Support Youth Leaders (SYL) from Jordan is an NGO created to support and develop activities on the local, national and international level in area of non-formal education, using free time, cultural-social and volunteering practice for community of youth people. Their mission is to support and to raise the education level of young people from different social groups, help youth to achieve their goals, unite active youth together and create better conditions for their experience and knowledge exchange.
Target group are mainly young people from 13 – 30 years old. SYL organizes management and leadership seminars for members, conducted by experienced professionals from some of the leading universities in the world, various youth projects within national, European and international programmes. Partner is committed to increase personal development of its members, through providing the opportunities to demonstrate their talents and capabilities, as well as presenting them with challenges to develop their existing portfolio of competences.
Objectives of SYL:
1.Building Institutional and individual capacity through development and change by way of peaceful and creative tools.
2.Building local and international networks in support of women, youth and world peace issues.
3.Empower youth to improve their social, economic, health and political status.
4.Organize and coordinate firm voluntary works, which serve human society and sustainable development.
5.Create a network with leaders and decision-makers of the future
6.Prepare students, recent graduates and young professionals to maximize their capabilities in their personal and professional lives.
8.To offer Arab youth ways to freely express and have constructive conversations with each other and their communities about contentious topics.
9.Increase the quality of youth active participation in the society through local action and international exchange; and to focus on youth initiatives as a base for development; and to promote our visions of coexistence, diversity and pluralism.
Main topic activities: Citizenship and democratic participation, Climate action, environment and nature protection, Community development, Culture, Education and training, Employability and entrepreneurship, Equality and non-discrimination, Health and wellbeing, Human rights, Inclusion, Physical education and sport, Reception and integration of third-country nationals, Research and innovation, Rural development and urban regeneration, competences development.
In the last 4 years SYL has implemented (as a partner) more than twenty projects within Erasmus + Programme (mainly training courses and youth exchanges). Some of the projects carried out were related to environmental protection and recycling, so it also has a lot of experience and human resources in the organization to implement this activity and support young people in the implementation of individual workshops during the youth exchange.
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