Youth Bank, Armenia ! New Presnetation, 2011

Youth Bank Armenia
… a change in one life
is a change in the country’s future…

Some myths about young people
Young people want to be engaged in civic activism
Young people need skills to become active
Young people want to build better communities
Young people want to solve problems
Young people need to be mentored
Young people want to be decision-makers
Young people want to learn and apply best practices
Young people want to be leaders
Young people are cooperative
Young people want to be in tune with time (social, political, technological developments)
Young people want to have fun and spend time interesting; fu
Young people need to see active friends to become active and become a part of a group
Young people want to live a better life
Young people like to be a part of a change
Young people like to be empowered and trusted
Young people want to be heard, have a ‘say’’
Young people enjoy traveling, making new friends and trying new things
Young people like to be popular, and to have visibility of good actions
Young people are in permanent competition
Young people want to be ahead of the time and the developments, they want to ‘set the rhythm ‘of progress

What programs need to know
Youth respond to programs that promote positive outcomes: improved behaviors, new attitudes, and relationships; belonging to new areas of social life
Youth are more likely to attend programs that build their networks and skills with promise of better employment possibilities
Youth programs need measures that will work among diverse populations and are meaningful for youth of all social groups: urban and rural, with foreign language skills and non, educated and non educated.
Youth work better in groups – when diverse skills are combined, and responsibilities match their abilities;
Program designs should take into consideration factors leading to: motivation, space for creativity, freedom of choice and fair recognition and intuitive flexibility.

Youth Bank Armenia – the real change!
Helps to change the lives of the young people from having no way of doing anything interesting, learning and moving up the stairs of life…
into active and confident ‘drivers’ of change, who participate in shaping the country’s future through their own actions

How to get started with Youth Bank
Selection of Host Organizations: NGOs, Schools, Community Centers
Announcement of open call for volunteers - YB members
Selection of 5-7 YB committee members,
Start up workshop with the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and Senior YB members
Form a team
Development of an Action Plan for grant-making
Begin the work….

The steps of the YouthBank work
Needs Assessments (surveys, meetings, interviews)
Setting criteria and priorities for grant-making
PR activities – Radio, local newspapers, posters, community events, schools/colleges, meetings
Proposal review – Screening/Interview/Scoring
Community Award Ceremonies
Saying YES and NO to proposals
Contracts
Project implementation
Monitoring of projects
Report Writing
On-going:
Fundraising for projects; volunteer, community work; additional skills building; presentations during local conferences, joint action with other civic active youth, appearance in local media, Internet actions, TV.

The steps of the YouthBank work

New skills all the time

Youth led micro projects

Youth Bank Armenia – for communities and people!
creates grounds for far more
young people to get involved
and become civically active
1300 proposals reviewed by 80 YBers
114 youth-led community grants funded
24 European projects in the pipeline
More than 1000 young people implemented projects with 3000 volunteers across country
75 volunteer projects
Successful fundraising
Competitive jobs
Participation in study abroad programs
due to the ‘’competence
package’’ inherited
from YB work .

Youth Banks: promote volunteerism YBs learn to take initiative, enjoy giving and cultivate the culture of philanthropy

Youth Banks: promote volunteerism

Youth Banks: promote volunteerism “… In the process we learned that the rich do not give, those who care- give most, and we can’t wait to reach the rich, we do what we can do today”,- says Gyumri YB member Luiza Petrosyan

Youth Bank helps to break through the barriers: cross-border work with Azerbaijan , Georgia and Turkey “ I never thought I would ever see a real Armenian and that they would be so much exactly the same as my friends…” (Novrasta Huseynova, Gyanja YB, Azerbaijan) “ If I served in the army and I knew, that young boys like my friend Turan , are on the other side of the border, all I’d think is: ‘when will this conflict come to a final end’’ Vladimir Shatverov, Gyumri YB)

Youth Bank in Social Media

Youth Bank in Armenia promoting European Youth Values Eurasia Partnership Foundation intoduces the “Hello Europe’’ publication and the Youth Bank announces youth-led grant competition to promote European youth values in Armenia’s communities

The Geography of Youth Bank
Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan – by EPF
Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tajikistan – by EFCA
Moldova – EEF
UK, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Slovenia, Bosnia, Belgium, Poland, Germany, Palestine, Russian Federation- Ural, Latvia, - plans for Serbia and more…

Plans: to build on rather than move on…
Strengthen active citizenship and strong networks of young people
Apply Youth Bank for conflict transformation: Armenia-Azerbaijan-Georgia expand to Turkey, Abkhazia, and more…
Strengthen community work, philanthropy, personal development, sharing across countries
Develop partnerships and networks (including internet-based and social capital)
Good skills for a good cause…
and better futures for all….

Contacts in Armenia Eurasia Partnership Foundation Armenia Zarobyan 56, Yerevan + 374-10- 58-60-95 www.epfound.am , www.youthbank.am E-mail: gmkrtchyan@epfound.am

Youth Bank, Armenia ! New Presnetation, 2011

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