners:
- non profit organisations / public institutions located in European Union or EFTA countries except Romania (which has the role of organizer) - please note that organisations from other countries are not eligible for this action and we are unable to make any exception;
- each partner will nominate 2-3 participants for this training course;
- partner organisations need to be interested in improving their social media capacity;

Financial details:
The organizers will cover the following costs with the support of the European Commission:
- 100% of meals, accommodation, training activities, training materials;
- 70% of transport costs (as a reimbursement after all justifying documents are provided);
- 100% of visa costs (if needed);

Application:
Interested organisations need to apply before 24th of September 2013 by sending a single e-mail to office@geyc.ro with the following format:
- Subject: [SMS] - Country - Name of your organisation (please respect this format to prevent your application ending up in the Spam folder);
- Attachments: please download the following two documents Questionnaire | Agreement and send it as following:

  • Questionnaire, in .doc format, after you fill in all the information;
  • Agreement, you need to fill in, print, sign, stamp and scan it back;

Contact:
If you need to contact us you can either send us a message through the Contact form or via our Facebook page. In any case, please specify you are interested in SMS project.

Available downloads:
Questionnaire Agreement

Good luck!