The training course on Democratic Movements and Social Media started on 27 November and finished on 5 December in Dilijan, Armenia.
On 27 of November, within the EU Youth in Action programme, the Youth Cooperation Center of Dilijan, started the international training course “Democratic Movements and Social Media” in Dilijan, Armenia. Traininig course gathered 28 youth leaders and social workers from Czech Republic, Lithuania, Greece, Ukraine, Portugal, Switzerland, Georgia, Germany, Armenia, France, and Moldova in Dilijan, Armenia.
The training was dedicated to the role and influence of social media in democratization process in Europe. Looking at the Arab spring in 2011, social media played an important role in fostering the impact of democratic grass-root movements. Similarly civil initiatives in Eastern Europe e.g. Armenia and Georgia are widely using Web 2.0 tools to bypass censorship in order to bring their messages and demands for change to the public.
The training course was funded by Eastern Partnership Youth Window within Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
As a partner of the project, ALDA was represented by two participants from France
The training course on Democratic Movements and Social Media started on 27 November and finished on 5 December in Dilijan, Armenia.
On 27 of November, within the EU Youth in Action programme, the Youth Cooperation Center of Dilijan, started the international training course “Democratic Movements and Social Media” in Dilijan, Armenia. Traininig course gathered 28 youth leaders and social workers from Czech Republic, Lithuania, Greece, Ukraine, Portugal, Switzerland, Georgia, Germany, Armenia, France, and Moldova in Dilijan, Armenia.
The training was dedicated to the role and influence of social media in democratization process in Europe. Looking at the Arab spring in 2011, social media played an important role in fostering the impact of democratic grass-root movements. Similarly civil initiatives in Eastern Europe e.g. Armenia and Georgia are widely using Web 2.0 tools to bypass censorship in order to bring their messages and demands for change to the public.
The training course was funded by Eastern Partnership Youth Window within Youth in Action programme of the European Commission.
As a partner of the project, ALDA was represented by two participants from France