2013-08-25

August 23-25, EPSAYA public union organized the first 3 days training courses within the project of “Leadership school for youth from regions” for the 20 youth participants from the 19 different regions of the Azerbaijan Republic – Astara, Baku, Barda, Bilasuvar, Jalilabad, Ganja, Hajigabul, Khachmaz, Ismayilli, Gabala, Lerik, Lankaran, Neftchala, Salyan, Sumgayit, Tovuz, Yardimli, Yevlakh and Zagatala in AB Qala Hotel, Lankaran city. There were 10 man and 10 woman youth participants in the training courses. It should be noted that before the training courses 106 youth applicants (63 men and 43 women) from 30 different regions of the Azerbaijan Republic (Absheron, Agjabadi, Agdam, Astara, Baku, Beylagan, Barda, Bilasuvar, Jalilabad, Ganja, Goychay, Goygol, Hajigabul, Khachmaz, Ismayilli, Gazakh, Gabala, Gusar, Lerik, Lankaran, Mingachevir, Neftchala, Salyan, Sumgayit, Shaki, Tovuz, Yardimli, Yevlakh, Zagatala and Zengilan) have applied for the Leadership School. 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 donors – NDI and USAID Washington DC for implementing such kind of useful projects for the youth from the regions.