Final workshop of the project 'How to Lead Youth Organizations' held

(Patria) - Participants of the project "How to Lead Youth Organizations" at the final workshop had the opportunity to listen to lectures by experts in youth activism Amela Sačić and Jelena Soldo, and the topics discussed were the use of social networks, advertising projects, and mobilizing volunteers.

A special guest at the final workshop of the youth project was Ejub Kučuk, owner of MITA group, who developed and led a successful business by the age of thirty. Ejub talked with young people about how to make an idea visible and how to present it. He spoke about the key elements of effective communication and shared practical experiences with the participants. The importance of authenticity and the possibilities of inspiration were also discussed as the best ways to communicate any idea and form a public organization.

Workshop participants had the opportunity to discuss the mentioned topics with experts in the field of youth organization management, and to exchange experiences among themselves. The Odisej Association, under the auspices of the European Youth Foundation (EYF) and the Council of Europe, with the support of the Youth Council of the Municipality of Novi Grad, held the final workshop of the project "How to Lead Youth Organizations". The workshop was held on Saturday, 31.10.2020, at the Ibis Styles Hotel in Sarajevo, and thirty young people from the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo participated.

The Odisej Association continues its strategic activities of empowering young people. Through this project, in the Municipality of Novi Grad Sarajevo, the most populous municipality in BiH where youth organizing is not at a satisfactory level, young people were enabled to raise their knowledge level in an interesting and simple way through five-day workshops, and to become more involved in socially beneficial activities that bring individual benefits in everyday life.