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DIA
We strive to live in a world where all young people find their niche and community. Therefore, we, in the Foundation for Democratic Youth, do our best to empower young people in order for them to think positively of the future, to acquire knowledge and gain experiences about the world surrounding them, to learn how to take pro-active steps regarding issues relevant to them and last but not least to participate actively in solving the problems of their respective communities. /2/
What we care about:
KNOWLEDGE
civic engagement COOPERATION SOLIDARITY communities PUBLIC ISSUES professionalism tolerance
school
critical thinking FREEDOM
innovation
DEBATE youth courage responsibility EMPOWERMENT DEMOCRACY social impact choice /3/
table of
contents. . . Acknowledgements Raise your Voice!
DeMo
Night of Democracy
Events of the year Programs Youth Voice
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Youth2Youth
Community Service Model Program
The year in numbers
Our team
5. 6. 7. 9. 11. 13. 15. 17. 19. 21. 24.
2014 January February
March
THINK IN 3D!
April
May
DEMOCRACY FOR BREAKFAST
We publish our new handbook of debate skills development.
DEBATE TRAININGS
As part of our spring renewal we launch debate skills development trainings for students and teachers. The slots fill up fast…
June
YOUTH2YOUTH
A public debate event DIA’s social innovation with experts on the contest for university reasons why young students takes off. people are not committed to democracy.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Nearly 300 secondary school students are accompanied by us to get the first community service experience of their life.
December November
October September August CATAPULT SUMMER CAMP
DEBATE TRAININGS
July WHAT NEXT?
30 teams, 60 students, Methodology training for 60 We develop four career THE NIGHT OF DEMOCRACY 4 days around 1 issue. educators and youth workers. development leaflets to An evening when democracy This is how our social help young people find comes to life through games, innovation project started. their ways. discussions and networking. . Civic activism without party politics.
COMMUNITY DEBATE - DEBATING COMMUNITIES
DIA’s new debate skills development program takes off.
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PROGRAMS
YOUTH VOICE
The main objective was to develop the debate skills of socially disadvantaged youths so that they be empowered to stand up for their rights and follow their ambitions. Primarily practitioners working with them participated in the project. Thanks to this innovative professional development opportunity they got to know the methods of developing their students’ argumentation and debating skills. As a result, debate clubs were set up in their communities where young people had a chance to practice debating, organized public debate events where real social issues were discussed with adults from the community. Youth Voice was operated in four EU countries. In Hungary nearly 60 practitioners signed up for the project who worked with 300 young people on their debating skills. 20 local debate events were organized where the youths had a chance to exchange ideas on issues relevant to them with decision makers.
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“The Youth Voice project is a great opportunity for young people to participate in their community’s life as problem solvers.” (A teacher)
ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR: For me the most exciting part
of the project was the process of how the community debate methodology came to life, in which the main goal is not to win but to find a solution to a common problem. /László Kiss/ /8/
THE GOAL THE PROJECT
THE OUTCOMES
PARTICIPANTS SAID
RAISE YOUR VOICE!
The goal of this project running since 2009 is to initiate a dialogue between youths and decision makers and to equip young people with tools enabling them to take pro-active actions in their lives. The most important elements of the project are the debate events organized in schools when students participate in a variety of debate activities. At the end of the day they share their views with experts and decision makers. Besides the training of the youths, the emphasis is on supporting teachers through training, mentoring, networking so that debating and critical thinking become an integral part of school life. In 2014 2500 students participated in 55 school debate events, and 220 teachers took active part in our debate training scheme.
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“Is there anyone not getting excited when asked his or her opinion? Much more students should participate in such programs. (A student)
ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR: My dream is that in 10 years
time debate methods become as natural component of the teaching and learning process as the ones applied these days. /Gábor Mikó/ /10/
THE GOAL
THE PROJECT
THE OUTCOMES
PARTICIPANTS SAID
Find creative and innovative solutions to the problems of at risk youths, and to foster solidarity and social responsibility among members of the younger generation. Youth2Youth is a social innovation contest where creativity and innovation meet social reality. 30 dedicated teams, 90 creative, enthusiastic students 10 months of preparation, 30 action plans to a social problem. Throughout the process the teams are given the opportunity to participate in various training modules, consult with experts, get inspired, get involved in community service activities. And all this to find solutions to the problems of youths at risk. The participants had a busy time in the project ending in April 2015: they participated in a kick-off camp (Catapult Camp) and in various workshops. They organized community service projects in which they involved 400 youths at risk.
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“When I first saw the call for application, I could not believe that I could ever be part of such a project. I enjoy being part of change.”
ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR: It became clear to me that
there are many dedicated students in this country who have no clue how to generate change, how to build up a project step by step. Y2Y is a great opportunity for them. /László Kiss/ /12/
THE GOAL THE PROJECT
THE OUTCOMES
PARTICIPANTS SAID
D
E M
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Cooperation of civil society organizations for a more inclusive society: a community of NGO’s in order to create a supportive professional network in order to create more opportunities for children living in extreme poverty and to decrease social inequalities. DeMo is a unique organizational development process through which 13 NGO’s cooperate, learn from each and explore good practices aiming at decreasing social inequalities, and the integration of young people. Throughout the 27 months of the project a variety of activities take place such as training, coaching, mentoring, site visits, joint projects, networking and an online blog. Participating NGO’s visited one another, got to know how others tackle similar issues, discussed dilemmas, got inspired. They also got feedback on their work and got support in their everyday struggle. Participants regularly post professional articles on the project’s blog: www.demoblog.hu
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“I can hardly believe that we did not know each other before although we do very similar things.”
ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR: These organizations work on very complex social issues, so they need a variety of skills, methods and experiences. We basically support them to find their own solutions. /Zsuzsa Matolcsi/ /14/
THE GOAL
THE PROJECT
THE OUTCOMES
PARTICIPANTS SAID
COMMUNITY SERVICE MODEL PROGRAM
A high quality school-based community service program through which students prepare for their service experience, carry out their project and reflect on their experiences.
THE GOAL
It’s been for the second time that we accompanied all 9th grade students of a Budapest-based school on the first community service experience of their life. Students had the freedom to choose the site where to go. The choice was between elderly homes, animal shelters and orphanages. DIA’s staff members organized pre-service and reflection sessions.
THE PROJECT
Students often take compulsory community service as a burden, therefore we are proud to say that the 300 students we have been working with had a very different experience. They understood that this could be a very exciting learning opportunity for them: while helping others the can acquire important life skills.
THE OUTCOMES
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“It was interesting to see in the orphanage that these kids are just like any other kid. I was taken a back, I expected something different.”
ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR:
It was a challenge to plan the helping activity with the adolescents, but it worked. I truly hope that we were able to lay the grounds for a positive approach to community service. /Zsuzsa Matolcsi/ /16/
PARTICIPANTS SAID
NIGHT OF DEMOCRACY
Democracy is not an abstract concept but an everyday experience. The 1st Night of Democracy is a evening program where we discuss, play out, try, create, dream, think, understand democracy. Participants actively participated in workshops, roundtable debates, met NGO’s and individuals who truly care about democracy. On November 20 2014 the Fogasház in Budapest was filled with visitors. 250 people were interested in the first Night of Democracy. It became obvious that public issues, democratic values, social dilemmas matter to many. The next edition is already in the works.
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“I loved the discussions, and the experts. The NGO point of view was well represented besides the more scientific approach.”
ACCORDING TO THE PROJECT COORDINATOR: Democracy is all around, it
happens in our every day life, by us, in us, around us, and the Night of Democracy offers a great opportunity for all this to be highlighted. /Flóra Benkő/ /18/
THE GOAL
THE PROJECT
THE OUTCOMES
PARTICIPANTS SAID
NUMBERS
YOUTHS
80
EVENTS
3200 youths were involved in our programs
ANNIVERSARY We are proud that this year we celebrated our
15.
anniversary
where organised in 2014: debate events, training sessions, summer camps, professional meetings, workshops, public events.
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Partners who joined
our efforts
this year:
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Think in 3D!
In 2014 again a lot had been written by us (a book, articles, studies). A total of
800 000 caracters
TEACHERS All the above were realized by a small but extremely dedicated
PUBLICATIONS where realized with our involvement, among them our new community debate handbook:
WRITING
250
of them joined our activities in 2014.
TEAM
& 8 5 staff member intern
Our partners:
BAGÁZS KÖZHASZNÚ EGYESÜLET BUDAI VÁROSKAPU ISKOLA CAMPUS Y PROGRAMME UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CSATÁRLÁNC DEBATING SOCIETY OF HUNGARY EDUWEB MULTIMÉDIA ZRT. ÉLMÉNYTÁR TANODA ELTE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES FAÁG BARÁTI KÖR EGYESÜLET HAND SZÖVETSÉG IGAZGYÖNGY ALAPÍTVÁNY - TOLDI TANODA INTERNATIONAL DEBATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION KATALIZÁTOR HÁLÓZAT KÉK VONAL GYERMEKKRÍZIS ALAPÍTVÁNY K-MONITOR KÖZPONT IFJÚSÁGI EGYESÜLET
HUNGARIAN TELEKOM MOTIVÁCIÓ MŰHELY NIFSP - ERASMUS+ YOUTH NATIONAL AGENCY OFF BIENNALE OSI GRASSROOTS HUNGARY PILLAR ALAPÍTVÁNY PINCE IFJÚSÁGI KLUB PRESSLEY RIDGE HUNGARY SLOVAK DEBATE ASSOCIATION STRUCTURED DIALOGUE NATIONAL WORKING GROUP SZIA INDAHOUSE HUNGARY SZITAKÖTŐ SZÖVETSÉG A KÖZÖSSÉGI RÉSZVÉTEL FEJLESZTÉSÉÉRT TANODA PLATFORM UCCU ALAPÍTVÁNY ÚJ NEMZEDÉK PLUSZ BÁZISISKOLAI PROGRAM
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Funders:
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Staff members
Interns
FLÓRA BENKŐ RITA GALAMBOS ZOLTÁN HÁMORI
ALÍZ DALLOS ANDRÁS DEÁK ZSOLT KAPELNER
LÁSZLÓ KISS ZSUZSA MATOLCSI GÁBOR MIKÓ
ZSÓFIA TILLINGER JÚLIA VUJOVITS
ANDREA OLIVEIRA DE JESUS VIKTÓRIA TAKÁCS /24/
Created by
Viktória Takács Photos
Ferenc Kovács (p7.), Ádám Majoros-Geréby (cover, p13., p15., p24), Balázs Pivarnyik (p11., p17.), splitshire.com (p21.), vehir.hu (p9.)
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