DEMOCRACY BUILDERS: YOUTH CAPACITIES FOR ACTIVE

CITIZENSHIP AND PERSONAL FULFILLMENT

2007-2009

PRESENTATION OF THE PROJECT at the Electoral National Tribunal

February 25, 2007

María Eugenia Bujanda, project coordinator, Omar Dengo Foundation (ODF)

Clotilde Fonseca, ODF’s Exective Director; Lara Blanco, programme coordinator, UNDP-Costa Rica; José Manuel Hermida, Resident representative, UNDP-Costa Rica

Meeting with the teachers and school principals participating in the project Representatives of the project partners: UNICEF, UNDP, Ministry of Education, Electoral National Tribunal and ODF

INAUGURATION OF THE PROJECT at the Omar Dengo Foundation

June 19, 2007

INAUGURATION

Prof. Mary Carlson, Harvard University and Leonardo Garnier, Minister of Education

Profs. Mary Carlson and Felton Earls, Harvard University, project’s interantional consultants

Clotilde Fonseca, Seija Toro, UNICEF’s Representativ, Mary Carlson, Leonardo Garnier, and Felton Earls.

Students and teachers from the participating highschools

TEACHERS TRAINING February 2007

PILOT IMPLEMENTATION IN FIVE HIGHSCHOOLS March-December 2007

Experiential learning actitivies in Civic Education Class (Puriscal High School) Students engaged in plenary discussions (Bagaces High

School)

Students building a city model (Barranca High School)

Community service activities (Pejibaye High School)

Students working in small groups: the traditional classroom extends to other spaces in the high school (Edgar Cervantes High School - San José)

TWO DAY WORKSHOP WITH STUDENTS at the Omar Dengo Foundation

July, 2007

The students discussed about their participation rights and their idea of citizenship and made their own videos expressing their ideas

WORKSHOP WITH TEACHERS at the Omar Dengo Foundation

November, 2007

A national workshop was held for teachers not directly participating in the pilot implementation

PILOT’S EVALUATION November 2007

TEACHERS INITIAL TRAINING For the extended application phase (14 high schools)

February 2008

CONTINUOUS TRAINING SESSIONS 2008

STUDENTS MEETINGJuly 2008

Two students from the 14 participating high schools took part and conformed the Young Democracy Builders Network to promote student participation in their highschools and communities

Extended application in 14 high schools

Students use the project’s website to enrich their citizenship experience; students plenary discussions (Tucurrique

High School)

Students in a workshop about young people participation in electoral processes (Pejibaye High School)

Puerto Jiménez Night High School

Río Nuevo Night High School, Ciudad NeillyYolanda Oreamuno High School, Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires High School

EDGAR CERVANTES HIGH SCHOOL, SAN JOSÉ

PAVAS HIGH SCHOOL

PITAL TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

CHOMES HIGH SCHOOL