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NL 36 (Winter & spring 2010)
  The Newsletter is a quarterly publication to keep people involved in Don Bosco Youth-Net and elsewhere up-to-date on the progress of the network. Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw is an international non-governmental youth organisation recognised by Belgian legislation. At the moment we have partners in 13 European countries, bringing together Please send your contributions, comments and questions to info@donboscoyouth.net. Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw is supported by the Youth in Action programme.The message also doesn't reflect he views of the European Commission which cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein. |
 The official quarterly newsletter of Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw NL 36 (Winter & spring 2010)Editorial - News from the network - News from the partners
The time seems to have gone so fast this year. We are already in the middle of May. This means that the first part of our working year is coming to a close. We've had statutory meetings, a seminar, a training course, some representation meetings, ... Looking back it al seems like yesterday. When you look at it, it is actually too much work for 1 office worker. Luckily we have 1 extra worker in the office at the moment. As you will be able to read in the ‘news from the network' we are having for the first somebody a student working in the office in the framework of an Erasmus internship. The opportunity of having 2 people in the secretariat made it possible to realise all the things we planned for so far ... therefore I would like to say thank you Martina for all your work the past months ! Rein Meus, General Secretary Don Bosco Youth-Net ivzw
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G.E.B. 2010 On Friday 12 and Saturday 13 the members of our General Executive Body will meet in Prague for their annual meeting. On the programme are the usual points like the financial report 2009 and the activity report 2009. We will also work on 6 proposals for the future of DBYN. If you are interested in what will be on the agenda, you can request the documents of the G.E.B. at the international secretariat by sending an email to rein.meus@donboscoyouth.net
Youth Advocacy Seminar in Prague From the 11th to the 14th of March, about 30 young people from 13 different countries in Europe gathered for the seminar "Speaking up", organised by DBYN and sponsored by the EU "Youth in Action"-progamme. The participants gathered in Prague to learn about how to be more active citizens and how to speak up. The content of this seminar was about advocacy methods and issues. Two trainers of DBYN's pool of trainer provided workshops through which the advocacy process became clearer to all participants. Starting from defining issues and forming objectives we focused on how to approach the problems youth work is facing and how to bring change on local, national and even international level. It became clear to us that good cooperation and the structure of our DBYN or local networks is a key to success, a message which the participants are bringing back to their local organisations. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/627
STEP 2 - Empower and involve From the 4th to the 11th of April, the training course "Empower and Involve" took place in Benediktbeuern. It was organized by Don Bosco Youth Net and sponsored by the EU "Youth in Action"-Programme. 25 participants from 13 countries came together to learn more about project management and how to actively create new projects, both in their respective home countries as well as around the whole of Europe. The content of this training course was focused on knowing all the necessary steps in creating, submitting and evaluating projects in youth work. Three trainers of the DBYN's pool of trainers provided training sessions, workshops and (self)reflection. Through adapting a non-formal learning style, the general purpose lay on facilitating better understanding of the opportunities and challenges that come with European youth project management. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/643
STEP 1 - Intercultural crossroads in Europe Within a few month we will welcome young people from all over Europe in Krakow for our Step 1 training course. This will be a week full of fun, educative, outdoor, cultural, ... activities. We just released the video commercial for the STEP 1 on our facebookgroup and on Animoto. You can see it by clicking here. We've also planned an Advance planning visit. This is a meeting where all the group leaders come together to discuss on the programme. This is taking place in Krakow as well, 18-20 of June. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/599
Erasmus internship in DBYN Since the 22th of February we have a new person working in the international secretariat: Martina Finck. Martina is doing an internship of 22 weeks with us through a scholarship of the Erasmus programme. She will be taking part in our upcoming activities so you can meet her in person. If you want to contact her, you can use following address: martina.finck@donboscoyouth.net. Hi, my name is Martina Finck and I am the intern of the international secretariat of DBYN. Now half the time of my internship is gone and I like to resume my experiences. At the first days I was living in a guesthouse for students while I was looking for a place to live this half year. After one week I found an available room in a student house not far from work. But I was shocked that Leuven is so expensive! Never the less I had to take this room because I was under pressure to move out of the guesthouse and didn't have time to look for something else. Furthermore I had to open a Belgium account and to get to know the town a little bit. I was supported by a very helpful woman Lieve van Aershot and my college Rein Meus. Thank you! More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/640
NEWS FROM THE PARTNERS The young missionary volunteers celebrated their imminent departure at the "Salesianum". (Jugend eine Welt, Austria) The 15 volunteers received their missionary crosses from Fr Petrus Obermüller SDB, the one in charge of the voluntary service section of the NGO "Jugend Eine Welt" They will be spending a year in various Don Bosco projects (youth centres, schools, vocational training centres and centres for street children) in India, the Philippines, Mexico, Ecuador, Perú, Zambia, Ghana, Ethiopia and Malawi. After the Mass, the volunteers, their families and the staff members of Jugend Eine Welt celebrated Don Bosco`s Feast Day. In the twelves years of its operations Jugend Eine Welt has sent abroad a total of 350 volunteers -always in projects run by the Salesians or the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians.
Fundraising Calendar 2010 (SPYS, Malta) Ghana. A different country in a different continent, with a different culture. Through SPYS, six youths spent last August with the Salesians in Ghana, where they carried out voluntary work with the children over there. On their return, it was decided to create a 2010 fundraising calendar, using photos taken by the group during their experience in Ghana. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/604
Assembly of Confederación de Centros Juveniles Don Bosco (Confed Don Bosco, Spain) On 13th and 14th March took place in Madrid the General Assembly of Confederación de Centros Juveniles Don Bosco, in which participated 34 people, both representatives and members of the Administration bodies from the 10 Regional Federations that form Confederación Don Bosco. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/641
Germany: Mid-Term Meeting of Don Bosco Volunteers in San Ambrosio, Argentina (Aktionszentrum, Germany) From the 18th till the 21st of March 2010 volunteers of the Aktionszentrum Benediktbeuern and Don Bosco Volunteers Bonn met in San Ambrosio (Rio Cuarto, Argentina) for a Mid-Term evaluation seminar. All the volunteers are working in youth projects in different regions of Argentina and Boliva. All the volunteers are staying in their projects until August 2010. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/639
Ireland: Helping the ACRE Project (Salesians, Ireland) This month the "ACRE" Project, promoted for the last 15 years by the Salesians in Celbridge, in Co. Kildare has twice made the news: receiving a generous contribution from the AIB Bank and getting the support of a famous Irish gardening expert. The Salesian ACRE Project involves putting in place a Garden facility for use by the young people of Celbridge and Straffan, and supporting Salesian College in facilitating young people with special educational and pastoral needs. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/642
Upcoming in UK: Phoenix Days (Salesian UK) Phoenix Days will offer one week holidays in the English countryside to young people aged 12-14 from Salesian schools in the UK. The young people will be invited to these holidays as they might not otherwise get an opportunity to holiday during their summer break. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/630
Upcoming in Czech Republic: INLINE camp (SADBA, Czech Republic) Like last two year we are organising a summer camp for 25 Czech young people (15-20 years) with the aim to improve their English skills. We are searching for foreign animators who don't speak Czech or Slovak but speak fluently English and could join this camp as leaders. More info: http://www.donboscoyouth.net/node/619
All participants who take part in a project of Action 1.1, Action 2, Action 3.1 and Action 4.3 (Training courses) under the Youth in Action Programme have the right to receive recognition for their participation and learning. "Through the Youthpass certificate, the European Commission ensures that the learning experience gained through the Youth in Action Programme is recognised as an educational experience and a period of non-formal learning." (Youth in Action Programme Guide, 2009) The Youthpass certificate has three parts, the conformation of participation, the description of the activity and the individual description of the activities undertaken. The third part is subdivided into the detailed description of the activity undertaken from the organiser and the personal description of the participants. This personal description of the participants based on the 8 key competences for Lifelong Learning. The Youthpass tries to discover, that the quality of learning is improved when people are more open about both learning processes and learning goals. This means that all participants in Youth in Action activities will be encouraged to
The Youthpass is absolutely not only for issuing a nice certificate but also to look at each project as a learning opportunity. With this out handed Youthpass certificate the participants, following perceptions are ensured:
Next to the Youthpass guide there are some books to give assistance or new inspirations for trainers and organisers who are using the Youthpass:
I need you
When the note would say: A note doesn't make a melody there would be no music
When a stone would say: a stone can not raise a wall there would be no house
When a drop would say: a drop can not become a river there would be no ocean
When a grain would say: a grain can not sow a field there would be no harvest
When a human would say: a love gesture would not save the world there would be no justice nor peace come into the world of humans ... |
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