{"id":9514,"date":"2012-07-09T08:01:25","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T06:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/?p=9514"},"modified":"2012-08-15T22:32:13","modified_gmt":"2012-08-15T20:32:13","slug":"getting-employed-the-non-formal-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeus.aegee.org\/magazine\/2012\/07\/09\/getting-employed-the-non-formal-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Employed \u2013 The non formal way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cGetting Employed \u2013 The non formal way\u201d is the name of a youth exchange which took place in Lyon, from<\/em>\u00a020th\u00a0<\/em>May till\u00a0<\/em>27th\u00a0<\/em>May 2012, thanks to AEGEE-Lyon and the support of the Youth in Action program, Lyon\u00a0<\/em>Town Hall and the program \u201cProdige\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n

This Youth Exchange “Getting employed \u2013 the non-formal way” was about offering a space where
\nparticipants were invited to be critical and analytical about youth unemployment and volunteering in
\nEurope and to learn some tools how to behave as European citizens dealing with a common issue for whole
\nEurope. Moreover, it was to explore the concept of European citizenship because participants were
\ncoming from EU and non EU countries.<\/p>\n

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It was possible to gather people coming from countries such as Albania, Bulgaria, Georgia and France\u00a0with different realities and cultures who could present and talk about their countries\u2019 situation on different\u00a0levels (social, cultural, economical), which helped to increase our awareness about these issues.<\/p>\n

As soon as all participants arrived in Lyon everything seemed very well prepared. Fortunetely,\u00a0it was not just an\u00a0illusion. The opening ceremony took place followed by team building games and group dynamics, in order\u00a0for participants to get to know each other. As it started, it was noticeable that coming from different\u00a0nationalities, different cultures and having different ideas, our only big aim was to widen our knowledge and\u00a0have a good time together.<\/p>\n

In the upcoming day people who participated met a group of active members of French association who shared with them their knowledge about volunteering, the way the association works, its tasks and so on. This helped to get an insight into how an association working on the cultural field is functioning, and to introduce them to a new form\u00a0of volunteering.<\/p>\n

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Another memorable moment was when every night a group coming from different country had to\u00a0present their country. It was organised in such a way that other people had the possibility to get a lot of\u00a0information about other countries such as economical problems faced, youth unemployment rate,\u00a0traditions, culture, way of thinking, food, drinks, dances etc.<\/p>\n

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And for sure, during those days what could not have been missed was the city tour of Lyon.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, days were passing so fast and time to leave came. It was a sad moment to say goodbye
\nto everybody but the hope that everybody will meet each other\u00a0\u00a0again\u00a0somewhere in Europe made it somehow easy. In the end of this event we realized\u00a0<\/em>that this Youth Exchange was the right one because it helped\u00a0everybody to understand how to promote different kinds of voluntary work and to identify which skills required by the\u00a0labor market are provided by Non-Formal Education and volunteering better than by formal education.<\/p>\n

Furthermore, it helped to promote voluntary work in the local community and non formal education as
\nan alternative for gaining skills valuable for professional development.<\/p>\n

“Anyhow, after this great experience I believe that we should continue working with AEGEE on this issue and<\/em>\u00a0promote it to our members because resolutions are always between us not somewhere. All together<\/em>
\n we could<\/em>\u00a0always<\/em>\u00a0generate new possibilities and alternatives to change our world where we live and make it\u00a0<\/em>better. We can shape Europe.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Written Erald Aga, AEGEE-Tirana<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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