Most of all, as a priority, we are focus on confidence, inter-ethnic measures, as one of the most sensitive issue today in Tetovo and Macedonia. Past years, we have organized many events aiming to raise mutual trust, tolerance and understanding among young people from different ethnic backgrounds, through organizing training workshops for young people-high schools and university students.

This is done in order to initiate co-operation among them, to make them learn more about characteristics of the ethnic groups in Macedonia, to raise their spirit of living together. Furthermore, the aim of the program is to overcome stereotypes and prejudices that exist among young people vis-à-vis “the other” ethnic group.

Within the projects implemented, we have organized activities in the following areas:

• education

• culture

• sport

In all of our activities, we try to address the issues of common concerns and interest and to offer to the young people space to work together and to overcome common problems. By that, we reckon that they will learn more for each other and they will continue their collaboration in everyday life.

Training workshops in following topics:

• History of Christianity and Islam, main holidays, practice)

• History of each ethnic groups in the past 200 years

• Culture (literature, music instruments, art)

• Tradition and customs of each ethnic group: national costumes, myths, legends, customs   and rituals (birth, marriage, death).

• Prejudices and stereotypes

• Conflict resolution

• Young people and politics

• Young people and economic development

• Coalition building

• Development of the long-term plan for involvement of the young people in the society.

The existing educational system in Macedonia does not provide an opportunity for high school- and university students to study the concept of democracy and models for democracy. In the current curriculum, no subject on democracy and comparative governments exists. We organize presentations, tribunes and debates on the following topics:

• The role and the place of NGOs in a democratic society
• Defining democracy, democratic process
• Consensus building
• Conflict prevention/resolution