IFS Europe conference November 19th – 26th
Through the IFS (International Federation of Settlements and
Neighbourhood Centres) a week-long conference will take place in
Edinburgh, UK from November 19-26. There are still spaces for participants!!
The week hopes to focus on skill share and youth political and creative
engagement. There will be 2 sessions of workshops, the morning session
will be ongoing for the week and focus on the organisation of an event
at the end, which will probably take the form of a party with speakers
and performance from the youth groups. The afternoons will have sessions
of one off workshops, ranging from fundraising, GLBT issues, lobbying,
youth 'activism' etc.
There will be one day dedicated to youth politics. For this day we hope
to have a combination of politicians and more grass roots political
activists to lead workshops in different methods of getting your voice
heard in the political spectrum and enacting political change. Following
this there will be a debate and Q+A session with the various
participants and workshop leaders.
Half the travel costs of participants will be paid.
You pay a participation fee based on your country of origin (but if you
have trouble with this assistance may be possible). If you wish to come
from a country outside of the ones listed it may be possible, just
contact me and we can try and work it out. Eligible countries and
participation fees in Euro:
Austria 65euro
Denmark 69
Finland 73
Germany 65
Hungary 47
Latvia 27
Lithuania 25
Netherlands 90
Poland 36
Romania 22
Russia 23
Sweden 65
UK 90
All meals and accommodation will be taken care of by us (this is
included in your participation fee).
We would like this to be as participant driven and led as possible, so
if you think of anything you would like to happen, or anything you would
like to lead a workshop on, let us know and we will try and make it happen!
Contact: Dan

dan@fireflyinternational.org
for more information or to register.