Young Digital Leaders 2019 - Final Event

Young Digital Leaders is a Europe-wide programme that aims to empower young people through digital citizenship, critical thinking and media literacy skills that reach beyond the classroom, so that they can be truly empowered as responsible digital leaders. What started off with a meeting in Brussels in February this year ended with an event during which the partners presented their achievements, shared good practices and brainstormed together about the lessons learned and the road ahead.

WFD2019: “Is Democracy in danger in the information age?”

This year edition of the World Forum for Democracy (WFD)
will be hosted in Strasbourg, France on 6-8 November 2019

Our colleague, Adelina DRAGOMIR will join as a speaker during LAB 1 Human 2.0 : Youth and Digital Empowerment of the World Forum for Democracy, hosted by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg between 6th and 8th November 2019.

Curs de formare - [IT-316] MEWE-FACEMAPS, 12.10.2019-18.10.2019, Cosenza, Italy

În perioada 12-18 octombrie 2019 s-a desfășurat în Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza, provincia Calabria, din Italia, cursul de formare Erasmus + „MEWE – FaceMaps”, [IT-316], la care au participat câte 3 reprezentanți din 10 țări: România, Italia, Spania, Germania, Lituania, Bulgaria, Grecia, Macedonia, Turcia, Polonia.

Shared living, Co-working and Purposeful Travelling - an EVS experience

Ana-Maria spent some wonderful weeks in an EVS, working with Green Association, a Bulgarian NGO that promotes non-standard solutions for environmental protection.

50+30 - Europe for Citizens Remembrance project

The '50+30' project refers to the remembrance of 80 passing since the beginning of WW2, The end of WW2 has led to 50 years of authoritarian regimes in many central and eastern European countries, culminating with the democratic revolutions of 1989.

Training Course - [FR-272] Act ForWords, 01.10.2019-11.10.2019, Bedeille, Franța

În perioada 1 - 11 octombrie 2019 a avut loc cursul de formare Erasmus+ „ Act ForWords”, bazat pe tema luptei împotriva discriminării prin metode inovatoare (teatru forum). Proiectul a avut loc în Bedeille, Franța, și a avut participanți din următoarele țări: Estonia, Belgia, Cipru, Grecia, Macedonia și România.

Training Course - [BG-283] Online Activism 4 Youth work, 01.07.2019-08.07.2019, Bansko, Bulgaria

Între 1 și 8 iulie 2019 a avut loc un curs de formare în Bansko, Bulgaria, „Online Activism 4 Youth Work”, care a inclus participanți din: Armenia, Azerbaidjan, Bulgaria, Danemarca, Estonia, Georgia, Italia, Letonia, România și Marea Britanie.

Apel deschis: HTML Basics for Youth Workers | Workshop [GRATUIT]

HTML Basics for Youth Workers este un eveniment dedicat lucrătorilor de tineret și tinerilor între 16-24 de ani, care își doresc să învețe elementele de bază în HTML și să „programeze” un site web. Evenimentul se desfășoară la București, la OK Center, pe 7 octombrie 2019 și face parte din EU Code Week. Evenimentul este organizat de către GEYC cu sprijinul Asociației Techsoup prin programul ”Meet and Code”. Termen limită pentru înscrieri: 3 octombrie 2019.

Volunteer wanted - [ES-317] Rural Youth 21 Century, Purchena, Spain

• Do you want to carry out activities with young people?
• Do you want to organize workshops and be in charge of facilitating them?
• Do you want to live in a small community, in a quiet town?

Then this project is perfect for you! We are looking for 1 volunteer from Romania to take part in the project [ES-317] Rural Youth 21 Century,  Purchena, Spain. Apply NOW!

It's a wrap - European Fellowship on Youth Leadership (EFYL) - Second Edition

European Fellowship on Youth Leadership (EFYL) is a complex programme of youth leadership initiated by GEYC in 2017, under the aegis of PRISMA European Network. The second edition has taken place in the frame of the #PlayEurope project and has had the duration of 9 months (October 2018 - July 2019).

GEYC story told in 1 minute

We always had a hard time in describing shortly "What is GEYC?" as in almost 10 years we developed so many programmes and activities, but now it's possible! We have just released the presentation video summary that covers the main aspects of our work.

Youth Exchange: [RO-299] European Employment Opportunities, 30.07.2019-08.08.2019, Bucharest, Romania

Together with partners from Gran Canaria, the Canary Islands, Punto J and Procreartes, GEYC will be implementing a Youth Exchange at the end of July and beginning of August, in Bucharest, Romania. 

Training Course: ABCreativity, 20.01.2019-28.01.2019, Leszno, Poland

ABCreativity was a 7 days Training Course for beginners on the topic of creativity and innovation and how to use it in our local communities and in our NGOs reality. It took place in Leszno, Wielkopolska, Poland and gathered participants from 8 countries – Poland, Romania, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Spain and Czech Republic. The project was organized by our partners from Fundacja Arena i Świat.

EVS: A promised rose garden, 03.05.2019-02.06.2019, Agros, Cyprus

Not many of us can say that, one day, they had the courage to say "Yes, I'm going to leave my country and volunteer abroad!". Because there's a lot of thought that goes into a decision like that. But 4 young people from the GEYC Community did that for a month in Agros, Cyprus, and now they are sharing their awesome stories.

Gabriel in the new GEYC Board of Directors

Gabriel BREZOIU

Gabriel is the founder of GEYC Community back in 2010 which has been acknowledged by the Council of Europe as a good practice of digital youth work. Gabriel is born and raised in Bucharest, but half of his time is either leading several activities in Romania & Republic of Moldova, or he is facilitating youth programmes abroad. He was facilitating new cooperation with Eastern Europe, Mediterranean and Latin American countries and he initiated #invizita, #EDYS, #GEYC #ResourcesCenter, EQYP quality standard, #PrismaEU network, #MobilityEUCafe and the memorial walk.

"he is the most motivated and motivating person, a nucleum of positive energy and motivation" (Sandra, GEYC Community)

Let's discover together his plans for the next 2 years in the #GEYCBoard.

Tamara in the new GEYC Board of Directors

Tamara CEAICOVSCHI

Tamara is one of the alumni of #SupportMoldova programme (2016-2018). She is passionate about political sciences & European institutions and she is one of our most visible members in the #GEYC Community in #Iasi. During her early years back in #Moldova, Tamara was a National Winner of the #DiamondChallenge for social entrepreneurs. She believes that young people should get more involved and take part actively to the democratic life.

Let's discover together her plans for the next 2 years in the #GEYCBoard.

Youth work - a path to peaceful societies, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria

Între 13 și 21 mai 2019 a avut loc cursul de formare „Youth work - a path to peaceful societies” în Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria, organizat de partenerii de la Alternativi International, care a abordat tema conflictelor dintre diferite grupuri ale societății și a modalităților de transformare a conflictelor prin acțiuni non-violente.

Claudiu in the new GEYC Board of Directors

Claudiu ȘULEA

Claudiu is a visionary young entrepreneur from Transylvania. In 2018 he graduated from EFYL - European Fellowship on Youth Leadership programme and now he is mentoring a GEYC Community group during RAN Academy initiative on preventing the radicalization of young people. Some of our members from Cluj-Napoca met Claudiu during cultural events or during the best parties in town. During the day: a creative changemaker, during the night, a dynamic DJ - the founder of La Resistance. 

Let's discover together his plans for the next 2 years in the #GEYCBoard.

Mr Gabriel BREZOIU - General Manager of GEYC is nominated for a place in the Advisory Council on Youth (Council of Europe)

GEYC and PRISMA European Network are supporting the nomination of Mr Gabriel Brezoiu as a non-compensated member of the Advisory Council on Youth (Council of Europe) for the period 2020-2021. Would you like to support it as well? Learn more about our call and sign the letter bellow.

Youth Exchange - Are we equal ? Gender equality in action, 02.03.2019-10.03.2019, La Vancelle, France

Between 2nd and 10th of March 2019, 6 members of the GEYC Community participated in the Youth Exchange "Are we equal ? Gender equality in action" in La Vancelle, France, which aimed to provide tools for European youth to understand and express through arts, the dialogue about gender equality.