2013-10-28

October 26-28, EPSAYA public union organized the first 3 days training courses within the project of “Leadership school for regional youth” with the financial support of the US Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for the 20 youth participants from the 13 different regions of the Azerbaijan Republic – Agdam, Astara, Baku, Barda, Bilasuvar, Jalilabad, Goygol, Gabala, Lankaran, Masally, Neftchala, Sumgait and Yevlakh in AB Qala Hotel, Lankaran city. There were 10 men and 10 women youth participants in the training courses. It should be noted that before the training courses 34 youth applicants (21 men and 13 women) from 20 different regions of the Azerbaijan Republic (Agjabadi, Agdam, Astara, Baku, Shaki, Barda, Bilasuvar, Jalilabad, Ganja, Goygol, Ismayilly, Gazakh, Gabala, Lerik, Lankaran, Masally, Nefchala, Sumgait, Ucar and Yevlakh) have applied for the Leadership School. Besides the staff and participants we had a state representative –  Mr. Yusif Khaniyev, Senior Advisor of the Department of Public-Political and Humanitarian issues of Lankaran City Executive Power. During the training courses the staff and the participants discussed a lot of themes related to leadership skills – “The concept of civil society – society, citizen activity, rights and responsibilities, civil society institutions, social activities and its expansion, the position of the citizen - a citizen's view, the concept of education – formal education, informal education, non-formal education (NFE), NFE opportunities, personal and professional development of young people, the concept of career – information on CV forms, presentation of preparing of CV forms, how to design the perfect CV, preparing of the motivation letter, job, get ways of the information about jobs, job searching ability, effective ways to find a successful job, career counseling centers/opportunities, interview and the secrets of a successful interview, business conduct rules, the concept of democracy and human rights – democracy, the main benefits of democracy, democracy and civil society, human rights and freedoms, the rights of children, International and local human rights institutions, the concept of gender, tolerance and stereotypes – gender equality, tolerance - to accept differentiating features and respect them, stereotypes - unwritten laws”. During the training courses the staff used different training methods like interactive group discussions, debates, simulations, presentations, focus group discussions, role-playing games as well as watching to the different social videos related to the topics throughout the entire session. The staff discussed the future activities of the project, especially organizing of the next training courses with the participants in Lankaran, too. 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 donor – the US Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for implementing such kind of useful project for the regional youth.