2013-12-16

December 14-16, EPSAYA public union organized the fourth 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. There were 10 women and 10 men youth participants in the training courses. During the training courses the staff and the participants discussed a lot of themes related to leadership skills – “Institution and management of NGOs session: The legal basis of the establishment of NGOs, Public funds, Public unions, Youth organizations, Well-known International and national Youth organizations, NGO institution and founding documents; Local and International projects related to youth and participation ways in these projects session: Local youth organizations, Azerbaijan Youth Foundation, International youth organizations, Networks and forums of the youth organizations, Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe, Youth in Action (SALTO Youth Program), International and local education programs and scholarships (U.S. and European experience); Projects - proposal writing and management, design of action plans, sustainability of the projects, monitoring and evaluation session: The rules of proposal writing, Specifying of the idea, The structure of the project - the project design, Networks and forums of the youth organizations, An action plan for the project, Project monitoring and evaluation – indicators, Project management and sustainability; Budget and fundraising issues, the concepts of donor and grant session: Budget and rules for writing budgets, Transparency and accountability in the budget, Co-ordination of the budget and project, The structure and design of the budget, Ways to search for financing – the long-term and the short-term financial search, The importance of a systematic approach to the search for financing – the steps for a successful financial search; The concepts of donor and grant session: Who is the Donor? National and International Donors, "Selling" of the project to donors or abilities of the representing of the project to donors, Support, reference and other useful forms of letters, The concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, Building of the Business relationships, Creation of the Donor database, Government, NGOs, business cooperation - as the success of the project; Preparing of the reports, writing success stories session: Preparing of narrative reports, Preparing of financial reports, What is a success story? Watching videos about success stories; Basic computer skills and the Internet, new media - social media session: Computer, correct and efficient ways of using it, Internet, efficient and professional ways of using it - E-mail, The concept of new media and social media, Blogs and effective establishment mechanisms of them, Social networks - Facebook, Twitter, You-tube and etc.; Ways to establish cooperative relations with government agencies and the media session: Government agencies and the ways to cooperate closely with them, Media and the ways to cooperate effectively with the media, Joint successful social activity in the form of cooperation”. 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. At the end, the certificates were presented to the all participants. In the end of the training courses the participants and the staff gave their views on the project and thanked to the donor – the US Embassy of the Republic of Azerbaijan for implementing such kind of useful project for the regional youth.