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Recently there have been concluded the initiatives promoted by Eurodesk Agency in Chiari, Youmore Morcelli Giovani, with the occasion of “Youthweek 2015”, The European Youth Week as part of the extensive programme of nationwide activities organized in Rome, May 7th-8th by the Youth National Agency under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Actively present at the event held in the capital and themed “Youth Empowerment” were our representatives from Chiari, Sona Arevshatyan, Project Manager within the Eurodesk Agency in Chiari, Ilaria Dolcini, Youth InfoCenter Officer and Laura Capitanio, Town Councilor on Sports and Culture. In preparation for the Roman festival and in order to raise awareness among the youth of Brescia Region on issues of European interest, the Project Managers of Youmore Morcelli Giovani have organized a full agenda of meetings with the sole aim to promote the initiatives of international exchanges for youth aged 18 to 25 years old and the 2015 ongoing projects of Youmore Morcelli Giovani.
Heads up meetings within the European Youth Week held in Brescia Region by Youmore Morcelli Giovani: April 30th and May 2nd in Chiari, May 7th in Desenzano del Garda and May 9th in Sarezzo
April 30th, Chiari. On Thursday, April 30th, the Project Managers of Youmore Morcelli Giovani, SonaArevshatyan, Justina Krauledaitė and Uliana Bychkova, met with the students of the Zanardelli Provincial Training Center of Chiari and with the secondary school students of San Bernardino Silesian Institute – Science and Social Science High School – in order to start up an informative partnership and set up a networking database with the senior high-scholars. These meetings’ objectives were to encourage the involvement of the young generation living in the west side of Brescia Province within the programming of the Eurodesk Agency in Chiari and to invite them at the event held on May 2nd in Piazza Martiri della Libertà.
May 2nd in Piazza Martiri della Libertà, in Chiari,
Happy Hour in Youth Week. Saturday, May 2nd from 17.00 to 20.00, Piazza Martiri della Libertà has been the center of young people’s attention through the orientation event promotedin collaboration with Youth InfoCenter at Chiari, Youmore Morcelli Giovani and the Town Council of Youth Policies. There were in-depthdiscussed the issues of the European mobility by presenting the available youth services and proposals on job opportunities, internships, volunteer work, exchanges and training abroad. At the same time, the young people were offered advice and tips on how to draft a perfect CV in English (EuroPass) and there were presented the experiences already lived by some young people who have recently joined the EU programmes, such as the EVS, Erasmus Plus and Youth in Action. During our Happy Hour event, entertained by DJ Fabo and by Marco Vigani’s delicious cocktails, recently accredited bartender by the training course organized by Youmore Morcelli Giovani, the participants solved a fun crossword on Europe: at the end, there had been awarded five winners and two young people had even won the opportunity to be part of the youth exchanged initiatives already planned by the Eurodesk Agency in Chiari during summer months. The contact with the young people helped deepen the arguments on orientation and come up with new proposals for the “Children at play” project as sourcing ideas to bring at the national gathering in Rome on May 7th – 8th.
May 7th, Desenzano del Garda. On Thursday, May 7th, the Project Manager of Youmore Morcelli Giovani, Uliana Bychkova, and the current EVS volunteers at CG2000 of Via Tagliata, Adela Sandu from Romania and Nelly Asatrayan from Armenia participated in a training and youth orientation seminar with the students of “Bazoli – Polo” Technical and Commercial Institute and later on have joined the “Venti Giovani” (Twenty Young People) Event organized by the local Antenna Regional Eurodesk in collaboration with the Youth InfoCenter and Youth Advisory Office. The testimonials of the EVS volunteers at Chiari and the information regarding the activities of the Eurodesk Agency Youmore Morcelli Giovani helped publicize the initiatives of the European Youth Week and interact with new young people, interested in European experiences directly on the website www.youmore.org and on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/youmore.morcelligiovani.
May 9th, Sarezzo. On Saturday, May 9th, the Project Manager
of Youmore Morcelli Giovani, Sona Arevshatyan, and the EVS volunteers of Chiari, Sophie Alber from Germany and Nelly Asatrayan from Armenia were guests in Sarezzo at the local Eurodesk Agency. Also on the occasion of Europe’s Day on May 9th and in the presence of the Mayor of Sarezzo, Diego Toscani, and of the Youth InfoCenter officers, an information and youth orientation meeting took place in order to raise awareness regarding the projects of Youmore Morcelli Giovani and of the European Youth Week. The particular interest was shown towards the “Icebreaker game”, designed to promote the introduction means and to put at ease the young participants in order to develop new friendships and future networking opportunities with Youmore Morcelli Giovani.
May 7th-8th, Rome. The Youth National Agency welcomed the innovative proposal of video-invitation of the youth by the youth, proposal developed in the Ideas Lab of Youmore Morecelli Giovani of Chiari. Sona Arevshatyan, project manager of Youmore Morcelli Giovani led the delegation of Chiari, made of Ilaria Dolcini, Youth InfoCenter Officer and Laura Capitanio, Town Councilor on Sports and Culture and took part of the national gathering on “Youth Empowerment” organized by the Youth National Agency on May 7th – 8th, and held under the auspices of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Among the distinguished speakers participating at this Roman Festival, there was also present, via video link, Federica Mogherini, High Representative of the EU Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. During the debate, followed also on the Youth National Agency’s web TV, in collaboration with MTV, there were turn interventions of several persons of interest, such as: Calogero Mauceri, Head of Youth Department and National Civil Service, Giacomo D’Arrigo, President of the Youth National Agency, Silvia Costa, Chair EU Committee on Culture and Education, Paolo Masini, City of Rome Councilor on School and Youth Policies, Mino Dinoi, President of the Special Commission for Community Policies of Roma Capitale and Luigi Bobba, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, representative of Youth Policies. Towards the conclusive moment of the European Youth Week event held in Rome, among the over two hundred young people across Italy, there were also present the sports champions Massimiliano Rosolino and Valerio Aspromonte.
”All participants, accredited at the Rome Convention, such as the local Eurodesk Agency of Chiari, Youmore Morcelli Giovani – said Sona Arevshatyan – were divided within the “IdeasLab” workshops in order to promote new proposals for the young people across the territory. Delegates from all Italian regions have been divided into four different homogeneous groups where we discussed about our local experiences in order to bring our contribution in terms of innovation, effectiveness and also in terms of costs involved for the experiences of the international youth exchanges. Within the group of Youmore Morcelli Giovani of Chiari we were about ten participants, including the representatives of Eurodesk Agencies in Sardinia and Abruzzo. The proposal of our group had a very positive impact and was the one selected by the Youth National Agency! As a representative of Youmore Morcelli Giovani, I have personally developed and presented an initiative which has been found interesting and innovative: every Italian young person is called to make a short video of their city or of their own reality of belonging in order to ask and, at the same time, to offer hospitality to another young person and so, to encourage the exchange opportunities throughout the country. The proposal was not only considered new, but also engaging on a personal level for those concerned, with an element of reciprocity rated highly by the Youth National Agency that intends to present within the EU the implementation of the “Youth Table” project, in order to promote it in the various local realities at least twice a month in the presence of a reference councilor for Youth Policies. I was also interviewed by the MTV and the organizers have provided all the participants with useful gadgets – picture frames, USB devices, and diaries – all branded with the official logo of the Youth Week. We tasted the specialties of Roman cuisine in Testaccio and even this was an altogether rewarding experience! Towards the ending, the President of the Youth National Agency, GiacomoD’Arigo, has personally thanked all the participants and stated that, thanks to our creative and inventive contribution, synergies may arise in dialogue between the territory and the institutions through fruitful collaborations in order to invite young people to active participation and development of an open civic duty in an European perspective. The following link http://angtv.mtv.it/2015/05/13/youthweek/ allows you to follow online the MTV show dedicated to this event in Rome”.
