GLOBAL PLATFORMS

“Being in the Global Change course allowed me to understand the importance of working together in groups and how far you can get as a team. You learn how to plan and jump-start a campaign – your campaign is suddenly on TV, in the newspaper and on the radio. I don’t have the words to describe these moments. I can just say – you have to live it!”

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The Global Platforms are run by ActionAid Denmark and part of ActionAid International. Learn more about how we send American participants to the Global Platforms on: http://www.training4change.org/usa

For more information, please email Ann-Sofie Jespersen at

The Global Platforms set the frame for youth doing global activism. The Global Platforms function as activism hubs and innovative learning centers on creative international campaigning, voluntarism, solidarity and citizenship.

“Think Global – Act Local” is what we believe. Social change will come when youth around the world come together and engage as local activists with global visions.

We motivate youth through our trainings to take action in their communities and create social change. The trainings are participatory, experience based and fun trainings – all developed on the basis of global experiences.

TRAINING YOUTH FOR SOCIAL CHANGE!

GONZALO CHAVARRIA, NICARAGUA4-MONTH GLOBAL CHANGE PARTICIPANT AUTUMN 2010

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS TO COURSES IN 2013

* Prices only cover in-country accomodations and course feesservices for a registration fee. Please see http://www.training4change.org/usa for more information.

CAMPAIGNING AGAINST LAND GRABBING IN LATIN AMERICA

GET AN IN-DEPTH, HANDS ON EXPERIENCE

This is your chance to explore the relationship between US policies and their effect on smallholder farmers in Latin America. You will have the opportunity to be on the ground and discover one of the biggest issues facing the Global South, landgrabbing. This course on land grabbing will provide you with the opportunity to collaborate with other youth activists from both Latin America and the rest of the world.

Campaigning against Land Grabbing is an intensive course that will strengthen your knowledge, skills, and stance on the issue. This course will

focus on the land grabbing happening in Latin America, for

example, we will be working on the case of evictions in the Polochico Valley in Guatema la, and developing

a strategic campaign plan. At the end of this course, you will have policy know-how to challenge existingland rights policies and the skills to push for change.

The course will include participants from both South and North

America. Individuals with Spanish language skills are strongly encouraged to apply.

COURSE PERIOD:June 17TH - July 12TH 2013

SIGN-UP DEADLINE: April 30TH, 2013

SPECIAL OFFER: : Sign-up before March 15TH, 2013 and get a $100 discount!

The price includes: tuition

fees, course materials, accom-

modations in shared rooms,

to Guatemala). Airfare to and

from the Global Platform, visa

and insurance is not included.

PRICE:$1200

ON THE EFFECTS OF LAND GRABBING IN LATIN AMERICA!

LOCATION:Global Platform El Salvador

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GLOBAL CITIZEN COURSE IN NEPAL

BECOME A GLOBAL CITIZEN WHO UNDERSTANDS NEPAL FROM THE INSIDE

around the Kathmandu Valley. We will visit the often forgotten parts of Nepal as well as historic cultural and religious sites.

You will engage in different activities that will expand your understanding of Nepali culture. By working with Nepalese youth on our excursions and projects, you will gain a better understanding of each other’s

realities. By the end of this course, you will feel truly inspired and be ready to make your mark on the world. Also,you will have developed the necessary tools to examine global issues with a critical eye, to create a

plan of action, and to understand what it means to be a global citizen in an interdependent world.

Kathmandu’s colorful life.

LOCATION:Global Platform Nepal

COURSE START: Sunday August 4, 2013

COURSE END: Tuesday, August 27, 2013

This price includes: tuition fees, course materials, accommoda-tions in shared rooms,

to and from the Global Platform, visa and in-surance is not included.

PRICE:$1250

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: May 15, 2013

ARE YOU READY FOR A LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCE IN NEPAL?

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Price includes: tuition

fees, course materials,

accommodations (shared

Airfare to and from the Global

Platform, visa and insurance

is not included.

YOUTH PARTICIPATION AND GOVERNANCE IN NEPAL

YOUTH IN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCEWhat role does youth play in governance? “None!“ traditional leaders will say. We say, “youth are

governance structures – from a local to a global level. This course focuses on concepts such asyouth participation, democracy, citizen rights & responsibilities and human rights. Participants will gain a better understanding of the current issues that affect Nepalese youth through exploring different case studies and government policies.This course will allow you to explore concepts outside traditional classroom setting and instead give you real life advocacy experience.

youth participation. Participants will acquire in-depth knowledge and practical skills on how to

LOCATION:Global Platorm Nepal

COURSE START: Monday, June 10, 2013

COURSE END: Sunday, June 30, 2013

PRICE:$850

AND ACT AS A GLOBAL CITIZEN!

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UNDERSTAND HOW TO INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES

GLOBAL CITIZEN COURSE IN KENYA

In this course, participants will look at how the world works – and isn’t working. Participants will lear activists. We will ar m you with the necessary skills to navigate the issues deeply embedded within Kenyan society.

The Global Citizen Course in Kenya is an unique opportunity to combine your interest in development and knowledge on Kenyan society and learn how to tackle global and local issues. Through participation in local projects and dialogue with young Kenyans, we challenge our own and each other’s principles and prejudices, and gain a new understanding of what it means to be a citizen in a modern interdependent world. You will meet people from around the world who share similar interests as you and you will gain new cultural and political insight. This course will give you a new perspective on

East Africa in regards to politics, development, and culture. You will be challenged through different interactions with local groups such as the Masai. Participants will create individual projects to document their experience on the course.

The Global Platform Kenya is situated in the scenic surroundings at the foot of Mount Kenya, where the Masai herd their cattle. Come join us in a 3-week summer course that will be both challenging, inspiring and a personal eye-opening experience.

LOCATION:Global Platform Mt. Kenya

COURSE START: Saturday June 29, 2013

COURSE END: Monday July 22, 2013

This price includes: tuition fees, course materials, accommoda-tions in shared rooms,

to and from the Global Platform, insurance and visa is not included.

PRICE:$1250

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: April 15, 2013

SPEND THE SUMMER EXPLORING KENYA AND BECOME A GLOBAL CITIZEN!

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