Program Goal:
To help young people aged 16 and 21 to develop skills and resources to enhance their social and community functioning and increase opportunities for volunteerism and civic activism.
As part of its youth integration activities, EPF’s Youth Bank Program is designed to increase the capacity and provide the opportunity for local youth to improve their communities by creating positive relationships and adjustments. Through the use of micro-grants, social improvement projects are implemented which enables young people to take responsibility in society as active citizens. The Youth Bank program is also intended to aid in youth-adult partnerships to support child and youth welfare and to assist youth and adults to develop skills to deal with and resolve their social and personal problems. Building of intergenerational relationship contributes to healthy growth and development of children and youth within a family and community context. Youth Banks in twelve municipalities of Georgia offered small groups of young people modest funding to support their ideas for action and change. Youth Banks in Akhaltsikhe, Aspindza, Batumi, Zugdidi, Ozurgeti, Gori, Bolnisi, Akhmeta, Marneuli, Tserovani, Latali and Dedoplistskaro provided opportunities to local youth initiative groups to develop skills to serve as agents of social transformation, gain experience in conducting social research to determine which social sectors are priority areas for community development and in awarding grants in a fair and transparent manner. As a result, EPF Youth Banks funded ninety three youth-led initiatives in the areas of youth and child welfare, education, unemployment, sports, environmental protection, elections and culture.
Building on the previous years’ success, in 2010 the EPF Team doubled the terrain of the YB geography to 24 Youth Banks in Georgia. The additional Youth Banks were set up in the areas populated by ethnic minority groups to support their integration in the country’s social, economic and political life. The new Youth Banks were also established in the country’s more remote, underserved municipalities to help young people to get involved in civic and community activism. As a result, the YB Program covers the following towns and communities: Akhmeta, Dedophlistskaro, Rustavi, Gardabani, Marneuli, Talaveri, Bolnisi, Sadakhlo, Gori, Akhaltsikhe, Vale, Aspindza, Ninotsminda, Akhalkhalaki, Zugdidi, Khobi, Martvili, Khoni, Tkibuli, Chokhatauri, Lanchkhuti, Batumi, Khulo, and Latali
Tuesday, 21 February 2012
Eurasia Partnership Foundation is seeking an evaluation consultant or team of consultants to undertake an evaluation of a television talk-show, the European Choice. The talk-show is produced with financial support of Eurasia Partnership Foundation and is broadcasted on 1st TV Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Monday, 23 January 2012
On January 23rd, 2012, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) organised a presentation of the Georgian Media Landscape Survey report:The Georgian Media: Popular Assessments and Development Perspectives.
Friday, 13 January 2012
On January 16, 2012, Eurasia Partnership Foundation (EPF) is holding a presentation of the survey report: Knowledge and Attitudes toward the European Union in Georgia. EPF’s Caucasus Research Resource Center (CRRC) carried out the baseline survey to study Georgia’s knowledge and attitudes toward the EU in 2009 and in 2011, conducted a follow-up assessment. Using the results from the 2009 and 2011 surveys, the EPF/CRRC will present an overview of public’s knowledge of and attitudes toward the European Union and provide information on if and how things have changed over the past two years. At the same time, the report will highlight Georgian public’s attitudes toward their own political system, charting changes in this area as well. For more information about the event, see the press release attached:
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