Youth Leadership School

Background and idea

Within the formal educational system, there is still a lack of attention to a number of issues which are of great importance for the formation of young people and for creating an impetus for their engagement in the development of democracy. This programme is focusing on high school students who are already highly involved in social activism, but also on those who express certain forms of deviant behaviour. Its aim is to provide both groups with a new, valuable experience, to help them recognise and respect diversity and to develop their own intellectual capacities and skills, as well as culture of knowledge and respect for human rights.   

Youth Leadership School concentrates on improving the status of the young people, their participation in the society and their knowledge about the human rights and freedoms, by.

- Enhancing the level of knowledge and information of high school students from Podgorica in the field of democracy, tolerance, individual rights and freedoms, identities in their various forms and contents, the notion of authority, authoritative and democratic personality, attitudes, prejudices and stereotypes in the society, human and minority rights, gender equality, recognising violence, non-violent conflict management and resolution, public relations, advocacy, etc.

- Establishing communication among supporters of various religious, cultural and ethnic groups, including the football fans

- Developing young people’s attitudes to values, which will have positive consequences for the general culture in Podgorica, enabling the students to contribute to constructive development of their social environment

Young people are the carriers of ideas for the new era – they will soon grow to become key social actors, and some of them will become decision-makers. It is important that they endorse and practice values which are at the foundations of the modern society, and to actively promote these principles, which have not always found strong support in our society.

Intensive and interactive work of the School’s trainers with the past two generations, which gave the participants extensive opportunities to express their own ideas, opinions and sentiments, resulted in a positive and friendly atmosphere in the group and created a constructive approach to understanding of the programme’s topics, and to development of relationships and exchange of experiences and knowledge among the participants.

During the previous fourth generations of the School, 70 high school students from Podgorica have successfully completed the programme.

Youth Leadership School Team of Trainers:

Marina Mugosa
Ana Mudresa

Other guests and lecturers:

Prof. Dr Radovan Radonjic, University of Montenegro
Tamara Milic, psychologist
Petar Djukanovic, sociologist.
Vlado Dedovic, ELSA Montenegro
Vucic Cetkovic

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