Gorna Oryahovitsa once again was a host of an international meeting, the project "With art against unemployment". The forum took place from 23rd August until 2nd September. During the project 49 participants - 44 young people and 5 leaders had the opportunity to present presentations based on in-advance-preparation and research about the unemployment and the conditions in their countries. Youngsters from Bulgaria, Spain, Hungary, Italy and Sweden were able to share their opinion on the global issue for the growth of the youth unemployment. The highlight of the program was on gaining new skills, building a proper self-assessment, the acceptance of other people, learning to open the mind, exploring other cultures and the ability to assess the differences between the countries. Different methods and forms of theatre were used in order to find the reasons and to find a way for overcoming them. Within 10 days we developed the thesis that art gives the opportunity to build on knowledge and skills for finding solutions for public matters. What is more, we showed each other that the youths are prepared to be creative and to gain new skills in order to seek a job. The places where the project took place are Gorna Oryahovitsa, Lyaskovets, Veliko Tarnovo and Varna. Theatre and music are very powerful mean for research and analysis and at the same time they stimulate creativity and encourage good relations and teamwork. The aim is to make a forum theatre spectacle which will be showed in Varna, Veliko Tarnovo and Lyaskovets - the frame for creative presentation when seeking for a job. Forum theatre helped coming up with new ideas on the questions, related to the challenges for self-expression in front of an employer. The activity was mainly facilitated by the artistic director of YT "Alternative" - Simeon Hristov. During the school visits, the mutual workshops, the etudes, the recreation of a real situation, the participants created their own forum theatre spectacle which was presented in front of the local community and was recorded as a movie for a future multiplication of the positive experience. In the process of the preparation the youngsters met local businessmen from Gorna Oryahovitsa, with representatives of the local authority and had the opportunity to familiarize with European views via the euro deputy Monika Panayotova who give them more information about the outlook of the EU on this matter. In the end of the project we made a discussion on the theme in the Regional Library "P. R. Slaveykov", V. Tarnovo, and we prepared a brochure " Guidebook - "I in front of the employer". The representatives of the youth groups had this their own - specially brought books, which they gave to the Library, as they hope to start a future enhanced cooperation in the field of culture and literature. Association "Youth Tolerance" actively works in this direction in order to promote the active citizenship of the youth, encourages generating ideas in the system of the youth activities and the opportunity for making a concrete and active network for exchange of work methods. All that is to encourage the European cooperation in the youth field. The participation of different members of the organization in exchanges build many new positive partnerships and the organization became the leading one in the region regarding volunteering - hosting, sending, and coordination in the European youth program. Our activities create different opportunities for cultural dialogue, in non-formal way we enrich and build on the education of the youngsters and the local community in spirit of tolerance, communication and mobility, qualities especially needed in our to become globalized world. This multicultural project "With art against unemployment" is put into effect by Association "Youth Tolerance", Gorna Oryahovitsa with the financial support of the program "Youth in Action" of the European Commission, administrated in Bulgaria by National centre "European youth programs and initiatives". The content does not reflect the position of the European community, the program "Youth in Action" or NCEYPI. I'm not the owner of the following songs used in this video: "Dirtcaps & The Million Plan-Money On My Mind" "Sebastian Ingrosso, Tommy Trash, John Martin-Reload" "Sounds Good-Wake Me Up (Originally Performed by Avicii - Instrumental Version)" "Avicii-You Make Me" "Smiley-Criminal" "Melendi-Caminando Por La Vida" "Macklemore & Ryan Lewis-Can't Hold Us (feat. Ray Dalton)

• published: 22 Sep 2013
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