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EGAT Czech Republic Akumulátor (“The Accumulator”)
2021
Change begins by imagining this world differently. Can you? Are you interested in activism, politics and public affairs in general? Become one of the 15 young active people and sign up!
About the event
You will participate in a three-weekend training session taking place in different corners of the Czech Republic and in an international study tour to Brussels. The program starts on the first weekend of October 2021, and will closure in March 2022 as we meet in Brussels with young people from Finland, Hungary, Spain, Poland, Greece, and Croatia, who are undergoing similar training courses.
What can you learn?
How to step into the public space and make an impact. We will explore different fields in politics with activists, journalists, academics, experts, and politicians, who will be our guests as part of the training.
We will awake your sense of initiative and support your skills in the field of activism, teamwork, campaigning, or work with the media. Together we will go through a whole range of approaches and tools that can change the world around. It is important for us to connect theory and practice.
In addition to practical skills, we will focus on important cross-cutting themes such as climate change, education, feminism and more.
Program
The training program consists of 2 national trainings, the online course EU for Beginners and the study tour in Brussels with a short preparatory meeting beforehand.
1st meeting: October 1st – 3rd, Fara Skramníky , CZ
Welcome to the Akumulátor and EGAT, get engaged!
2nd meeting: December 17th – 19st, Toulcův dvůr (Praha area), CZ
Feminism, gender and intersectionality + practical workshop about fundraising
3rd meeting: January 29th, online
“Czechia + EU = ?” Towards the common Europe critically, preparation for Brussels study tour, not financed by GEF
Brussels study tour: February 2022
Please note: Due to the particular circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic, all activities could potentially be subjected to changes depending on the epidemiological data and any restrictive measures and guidelines at that time. Some parts of the program involving travel may take place online.
PRACTICALITIES
The training course is open for the participants between age 15 and 23. You don’t need to have any experiences with any kind of activism or politics, it is your motivation to make a change and impact that matters!
The sliding fee for the whole training is 5000 CZK (circa 200€). Sliding fee means, that while writing your application, you can choose how much of the real costs you can afford to pay. Institute of active citizenship will cover the remaining sum. We don’t want anyone to be excluded because of the money and the amount of your contribution doesn’t play any role in the selection of the participants!
Apply through this application form until August 27th, the decisions will be informed by September 6rd. Altogether 15 participants will be selected for the course.
For more information in Czech click here.
This EGAT programme is organised by Green European Foundation with the support of Institute of Active Citizenship and with the financial support of the European Parliament to the Green European Foundation.