ARLA/CLUSTER: YOTA 2013 (não IOTA) na Estonia com a participam de jovens de 15 paises

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Youngsters On the Air (YOTA) 2013 takes place August 5-12 in Tartu, Estonia

On the IARU Region 1 site ES5JR writes:
Youngsters On the Air 2013 Estonia is a youth exchange project under
Youth in Action programme, continuing the projects which took place in
2011 in Romania and in 2012 in Belgium.

The organizer in 2013 is Estonian Radio Amateurs' Union. Teams from 15
countries attend (Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Finland,
Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Romania, Slovenia and Sweden). Most of the participating organizations
are members of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU).

The youth exchange event will take place in Tartu (Estonia) on August
5th-12th, 2013. Special callsigns ES5YOTA and ES9YOTA will be active
during the event. The main objective of the project is to promote
technical education among the youth.

Technical disciplines are often perceived as difficult to learn. In
spite of more and more technology in our everyday lives, less and less
people want to know how this technology actually works. Youngsters opt
for soft disciplines in further studies, resulting in overproduction
and unemployment in these fields. At the same time, technical
disciplines suffer from lack of people, resulting in labour shortage
in these areas.

The aim of the project is to show to youngsters that technical fields
may be fun and a good tool for broadening one's mind, in addition
offering excellent career possibilities. Communication with kids and
elder people having similar interests, but with different cultural
background and languages, gives international experience,
self-assurance and the most important, friends with kindred spirits.

The participants will be involved in activities implemented with the
support of non formal education tools such as presentations, games and
exercises, workshops, debates, outdoor activities, meetings with the
youngsters and technical professionals from Estonia, which will give
them the learning space to raise their tolerance and solidarity spirit
toward diversity, to raise the understanding between them, to develop
their volunteering spirit and to develop the initiative and
entrepreneurship skills. The relationships and experience developed
during the youth exchange foster networking activities, which give
start for further initiatives. The project community membership in
Facebook grew to over 100 actively communicating members in less than
two years. The youth network is co-ordinated by IARU and national
youth co-ordinators, enabling to communicate with stakeholders easily.

This project has been funded with support from the European
Commission.eir tolerance and solidarity spirit toward diversity, to
raise the understanding between them, to develop their volunteering
spirit and to develop the initiative and entrepreneurship skills. The
relationships and experience developed during the youth exchange
foster networking activities, which give start for further
initiatives. The project community membership in Facebook grew to over
100 actively communicating members in less than two years. The youth
network is co-ordinated by IARU and national youth co-ordinators,
enabling to communicate with stakeholders easily.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.

YOTA - Youngsters On The Air Facebook Group
https://www.facebook.com/groups/youngstersontheair/

IARU Region 1
http://www.iaru-r1.org/