2012-05-07

May 05-07, EPSAYA public union organized the third 3 days training courses within the project of “Building leadership skills of young people from rural areas” for the 25 youth participants of the project in AB Gala Hotel, Lankaran city. There were 8 women and 17 men youth participants in the training courses. Besides the staff there were two trainers – Mr. Gurban Karimbayli, the expert-trainer from Baku, and Mr. Samir Akhundov, the local trainer 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 place and role of the Youth in the formation of civil society, Voluntary and civil society, Community power (advocacy) - protection of public interests, Putting of the issue / problem on the Advocacy campaign, Public education and public advocacy, Public relations, Social partnership, NGO management and NGO institution”. During the training courses the staff used different roleplaying games, interactive group works, debates, simulations, focus group discussions and presentations and more other training methods including watching to the different social wheels related to the topics throughout the entire session. In addition Mr. Yalchin Ahmadov, the head of Lankaran city Youth and Sport Department and Mr. Vusal Nasirli, the person responsible for Lankaran Youth House 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 including the Youth House. In the end of the training courses the participants and the staff gave their views on the project and thanked to the guests including the donors – NDI and USAID Washington DC for realizing such kind of project for the youth leaders from the rural areas.