Africans have this thing called UBUNTU.

It is about the essence of being human, it is part of the gift that Africa will give the world. It embraces hospitality, caring about others, being able to go the extra mile for the sake of others Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Prize 1984

UBUNTU
a seminar on Africa-Europe Youth Cooperation
organised by Portuguese and French National Agencies of Youth in action Programme with the participation of the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency

21th 26th March 2011

(including arrival and departure days)

in Lisbon (Portugal)
Target group: Youth workers/leaders/trainers working on Actions 2 and 3.2 of YiA Programme projects
with Africa

For 25 participants from Youth in Action Programme Countries and from Africa (partner organisations) if
able to cover their expenses.

UBUNTU, a Seminar on Africa-Europe Youth Cooperation is a 4 days activity that aims to

bring together youth workers/leaders/trainers involved in cooperation projects of Actions 2 (European Voluntary Service) and 3.2 (Youth in the World) with African partners to share their experiences, best practices and to reflect about further developments in Africa-Europe Youth Cooperation. Objectives: 1. To share best practices and knowledge on cooperation projects with Africa 2. To develop methods and tools (regarding Non Formal Learning) to work in cooperation with African organisations 3. To set common standards and goals concerning projects with Africa 4. To get acquainted with Africa Europe Youth Cooperation framework 5. To build a common strategy to network in the future.

Programme Elements The main content of this seminar is the good practices of participants once that everyone that will attend is already working with Africa, through Actions 2 and 3.2. Having this in consideration, there will be the opportunity to share participants background in cooperating with Africa, their role, the organisations they are representing and their projects. We aim to create a space to share and learn together from participants experiences, at the same time that we want to promote a critical view towards our cooperation work. During our working days well have the chance to reflect about our perceptions of Africa, what is cooperation and about Non Formal Learning in an African context. This seminar will also give us the chance to frame Africa Europe Youth Cooperation from a political and institutional point of view and to identify quality standards for Actions 2 and 3.2 (with a focus on Africa). It is expected to have guests for some sessions and to have a field visit to youth organisations developing an interesting work related with our topic. We hope that by the end of this seminar were able to have a common ground towards a strategy for Africa Europe Youth Cooperation and to network in the future.

The Team for this seminar will be composed of 2 independent trainers, one Portuguese, Andreia
Henriques, one French, Clara Carbunar, Joao Vilaa, communication officer, Branca Pimenta, training and cooperation officer of the Portuguese Agency, Gilles Baccala, training and cooperation officer of the French Agency.

Working language: English Costs: Hosting costs will be covered by Portuguese and French National Agencies. Travelling costs of
participants from Programme countries will be covered by sending National Agencies. Please contact with your sending National Agency before filling in the application form.

Application on line through My Salto (if applicants are not registered in My Salto, they will have to do it first)
http://www.salto-youth.net/mySALTO/applicationonline/603/

Deadline for applications: 14th February 2011 Date of selection: 21st February 2011