“YES” to Education, “NO” to Early Marriage

Its youth initiative in cooperation with the Shamkir Youth Center and Career Development Center.

Under the initiative slogan, youngsters from the  Shamkir region demonstrated the performance, promoting the importance of the girls`  Education.

The youth group arranged photo shootings in Shamkir and planned an exhibition on  October 9, in the EENCE Citizenship week frame.

However, due to the Karabakh conflict’s  escalation (September 27, till November 10), the exhibition moved to December 10. 

As December 10 is a Human Rights Day, it is significant to raise equal rights opportunities and  pay attention to the girls` education issues. The photos will be an exhibit on December 10, and  the group will provide relevant information accordingly. 

Forum theater – the event initiated from the Shamkir Youth and Career Development Center.

The  initiative talks about cultural identities and demonstrate females` participation in community  development through history. Moreover, in the frame of the event, the debates are organized  among the youth.

The youth group organized a rehearsal of the Forum Theater performance in  Heydar Aliyev Center in Shamkir on September 26.

Because of the II Karabakh War, it was  impossible to perform it in from of the broad public.

The organizer canceled the event for security reasons.

 “Learning to write social project for my community” – the workshop organized on behalf of  Time for Development – youth changemakers group.

The workshop has been held from August  30 to September 3.

Thirty young people living from the different regions of Azerbaijan  attend the workshop.

During the five days’ workshop, participants learned further knowledge  and tools to write social projects, set the action plan, develop the budget, use fundraising and  friend-raising technics, etc.

As a result of the workshop, participants developed nine small seed  projects for their communities.

Community projects covered environmental protection, Non formal Education for rural children, LGBT rights, Diversity, and other topics.

Mentoring workshop – organized on behalf of Time for Development – youth changemakers  group.

The workshop has been held fin 2-3 September.

Eight young changemakers attend  the workshop.

Active youth, representing different communities, learned new skills and  knowledge on mentoring, which will help them work with the local youth, and involve the  community projects.

Townhall meeting: Discussion about the Social Entrepreneurship (online) – Two town hall  meeting organized by Education HUB in September, where different stakeholders, social  enterprises, representatives of the Civil Society Organizations, media, and private sector, came  together and discussed primary challenges for the development of social entrepreneurship in  Azerbaijan.

EduHUB expert, Abil Bayramov, shared the desk research results and present  recommendations for the development of the SE in Azerbaijan. Around 40 persons were attended  the discussions.

Presentation of the “SHARED SUCCESS” film, dedicated to the Social Entrepreneurship in  Azerbaijan.

The film is talking about the ongoing social entrepreneur initiatives in Azerbaijan.

The  social entrepreneurs share their success, motivation, and significant social impact over the years and are pointing out the key challenges and presenting their dreams for the future.

The film is  produced by the Education HUB and planned to organize two presentations – in August and in  October – to the broad public.

The first presentation has been held on August 30. However,  due to the lack of an internet connection, we could not arrange the 2^nd presentation in October.

Organization of regional media network – The event organized by “Mingechecir Ishiqlari” and  other media representatives from regions where they discussed future opportunities and  challenges for them.

My pandemic diary reflects youth activities and life in the COVID-19 period, including challenges  and opportunities for self-development and initiative started by Naila Ismayilova, Bosch Alumni  network member.

Around 17 youngsters were attended the event, which has been held on  October 10.

International Social Entrepreneurship Forum: “Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship  Opportunities” – due current situation SE forum organized on October 26 with support of State  Agency on Small and Medium Enterprises.

150 participants joined the SE forum worldwide,  including Europe, Eastern Partnership Countries, North America, etc. 

The International Social Entrepreneurs Forum (online) was held in Azerbaijan in October,  organized by Education HUB (EduHUB), in partnership with the State Agency on Development of  the Small and Medium Businesses (DSMB).

Through the forum, EduHUB highlights social  entrepreneurship’s role in socio-economic development as an innovative tool to achieve essential  goals focused on growth.

Simultaneously, EduHUB experts presented their study results and  shared recommendations to the national law on “Entrepreneurship.”  

Speakers representing various state agencies and parliament members highlight the SE’s  importance for Azerbaijan and main takeaways from the international experiences.

Presenters  from the United States, Bosnia, and Herzegovina, Ukraine, and Georgia shared their social  entrepreneurship experiences and provided information on social entrepreneurship legislation in  different countries, discussed social business creation, innovative solutions for social  development, and intersectoral cooperation for sustainable development.

Make community projects creative. This project brought together 16 young people representing  different regions of Azerbaijan.

The main focus of training is to provides knowledge and skills on  citizenship education, using innovative and creative non-formal education tools.

“#Trashtag” initiative organized in Bilasuvar, the south region of Azerbaijan.

The event was  initiated on behalf of the “Care of Nature” youth initiative group.

In the civic education week  frame, the initiative group organized several activities to raise environmental awareness among  the community. In the first part of the event, the youth provided a cleaning campaign in the  Beydilli village. 

In the second stage, the initiative group decorated recycled boxes from the air conditioner and  transferred them to the trash bin.

In the third stage, the youth group met with local people. It encouraged them to pay more attention to the ecological issue and use the 3R (Reduce, Reuse,  Recycle) concept to protect the environment.

15 young activists were involved in the #Trashtag ing process.

“Love animals” initiative group is from the Gazakh region.

The group had a zoom call where they  discussed street dogs’ problems and how to prevent them.

They invited Board members of  “Animal Care Club” Aytaj Hasanov and animal rights defender Aynur Babazade to discuss these  challenges.

Later the team performed “Kindness for little friends” music, and the event covered  34 persons.

Сообщение Events dedicated EENCE Citizenship week: Azerbaijan появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The HrodnaYouthHub program aims to increase the participation of young people through the development of civic and professional competencies, the implementation of youth initiatives and public awareness of the potential of young people and their needs.

Since April 2020, all educational events of the program have been held online.

Tandem Evenings in Hrodna are language integration meetings held as part of the program.

The participants of the meetings had the opportunity to speak different languages ​​(English, Belarusian, Italian, German, Polish), share their knowledge and experience, meet with residents of foreign countries and people who are interested in developing and getting to know other cultures.

The topics of the meetings were the culture and cuisine of different countries, cinema and travel, volunteering and social activism.

Also, in an online format, he took a course on the development of entrepreneurial initiatives YOUthCAN.

Participants were able to develop the competencies necessary for finding a good job, starting their own business or an interesting creative project.

At the Discussion Club`s meetings, participants talk about the needs of people with disabilities and the challenges they face, about inclusion and how it can be achieved in practice.

Hrodna Celebrity Talk – meetings with interesting artists, musicians, directors, public figures. Hrodna Celebrity Talk – discussions about the role of young people in society, their needs and dreams, finding their place in this life, self-realization.

The Greenhouse of Youth Initiatives (a course on the development of public benefit projects) and the Summer School of Journalism and Media Literacy were held in an offline format, but with online components (trainings, webinars with foreign practices).

The Inclusive School “Step Towards”, the HrodnaIdeaLab (an open town workshop for generating and developing ideas for youth projects), the YOUthCan: Hrodna Festival, and a competition to support youth initiatives will be held within the framework of the HrodnaYouthHub program.

The HrodnaYouthHub program is run by EENCE members Institution for Additional Adult Education “Practical Competences Studio” and NGO “Center “Third Sector”, as well as the Web portal Hrodna.Life, the Volunteer Group “Step Towards” in partnership with the international non-profit organization Pact with the support of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

Сообщение We present the winners of the Competition of the Best Online Practices in the Sphere of Citizenship Education: HrodnaYouthHub появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

As part of this festival, which is very well known in the circles of citizen journalists and human rights defenders, the long-planned EENСE competition on social videos  entitled “The Art of Living Together” was held.

Shows of commercials and short videos took place during EENCE Citizenship education week.

The organizers formulated the purpose of this festival as follows – to draw public attention to the issues of human rights, inclusion, gender equality, ecology, tolerance and mutual respect, relations between generations, emerging social crises, as well as to identify the possibility of jointly solving these problems.

Participation in the competition was open to contestants from the countries of the Eastern Partnership of the European Union (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine and Russia. 

The festival was mainly attended by both media professionals and schoolchildren, students and civic activists from 10 countries of the world, including 6 countries of the Eastern Partnership EENSE.

Participants of the competition from Ukraine and Belarus became the winners.

1. Darya Zagrebelnaya (Dnepr, Ukraine) 

2. Anna Kaplinskaya (Odessa, Ukraine) 

3. Viktoryja Shakal  (Minsk, Belarus) 

Special prizes of the jury of the EENSE competition for the original solution of social advertising: 

– Christina Danielyan (Armenia) 

– Ghazaros Teknejyan (Armenia)

– The group of authors of the organization “The Voice of the Woman” (Azerbaijan).

Сообщение Citizenship Education Video Contest: Winners Identified появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The international jury determined the winners of the competition in two nominations:

Nomination online practices planned in the sphere of citizenship education:

1. Virtual «University of the Golden Age» (Belarus)

2. Educational course «Fostering democratic citizenship via e-learning in the fields of human rights and history» (EENCE Working group)

3. Course of public interactive lectures «Fundamentals of critical thinking: logic, dialectics, rhetoric» (Ukraine)

 Nomination online practice implemented in the field of citizenship education:

1. Educational course «HrodnaYouthHub» (Belarus)

2. Сivic education platform «Open Univercity of Maidan» (Ukraine)

3. «InnoSchool Digital Game» Experimental Learning in Process (Moldova)

4. Educational online-marathon «ActivEast: Hate it? Fix it!» (Ukraine)

Сообщение Online Citizenship Education Practice Contest: See Winners List! появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

These and other questions will be answered and discussed on October 10 at 16.00 within the framework of the Citizenship Education Week, when project, implemented within the Eastern European Network of Civic Education (EENCE), “Citizenship Competencies for Sustainable Development during crisis time in Eastern Partnership countries and Russia” will be presented. 

During the online presentation, the concept and results of the project will be presented, as well as a discussion will be facilitated addressing the citizenship competencies needed to overcome the crisis and transform communities into peaceful and sustainable societies.

The event will be held in Russian. To participate in the conference, please register in advance using the link

Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email containing information on entering the conference.

The project “Citizenship Competencies for Sustainable Development during crisis time in Eastern Partnership countries and Russia” is implemented by members of EENCE working groups “Research in the field of Civic Education” and “Mainstreaming SGDs in Citizenship Education and Fostering 2030 Agenda” and supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office.

Сообщение What citizenship competencies are needed to get out of the crisis? появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The winners of the competition were determined in two nominations:

– implemented online practices in the field of citizenship education

– planned online practices in the field of citizenship education 

The jury of the competition assessed the significance of the competition works for civic education, the creativity of the practice, the effects achieved, and the possibilities for animation.

Best practices will be rewarded live online.

Members of the EENCE Council, the jury of the competition, authors of competition applications will take part in the ceremony.

The winners of the competition will later receive awards from the national coordinators of the Citizenship Education Week.

Time: October, 11, 11:00 (ЕЕТ).

Join the conference

Conference ID: 885 2941 4428

Access code: 738229

Сообщение Contest of the Best Online Practices in the sphere of Citizenship Education : Winners Determined! появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

54 videos from the Eastern Partnership countries and Russia were submitted for the competition.

To determine the winners, the jury assessed the compliance of the declared videos with the topic of civic education, the originality and creativity of the idea, the quality of its implementation, and social significance.

The announcement of the winners of the competition is part of the program of the X International Youth Festival of Social Advertising “A Different View”, which is held on October 9-11, 2020 in Odessa as part of the EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The winning videos will be published soon on our website.

Сообщение Winners of Competition of Social Videos on the Citizenship Education Week will be Announced at October, 10 появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The aim of the competition was to draw attention to the problems of citizenship education and to involve people who previously ignored this issue

The international jury selected three winners:

1. OKSANA SOKOL, Ukraine (poster “Wear a mask, don’t let it win”)   

2. KESO KUCHUKHIDZE, Georgia (poster “Femicide”).    

3. VIKTORIA KASAP, Ukraine    (poster “Different but equal”)  

The results of voting in social nets has shown the two winners, who are dividing the prize:

1. ALEXANDRINA BORDIANU, Moldova (poster “Those are not for you”)

2. VERONICA GUSAN, Moldova (poster “No winner!”)

The awards will be presented to the winners by the regional coordinators of the Citizenship Education Week in each country.

ENCEE CIVIC EDUCATION WEEK POSTER CONTEST BROCHURE

Сообщение The winners of the poster competition have been determined. Look who became them! появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

It will take place on Monday, 12 October, between 05.00 and 06.00 pm CET.

As a response to limitations for professional development and professional contacts due to the COVID-19 pandemic educators from formal and non-formal educational settings representing EENCE region (six Eastern partnership countries and Russia) are provided with online tools (four online courses) addressing contemporary challenges in teaching history and human rights in the context of civic education tailored to local needs.

During the small panel event our team will present project concept, format as well as interim outcomes and will be open to answer the questions from the audience.

The event will be held in English only.

If you are interested in the event, please register at https://lcem.lab-concepts.de/registration/nece-campus-fostering-democratic-citizenship-via-e-learning/en

The project “Fostering democratic citizenship via e-learning” is implemented by members of EENCE working groups “Promoting Human Rights Education” and “Civic Education in History” and supported by the Federal Agency for Civic Education (Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung) with funds from the Federal Foreign Office.

Сообщение Fostering democratic citizenship via e-learning появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.

The program of the Week will begin at 10.00 on October 5 with a seminar on information security and media literacy in the small town of Martuni (Armenia).

Another 18 events will be held on this day in different cities of Armenia, Belarus, Moldova, Russia and Ukraine.

One of the key events of the first day of the Week will be an online discussion on the situation in Belarus and challenges for civil society, which will start at 18.00 (EET).

The meeting is held online (ZOOM) in Russian with simultaneous translation into English.

Live Stream: www.bpbconnect.eu

To participate in the discussion, follow the link

You can get acquainted with all the events in detail and sign up for participation in some online events on the Program of the Week page on our website.

Сообщение EENCE Citizenship Education Week: We’re starting! появились сначала на EENCE Citizenship Education Week.