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In the following you will find information about the UCYVROK project happenings.

February 10

INVITATION

The Future Words Center would like to cordially invite you to the

Launching of the EU-funded UCYVROK project

Uniting for Citizenship and Participation:
Youth promoting Vulnerable Groups’ Rights, Opportunities and Knowledge

A presentation of the project from the partner organsiations will be followed by a
Cocktail Reception.

Our partners are:
ANTIGONE - Information Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence (Greece)
CVC - Centrum voľného času (Slovakia)
ANEEI - Agency for Non-formal Education and European Information (Bulgaria)
ADICE - Association pour le Développement des Initiatives Citoyennes et Européennes (France)
Università del Terzo Settore (Italy)
Intercultural Institute of Timisoara (Romania)
Salesian Missionary Voluntary Service – Youth for the World (Poland)
Association «Youth for Society»(Latvia)
Multikultúra Egyesület (Hungary)
Jugend bewegt Europa (Germany)
Human Rights Education Youth Network (European Network/ Spain)


Venue: Lions Home
(23 Lefkonos Street, Old Nicosia)
18th March, 2008 at 20:00

RSVP: Tel: +357 22873820
Fax: +357 22873821
Email: larry.fergeson.cyprus@gmail.com

The project receives funding from the European Union

Thursday, 4 September 2008

Envisioning a culturally diverse and inclusive society: Structured Dialogue Workshop in Romania

In the context of its European Project 'UCYVROK', Future Worlds Center staff will facilitate a structured dialogue workshop in Timisoara/ Romania on the 21 and 22 September. This is the second regional workshop within the UCYVROK project.
The workshop will be attended by project partners and youth from Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, Hungary and Romania. The participants will engage in a democratic and structured dialogue to develop a joint vision for a culturally diverse and inclusive society.
For further information about the project go to the UCYVROK website or email the project coordinator.

Friday, 26 September 2008

FWC SDDP Team in Romania

As part of the UCYVROK project (Uniting for Citizenship and participation: Youth promoting Vulnerable groups’ Rights, Opportunities and Knowledge) Future Worlds Center staff members Larry Fergeson, Yiannis Laouris and Kerstin Wittig facilitated a Structured Design Dialogue Process (SDDP) in Romania. Participants from Bulgaria, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Latvia and Poland engaged in Structured Dialogue about what an ideal society that is culturally diverse and inclusive looks like. The process was a huge success and produced a very detailed map of descriptors. The full report will be presented at the UCYVROK International Conference in Cyprus on 8 November in Larnaca, Cyprus at The Golden Bay Hotel.

For more information about Structured Design Dialogue Process (SDDP) please read the book: How People Harness their Collective Wisdom and Power - Alexander N. Christakis with Kenneth C. Bausch, (Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, CT, March 2006)

Monday, 4 August 2008

SDDP in Italy

As part of the UCVYROK Project:

(Uniting for Citizenship and participation:
Youth promoting Vulnerable groups' Rights, Opportunities and Knowledge)

a Structured Dialogic Design Process (SDDP) co-laboratory was held in Pisa, Italy focusing on the regional challenges faced by the fact of cultural diversity. The co-lab took place on 4 and 5 July with our old member state partners from:

Germany - JBE - Forum für europäische Begegnungen (Jugend bewegt Europa) e.V.

France - ADICE - Association pour le Développement des Initiatives Citoyennes et
Européennes

Italy - UniTS - Università del Terzo Settore

Greece - ANTIGONE - Information Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence.

For more information please go to our project website at

http://ucyvrok.wetpaint.com/

Monday, 15 September 2008

Save the Date
for the european union funded youth in action programme project
organised by lead partner
future worlds center
Uniting for Citizenship and Participation: Youth promoting Vulnerable Groups' Rights, Opportunities and Knowledge (UCYVROK)
Project No.: 2007-3756/010-001
European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation
Saturday, 08 November 9.00 until 16.00
Golden Bay Hotel
Larnaca Cyprus

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation

On Saturday, 8 November 2008 youth from Cyprus will meet with other youth from 11 European Union countries at the “European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation”. They will hear from distinguished leaders across Europe, present results of an International Youth Survey, discuss outputs of regional youth Structured Dialogues held in Cyprus, Italy and Romania and present a joint declaration on citizenship and youth participation across Europe. This conference is part of the European Union Youth in Action Programme project called “UCYVROK” which is short for Uniting for Citizenship and participation: Youth promoting Vulnerable groups' Rights, Opportunities and Knowledge. The event will be held from 10.00 until 16.00 at the Golden Bay Beach Hotel in Larnaca, Cyprus.

The UCYVROK project is coordinated by Cypriot non-governmental organisation, Future Worlds Center and is implemented in partnership with eleven youth non-governmental organisations from across Europe. The project receives funding from the European Commission’s Youth in Action Programme and is a direct response to the European Parliament’s inquiry about the lack of youth participation in European activities.
Project activities have included structured dialogue workshops in Cyprus, Italy and Romania, the creation of an online platform (http://ucyvrok.wetpaint.com) linking youth across Europe, a comprehensive survey examining the current youth environment in eleven EU countries, and exploring ways to promote youth participation in European activities and intercultural events, with a particular focus on less privileged youth.
Confirmed speakers at the “European Conference on Youth Inclusion and Youth Participation” include the Honourable Panayiotis Demetriou, Member of the European Parliament from Cyprus, and Jaco Cilliers, Programme Manager from the United Nations Development Programme - Action for Cooperation and Trust (UNDP-ACT). Other special guest speakers will be presenting as well.

UCYVROK European Union partners:
1. ANTIGONE - Information Centre on Racism, Ecology, Peace and Non Violence (Greece)
2. CVC - Centrum Voľného Času (Slovakia)
3. ANEEI - Agency for Non-formal Education and European Information (Bulgaria)
4. ADICE - Association pour le Développement des Initiatives Citoyennes et Européennes (France)
5. Università del Terzo Settore (Italy)
6. Intercultural Institute of Timisoara (Romania)
7. Salesian Missionary Voluntary Service – Youth for the World (Poland)
8. Association Youth for Society (Latvia)
9. Multikultúra Egyesület (Hungary)
10. Jugend bewegt Europa (Germany)
11. Human Rights Education Youth Network (European Network/ Spain)

For more information please contact Project Coordinator Larry Fergeson at Future Worlds Center.
Tel: +357 2... or email: larry.fergeson.cyprus@gmail.com


European Union funded Youth in Action Programme Project No.: 2007-3756/010-001