Azerbaijani youth attending International Symposium in Albania
Baku, October 1 (AZERTAC). Head of the Union of Youth Student Organizations at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy Habiba Sadikhly is attending the symposium on “Youth Policy Cooperation in South East Europe: focus on recognition of non-formal learning and youth work” in Tirana, Albania.
Azerbaijani youth will make a report on activity of the organization she represents.
The event is organized by the European Commission and Council of Europe through their partnership in the field of youth (EU-CoE youth partnership) and in cooperation with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture, Youth and Sport of Albania; SALTO SEE RC, SALTO Training and Cooperation RC, SALTO EECA and Interkulturelles Zentrum - Austrian National Agency for the YiA Programme.
The symposium is open for around 80 participants with relevant experience in the field and motivation to learn more, coming mainly from South East Europe but also from other European countries as well as Eastern Europe and Caucasus.
The Symposium aims to continue the reflection and exchange on youth policy cooperation in the region and - more specifically - to place the topic of recognition of non-formal learning/education and of youth work on the political agenda of the countries of the South East Europe region.
The conference focuses on the question of how to make youth work in the region more useful, valuable and recognized, particularly with regard to the role of youth work in strengthening civil society.
Objectives of the symposium is to strengthen the youth policy sector as an independent sector next to education, to raise awareness and understanding of what non-formal learning in youth work means, what it can achieve, and what recognition can mean, to increase recognition of non-formal learning in youth work in the countries of SEE and give a boost to measures in the field taken by public policies and NGOs at different levels and to inform about developments in the field taking place at European level.
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