„NATURE CALLS PHOTOGRAPHERS“

Title of project
“Nature Calls Photographers“

From 21st to 29th March 2012, Sremski Karlovci, Novi Sad, Serbia

 

Training Course about using creative photography as a method for social inclusion of youth
with geographical obstacles – young people from rural areas

 

Who we are:

The host organization is FKVSV – Foto Kino i Video savez Vojvodine (Photo Cinema and Video Association of Vojvodina). It is a nonprofit, nonpolitical, non-governmental association, established for achieving collective goals in photography, film and video. Association also works on positive promotion and education of values and creative thinking audience, which is mainly youth. Through our program and projects we are promoting intercultural dialogue through photography art and culture. (www.fkvsv.com)

Trainers:

Boris Radivojkov – expert for photography and educator
(http://www.borisradivojkov.com)

Nebojsa Djeric – experienced Salto trainer
(http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth-partnership/experts/ndjeric/ndjeric.html)

About the Project

Training Course about using creative photography as a method for social inclusion of youth
with geographical obstacles – young people from rural areas

 

The main goal of our training course “Nature Calls Photographers“ is to offer to participants new art techniques and learning methods for improving inclusion of excluded groups of youth with geographical obstacles – young people from rural areas.

Idea is to show that this art activity can lead to solution or point out a problem that can be resolved by working on it afterwards. Using their photography expression, participants will multiply products acquired from our TC in their every day work with young people.

Activities on our training course: making photographies, photography games, making video from photo materials, drawing with photo chemistry, spending time in nature and contact with nature.

Target group on our training course are people actively involved in work with social excluded groups of youth with geographical obstacles – young people from rural areas (youth workers, youth leaders, play workers, NGO activists, school teachers, social workers).

(We would like to get participants already with knowledge about photography)

 

Objectives:

to promote inclusion as a most significant value working with youth with fewer opportunities – young people from rural areas..

to encourage excluded young people with fewer opportunities – excluded groups of youth with geographical obstacles to play an active role in their communities

to stimulate participants to have reflection on the essential characteristics of European society and foster mutual understanding between young people in different countries

to increase knowledge of photography like a tool for social inclusion

to contribute participants development of creative capabilities and skills in youth work using learning and creative methods (photography techniques)

 

Working language:
English – all participants must be able to actively communicate using English language

Period of realization:
From  21st to 29th March 2012,

Location:
Sremski Karlovci, near to Novi Sad, Serbia
http://www.sremski-karlovci.com/index_eng.html

Partners:
All interested Program countries and Neighboring Partner countries.

Partner organizations role:
Role will be sending organization and will promote the project, select the appropriate candidates for the project and prepare them. Organization will provide the logistics and project evaluation. Organization will be responsible for the coordination of the conducting of the daily agenda with the help of trained professionals, and also would actively work on conducting the activities and presentations, would be responsible for coordinating the preparatory project phase where it would be having the role of facilitator on the internet meetings concerning the project discussions, would be having the role of technical assistance for the evaluation project phase where our team would be facilitating the evaluation outline and would be complying the evaluation results for the final report.

Funding:
100% for accommodation will be covered and 70% of travel cost (Apex tickets) will be reimbursed after receiving original receipts.

If you are interested to become partner organization in our project please send to us:
1. Filled partnership identification form – like word document (.doc)
2. Filled, Signed, Stamped and Scanned preliminary agreement from attachment, by E-mail:
fkvsv.association@gmail.com

Please: As we are applying on 1st June deadline, be as fast as possible in sending to us part III and do not forget to send us approximately your travel costs from your home town to Sremiski Karlovci near to Novi Sad, Serbia.

Deadline for receiving preliminary agreement and partnership indetification is 26th of May 2011.

Download documents:

preliminary agreement
partnership indetification

 

Further Information:
www.fkvsv.com/nature_call_photographers

Please contact us:

Foto kino i video savez Vojvodine
Novi Sad, Serbia.
www.fkvsv.com

project manager
+381 63 669 744
fkvsv.association@gmail.com