Montenegrin“Informal education system for young people in Slovenia”
The Center for European Perspective from Slovenia in cooperation with partners: Centre for Monitoring and Research CeMI, Art Communications, University of Donja Gorica in Podgorica and the Center for International Studies of Croatian CMS within the project “Be prepared for EU values,” announces a competition for high school students and students for a study visit to Slovenia with a thematic background called “informal education system for young people in Slovenia”.
In the study visit participants will have the opportunity to learn about the experience of Slovenia in the implementation of reforms in their education system, which is the best way of organizing and planning educational activities to encourage individual and social intellectual development, what are the experiences regarding EU youth programs and in the context of it Youth pass program envisaged vision and policy in the Action plan of the Strategy for young people in the European Union, as well as the importance of informal education for the labor market.
The education system for young people should be aimed at promoting lifelong learning and the acquisition of key skills. Our formal education provides young people with the necessary knowledge and skills that are only valid for a certain period of time, while on the other hand, non-formal education because of its nature and mode of operation, offers quality methods of acquiring the necessary skills throughout life. For a comprehensive education of young people is of utmost importance to connect these two pillars of education. Their complementary relationship can provide young people independence, greater employment, personal and professional development, as well as better quality of life.
Entrants will be students who are socially engaged and who, after the study visit, will have the best way to spread vision among other young people in Montenegro with the necessary knowledge and skills that can be acquired through informal forms of education. During the visit, participants will have the opportunity to attend lectures by eminent experts in the field of education, as well as visits to key institutions in the field of creation of educational policy in Slovenia. The study visit will be organized from 19 to 28 June 2017.
To register for the contest should send CV, certificate of achievement during their school / study and cover letter to the address nikoleta@cemi.co.me not later than 1 June 2017.
Study visit to Slovenia is part of a project called “Be ready for EU values,” which is supported by the European Commission within the framework of the Erasmus program plus (call Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices – Capacity Building in the field of Youth for WB 2015)
