The International Youth Initiative Program (YIP) is a new social entrepreneur training for international youth aged 18 to 25, starting in Järna, Sweden, August 25, 2008. Combining an international group of expert lecturers with hands-on experiences, the year will be a course in how to bring a sustainable social initiative into being. YIP is now searching for engaged participants worldwide and enthusiastic economic contributors, who can help ensure the year will be successful for rich and poor.
KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE COMBINEDYIP meets a need among today's youth. When faced with local and world issues, like war, issues of inequality, and environmental change, many youth feel the urge to do something, but organizing a successful social venture requires great knowledge of everything from leadership and facilitation to politics and fundraising, along with a lifetime of experience.
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By bringing in experienced course leaders from businesses, organizations, and social initiatives, YIP will give an overview of the world situation, global society, the challenges faced by humanity, and faculties important in any initiative. Artistic activities will allow for self-development and digestion of the theoretical subjects.
By experiencing how others do it, the participants can apply what they have learned. As well as daily work in and around the Järna community, four weeks of the year will be spent abroad, taking part in the work of an existing socially and environmentally sustainable project or organization. YIP cooperates with an international network of initiatives to make these internship possibilities as valuable and diverse as possible.
YIP will take place in Järna, Sweden, a rural village not far from Stockholm. Numerous sustainable initiatives, businesses, and organizations have established themselves there through the last 50 years.
ORGANIZED BY YOUTHPlanned by an international group of young people in cooperation with the YouthSection, the YIP will be a part of Vårdinge Folk High School and hosted at the Rudolf Steiner Seminar in Järna. YIP is a politically and religiously independent program.
REQUIREMENTS AND FURTHER INFORMATIONThe year starts Monday, August 25, and ends Saturday, July 19, 2009. Participants must be 18 to 25 years old and speak English. The application deadline is Saturday, May 31, 2008.
Click here for more information, or e-mail:
mathias@yip.se, or phone: (+47) 473 28 734 (0900-2100h CET).