🌱 Youth, Identity and Participation Workshop
We invite young people who would like to reflect together on youth, identity and participation, discover different perspectives and gain new experiences through interactive methods to our face-to-face workshop!
Together, we will explore the factors that shape our experiences of youth, the formation of our identities and the role of young people in society. We will also discover how we can participate more actively in decision-making processes and social change.
🎓 Participants will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the workshop.
📅 Workshop Information
- Workshop: Youth, Identity and Participation
- Date: Monday, 14 September 2026
- Time: 18:00 – 20:30
- Venue: Yücel Kültür Vakfı - Sultanahmet / Istanbul
- Format: Face-to-face
- Capacity: 10–15 participants
- Certificate: A certificate of participation will be provided
- Application Deadline: 11 September 2026, 18:00
🌟 What Will You Gain from the Workshop?
- You will have the opportunity to get to know yourself and your identity more closely.
- You will become more aware of the individual and social factors that shape our identities.
- By listening to different experiences and perspectives, you will develop empathy and broaden your perspective.
- You will reflect on the role of young people in society and different areas of participation.
- You will discover ways to actively participate in decision-making and social processes.
- You will strengthen your skills in expressing your ideas, listening to others and communicating within a group.
- You will gain collaborative experience through thinking, creating and developing solutions together.
- You will discover new tools and methods that you can use in everyday life and youth work.
🎭 Methodology
- Group work
- Role-playing
- Worksheets
- Discussions
- Interactive activities
- Sharing experiences and ideas
👥 Who Can Participate?
- Young people interested in reflecting on youth and identity
- Those who are open to exploring different experiences and perspectives
- Young people who would like to learn more about social participation and decision-making processes
- Those who are willing to participate actively in group work and interactive activities
- Young people who would like to improve their communication, self-expression and collaboration skills
📌 Workshop Content | Youth, Identity and Participation
Together, we will explore the factors that shape our experiences of youth, the formation of our identities and the role of young people in society.
Through different activities, we will examine how who we are is influenced not only by our individual choices but also by our social environment, experiences, relationships and wider social conditions.
We will also reflect on the role of young people in society, how they can become involved in decisions that affect their lives and the different forms of participation they can use to become part of social change.
Throughout the workshop, participants will not simply receive information. They will become part of an interactive learning environment where they can share their own experiences, listen to different perspectives and think together.
💬 Questions We Will Explore Together
- What shapes our experience of being young?
- How is our identity formed, and how does it change over time?
- How do individual and social factors influence who we are?
- How can we better understand different experiences and perspectives?
- What is the role of young people in society?
- How can young people participate in decisions that affect them?
- What tools and methods can we use for more active participation in everyday life?
🎭 How Will We Work?
The workshop will use interactive and participatory methods in which participants are not simply listeners but actively contribute their experiences, ideas and perspectives to the learning process.
- Thinking and creating together through group work
- Experiencing different perspectives through role-playing activities
- Reflecting individually and collectively through worksheets
- Sharing different views through discussions
- Learning actively through interactive activities
- Learning from one another through the exchange of experiences and ideas
💫 Why Should You Join?
- Reflect on your own identity and experiences from a different perspective
- Develop greater awareness of different life experiences and perspectives
- Strengthen your empathy and perspective-taking skills
- Explore the role of young people in society more closely
- Discover different ways to participate in decision-making and social processes
- Improve your self-expression and active listening skills
- Gain experience in communication and collaboration within a group
- Discover new methods that you can use in youth work and everyday life
✨ Important Notes
- The workshop will be held face-to-face at Yücel Kültür Vakfı - Sultanahmet / Istanbul.
- The programme has a limited capacity of 10–15 participants.
- Participants will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the workshop.
- Participants are expected to take an active role in group work and interactive activities.
- The application deadline is 11 September 2026 at 18:00.
If you would like to discover new perspectives on youth, identity and participation, look at your own experiences through a different lens and learn together with others, we look forward to welcoming you to the workshop! 🌱
📩 Don't forget to register to participate.
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