Intercultural Turkish Language and Culture Pilot Project
Istanbul, Turkey
Scholarship / Financial aid: Board, lodging and tuition are covered
Date: 17-31 August 2008
Deadline: 30th June 2008
Open to: European candidates aged between 18 – 30
Objectives
The strategic objectives of this course are to:
- promote intercultural dialogue, international understanding and co-operation;
- provide young people and youth workers with the opportunity to discover the diversity of youth actions in different countries;
- encourage networking amongst European youth associations;
- contribute to the diversity of languages spoken in international youth work.
The learning objectives are:
to develop the knowledge and experience of participants:
- on human rights education:
• getting acquainted with human rights education and the Directorate of Youth and Sport’s approach to it;
• exploring the links between intercultural learning, intercultural dialogue and human rights education;
• raising awareness on the importance of human rights issues and human rights education in international youth activities;
- on intercultural learning and intercultural dialogue:
• raising awareness on the importance of intercultural learning for intercultural dialogue;
• encouraging intercultural dialogue through language learning and contact making/networking with local NGOs and youth associations in the country of language learning;
• making a link between participants’ experiences during the course and their youth work reality;
• passing on and exchanging information on educational tools and theory;
- on youth work:
• gaining knowledge about the youth organisations represented by the participants;
• getting to know European structures for youth work;
• reflecting about the role of youth work;
• getting to know the reality of youth work in the host country of the respective intercultural language course.
Applicants must:
- be actively involved in youth work, in a youth organisation, network or authority, committed to taking on responsibilities at international level;
- be aged between 18 – 30;
- be well informed about their local organisation/structure and, in relevant cases, the international/national supporting organisation/structure (participants should be able to present their organisations and activities to the other participants);
- have an interest in the intercultural dimension of the course;
- have a clearly defined need for developing intercultural language competences;
- be willing to contribute to the development of the programme and to the group processes, and to take responsibility for their own learning;
- agree to be involved in a follow-up activity of value to their organisation.
Enrolment:
There are very few places for a high demand. Therefore, once selected to participate, the candidate must commit her/himself to attend for the whole duration of the course. If, for any reason, the candidate is unable to take up the offer of a place, s/he must immediately inform the Directorate of Youth and Sport Secretariat and the supporting organisation. This is also the case for applicants placed on the waiting list.
Travel expenses:
Travel expenses must be covered by the participant or by her/his organisation.
Board, lodging and tuition
Board, lodging and tuition are covered by the Council of Europe and its partners in the host country. Participants must be aware that they will have to cover these costs themselves if they are absent from any part of the course without good reason, approved in advance by the course education team.
No pocket money for other activities will be given. Participants should find out about local costs (in addition to the practical information document about the details of the course, the programme and about Turkey which will be sent to the successful candidates once their participation is confirmed) and make sure they have enough pocket money for their own personal expenses and extra curricular activities
