ICPI was the hosting and one of the coordinating organization of the youth exchange project "Connecting generations Via Volunteering", within YIA programme. Down u can see the short description of the project:                                     




                                              YOUTH EXCHANGE PROJECT (3.1)
                                                             Qobuleti , Georgia
                                                               10-17 December


Youth exchange “Connecting generations via volunteering” took place in Kobuleti, Georgia from 10 to 17 December 2011. The project has gather 40 youngsters from 8 European Union and Neighboring countries : Sweden, Georgia, Latvia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Netherlands and Spain.

The theme of the project was solidarity between generations and the ways of improving it by volunteering. There were five main objectives of the project:

- Promote volunteering and motivate youngsters to be active in voluntary work.
- Stimulate a better understanding and solidarity between different generations.
- Detect problems in the inter-generational communication and find solutions for better involvement based on experiences in participating countries.
- Promote the European year 2011 for Volunteering and 2012 for active ageing and solidarity between generations.
- Enhance partnership between different organizations on the topic of generation communication and voluntary work within Youth in Action.

Workshops and activities were planned in order to insure the achievement of those goals. During the project activities participants detected the problems in maintaining the connection between generations and find possible improvements in the problem areas using volunteering platform. The activities were based on international group workshops, as well as simulation game and debates with the local organizations that deal with adults and voluntary activities.

Also Participants of the project had chance to work as volunteers in the old people house. They made different activities for them: art therapy, dancing lessons, singing, legend telling and so on… Finally they organized little show, presenting the results of the workshops. At the end of the activity all the participants were glad that they have made something important , they made one typical day of old people smiley and happy. It was very useful experience for them.

There were some more important activities, like as “grand poem” project in the city center of Batumi. Participants were spreading little brochures about youth in action program and EVS in particular. It was nice promotion as local media made some reports.

Excursion in old capital of Georgia was very useful to find out historical heritage of hosting country. Other participants also had chance to present there culture and traditions during cultural evenings, which was held every night during the whole project.

It was very useful project according to the feedback of participants. All of them where happy that they have learned how much they can do for there society.

„მშიდობისა და ინტეგრაციის საერთაშორისო ცენტრი“ (ICPI)

                                                 მოკლე აღწერილობა

მშიდობისა და ინტეგრაციის საერთაშორისო ცენტრი არის ახლად დაარსებული არაკომერციული არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია. ICPI შეიქმნა ახალგაზრდების ინიციატივით, რომელთაც აქვთ 5-6 წლიანი სამუშაო გამოცდილება არასამთავრობო სექტორში. ორგანიზაციის მთავარი მისიაა მხარი დაუჭიროს სოციალურად აქტიურ ახალგაზრდებს, ინტეგრაციასა და მშვიდობის დამყარების პროცესებს, ხელი შეუწყოს უფრო განვითარებული, განათლებული და თანამედროვე საზოგადოების შექმნას. ორგანიზაციის მიზანია  ხელი შუეწყოს ახალგაზრდების სულიერ, პერსონალურ და საგანმანათლებლო განვითარებას, მხარი დაუჭიროს აქტიური მოქალაქეობის იდეისა და მოხალისეობის განვითარებას ადგილობრივ და ევროპის დონეზე, საერთაშორისო ურთიერთობების გაღრმავებასა და თანამშრომლობის დამყარებას საქართველოსა და სხვა ევროპულ ქვეყნებს შორის.

მშვიდობისა და ინტეგრაციის საერთაშორისო ცენტრი მუშაობს სხვადასხვა სოციალური, საგანმანათლებლო და კულტურული მიმართულებებით სხვადასხვა ჯგუფებთან, როგორიც არიან: ბავშვები, ახალგაზრდები, სტუდენტები, დევნილები და ა.შ.  ორგანიზაცია თანამშრომლობს სხვადასხვა ევროპულ ორგანიზაციებთან და აქტიურადაა ჩართული „ახალგაზრდობა მოქმედებაში“ (Youth in Action) პროგრამაში, ევროკომისიის ფარგლებში.

ორგანიზაცია ახორციელებს სხვადასხვა აქტივობებს ადილობრივ დონეზე, როგირცაა: მოხალისეობის, EVS-ის პრომოუშენი, საქველმოქმედო აქცია, ფლეშ-მობები, კონსულტაციები ახალგაზრდების სხვადასხვა ჯგუფებთან ახალგაზრდული პოლიტიკის განვითარების პროგრამის ქვეშ, სპორტისა და ახალგაზრდობის სამინისტროსთან თანამშრომლობით და სხვადასხვა სოციალური აქტივობები.

მშვიდობისა და ინტეგრაციის საერთაშორისო ცენტრს განხორციელებული აქვს რამდენიმე პროექტი:

• „საქართველოს ხმა“ - ჩეხურ არასამთავრობო ორგანიზაცია „Be International“-თან პარტნიორობით;
• ახალგაზრდული გაცვლითი პროგრამა „მოხალისეობა მშვიდობიანი მომავლისათვის“ - პროგრამა „ახალგაზრდობა მოქმედებაში“-ის ფარგლებში, ევროკომისია;
• ახალგაზრდული გაცვლითი პროგრამა - „მოხალისეობა - აკავშირებს თაობებს“ - პროგრამა „ახალგაზრდობა მოქმედებაში“-ის ფარგლებში, ევროკომისია;

ICPI დაფუძნდა ახალგაზრდული ასოციაცია „დრონის“ ბაზაზე, 2011 წლის 2 თებერვალს.

ICPI (International center for Peace and Integration) ENG

                                           Short   Information about ICPI

International Centre for Peace and Integration - ICPI is a newly developed non-governmental non-profit youth organization founded by the young people with 5-6 years of working experience in NGO sector. The main mission of ICPI is to support socially active youngsters, promote integration and contribute peace-building processes, to give a hand to create more active, educated and modern society. The organization aims to support young people’s personal, educational and spiritual development, to promote the idea of active citizenship and importance of volunteering, deepen intercultural relations and build partnership between Georgia and other European countries.

International Centre for Peace and Integration - ICPI is working in different social, educational and cultural fields with different target groups such as: children, youth, students, refugees, etc. Organization cooperates with different NGOs in Europe and is actively involved in Youth in Action Programme, by European Commission.

The organization has been providing different activities on: promoting volunteering, European Voluntary Service, charity actions, social activities for youth, flash-mobs, consultations with youngsters for developing the youth policy in Georgia, etc.

ICPI has implemented several projects:

·         “Voice of Georgia” – Cooperating with Czech NGO – Be International;

·         Youth Exchange - “Volunteers for Peaceful Future” – Youth in Action Programme, European Commission (CZ-31-027-2011-R3);

·         Youth Exchange “Volunteering – connecting generations” - Youth in Action Programme, European Commission; (SE-31-31-2011-R4 )

ICPI was established on the basis of Youth Association DRONI on 1^st of February, 2011.

Youth Exchange: "Volunteering for peaceful future"

ICPI was the hosting and one of the coordinating organization of the youth exchange project "Volunteering for peaceful future", within YIA programme. Down u can see the short description of the project:



                                          YOUTH EXCHANGE PROJECT (3.1)
                                                  BAKURIANI, GEORGIA
                                                         5-11 November

        International youth exchange project - “Volunteering for Peaceful Future”, in frame of YiA, took place in one of the most popular mountain resort of Georgia _ Bakuriani, during of 5-11 November. The project lasted during 7 days (including arrival and departure). It has brought together 40 young people from 8 different countries, from EU and EECA: Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Russia.

       The themes of the project were: developing ideas of peace, learning to avoid the conflict
situations and find the ways out, dialog among young people from different countries by
different backgrounds, promoting solidarity and tolerance between them by working together
in international groups, stimulate better understanding of diversities, and developing
awareness against of xenophobia. During the YE accent was made on different levels of
conflicts: conflict between individuals, between opposite sides within the society and conflicts
between countries...
     The learning methods of project were through non-formal and in-formal education. For to
achieve the principal goals of YE we used different activities, such as: group
discussion/presentations, special-cases, intercultural evenings, team-building activities,
role-plays, flash-mobs, peaceful demonstration involving local communities and other
creative activities initiated by youngsters.

Aims and Objectives:
 To unite young people from different countries by different backgrounds for supporting
the peace-building process in the world, antidiscrimination policy, non-violence
communication and agitating peace in general;
 To inspire youngsters to get the volunteers and ambassadors of the Peace in their
surroundings. Implant the belief in new generation that they do not have to follow the
old way of their ancestors, but they are the policy makers today and they can make their
choice, they can have their say.
 To promote understanding diversity of different societies, cultures, religions and people
instead of discriminating and excluding them;
 To promote the idea, that policy of countries should not determine relations between
people in a negative way, opposite to this youngsters - the new generation should work
for to calm the permanent conflicts and “build new bridges” between people;
 To manage representatives of different cultures and backgrounds to live and work
together; to rise up positive awareness and promote tolerance to contribute peacebuilding
process in the world;
 To stimulate peaceful relation between different societies, develop youths awareness
against xenophobia and to promote common European culture and equality of all nations;

      Venue: YE tooke place in Bakuriani, Georgia and lasted for 7 days.
TARGET GROUP and age of participants: Leaders, youth workers, multipliers, NGO members,
ex-EVS volunteers. (18 – 25 years old)
Group size: 5 people from each country (4 + 1 leader)
Working language: English
Participant Countries : Czech Republic, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Moldova,and Russia.



Some nice photoes from the project: