The exchange programme 2006/2007 involves these partners: South Africa YMCA, Africa Alliance of YMCAs (Kenya), Palestine YWCA
and Vanadzor YMCA (Armenia) and Bangladesh YWCA. For 2006/2007 the program is expanding, and will include more partners and
exchanges going north-south, south-north and south-south, and a total of 15 people. The goCY Intern is a one year programme
and consists of three components:
- Preparation 1 month
- Exchange 8 months for Norwegians, 9 months for others
- Post-exchange work 2 months
Goal
The aim of this programme is first of all to enable young people from different parts of the world to work together and learn
form each other. Secondly contributing to visualise the work of YWCA and YMCA around the world. Finally we believe international
exposure and networking is crucial in order for young people to grasp local and global challenges and find alternatives for
making changes.
Requirements
· Participants must be between 20 and 25 years of age.
· Participants must be able to communicate written and orally in English.
· Being an intern in this programme should not be your first international exposure
· Participants must be committed to take part in the full programme, including preparation course and information work.
· Participants should be flexible and open for new experiences, willing to learn new skills, broad minded and committed to
intercultural understanding.
Preparation
Training sessions will be conducted during the month of August, and will include all goCY Intern participants. First you will
participate in Global Week at Rønningen Folkehøgskole. Then there is a one week training with Fredskorpset. After this there
will be a weeks training in Oslo for the whole group. The last week will be designed individually for each participant.
The courses will contains the following elements:
· Vision and motivation for international work, intercultural communication and understanding
· Knowledge about the partners involved and country of posting
· Tools to meet various challenges in the field and when returning home (group dynamics, conflict resolution, own values and
attitudes versus others' and code of conduct)
· North-South issues and Global understanding (what is development, understanding of poverty and strategies for poverty alleviation)Exchange
Exchange
The exchange will be for a period of 8 or 9 months
Post-exchange work:
On returning from the exchange you will start the post-exchange work in your home country. This work will be for two months.
The objectives of this work within the exchange programme are for the partnership described as follows:
- to create awareness of international co-operation and exchange as an opportunity for enhancing skills and capacity for local
processes of change
- to build enthusiasm and commitment for the programme through awareness raising and information of the need for holistic
global approaches in solidarity work and North-South partnerships - to provide more realistic information about conditions
of another country and partner through sharing of experiences from cultural, political, social, human and religious realities
in the country of placement
- to sustain and encourage continued support and involvement from sending movement through frequent updating on experiences
in the exchange
- to transfer gained experience and new insights from the exchange with the sending partner
- to educate own constituencies through realistic and true images of the realities in the country visited
- to encourage and motivate for new international exchange initiatives
Apply before 1.05.2006, download the application form here.
More information contact Anja Elise Husebø, +47 22 99 15 90, goCY@kfuk-kfum.no
