Project Describtion

Lycian Pathfinders is organizing the Creactive Lycian Youth Project with 6 international partners.

Creactive Lycian Youth (CLY) Project is related with "encouraging the participation of young people in democratic life in Europe" as stated in the Lisbon Treaty.

CLY Project primarily targeting to make a contribution to increase Youth's active and sufficient participation at social and democratic life at national and European levels.

CYL Project Objectives are: 
1- Supporting young people to discover the natural links between social life and democratic life especially by means of sport and culture activities.
2- Increasing the young people's sense of belonging to EU values/EU citizenship and  supporting them to increase their will to be participatory for the future of their societies.
3- Improving young people's self-confidence and competences in order to foster them to have a voice and to speak with their own words for the terms of Democracy, Citizenship, EU Citizenship and Active Participation.

Problems Related with Objectives & Activities Related with Problems. 

Objectives  -- Problems  -- Activities

We use / design Activities to make a contribution to the Problems and help the participants to solve these problems then project Objectives will be fulfilled if we are successful.

1- Supporting young people to discover the natural links between social life and democratic life especially by means of sport and culture activities.
1.a.Young people are not aware of enough that Active Participation is a natural part of our daily lives.
Related Activities: Trekking, 5 Art 1 Subject, 

1.b. Terms related to democratic life are being evaluated or taught very didactical and young people can not relate these terms with their daily lives.
Related Activities: Debating 

1.c. Young people are not aware of art's creative power about increasing the active participation for the social and democratic life.
Related Activities: 5 Art 1 Subject



2- Increasing the young people's sense of belonging to EU values/EU citizenship and  supporting them to increase their will to be participatory for the future of their societies.
2.a. Youth's sense of belonging to EU citizenship and social connection is lacking
Related Activities: Ballot Box (ATOQ), Team Buildings, Blog

2.b. Youth is not aware of the reality that modern life is passivating them.
Related Activities: Trekking & Camping,

2.c. Youth's competences about collective decision-making and collective decision-implementing.
Related Activities: 5 Art 1 Subject, De Bono Evaluation, Survey about EU .... , Youthpass, Trekking & Camping 

2.d. Youth does not belive that they make positive changes in they participate in the democratic life.
Related Activities: Ballot Box, 


3- Improving young people's self-confidence and competences in order to foster them to have a voice and to speak with their own words for the terms of Democracy, Citizenship, EU Citizenship and Active Participation.
3.a. Young people are evaluating political terms and meanings mostly by a single-sided point of view
Related Activities:  De Bono Evaluation, Ballot Box (ATOQ), 

3.b. Young people are usually avoiding taking and then fulfilling responsibilities.
Related Activities: The Leader, Blog, 

3.c. Young people are abstaining from making discussions or debates of these subjects in inter-cultural environment and in front of the public.
Related Activities: Debating, 

3.d. Young people are lacking inter-cultural opportunities that can help them improve their public speech competences and wills.
Related Activities: Debating, 

MAIN ACTIVITIES

1. Board of Directors - Vote of Confidence 
2. Trekking & Camping (Special Tasks will be distributed for each Trekking Path) 
3. Blog 
4. Survey with Locals 
5. EU Citizenship & Active Participation Group Works 
6. Ballot Box (ATOQ) 
7. Nuclear Power Plant (Team Building) 
8. Meeting Local Young People & Sport with Local People
9. De Bono - Evaluation 
10. Youthpass Introduction 
11. Youthpass Final Session