2012-11-04

November 03-04, EPSAYA public union organized the second 2 days training courses within the project of “Leadership school for young people from regions” for the 20 youth participants in AB Gala Hotel, Lankaran city. There were 10 women and 10 men participants in the training courses. Besides the staff there were two local trainers – Mr. Samir Akhundov and Mr. Ilkin Muradov from Lankaran in the training courses. During the training courses the staff and the participants discussed a lot of themes related to leadership skills – “The concept of young people and young families, role of the youth in social and political activities, youth networks and networking, International and local youth institutions, NGO institution and documents of the institutions, public associations and foundations, foundation of the youth organization, the project and its design, budget, the concept of advocacy, goals and objectives of advocacy campaign, the concepts of problem and issue, public relations (PR), social partnership, strategy and its determination, tactics and tactical considerations, strategic planning, purpose, mission and vision, the message and its delivery methods, identification of the risks and their repulsion”. During the training courses the staff used different role-playing games, interactive group works, focus group discussions, brainstorming, debates and presentations and more other training methods including watching to the different social videos related to the topics throughout the entire session. In addition Mr. Mahammad Abasguliyev and Mr. Mehman Aliyev, the representatives of Lankaran city Youth and Sport Department also participated in the training courses and shared their own knowledge and experiences with the participants. They discussed the future activities related to cooperation among the youth leaders and the Department. In the end of the training courses the participants and the staff gave their views on the project and thanked to the donor – the Youth Foundation under the Ministry of Youth and Sports of the Azerbaijan Republic for implementation such kind of project for the youth from the regions.