AER Youth Ambassadors Project 2008/2009
Youth Ambassador is a young person responsible for getting other young people in their region interested in regional and European cooperation.The role of Youth Ambassador is to inform other young people about Youth Entrepreneurship and also to explain to politicians – regional, national and European – what young people want them to do in relation to this important topic. After the Youth Summer School, each AER Ambassador will organise an activity in his/her region on the theme of Youth Entrepreneurship. The activities might be, for example, a project to increase knowledge about Youth Entrepreneurship, information campaigns or a strategy what your region can do for the Youth Entrepreneurship etc… This means that there will be activities taking place all across Europe, which will show that young citizens take responsibility for the future of their region and for Europe. As a grand finale to all your activities, AER will organise an event called “Meet the Policymakers”. This will give the chance to present Youth Ambassadors' activities and ideas to important European policy-makers. At this meeting, a jury will also look at the prize “AER Youth Ambassador Project 2008”.
For more information, please see the Youth Ambassadors Brochure
AER Youth Ambassadors Project 2007/2008
AER Youth Ambassadors Meeting in Brussels
During the whole year, the Ambassadors are organising in their regions an activity on sustainable development (debate, information campaign, short film, quiz etc…). As a grand finale, the AER Youth Ambassadors met in Brussels the 17th April 2008. At this meeting Youth Ambassadors had a chance to present their activities to Mr. Ladislav MIKO, Director of Directorate B - Protecting the Natural Environment, DG ENV, European Commission and to tell what young people think on environment and sustainable development.
The aim of the meeting was as well to select the best AER Youth Ambassadors Project.
General Criteria of Evaluation
- Competition only for AER Youth Ambassadors (participants of the Youth Summer School 2007)
- Activity should address the theme related to the sustainable development
- Activity should involve other young people in the region
- Activity should involve politicians, officers from the region
- Youth Ambassador is responsible for finding the resources (money, equipment, venue etc) with support of the regional county council
- Organisation of any type of activity: debate, information campaign to inform other young people, create a short film, hold an event in the Youth Parliament, organise a study, quiz, cross-border project.
Criteria of Evaluation
- Content: How original and creative is the project?
- Results: How significant is the impact of the project on the young people?
- Dissemination: How well is information about the project disseminated?
- Sustainability: How sustainable is the project?
For further information please see AER Youth Ambassadors Brochure:
AER Youth Ambassadors Brochure
The Best AER Youth Ambassador Project on Sustainable Development 2007/2008
"Healthier surroundings"
Project by Anton Kuzmin from Olomoucky Kraj, Czech Republic
Anton Kuzmin together with Olomouc Region Youth County Council prepared the project: “Debating Tournament for the Healthier Surrounding” on 7th March in Olomouc. The activity was organised as a five round debate tournament for more than 100 pupils of the high schools and the higher classes of the middle schools, aged between 14 and 20. Students had to express their own opinion on the themes they received along with the invitation for the event (for example: "we should recycle more than now", "we should introduce more environment-friendly public transportation", "protecting of the green belts have to be changed". They had about 1 month time to prepare their viewpoints. A jury of judges was made up of members of the Youth county council of the Olomouc Region.
For further information on the project, please watch "Debating Tournament Film" on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSfA58e2Bkc
Presentation of the Project by Anton Kuzmin
AER Youth Ambassadors Projects on Sustainable Development
2007/2008
Summary of all Youth Ambassadors Projects
Gävleborg, Sweden, « Miljötinget » Environmental Conference for youths, project by Hannes Oscarsson and Björn Grundström
For further information, please see: http://www.miljotinget.se/
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