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Here you can check the presentations about waste management prepared by the participants of the youth exchange "Three Rs for the Environment":

Waste management in Georgia

Waste management in the Czech Republic

Waste management in Portugal

Waste management in Russia 

When: APV: 3-5 July 2015; YE:15-23 August 2015

Where: Yerevan, Armenia

Who: Youth and Environment Europe (Czech Republic), FYCA (Armenia)

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When: 16/09/2012 - 23/09/2012

Where: Tirana, Albania

Contact person: Lira Hakani, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Project description:

Generations of today live on a planet where urban development has main focus of attention and importance. Often the sustainability appraisal is neglected during planning process, as well as the right of public information and participation in decision making. There are different examples in different countries where the pedestrians' space is invaded by urban development and there are not less the cases of civil society reactions and community reactions against such an approach, but they are fragmentized. Meanwhile it is being presented as a Europe-wide problem.

The project will involve organizations from different European countries who work in the field of youth and environmental protection and want to make green changes in their cities by influencing decision makers and raise community awareness.

While running all the activities of the project (practical workshops, outdoor activities, environmental games, presentations) methods of non-formal education will be used (interactive workshops - learning by doing, creative activities, reflection in small groups, discussions, simulation games, role plays, group work and participants' presentations). The last day of the youth exchange will include a one day direct action in the city on the occasion of 22/9, the World Car Free Day.

All participants will be involved in preparing different sessions of the agenda - some of the sessions will be prepared by national teams of participants, others by the international preparatory team composed of the group leaders. In this way, they will develop the feeling of ownership of the action and its outcomes, so the enthusiasm will continue and will be transferred in their own communities after the project is finished.

YEE is the applicant and sending partner of the project and EDEN Center will host the YE.

Aims and objectives

Aims:

The Youth Exchange 'Give pedestrians their city back' aims to share experiences and best practices about the concept and various actions on green cities and also to develop cooperation and common awareness aising actions (campaign) that will be afterwards implemented in several European countries.

Objectives:

The project has the following objectives:

• To exchange and share information, knowledge, experience and ideas in the topic of green cities and public information and participation;
• To share experience and examples of good and bad practices from the different countries by methods of non-formal education;
• To encourage the development of green skills and behaviors;
• To provide young people with the opportunity to learn from each other and to learn by doing;
• To cooperate together and design an international campaign on how to influence decision makers into a green thinking;
• To inspire creativity and entrepreneurship in the youth field;
• To provide space for networking and planning common activities for the future.

The objectives of the one day action are:

• To implement and test the campaign that will be designed during the YE;
• To attract attention of the Tirana Municipality into a green thinking;
• To raise public awareness on their rights to public information and participation;

Participating organisations:

Youth and Environment Europe, Czech Republic

Environmental center for Development Education and Networking, Albania

Oddzial Akademicki Polskiego Towarzystwa Turystyczno-Krajoznawczego w Krakowie (OA PTTK), Poland

NaturKultur /FOEJ-Aktiv, Germany

Organizaçao para a Promoçao dos Ecoclubes, Portugal

Young Researchers of Serbia, Serbia

Center for logistics and transportation, Montenegro

DEM, Macedonia

Funders:

YEE Day

YEE Day will take place in all the countries where MOs wish to take part in the event.

This year is the International Year of Forests, thus YEE Day will be linked to the YEE Campaign 'Caring for the future? Caring for the forest!. In order to give you an idea of what can be done, here is a presentation of the what will take place in Czech Republic.

When: Autumn 2011

Where: Dobřiš, Czech Republic, 30km south of Prague

Who: YEE

Activities: During one day volunteers will gather to spend some time in forest, clean it and have some activities in it. See above what will be done for YEE Day in Czech Republic.

8h30 - 9h15: Walk in the forest and observation of animals with the help of an expert.

9h15 - 9h30: Games to get to know each other.

9h30 - 12h30: Cleaning the forest from the trash we will find in it. It is important to separe the garbage.

12h30 - 14h00: Lunch and discussions.

14h00 - 16h00: Land art and music in the forest.

16h00: End of the day, distribution of postcards as souvenirs.

Postcards to download: postcard1, postcard2, postcard3

Objectives: YEE Day is an occasion to do something good for the environment and promote YEE at the same time. We want to raise awarness towards some environmental issues linked to forests and have people interested in act for it.

What can be done? YEE Day should be adapted to the different countries where it takes place. Each organisation can prepare different activities. 
It is important to adapt to the local situation by taking in account the possibilities of action, the needs, the ressources and possibilities of fund raising.

The way YEE Day is done can be very different from one country to another. Here are some ideas of activities:

• Collecting trash and make sculptures out of it

• Making sounds or music of the forest by using natural elements, you can also record it

• Open debates about topics related to nature

• Treasure hunting including games or tasks connected to forest

• Prepare food or drink with ingredients found in nature

If you are interested in taking part in the event, have a look at our leaflet which will give you more detailed information.

Please feel free to contact us for further information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Important documents for participants

• Agenda of the TC 'I can lead! I can facilitate!'
• Participants' list
• Info sheet for participants

Materials

Qualities of a leader	Guide for facilitators 1	Guide for facilitators 2	Guide for facilitators 3	Guide for facilitators 4
Methods for facilitating discussions	Feedback introduction	Feedback	Evaluation types	Motivation session
Non formal education explanation	Non verbal communication	Reflection groups	Stages of group development	Ways of participation

	Facilitation	Group Dynamics	Leadership	Motivation
Welcome space
Evaluation space
	Non-Formal Education	Participation	Presentations	What do you think?
Welcome space
Evaluation space