Changemakers of Tomorrow: Call for Participants 

20-26 June 2022 

Barcelona, Catalonia 

Are you interested in working on the topics of democracy and community organizing? 

IFM-SEI is looking for 22 young participants for its special project “Changemakers of Tomorrow” supported by the European Youth Foundation of the council of Europe as part of the 2022 Youth campaign “Democracy Here. Democracy Now”.  

Do you want to tackle dissolutions with democracy and increase meaningful youth participation? Are you motivated to implement community activities after gaining competencies in the training? Do you want to become part of a global network of supportive activists?  

Then apply and join our training!  

What is “Changemakers”? 

Changemakers of Tomorrow is an International Project funded by the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe. Changemakers of Tomorrow has been granted as part of a Special Call issued to support the 2022 Youth campaign. The campaign aims at strengthening young people’s role in the process of revitalizing participatory democracy and restoring mutual trust between young people and democratic institutions and processes. This project contributes to this campaign as well as continuing with IFM-SEI’s 100 years of work with Democracy as one of our core values. This project, written and delivered by our young ESC volunteers, focuses on community strength as a building block to enable meaningful youth participation. We will provide the space for young people to develop their knowledge, attitudes, values and skills to secure their equal participation in the democratic process and become changemakers in their local communities.  

Why apply? 

Participants attending this training would: 

• Improve your intercultural facilitation skills and build competencies such as community building, group organizing and campaigning.  
• Develop their understandings on democracy, disillusionment with democracy and human rights.  
• Learn how to plan and deliver projects in their local communities and become part of a global network of young activists.  

• Get seed funding to implement these local projects and share the skills learnt in the project.  

Who can apply? 

IFM-SEI is looking for interested participants who are: 

• 16-30 year olds. Preference will be given to those aged under 25 (accompanying person required for those under 18). 
• Active in IFM-SEI member organisations, youth movements or grassroots organisations. 

• People passionate about working in their community in the future.  
• People confident working in English, French, or Spanish.  
• People motivated to work as activists and trainers at non-formal activities and commit to implement the activity follow up. 

We will give priorities to having two people per organization where possible, ensuring gender balance, so we would encourage you to check out with your organization if there will be two participants able to join the training. Due to funding limitations we can only bring 6 participants from outside of Council of Europe states which may affect how many participants are able to come from your organization.  

IFM-SEI welcomes applications from all young people irrespective of gender, disability, marital or parental status, ethnic or social origin, colour, religion, belief, or sexual orientation. We specifically encourage young people with fewer opportunities to apply.  

Logistical Information 

Venue: Barcelona, Catalonia (more information about the venue will be shared later) 

Arrival: 20 June 2022 

Departure: 26 June 2022 

Based on the travel restrictions and the development of Covid-19, we would inform you if we would opt out to fully online activity, or hybrid one where some would be online, and others would be face to face. We would be sharing more details on the activity after the deadline. We would also inform you about any additional Covid-19 requirements that we would have.  

A participation fee has been set to make a contribution towards accommodation and food for the entire activity, as well as required materials during the event. The participation fee per person is: 

• 60 EUR for participants from Western and Northern Europe;  
• 40 EUR for participants from Eastern Europe and Israel;  
• 20 EUR for participants from Asia, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East (except of Israel). 

Travel expenses will be reimbursed partly, up to 70%. Reimbursement will be done when a signed “reimbursement form” as well as all original tickets, justificatory documents of travel and expenses (invoices, boarding passes, train or bus ticket…) are submitted to the IFM-SEI secretariat both by scanning and by post.  

Given the high chance of cancellations with the Covid-19 pandemic, we are now insisting that you book fully refundable tickets. We also need you to book both travel and covid insurance in order to ensure that we/you are able to get all the money back if you are unable to participate.   

We do not want money to be a barrier to your participation, please let us know if you are unable to make financial contribution. In the spirit of solidarity, we will arrange something that works for you, please do not hesitate to contact Aggie or Julia at office@ifm-sei.org 

Are there any Covid-19 measures? 

Check all the travel requirements for entering and returning from Barcelona, Catalonia so you are aware of the measures of the country and have all the necessary travel documents. If you need a negative test for your return journey, please get in contact with the secretariat, so we can arrange testing before your departure. During the entire training, we would be conducting a test at least every 48 hours to ensure no one is infected during the stay. In addition to this, obligatory testing before and after travel mandated by many countries is also required by IFM-SEI. During the training, the participants will have to wear masks and follow sanitary measures while inside and in group working. Before the training, we will also send you a sanitary protocol that will have to be respected during the training. Participants will have to be fully vaccinated to enter the EU and to attend the project. 

How to apply? 

If you are interested and want to join us, then please register here by Midnight on Sunday the 17th of April. If this sounds exciting to you, or you think you know someone who will be interested, go ahead, and share this call with your network!  

If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us on contact@ifm-sei.org