Call for Prep-team: Outsmarting the Paradigm

We are announcing a call for Prep-Team members for the international training “Outsmarting the paradigm: Implementation of new technologies in cities”. The seminar will take place between 26th and 30th May in Riga (25th and 31th are travel dates). The event is implemented as a part of the transnational project “A Charter for the Smart City II”.

Objectives:

• Train 25 young people in critical assessment of technology in cities and re-evaluate its role in the urban environment;
• Assess the Charter for the Smart Cities through the Central and Eastern European lens;
• Create a platform for exchange of best practices for young people interested in exploring the connection between Urbanism and/or Technology;
• Create a set of outputs relevant and useful for the young people in the Central and Eastern Europe tackling the connection between the Cities and Technology.

If you are young (till 30) person from Eastern and Central Europe (Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo*, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine) interested in how the integration of new technologies in cities can affect the democracy, social and economic influences on youth, this project will be very much relevant.

In order to achieve these objectives, we are looking for young activists to join the preparatory team. Prep-team members should speak English, be available during the preparation period, be responsible about fulfilling their tasks, have good organisational skills, be good team players and committed to the aims of the project and CDN’s values and be familiar with non-formal education methods.

Main responsibilities of the prep-team:

• Active participation in the regular online meetings prior to the event (March-May/ 2-3 h a week);
• Participation in a live prep team meeting in Riga: 14-15 March (2 full working days), arrival day 13th, departure 16th.
• Dissemination of the call and selection of participants, preparation of participants for the event and providing them with all the necessary information regarding the program;
• Preparation and facilitation of the programme of the Training; designing and preparing sessions based on non-formal education methodology, invitation and communication with speakers, experts, trainers and partners in accordance with the project aims (4-6 h a week);
• Helping with the promotion of the event and ensuring media visibility;
• Taking care of practicalities and of the general well-being of the participants;
• Full participation during the entire event and prep team meeting before and after: Arrival 23rd of May, departure 1st of June;
• Supporting the finalisation of the outputs;
• Helping with the reporting of the seminar.

Being a prep-team member at CDN event would offer you:

• Working in a lively international urban activist environment;
• Experience in managing youth projects – preparation, implementation and reporting;
• Getting familiar with Green values and CDN work;
• Getting to know local activists and Alternative Urbanisation activists and their work;
• A possibility to develop your leadership and group work skills;
• A lot of work and a lot of fun!

Practicalities: 

Accommodation, food, working space, travel and visa costs for preparatory team will be fully covered. For selection of travel means the condition is to combine the most economic and environmentally friendly way (lowest price + travel time + CO2 emissions).

DEADLINE for submitting online applications is 5th of February, Midnight CEST. 

You will be informed by e-mail approximately in 2 weeks time after the deadline. Please add project.coordinator@cdnee.org to your contacts, so that you do not receive our reply in spam folder.

Apply here.

This project is organised by the Green European Foundation with the support of CDNEE and Wetenschappelijk Bureau GroenLinks with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.