Civic Concepts International (CCI) is a social enterprise promoting global citizenship by partnering with youth organizations and educators to provide high-potential youth with tools and resources that will build leadership skills, promote cross-cultural understanding, and cultivate ethical responsibility.
Our goal at Civic Concepts International is to enable motivated and ambitious young leaders to jump out of the classroom and into the world. We provide the tools for youth to participate in society and feel a broader connection to their world; because once they are connected they are also involved. And once they are involved they can make positive changes in their communities because they are informed, inspired, determined, and responsible. By facilitating a cross-cultural exchange of ideas and fostering international relationships, we learn from each other and with each other. We acknowledge that these practices are the key to a peace-filled future. We will continue to teach young international leaders to practice tolerance and coexistence early on by exposing them to people and places they would not otherwise encounter.
If young people can learn cultural sensitivity early on, while being informed about pertinent global issues, then they are likely to practice these principles in their future actions and activities. Civic Concepts International is an innovation in education that bridges knowledge and experience in order to facilitate unrestricted learning.
William Webster
Executive Director of CCI
William Webster has been promoting and developing international youth leadership for ten years. After working with the Congressional Youth Leadership Council in DC and the National Youth Leadership Forum in Philadelphia, Webster moved to Europe to launch a similar initiative in Central Europe, where he founded Civic Concepts International and the International Youth Leadership Conference, which is now in its eleventh year. In Dubai CCI took this same principle to strengthen the voice of women in the Middle East where Webster met with Benazir Bhutto and the Sheikh of Dubai promoting youth development. International Youth Leadership Africa was launched by CCI with these same ideas with a regional perspective in mind in order to develop the next generation of African Leader. While in Cape Town at the founding IYLA Webster sat down with the conference's key note Morgan Tsvangirai and spoke about ongoing regional issues and the importance of reaching out to the next generation.
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Veronika Jírová
Conference Director
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Veronika graduated from Metropolitan University Prague with a degree in International Relations and European Studies last year and is currently earning her Master´s degree there in the same field of study. She is a native Czech speaker, but also speaking fluently English and French and struggles to speak Modern Greek. She has gained motivation and experiences from various jobs, but above all by volunteering at International Refugee Day, Forum 2000 and by internship at the Czech Embassy in Athens. Veronika´s academic interests are migration and European studies. When she has free time, she enjoys swimming, hiking, traveling and meeting new people.
Merjola Skendaj
Conference Manager
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Merjola earned a BA in Psychology from University of Tirana and is currently doing an MA in International Relations and European Studies at Metropolitan University in Prague. Her personal interest lies far beyond the academic one as she has been volunteering in a variety of different organizations such as the Foundation ”Save the Children”, the Albanian Committee of Helsinki and YWCA to name a few. In addition she has been working as a TV speaker, news reporter and as a moderator in a youth TV show. Her mother tongue is Albanian and she is fluent in Italian and English. Merjola joined the IYLC Team because she believes that investing in the youth leadership today is an investment for tomorrow.
Carolina Spivacenco
Finance Coordinator
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Carolina came to Prague from The Republic of Moldova 18 months ago, when she was awarded the Czech Government Scholarship for a Master in Economics and Finance at Charles University. She is fluent in Romanian, English and Russian and has basic knowledge of Spanish and Czech. Having a strong academic background in both International Relations and Economics, Carolina has always been interested not only in contributing to the economic development of states, but also in being an active member of civil society. Carolina joined the team at Civic Concepts International as an intern in March and hopes to contribute her unique skills to the CCI team.
Katrine Hogganvik
Operations Coordinator
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Katrine is Norwewgian but left her hometown at the age of 19 went to an international boarding school in Denmark where she lived and studied with 80 people from 5 different continents, an experience which inspired her to study politics at Anglo American University in Prague where she now has graduated as a Master student in Public Policy. She has worked at a refugee reception centre for single minors in Norway in the past and is in addition to writing articles for various publications enthusiastic about the opportunity to help promote multiculturalism among global youth.
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Postal address:
Youth Leadership Europe
Civic Concepts International
Řipská 547/24
130 00 Prague 3
Czech Republic
Phone:
+420 222 363 269
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