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The goal of this project ‘The Stories of Social Exclusion and Discrimination through Media Lens ’ was to contribute to inclusive growth by advancing the competences of youth workers to use media as tools for addressing social exclusion and discrimination.

The project provided youth workers an opportunity to increase their knowledge and understanding on the concepts of social exclusion and discrimination, to experience several media tools uncovering the process of social exclusion and discrimination and the impact of media on shaping our beliefs and opinions especially towards groups such as refugees, migrants, homeless people, drug users or people with different intellectual, mental and psychical disabilities.

Moreover, youth workers have increased their competences to build a constructive dialogue and interaction between groups facing social exclusion and discrimination and young people as essential steps in building socially inclusive societies. 

Main goal of the project is to advance the competences of youth workers to use media as tools for addressing social exclusion and discrimination.

The training course has targeted youth workers and educators (18+) that are strongly motivated to work on development and improvements of their competencies in tackling issues related to social exclusion, discrimination, building socially inclusive societies and using media tools to address the issues of social exclusion and discrimination and to engage young people in the process of building socially inclusive societies.

Check out some pictures from the Training Course “The Stories of Exclusion and Discrimination through Media Lens!” 09.11.-17.11.2022 in Gerrards Cross, London, UK!

If you want to know more and are curious, you can find below the article and the booklet from this project, so feel free to read them!

Link to article: https://docs.google.com/.../13e4-Suopyj1zJu.../edit

Link to booklet: https://drive.google.com/.../1W9.../view

Stay tuned to find out more about other projects and work our team has done!

GEYC and V7 Startup Studio launched the Young Voters study that takes the pulse of the 18-35 year old population just before the elections.

At GEYC, making a change is like a 4-legged stool: participation needs 3 other pillars to work: community, volunteering and mobility.

The training sessions have emphasized the importance of effective online communication in countering climate misinformation.

Educators have acquired skills to engage in constructive, fact-based conversations with young voters, promoting accurate information and healthy dialogue on current topics. This skill is vital in nurturing a generation of young activists and responsible digital citizens.

One of the most sensitive themes of modernity is undoubtedly the emancipation of women. Not infrequently we have heard or read about the dissatisfaction of ladies related to their promotion, at the institutional level, in the media, or in any environment. To the same extent, some voices claim that promotion must be based on meritocracy, expertise, and not on gender quotas. Thus, a real debate was born. But the truth is that without the immense efforts of women's rights advocates, this discussion would not have taken place.
"Ion I.C. Brătianu" Institute of Political Science and International Relations (ISPRI), Transparency International Romania, The Group, DGT, LARICS and ALF Romania, supported the promotion of the expertise of a group of women, from various fields, such as diplomacy, law, economy, feminism and security. In Our Own Words project is just the beginning of a series of activities that aims to support and promote the Romanian female expertise. We open an invitation to all colleagues in the ALF network to join us in the future to internationalize this movement.

https://journalrspri.wixsite.com/journal/arhiva?fbclid=IwAR1Vs2OAf-2234aKXobwxMH_6yJ6wSg2EoCUjeZ-fILdoSgqpIi1qHsgjP4

The Civic Forum of Romanians from Covasna, Harghita and Mureş, in partnership with the National Foundation for Romanians Abroad (Bucharest), the European Studies Center Covasna-Harghita (St. Gheorghe) and the Anna Lindh Romania Foundation, organized the special edition with number XX of the Izvoru Mureşului Summer University, an event that took place between August 15-20, 2023, at the "Izvoru Mureşului" National Sports Complex, Harghita county.

At the opening of the event, were present deputies and senators from the Parliament of Romania, representatives of the Government of Romania, prefects, mayors of Romanian localities from Covasna, Harghita and Mureş counties, local elected officials and leaders of civil society from Romania.

The director of ALF Romania, university professor Dr. Dan Dungaciu, launch a call for the Romanian politicians and diplomats to assume geopolitics and religious diplomacy, as this is increasingly becoming part of the new dialogue in the Euro-Mediterranean space. 

https://rgnpress.ro/2023/08/prof-univ-dan-dungaciu-la-izvorul-muresului-geopolitica-ortodoxiei-este-o-tema-presanta-pe-care-statul-roman-trebuie-sa-si-o-asume-institutional-ca-facand-parte-din-agenda-de-securitate/?fbclid=IwAR3k5r2Ha1reNQxf9FWkQqBjsZzXpwvbwVg1WgrNQE9OuR_oKfHnpPVewHM