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Community development and Environment In collaboration with JCM, SYTO Ghana and SYTO Senegal, It was set up in 2005 a program youth trilateral called « Community development and Environment » who takes place in Canada (Quebec) as well as in Ghana or in the Senegal. Young persons of Canada, Ghana and the Senegal participate in this program.

In collaboration with JCM, SYTO Ghana and SYTO Senegal, It was set up in 2005 a program youth trilateral called « Community development and Environment » who takes place in Canada (Quebec) as well as in Ghana or in the Senegal. Young persons of Canada, Ghana and the Senegal participate in this program. This plan is not only an unique cultural exchanges for the chosen Canadian, Ghanaian and Senegalese young persons, but also has a considerable social impact by uniting the domains of the community development and environment.

Structure of program

For the program of as for precedents, after the selection of the participants, two groups will be formed. They will have as course a stay of 3 months in a city of Canada and another stay of 3 months or in Ghana, is in the Senegal. Each of the groups will be structured in the following way:

- 6 young persons of Canada
- 6 young persons of Ghana
- 6 young persons of the Senegal
- A supervisor of Canada and a supervisor of Ghana (for the group staying in Ghana) or the Senegal (for the group staying in the Senegal)
- An equal number of men and women in every team of 6

- Every person will be twinned with somebody of another country
- Every pair of young persons will live with a family of reception and participate in its daily activities
- Every young person will work with a counterpart in the community of reception of the country of stay at the rate of 4 days a week
- All group will participate in a day of instructive activities by semaine.uipe of 6

The young persons will develop attitudes and competences and they acquérront knowledge such as:

- Adaptation
- Leading role
- Inter-cultural communication
- Job of team
- Sense of the organization and sense of responsibilities

- Mind of analysis
- Resolution of problems
- Environment
- Community development

Criteria of selection:

- Be of Senegalese nationality

- Be between 18 and 22 year old
- Have a training in Community development or in Environment (or be in process of supplementing it) OR an appropriate experience in the one or other one of these domains
- Have an interest supported as questions being recovering from the community development

- Have a good workmanship of French as the group to make the second stage in the Senegal and basic notions in English for the group to go to Ghana.

Contents of program:

The joint program of JCM and SYTO is not aimed unique at benefiting in the youth of Canada, Ghana and the Senegal but also in communities within which will take place plans. The young persons will work with a variety of plans: old persons, persons disabled persons, recycling of objects, Community groups or others. By working in different environments, every young person will bring to the group of experiments and different perspectives.

The plans of the young persons concentrate on subjects linked up with the community development and with environment. Interesting subjects will be able to be approached through the days of instructive activities in which the young persons will participate.

Working plans are worked out according to needs and realities of middle and according to interests and competences of the participants.

At the end of program, the young persons will benefit, each there what concerns it, of grants which will allow them to set up microplans.

CONDITIONS

Card ISIC (obligatory for the students)

- Form to be filled on place
- Photocopy student card / certificate or certificate of inscription of the ongoing year
- 2 photographs of identity
- 5 500 Fcfa

Documents to be provided for inscription

- 4 photographs of identity
- 1 Born extract (less than 3 months)
- 1 Extract of the police record (less than 3 months)
- 1 Wedding act (for the bridegrooms)
- 1 Letter of motivation addressed to the head de SYTO

- 1 Curriculum vitae
- 1 Photocopy shapes of passeport*
- Photocopies of certificates and acquired certificates *

*Les eccentrics will have to be introduced at the same time as the file.

Besides, the candidates who work will have to produce:

- A working certificate
- A certificate of availability signed by their actual employer for the duration of the program to be known from September, 2006 till March, 2007 (6 months).

Besides, all participants will have to promise written to respect the essential elements of program for the duration of the program, including Senegalese stage (for the participants whose second stage is envisaged in Thiès). These elements are:

stay in family of reception (different from its natural family), involvement in a working plan (different from the habitual workplace for the participants being already in the service of an employer) and participation in the days of instructive activities. 

Selection

will be made on file and will be followed by an interview. It will be kept 12 participants on the official list and 04 participants on the list of wait (reservists).

All discreet participants (16) will inevitably have to follow all activities of meadow orientation envisaged up to the getting of the visa which will confirm the final list of the participants to take part really in program.

Financial participation

The discreet participants (official list and reservists) will have to make a collection of fund of a sum of frank two hundred and fifty thousand CFA (250 000 Fcfa) as personal commitment for their participation in this program.

They will have to deposit a not repayable advance of hundred frank thousand CFA (100 000 Fcfa) just aprés the publication of the official list for the opening of the file. Supplementary benefit will have to be poured at the latest on June 30th, 2006.

To note that one will take care of all expenses of program: international transport, accommodation and food in family of reception, spending money during both stages of program.

NB: Paid supplementary benefit will be reimbursed to the participants who will not finally take part of this program.