EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE
ANNUAL REPORT 2009
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OUR PARTNERS
Table of Contents:
ii.Development of the Organisation
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PEACE CHILD ESTONIA ASPIRE STUDIO ESTONIAN UNION FOR CHILD WELFARE PEACE CHILD INTERNATIONAL ESTONIAN YOUTH COUNCIL NETWORK OF ESTONIAN NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS YOUTH ORGANISATION „TRIPLE BOUNCE“ TALLINN UNIVERSITY EUROUNIVERSITY LOCAL SCHOOLS AND NGOs
iii. Youth work
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SPONSORS
iv. Cooperation - local and international
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Introduction by the Chair
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Organisation
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Activity report i. Cooperation with Estonian Union for Child Welfare
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Plan of Action 2010
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Outcomes
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Conclusions
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION COUNCIL OF EUROPE UNDP MINISTRY OF CULTURE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS IDA-VIRUMAA COUNTY GOVERNMENT CITY OF TALLINN CITY OF NARVA TOILA SPA HOTELL NATIONAL CIVIL SOCIETY FOUNDATION INTEGRATION AND MIGRATION FOUNDATION OUR PEOPLE OPEN ESTONIAN FOUNDATION
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INTRODUCTION BY THE CHAIR
Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare celebrated 20 years of successful work this year and is constantly expanding its programme and has a motivated staff committed to developing the organisation. The membership numbers are increasing and the content continues to take on a more specific structure and shape. The SSCW staff had a productive year with many long and successful projects that were undertaken and are looking forward to many more years of activity. As we go into 2010, we look forward to the conclusion of Peace Child Alpha Omega - a culture cooperation project between the UK, Estonia and Turkey – and writing new and captivating projects. Present programs of active citizenship and intercultural dialogue will be continued and new programs on gender equality, being a volunteer, communication technologies and others will be developed.
Vassili Golikov Chair, Board of Trustees Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare
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SILLAMÄE LASTEKAITSE ÜHING/SILLAMÄE SOCIETY FOR CHILD WELFARE Mission: to advance children’s rights and empower young people. Vision: a fair and inclusive society, where both children and young people are treated as valuable members of society Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare (SSCW) is a public interest non-government organisation that has been active since 8.12.1989. SSCW works actively towards designing a child and youth friendly environment of their surroundings and empowers children to take responsibility for peace, human rights environmental sustainability, leadership development, and to take part in the events that shape their society. To achieve its purposes, SSCW works closely with all public sector institutions, other NGOs and interested parties.SSCW activity is project-based. Throughout its history SSCW has done and supported more than 60 projects in their county, country and increasingly on the international level. For its purposes the Society works in the following ways: 1. makes suggestions to governmental institutions and on the local and national level; 2. signs contracts with legal and physical entities. 3. organises events, training courses, seminars, camps, conferences, counselling and others; 4. publishes child and youth work related publications 5. pays scholarships and supports financially the members of the Society and the participants/applicants of the Society’s activities. MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Vassili Golikov Head of Organisation vassili@sscw.ee
Taisi Valdlo Coordinator taisi@sscw.ee
Dmitry Lobanov IT/Video manager dmitry@sscw.ee
Niina Golikova Youth Worker niina@sscw.ee
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ACTIVITY REPORT 2009
NGO Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare’s (SSCW) activity in 2009 was divided between four different fields. I.
Cooperation with Estonian Union for Child Welfare
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Development of the organisation.
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Youth work
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Cooperation – local and international.
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I. COOPERATION WITH ESTONIAN UNION FOR CHILD WELFARE
SSCW is a member of Estonian Union for Child Welfare. In accordance with that, one of the purposes of SSCW activities is joining EUCW-led programs and projects, especially regarding the awareness of and protection of children’s rights. Activities: 1. Positive parents. The purpose was to find new family activities, improve the social skills of children and parents form April to May 2009. Included training sessions for parents, essay competition, training and a camp in Laagna. 2. Campaign „Notice the Child!“ and publishing and distributing the magazine by the same name, started in 2007. 100 Russian language pages a year. 3. 1st June 2009 – “Friend of the children of Ida-Virumaa” contest for those (NGOs and individuals) who have done the most for child welfare and development in the region. 4. Maintaining regional centre „Notice the Child!“ in Sillamäe. 5. Project „Active Ida-Virumaa Citizen”. Created by Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare. The purpose of the project was to raise awareness on children’s rights and welfare issues and to motivate people to be a part o the child welfare movement. In addition, the project focused on developing mentoring relations between NGOs in the county. Peace Child Estonia co-organised the project’s following events: Camp in Toils. Conference „What does the Ida-Virumaa child want?“ Jõhvi 20.04.2009. Project was financed by National Civil Society Foundation. 6. Participating in School Peace program with different schools from Ida-Virumaa taking part. On 1st of September school peace was declared and other events were held: 1. Seminars and training sessions on bullies and involvement, 2. Creative work contest "TOGETHER IS GOOD“ 3. Celebrating Peace Day – 21st September with over 80 schoolchildren participating.
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II. DEVELOPMENT OF THE ORGANISATION The purpose of the field is to improve the effectiveness of Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare’s activities, management and attending training sessions and advancing cooperation on the local and International level for that purpose. Activities: 1. History project „20 years of successful work”, from March-April 2009, supported by Estonian Union for Child Welfare with the purpose of documenting and introducing the members’ recent history. The purpose was to create a chronicle of SSCW activities. 2. SSCW took part in following meetings, training sessions and conferences: Integration in Estonian society 2000-2007" 25.03.2009 follow-up evaluation Conference „Business ethics against corruption". 24.04.2009, National Civil Society Foundation’s yearly conference 17.04.2009 Development meeting in Sillamäe 13.05.09 Youth Info Day 13.04, Dzingel hotel, Tallinn (project management and writing) Estonian Union for Child Welfare training in Pivarootsi 15-16.05.2009
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III. YOUTH WORK The general purpose of the field is to advance contacts and connections with different youth work organisations and the youth work related competence of SSCW. The four main programs within this field are: - active citizens - gender equality - intercultural dialogue and tolerance - advocacy In addition many short-term activities are held. Activities: 1. Peace Child Alpha Omega 2009-2010 was financed from European Commission program („Culture 2007 – 2013) and is a culture cooperation project between Estonia, Turkey and United Kingdom. The purpose of the project is to initiate intercultural, interreligious and intergenerational dialogue in communities across Europe and to develop international cooperation on youth work and culture. Societal project created by UK youth organisation Peace Child International. They were drawn to the idea of religion as a uniter not a divider and from that developed a culture cooperation project that brings together the young and the old to jointly discuss the great questions of life. For PCAO a new work was created, based on the music of David Gordon.
(Peace Child Alpha Omega Team)
Project’s main activities will take place in 2010, but in 2009 the activities included putting together the project’s creative team, looking for partners, beginning media coverage and other pre-work. 13.03. 2009 Project work meeting in Tallinn 27.03.2009 Project introduction in Estonia Theatre Winter Garden. Conference took place on the international day of theatre and present were Peace Child International’s president David Woollcombe, composer David Gordon and musician Richard Sharpey, director of Estonian Opera Neeme Kuningas and Turkish ambassador to Estonia Sule Soysal and other invited guests from different ministries, NGOs and elsewhere.
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(David Woollcombe and David Gordon)
2. Gender Empowerment Project. Supported by European Commission. The purpose of the project was to advance intercultural cooperation on gender equality, to strengthen the active role of women in a society, and to educate men to be more accepting towards women, who wish to realise their potential. The final phase of the project was releasing a toolkit that was printed in the UK and 50 of them were transported to Estonia. In Estonia, during the project, 10 training-sessions were conducted and the material acquired was included in the toolkit.
3. Advocacy project, conducted September-December 2009. The purpose of the project was to advance non-formal advocacy related training among young people, so they could become successful activists, who could mobilise communities in their country to solve the problems of the future – climate change, YPFO’s and others. 20 active youth over Europe took part in a training program in London and Brussels on public speaking and advocacy with representatives from European Commission and UN Habitat Program. 11.09.2009 Meeting in Tallinn with local organisations. 21.09.2009. Meeting in Ida-Virumaa with local organisations. 28.09.2009 – 14.10 London – Brussels – London – Helsinki. Local campaign on child ombudsman September-December 2009. 101 children to Toompea (Tallinn 20.11.2009, Sillamäe 18.11.2009)
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4. Project „Young Active Citizens in Action.” lasted from April 2009 until December 2009. The purpose of the project was to bring together young people of different background to jointly address the issue of youth role in the society and to advance tolerance and intercultural dialogue. The programme of the project includes: four training courses on active citizenship, youth leadership and non-profit work in different counties around the country; a youth camp in Remniku, near Lake Peipsi, for in-depth analysis; a 3-day culture festival for the cultural dimension of the project and an international conference as the final big event. The cornerstone of the project was the Ida-Virumaa Culture Festival held on 21.09.2009 and 26-27.09.2009, in one of the poorest and most conflicted county in the country. The first day of the Festival was dedicated to celebrating International Peace Day and included organising peace seminars in several local schools. The main programme on the 26th and the 27th included a Youth Walk on the streets of Narva, an Information Fair on the local NGOs and the main concert which included ethnic culture associations and young people’s song and dance clubs from different cities across the country. The Festival was held in two languages: Estonian and Russian. The aim of the Festival was to show the different facets and all the creative potential of the great county of Ida-Virumaa. The final event of the project was the International Conference called “Youth Participation: Challenges and Opportunities” held on 21st and 22nd of November 2009 in Tallinn, Estonia. The purpose of the conference was to bring together Estonian and European youth activists and representatives from local, national and international governmental institutions and in addition, representatives from the academic sector, to jointly address the question of Youth Role in the Society and how to advance youth participation on different levels of society. The two days mainly focused on political and societal participation. The programme was divided between three panel discussions. Among the guest speakers featured were representatives from Estonian Youth Work Centre, Tallinn’s Sport and Youth Department, Estonian Youth Council, European Community programme Youth, Estonian Ministry of Culture, Peace Child International, Estonian Union for Child Welfare’s Youth Assembly and the University of Exeter. The project was created by Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare and is financed by the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science, European Foundation for Integrating Third Country Citizens and Integration Fund. The main partners in the project are Estonian Union for Child Welfare and Peace Child Estonia.
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5. Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare in cooperation with Peace Child Estonia organised from 15th of July to 21st of July in Toilas, Ida-Virumaa, a Youth Exchange program DEEP2 IN EUROPE in cooperation with Danish, Portuguese and Polish youth organisations. The participants were between 15-35 years of age and among them were students and teachers as well as youth workers and the participants were divided equally between the countries. Young people and people who work with youngsters were provided with active free time opportunities in beautiful summer weather and possibilities with cooperation on societal themes. The participants first arrived in the nation’s capital Tallinn and the hosts organised a short city tour and then everyone took a bus to Toila. Altogether there were 37 participants and the Youth Exchange was held in comfortable and handy Toila Spa Hotel, located near the picturesque Toila Oru Park. The main theme of the program was advancing social inclusion through education. Every day of six had its own agenda, including several group work methodologies (mixed groups and national groups), workshops, educational discussions, presenting theory but also spending time actively in Toila Park. Project was carried out with the support of European Commission programme Youth. 6. SSCW as a partner in the Project „Regeneration: Culture and Communication” from November 2009 - September 2010. The purpose of the project was to gather together young people of different backgrounds to conduct a multicultural events series and advance the idea of Estonia as a multicultural society. Project is carried out parallel with Peace Child Alpha Omega. Main activities include concert events, debate series, Peace Child Alpha Omega performance in Tallinn and a summer school and begin in 2010. Project is organised by Peace Child Estonia and financed by European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals, Integration and Migration Foundation Our People, Estonian Ministry of Culture.
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IV. COOPERATION: LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL The purpose of the field is writing and implementing youth work related projects and developing youth work related competences. The general purpose of the field is to advance speciality and organisational cooperation on the local and international level to ensure the effectiveness of the organisation’s activities and make connections necessary to carry out projects and generate ideas Main directions: cooperation with local governments. cooperation with local and national NGOs. cooperation with educational facilities. cooperation with EU, CoE, AL and UN institutions. cooperation with international NGOs The main cooperation-based international events: 1. European Youth Congress in Izola, Slovenia. From 25th July to 1st of August the 3rd European Youth Congress took place. 62 delegates from 38 countries took place. The main organiser was Slovenian youth organisation NOEXCUSE Slovenia and the motto of the Congress was Challenge, Suggest, Act and the main topic was young people with fewer opportunities. The participants were divided in five working groups between five crucial issues – mobility, health, non-formal education, employment and political and social integration. The purpose of the working groups was to work out a common document – the Izola Declaration. The document included suggestions and challenges from the participants and was presented in the Slovenian Parliament building in 31st of July. 2. League of Arab States Youth Forum Assilah-2009 and the 2nd Euro-Arab meeting in Morocco. On the topics of migration and integration. League of Arab States and their cooperation with the EU, education and culture.
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3. SSCW has also developed international cooperation through following activities: Development meetings with Peace Child International in London – May and September 2009, in Estonia Meetings with local organisations and AspireStudio in Moscow – March, May, June, July, October and November. Cooperation meeting in Brussels on the 8th October with partners from France, Portugal, Italy, Holland, Spain, Germany, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova and Russia to discuss a common project on the priority theme: Intercultural cooperation and new ways of communication (Video, IT and Art).
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Plan of Action 2010 MONTH JANUARY
ACTIVITY
PLACE
TIME
Regeneration: Culture and Communication debate and concert events. Peace Child Alpha Omega project work meetings Writing a project for Estonian National Civil Society Foundation Writing a project for Estonian Ministry of Culture
23-25.01.2010
Peace Child Alpha Omega performance in Ely Cathedral, UK
Tallinn Tallinn Sillamäe Sillamäe Tallinn–Ely, UK - Tallinn Ely, UK
Writing sponsorship, media and patronage letters for Peace Child Alpha Omega Peace Child Alpha Omega project work meetings. Finding the office for SSCW in Tallinn
Sillamäe Tallinn Tallinn
Peace Child Alpha Omega project work meetings Regeneration: Culture and Communication debate and concert events. Writing projects for the City of Tallinn
Tallinn Narva, Tartu Sillamäe
Peace Child International Innovative project: Computer Game creation Regeneration: Culture and Communication debate and concert events. PCAO rehearsals and project work meetings
UK, Estonia Tallinn, Pärnu Narva, Tallinn
Peace Child Alpha Omega project work meetings PCAO rehearsals PCAO promotion in the schools of Tallinn Resolving PCAO technical questions
Sillamäe Tallinn, Narva Tallinn Tallinn
Peace Child Alpha Omega Estonian delegation field trip to the UK
28.01.2010 28.01.2010 29.01.201003.02.2010 30.01.2010
FEBRUARY
MARCH 12.03, 19.03.2010
APRIL
MAY
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Plan of Action 2010 MONTH JUNE
ACTIVITY
PLACE
TIME
Peace Child Alpha Omega project work meetings PCAO performance in Russian Theatre PCAO international conference Estonian National Library Developing a lesson plan for PCAO Study Guide
Tallinn,Sillamäe Tallinn Tallinn Sillamäe
01.06.2010 02.06.2010
Regeneration: Culture and Communication Summer School Peace Child Alpha Omega project work meetings. Preparing trip to Turkey PCAO reports – financial and content
Toila Tallinn, Sillamäe Sillamäe
19.07-22.07.2010
World Youth Congress PCAO performance in Istanbul Turkey
Istanbul, Turkey Istanbul, Turkey
31.07-13.08.2010 04.08.2010
Regeneration: Culture and Communication preparation final reports and presenting them to Integration and Migration Foundation Our People Writing projects for the Council of Europe and European Commission Writing projects for national foundations Finalising PCAO Study Guide in Estonian and Finalising Documentary
Sillamäe, Tallinn
31.09.2010
Sillamäe Sillamäe, Narva Sillamäe
01.09.2010
Writing projects for the European Commission Writing projects for National Foundations Organisation development meeting Finalising PCAO Study Guide Russian and Distribution of PCAO Documentary
Tallinn Tallinn Sillamäe Tallinn
18.10.2010 30.10.2010
Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare Annual Conference
Jõhvi
26.11.2010
Strategy meeting and cooperation meeting with partners Preparations for 2011
Jõhvi Sillamäe, Narva
10.12.2010
JULY
AUGUST
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
NOVEMBER DECEMBER
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OUTCOMES DOCUMENTARY 2009
PUBLICATION IN 2009
DEEP 2 IN EUROPE International Youth Exchange
YOUNG ACTIVE CITIZENS IN ACTION
ACTIVE CITIZENSHIP Educational Toolkit
DOWNLOAD AT WWW.SSCW.EE
Intercultural cooperation and communication
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CONCLUSION This report marks the conclusion of the 2009 financial year and sets forth strategies to guide activities in 2010.
The priority fields for 2010 are:
Sustainable development
Active citizenship and volunteer work
Advocacy
Regional and International cooperation
This report has been reviewed and approved by the board of trustees and the general auditor and has received its final confirmation at the General Assembly of Sillamäe Society for Child Welfare held in Sillamäe, Estonia in 23.04.2010
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ADVANCING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS EMPOWERING YOUNG PEOPLE
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