Partners

• International Management Institute, Bulgaria
• Bürgerhaus Bennohaus, Arbeitskreis Ostviertel e.V., GERMANY
• Association Migrations Solidarité et Echanges pour le Développement, France
• Junior Achievement South Africa, South Africa
• Non-governmental organization “FAOL”, UZBEKISTAN
• University Kainar, Kazakhstan

International Management Institute, Bulgaria

The Association "International Management Institute" (IMI) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization established in 1993. It is a good example for established successful public-private partnership among different types of organizations with the common purpose to achieve sustainable regional development, increased qualification of human resources, provision of equal access to education for people in unequal social position, youngsters, elderly people, people with disabilities. The main activities of the International Management Institute consist in preparing new methods for knowledge assessment, creating innovative approaches for teaching, elaborating learning materials, training and retraining activities. IMI has long record of internationally organized international forums, seminars and training modules; developped information materials; organized media events, etc.  The Association has the know-how and experience in training and education of youths, experience in new methods of education and international image.

IMI is an organization completely oriented towards the needs of youths for education, cultural and social activities. So far it has conducted a lot of training courses for improving the youth NGOs’ capacity in Bulgaria, has worked with students and pupils for the organization of cultural and social events. 

IMI has also proven experience in the implementation of transnational activities and projects. However, there is still need of relation building activities between youths from different continents working on one common topic, reflecting the global challenges and the youths’ attitude towards them.

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Bürgerhaus Bennohaus, Arbeitskreis Ostviertel e.V., GERMANY

The civil media centre Bennohaus is a socio cultural and media pedagogical facility which is open for all citizens - especially for children, youngsters and seniors. Cultural meeting point, educational institution and a media competence centre – the modern Bennohaus has a broad sphere, in the local district as well as in an European frame.

The educational institution in the Bennohaus (BIB) is an accredited advanced training institution. Interested citizens, participants of occupational media qualifications as well as culture and media pedagogues educate themselves occupationally through seminars or in the frame of qualification kits. Versatile interdisciplinary and generation spanning projects offer possibilities of self-activity. The Bennohaus organizes and boosts cultural and media pedagogical workshops with children, youngsters, seniors and „multipliers“ which are aligned  on a city, national and international level. Eurodesk-Service Point, local citizen television, IKT-Education.

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Association Migrations Solidarité et Echanges pour le Développement, France

AMSED aims at promotion and implementation of animation, integration and development activities especially in the immigrant environment. At the same time the organisation’s role is to carry out development projects and intercultural youth exchanges in the Mediterranean area (Italy, Spain, Marocco, AlDEia and Turkey) and to create sound and profound friendship bounds and solidarity. One of the most important activities of AMSED is the intercultural youth exchange as a way to favour the discovery and knowledge of other cultures and realities and to create strong relationships and solidarity between young people from the North and South Mediterranean by working together in collective project.

AMSED disposes of rich Resource centre locally situated in Strasbourg with the purpose to provide information, consultancy and support activities, trainings to the youth groupes from the neighbourhood and around.

The main objectives of the Resource centre are the following:

• inform local community, young people and local NGOs and emmigrant groups;
• raise young people’s awareness of the opportunities to work in youth NGOs and to get to socio-educational training networks;
• upgrade the value of the european programme Youth in Action and the involvement of youth in the divers communities of the region Bas-Rhin.

The target group are young people between 13 and 25 years old. AMSED organizes activities in the form of diaporamas, stands, local expositions, and the tools of its own website www.amsed.fr.

These exchanges are an instrument of education to understand and respect cultural differences, to combat discreminations and predjudices, and to promote cooperation, peace, tolerance and human rights between people through their immersion in the country’s daily life.

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Junior Achievement South Africa, South Africa

The purpose of JASA is to prepare young people for life after school by raising their awareness of economic issues, teaching them entrepreneurial and life skills, providing them with an understanding of the business world and enhancing their sense of personal responsibility through practical business experience. By contributing to their personal growth, JASA improves the employability and business capacity of young people.

The strategy adopted to achieve these goals is the facilitation of a range of programmes to young people from the ages of 8 to 25. The programmes for junior school learners are delivered during school hours while those for older learners are delivered after hours. Educators are trained in the facilitation of the programmes thus developing their own teaching skills. Programmes are offered in all 9 provinces of South Africa. While centrally managed by the National Office based in Johannesburg, local agents are contracted to manage the programmes at a local level.

The programme methodology is based on an experiential learning approach with learners practically engaging in business and entrepreneurial activities. JASA works in urban and rural previously disadvantaged schools. Programmes are delivered on the school premises. To date over 400 000 learners have participated in JASA programmes around the country. In 2008 alone, over 11 500 learners engaged in programmes, an increase of over 60% from the previous year.

The organisation is registered as an educational trust and is subject to the governance of an independent Board of Directors and Board of Trustees. The Board of Directors manages the governance aspects of the organisation, the performance of the Managing Director and plays a role in the strategy of the organisation. The Board of Directors meet four times per annum. The Board of Trustees manages the endowment funds and meets once per annum.

The organisation is celebrating its 30 year Anniversary this year and has demonstrated sustainability and expertise in the delivery of high quality programmes on a national basis.

Young people are engaged in the development and revision of programmes in the form of programme evaluations, per and post programme tests and interim assessment tests. In addition regular research is conducted to ensure the relevance of the programmes to the needs of young people.

A JASA Youth Council is made up of 12 young graduates off the programmes who assist in the marketing of the programmes and in programme development.

Since 1994, the new South African government has taken giant leaps on the path of sustainable development, focusing mainly on correcting the disparities of the apartheid era and building a better future for all the people of South Africa. Social services - education, health and welfare – take up the largest part of the national budget. The motivation of JASA to participate in the current project is prompted by the following: 1. sustainable development is on South Africa’s agenda; 2. South Africa is facing severe unemployment and poverty and poor people tend to be most directly dependent on natural resources; 3. cooperation with the EU and other countries is needed to overcome the problems because of their globalty.

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Non-governmental organization “FAOL”, UZBEKISTAN

NGO “FAOL” is youth organization which based by associated, active young people who tried to change the life for the better.

The main mission of organization is to improve the youth situation by activating them in a social, economic and cultural life on building a civic society.

The goal of the organization is to associate young people who are under the 28 years old without discrimination by sex, race, nationality, language, religion, social origin, convictions, individual and social status for forming their free and comprehensive personage.

 Main activity directions of the organization are:

1. To popularize healthy mode of life among the youth.
2. To raise the level of intellectual development of young generation.
3. To raise the level of legal knowledge and advocacy.
4. To study and to detect vital problems of young people and to find optimal solutions.
5. To organize and to conduct youth seminars, forums, meetings and conferences.
6. To train young people by means of courses and seminars for leadership.
7. To organize data center and to create systems for exchange regional information resources.   

In its history “FAOL” was the only NGO in Uzbekistan which cooperated with Ministry of Defence of Uzbekistan on the ways of raising legal, gender and reproductive knowledge of military men.

Today the NGO is closely cooperating with many governmental and non-governmental organizations. It has an experience on working with YSM “Kamolot”, Ministries of Labor and Higher and Secondary Education. Moreover, it provides its activity in the communities, schools, and colleges for studying youth problems.

NGO “FAOL” has trainers on women rights (Winrock International), on human rights (OSCE), on advocacy (TACIS), on social and economic analyses of gender and conflict studies (The Peace Institute), on leadership (OSCE), and on “managing and management of project activity” Counterpart Consortium.

At present, the role of youth in national affairs of Uzbekistan is casual and intermittent. Youth representatives are as yet little involved in the country's political and economic life or in the drafting of State documents relating to the environment and sustainable development.

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University Kainar, Kazakhstan

Kainar University is the multidisciplined Higher Educational establishment.It combines the classic principles and new educational technologies of the XXIc. total quality management,distance education .credit technology in  training students. There are 7 facultys.Under the University there are secondary school and  college of Kainar University.Kainar University`s diploma is nostrificated by  the International Association of  the Universities under the UNESCO.

For the years of activity of the Kainar University,the lectureres have defended 90 thesises of Candidates of Sciences 50  Doctors of Sciences 40 lecturers became the associate-professors and assistant-professors.

The Kainar University cooperates with 15 Institutions of Higher Education in the far and near foreign countries. The main partners are MGIMO-University of Ministry for Foreign affaires of the Russian Federation,The University of  Reading(Great Britain).University of Brighton (United Kingdom),Universite Paris XII-Val  de Marne (France), Institut Cedimes(France),Universite Valahia. Targoviste(Romania)

Furthermore. The Kainar University is the member of 17 International associations and other organizations. The Kainar University alumni have the possibility to enter the Master`s degree courses and

post graduate ones in the MGIMO and University of Reading(Great Britain).University Paris XII,Institut Cedimes(France)

Students of Kainar University have the possibility of taking an active part in scientific work in the students scientific society, going in for sports and another creative activity, being the participants of different TV radio programs.

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