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87-520: Europe-Georgia Institute (EGI) ( Georgian : ევროპულ-ქართული ინსტიტუტი ) – is a non-governmental organization and a pro-European think tank in Georgia. The Europe-Georgia Institute was founded by George Melashvili , Shalva Chkheidze and Revaz Topuria in 2015. The EGI states its mission is to advance democracy , the rule of law and free markets in Georgia and the Caucasus and empower

174-457: A vigesimal numeric system like Basque and (partially) French . Numbers greater than 20 and less than 100 are described as the sum of the greatest possible multiple of 20 plus the remainder. For example, "93" literally translates as 'four times twenty plus thirteen' ( ოთხმოცდაცამეტი , otkhmotsdatsamet’i ). One of the most important Georgian dictionaries is the Explanatory dictionary of

261-812: A PhD researcher at University College London , who spoke about “The current political situation in the UK and the role of the Liberal Democrats in British politics” and former Ambassador of Georgia to the United Kingdom Ambassador Giorgi Badridze, who made a presentation about “Brexit: Implications for Britain and Europe” . This meeting was the first attempt to create a tradition of Oliver Wardrop Discussions aiming to bring together British and Georgian politicians and young leaders and foster dialogue and cooperation between

348-569: A Roman grammarian from the 2nd century AD. The first direct attestations of the language are inscriptions and palimpsests dating to the 5th century, and the oldest surviving literary work is the 5th century Martyrdom of the Holy Queen Shushanik by Iakob Tsurtaveli . The emergence of Georgian as a written language appears to have been the result of the Christianization of Georgia in the mid-4th century, which led to

435-665: A capital-like effect called Mtavruli for titles and inscriptions. Georgian is an agglutinative language with a complex verb structure that can include up to eight morphemes , exhibiting polypersonalism . The language has seven noun cases and employs a left-branching structure with adjectives preceding nouns and postpositions instead of prepositions. Georgian lacks grammatical gender and articles, with definite meanings established through context. Georgian's rich derivation system allows for extensive noun and verb formation from roots, with many words featuring initial consonant clusters. The Georgian writing system has evolved from ancient scripts to

522-795: A cornerstone in reducing adolescent sexual risk behaviours and promoting sexual health. In addition to providing accurate information about consequences of Sexually transmitted disease or STIs and early pregnancy , such programmes build life skills for interpersonal communication and decision making. Such programmes are most commonly implemented in schools, which reach large numbers of teenagers in areas where school enrollment rates are high. However, since not all young people are in school, sex education programmes have also been implemented in clinics, juvenile detention centers and youth-oriented community agencies. Notably, some programmes have been found to reduce risky sexual behaviours when implemented in both school and community settings with only minor modifications to

609-517: A figure projected to grow 89.5 per cent by 2025. Moreover, this majority are extremely diverse: some live in rural areas but many inhabit the overcrowded metropolises of India , Mongolia and other parts of Asia and in South America, some live traditional lives in tribal societies , while others participate in global youth culture in ghetto contexts. Many young lives in developing countries are defined by poverty, some suffer from famine and

696-497: A large percentage of T1D youth population is not meeting this guideline. Common barriers include fear of hypoglycemia , loss of glucose stability, low fitness levels, insufficient or inadequate knowledge of strategies to prevent hypoglycemia, lack of time, and lack of confidence in the topic of exercise management in type 1 diabetes. Many Health and Care Professions Council members who work with children aren't educated enough about diabetes in children and exercise recommendations. It

783-706: A more open, democratic, and free society . A crucial area of work of the Institute is integration with European and Euro-Atlantic partners. The Institute aims to facilitate a broad civil consensus regarding foreign political issues. The EGI implements different actions to increase political literacy among various communities and created methodologies to increase civic participation. The EGI emphasizes " independence and impartiality ", and explicitly precludes political, economic, or religious factors in its decision making. EGI's principles and operational guidelines are highlighted in its Charter. The Europe-Georgia Institute

870-450: A national school-based survey conducted by CDC as well as state and local school-based surveys conducted by education and health agencies. Universal school-based interventions such as formal classroom curricula, behavioural management practices, role‐play, and goal‐setting may be effective in preventing tobacco use, alcohol use, illicit drug use, antisocial behaviour, and improving physical activity of young people. Type 1 diabetes (T1D)

957-457: A new generation of leaders to find solutions that are essential for Georgia’s development and for successful common future of the Caucasus. The EGI focuses its campaigning on issues, such as human rights , peacebuilding , promotion of good governance and supporting the involvement of youth in democratic process. Together with EGI's volunteers and partner organizations all around Georgia and

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1044-542: A number of other partners, marked the International Mine Awareness day on the 4th of April with a region-wide awareness campaign under the slogan “ #Landmine free South Caucasus ”. The campaign which ran from 4-10 held a number events in different of cities and districts of the region, and featured information material in Armenian, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Russian and English. School children from

1131-496: A possible type 2 diabetes, children are encouraged to keep their BMI and adipose tissue percentage at normal levels. Exercising regularly improves insulin resistance, reduces blood glucose levels, and keep an individual at a healthy weight to stay away from a possible T2D diagnosis. Obesity now affects one in five children in the United States, and is the most prevalent nutritional disease of children and adolescents in

1218-512: A potentially more serious threat to healthy youth development. The definition of bullying is widely agreed on in literature on bullying. The majority of research on bullying has been conducted in Europe and Australia. Considerable variability among countries in the prevalence of bullying has been reported. In an international survey of adolescent health-related behaviors, the percentage of students who reported being bullied at least once during

1305-424: A result of the project a nationwide youth network of active citizens was created, these groups are united under #Initiative network and are coordinating and collaborating on local and national issues One of the important achievements of the institute was the forum Eastern Partnership and Visegrad Countries Countering Disinformation . The forum took place on 13 February 2019. The Europe-Georgia Institute organized

1392-442: A result, more than 40 activities were held to promote constitutional values and raise awareness on constitution in 28 different regions of Georgia. The #Initiative Project aimed to create a network of active students to promote active civic life. During the project more than 500 activities were financed in more than 20 regions of Georgia, 5 summer and winter schools were organized to empower the active youth groups all over Georgia. As

1479-490: A ri means 'friend'; megobrebi ( megob Ø rebi ) means 'friends', with the loss of a in the last syllable of the word stem. Georgian has seven noun cases: nominative , ergative , dative , genitive , instrumental , adverbial and vocative . An interesting feature of Georgian is that, while the subject of a sentence is generally in the nominative case and the object is in the accusative case (or dative), one can find this reversed in many situations (this depends mainly on

1566-399: A row, as may be seen in words like გვფრცქვნ ი gvprtskvni 'you peel us' and მწვრთნ ელი mts’vrtneli 'trainer'. Vicenik has observed that Georgian vowels following ejective stops have creaky voice and suggests this may be one cue distinguishing ejectives from their aspirated and voiced counterparts. Georgian has been written in a variety of scripts over its history. Currently

1653-571: A specific role in society and face particular challenges. The Institute focuses on youth work and supports equality and non-discrimination and aims to ensure that all policies and activities concerning young people uphold young people's right to participate in the development, implementation, and follow-up of policies affecting them. To achieve this aim, the EGI encourages and promotes inclusive democratic participation of all young people in society and democratic processes, actively engages young people in

1740-449: A wide range of issues and behaviors, addressing when and where alcohol can be consumed. The minimum age alcohol can be legally consumed can be different from the age when it can be purchased in some countries. These laws vary among different countries and many laws have exemptions or special circumstances. Most laws apply only to drinking alcohol in public places, with alcohol consumption in the home being mostly unregulated (an exception being

1827-589: A word. Georgian vowels in non-initial syllables are pronounced with a shorter duration compared to vowels in initial syllables. long polysyllabic words may have a secondary stress on their third or fourth syllable. Georgian contains many "harmonic clusters" involving two consonants of a similar type (voiced, aspirated, or ejective) that are pronounced with only a single release; e.g. ბგ ერა bgera 'sound', ცხ ოვრება tskhovreba 'life', and წყ ალი ts’q’ali 'water'. There are also frequent consonant clusters , sometimes involving more than six consonants in

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1914-471: Is also defined as a social position that reflects the meanings different cultures and societies give to individuals between childhood and adulthood. The term in itself when referred to in a manner of social position can be ambiguous when applied to someone of an older age with very low social position; potentially when still dependent on their guardians. Scholars argue that age-based definitions have not been consistent across cultures or times and that thus it

2001-464: Is an autoimmune disease that occurs when pancreatic cells, also called beta cells , are destroyed by the immune system . Beta cells are responsible to produce insulin , which is required by the body to convert blood sugar into energy. Symptoms associated with T1D include frequent urination, increased hunger and thirst, weight loss, blurry vision, and tiredness. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is characterized by high blood sugar and insulin resistance. This

2088-495: Is an affiliate member of the European Liberal Forum , a European political foundation . The Europe-Georgia Institute, under the patronage and financial support from President Giorgi Margvelashvili , initiated the unprecedented campaign "Your Voice, Our Future" (YVOF), aiming to increase the involvement of Youth in the election process and to show the importance of one single vote. The core idea of this project

2175-550: Is an experience that may shape an individual's level of dependency , which can be marked in various ways according to different cultural perspectives. Personal experience is marked by an individual's cultural norms or traditions , while a youth's level of dependency means the extent to which they still rely on their family emotionally and economically . Around the world, the English terms youth , adolescent , teenager , kid , youngster and young person often mean

2262-535: Is associated with young men from 12 to 30 or 35 years of age. Youth in Nigeria includes all members of the Federal Republic of Nigeria aged 18–35. Many African girls experience youth as a brief interlude between the onset of puberty and marriage and motherhood . But in urban settings, poor women are often considered youth much longer, even if they bear children outside of marriage. Varying culturally,

2349-495: Is because syllables in the language often begin with two consonants. Recordings are available on the relevant Wiktionary entries, linked to below. Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights : Youth Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity ), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or

2436-440: Is essential. Although several periods of increased risk appear in childhood, it is not clear whether obesity with onset early in childhood carries a greater risk of adult morbidity and mortality. Bullying among school-aged youth is increasingly being recognized as an important problem affecting well-being and social functioning. While a certain amount of conflict and harassment is typical of youth peer relations, bullying presents

2523-473: Is important for parents to educate themselves to support their children throughout this chapter of their lives. Structured exercises lasting longer than 60 minutes can reduce HbA1c levels and insulin dose per day. Moderate activities can increase cardiorespiratory fitness in children which is crucial for their future health. Cardiorespiratory fitness reduces the risk of other diseases, such as microvascular complications and cardiovascular diseases . To avoid

2610-417: Is legally permitted to engage in sexual activity. The distinguishing aspect of the age of consent laws is that the person below the minimum age is regarded as the victim, and their sex partner as the offender. The defense of infancy is a form of defense known as an excuse so that defendants falling within the definition of an " infant " are excluded from criminal liability for their actions , if at

2697-407: Is more accurate to focus on social processes in the transition to adult independence for defining youth. Youth is the stage of constructing the self-concept . The self-concept of youth is influenced by variables such as peers, lifestyle, gender, and culture. It is a time of a person's life when their choices are most likely to affect their future. In much of sub-Saharan Africa, the term "youth"

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2784-561: Is not an autoimmune disease and is mostly a result of obesity and lack of exercise. Exercise is a crucial addition to a child's everyday routine. It can increase the overall psychosocial well-being, metabolic health and cardiovascular benefits. American College of Sports Medicine recommends at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous intensity each day. Recommended activities include running, bicycle riding and team sports. Furthermore, at least 3 days of bone and muscle strengthening activities should be incorporated. Unfortunately, in reality

2871-699: Is put on improving media literacy and critical thinking skills in EaP and V4 communities. The forum consisted of 4 sessions: session 1 – Disinformation – Global Threat to Democracy?; session 2 – Impact of Disinformation on the EaP&;V4 Communities; session 3 – Fake News and General Public: How to Stand Up to Disinformation?; session 4 – Disinformation and the Youth Resilience: Forging a New Generation of Leaders. The last session of EaP&V4 Countries Countering Disinformation titled Disinformation and

2958-1003: Is rather light, and in fact Georgian transliterates the tenuis stops in foreign words and names with the ejectives. The coronal occlusives ( /tʰ tʼ d n/ , not necessarily affricates) are variously described as apical dental, laminal alveolar, and "dental". Per Canepari, the main realizations of the vowels are [ i ], [ e̞ ], [ ä ], [ o̞ ], [ u ]. Aronson describes their realizations as [ i̞ ], [ e̞ ], [ ä ] (but "slightly fronted"), [ o̞ ], [ u̞ ]. Shosted transcribed one speaker's pronunciation more-or-less consistently with [ i ], [ ɛ ], [ ɑ ], [ ɔ ], [ u ]. Allophonically, [ ə ] may be inserted to break up consonant clusters, as in /dɡas/ [dəɡäs] . In casual speech, /iV, Vi/ sequences can be realized phonetically as [jV~i̯V, Vj~Vi̯]. Phrase-final unstressed vowels may sometimes be partially reduced. Prosody in Georgian involves stress, intonation, and rhythm. Stress

3045-450: Is the minimum age established by law that a person must attain to be eligible to vote in a public election . Typically, the age is set at 18 years; however, ages as low as 16 and as high as 21 exist (see list below). Studies show that 21% of all 18-year-olds have experience with voting. This is an important right since, by voting, they can support politics selected by themselves and not only by people of older generations. Age of candidacy

3132-414: Is the minimum age at which a person can legally qualify to hold certain elected government offices. In many cases, it also determines the age at which a person may be eligible to stand for an election or be granted ballot access . The age of consent is the age at which a person is considered legally competent to consent to sexual acts , and is thus the minimum age of a person with whom another person

3219-401: Is very weak, and linguists disagree as to where stress occurs in words. Jun, Vicenik, and Lofstedt have proposed that Georgian stress and intonation are the result of pitch accents on the first syllable of a word and near the end of a phrase. According to Borise, Georgian has fixed initial word-level stress cued primarily by greater syllable duration and intensity of the initial syllable of

3306-458: The Dittionario giorgiano e italiano . These were meant to help western Catholic missionaries learn Georgian for evangelical purposes. On the left are IPA symbols, and on the right are the corresponding letters of the modern Georgian alphabet, which is essentially phonemic. Former /qʰ/ ( ჴ ) has merged with /x/ ( ხ ), leaving only the latter. The glottalization of the ejectives

3393-499: The Mkhedruli script is almost completely dominant; the others are used mostly in religious documents and architecture. Mkhedruli has 33 letters in common use; a half dozen more are obsolete in Georgian, though still used in other alphabets, like Mingrelian, Laz, and Svan. The letters of Mkhedruli correspond closely to the phonemes of the Georgian language. According to the traditional account written down by Leonti Mroveli in

3480-614: The Friedrich Naumann Foundation invited a group of European politicians, journalists and representatives of civic sector and academia to Georgia within the Europe in a suitcase project. The opening event of the "Europe in a suitcase" project was dedicated to the United Kingdom and was held on 22 October 2019. The presenters were a representative of British Liberal Democrats , Imad Ahmed, an economist and

3567-516: The Georgian Orthodox Church and together are called Khutsuri 'priest alphabet'. In Mkhedruli , there is no case. Sometimes, however, a capital-like effect, called Mtavruli ('title' or 'heading'), is achieved by modifying the letters so that their vertical sizes are identical and they rest on the baseline with no descenders. These capital-like letters are often used in page headings, chapter titles, monumental inscriptions, and

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3654-585: The IDP community in Tbilisi were informed about danger of landmines. Addressing the event, Dennis Sammut, the Director of LINKS, the organisation that is co-ordinating the campaign Landmines Free South Caucasus, said that it was important that the messages of the campaign were being brought to the refugee and IDP community. In his introductory speech to the campaign, George Melashvili, the chairman of EGI, highlighted

3741-457: The Kartlian dialect. Over the centuries, it has exerted a strong influence on the other dialects. As a result, they are all, generally, mutually intelligible with standard Georgian, and with one another. The history of the Georgian language is conventionally divided into the following phases: The earliest extant references to Georgian are found in the writings of Marcus Cornelius Fronto ,

3828-1162: The World Health Organization (WHO). It is also shaped by the notion of adolescence that has entered everyday life in Brazil through a discourse on children's rights. The OECD defines youth as "those between 15 and 29 years of age". August 12 was declared International Youth Day by the United Nations. Children's rights cover all the rights that belong to children. When they grow up, they are granted new rights (like voting, consent, driving, etc.) and duties (criminal response, etc.). There are different minimum limits of age at which youth are not free, independent or legally competent to take some decisions or actions. Some of these limits are: voting age , age of candidacy , age of consent , age of majority , age of criminal responsibility , drinking age , driving age , etc. After youth reach these limits, they are free to vote, have sexual intercourse, buy or consume alcoholic beverages or drive cars , etc. Voting age

3915-457: The 11th century, the first Georgian script was created by the first ruler of the Kingdom of Iberia , Pharnavaz , in the 3rd century BC. The first examples of a Georgian script date from the 5th century AD. There are now three Georgian scripts, called Asomtavruli 'capitals', Nuskhuri 'small letters', and Mkhedruli . The first two are used together as upper and lower case in the writings of

4002-829: The 1979 Convention on the Rights of the Child , those under the age of 18 are regarded as children. The UN also states they are aware that several definitions exist for youth within UN entities such as Youth Habitat 15–32 , NCSL 12-24 , and African Youth Charter 15–35. On November 11, 2020, the State Duma of the Russian Federation approved a project to raise the cap on the age of young people from 30 to 35 years (the range now extending from 14 to 35 years). Although linked to biological processes of development and aging, youth

4089-677: The 5th century, to Modern Georgian today. Its development as a written language began with the Christianization of Georgia in the 4th century. Georgian phonology features a rich consonant system, including aspirated, voiced, and ejective stops , affricates , and fricatives . Its vowel system consists of five vowels with varying realizations. Georgian prosody involves weak stress, with disagreements among linguists on its placement. The language's phonotactics include complex consonant clusters and harmonic clusters. The Mkhedruli script , dominant in modern usage, corresponds closely to Georgian phonemes and has no case distinction, though it employs

4176-463: The Caucasus, and with support from different donors, the EGI works hard to improve Georgia's political culture, to provide a platform for policy level discussions and to enable citizens to make their voices heard. The EGI is the only organization in Georgia that implemented a nationwide Get out the vote campaign in 2016. An essential area of the Institute's work is cooperation with youth . The Europe-Georgia Institute recognizes that young people have

4263-677: The European Academy Berlin with the support of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and other foundations. Georgian language Georgian is most closely related to the Zan languages ( Megrelian and Laz ) and more distantly to Svan . Georgian has various dialects , with standard Georgian based on the Kartlian dialect, and all dialects are mutually intelligible. The history of Georgian spans from Early Old Georgian in

4350-568: The Georgian language ( ქართული ენის განმარტებითი ლექსიკონი ). It consists of eight volumes and about 115,000 words. It was produced between 1950 and 1964, by a team of linguists under the direction of Arnold Chikobava . Georgian has a word derivation system, which allows the derivation of nouns from verb roots both with prefixes and suffixes, for example: It is also possible to derive verbs from nouns: Likewise, verbs can be derived from adjectives, for example: In Georgian many nouns and adjectives begin with two or more contiguous consonants. This

4437-764: The Philippines, Saudi Arabia , Slovenia , the United Kingdom (Mainland) and the United States. The Canadian province of Alberta and several U.S. states permit youth driving as low as 14. Niger has the highest minimum driving age in the world at 23. In India, driving is legal after getting a license at the age of 18. The legal working age is the minimum age required by law for a person to work in each country or jurisdiction . The threshold of adulthood, or "the age of majority " as recognized or declared in law in most countries, has been set at age 18. Some types of labor are commonly prohibited even for those above

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4524-424: The UK, which has a minimum legal age of five for supervised consumption in private places). Some countries also have different age limits for different types of alcoholic drinks. Driving age is the age at which a person can apply for a driver's license . Countries with the lowest driving ages (below 17) are Argentina , Australia , Canada, El Salvador , Iceland, Israel , Macedonia , Malaysia , New Zealand ,

4611-422: The UN itself can be made between teenagers (i.e. those between the ages of 13 and 19) and young adults (those between the ages of 20 and 24). While seeking to impose some uniformity on statistical approaches, the UN is aware of contradictions between approaches in its own statutes. Hence, under the 15–24 definition (introduced in 1981) children are defined as those under the age of (someone 12 and younger) while under

4698-550: The United States. Although obesity-associated morbidities occur more frequently in adults, significant consequences of obesity as well as the antecedents of adult disease occur in obese children and adolescents. Discrimination against overweight children begins early in childhood and becomes progressively institutionalized. Obese children may be taller than their non-overweight peers, in which case they are apt to be viewed as more mature. The inappropriate expectations that result may have an adverse effect on their socialization. Many of

4785-635: The Youth Resilience: Forging a New Generation of Leaders moderated by George Melashvili, President of the Europe-Georgia Institute ( Georgia ) and featured Eto Buziashvili, International Security Expert, ( Georgia ); Jonas Syrovatka, Programme Manager, Prague Security Studies Institute ( Czech Republic ); Zviad Adzinbaia, Founder and Visionary at Temocracy, ( Georgia ); Polad Muradli, Baku-based Independent Expert ( Azerbaijan ) and Artsiom Sizincau, journalist, Civil Society Research Center ( Belarus ). The Europe-Georgia Institute and LiNKS, with

4872-513: The cardiovascular consequences that characterize adult-onset obesity are preceded by abnormalities that begin in childhood. Hyperlipidemia , hypertension , and abnormal glucose tolerance occur with increased frequency in obese children and adolescents. The relationship of cardiovascular risk factors to visceral fat independent of total body fat remains unclear. Sleep apnea , pseudotumor cerebri , and Blount's disease represent major sources of morbidity for which rapid and sustained weight reduction

4959-403: The character of the verb). This is called the dative construction . In the past tense of the transitive verbs, and in the present tense of the verb "to know", the subject is in the ergative case. Georgian has a rich word-derivation system. By using a root, and adding some definite prefixes and suffixes, one can derive many nouns and adjectives from the root. For example, from the root - kart -,

5046-579: The characteristics of youth who both bully and are bullied found that these individuals exhibit the poorest psychosocial functioning overall. Globalization and transnational flows have had tangible effects on sexual relations, identities, and subjectivities. In the wake of an increasingly globalized world order under waning Western dominance, within ideologies of modernity, civilization, and programs for social improvement, discourses on population control , ' safe sex ', and ' sexual rights '. Sex education programmes grounded in evidence-based approaches are

5133-558: The countries and will be held annually. After the opening in Tbilisi the project continued in Khashuri with presentation by participant from Bosnia and Herzegovina Dr. Valida Repova Niksic on Ethno-nationalist populism in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Gori with the presentation by participant from Ukraine Dr. Dmitro Iarovyi on Winner takes it all: Ukrainian society during and after

5220-458: The current Mkhedruli, used for most purposes. The language has a robust grammatical framework with unique features such as syncope in morphophonology and a left-branching syntax. Georgian's vocabulary is highly derivational, allowing for diverse word formations, while its numeric system is vigesimal. No claimed genetic links between the Kartvelian languages and any other language family in

5307-954: The current term ranged from a low of 15% to 20% in some countries to a high of 70% in others. Of particular concern is frequent bullying, typically defined as bullying that occurs once a week or more. The prevalence of frequent bullying reported internationally ranges from a low of 1.9% among one Irish sample to a high of 19% in a Malta study. Research examining characteristics of youth involved in bullying has consistently found that both bullies and those bullied demonstrate poorer psychosocial functioning than their non-involved peers. Youth who bully others tend to demonstrate higher levels of conduct problems and dislike of school, whereas youth who are bullied generally show higher levels of insecurity , anxiety , depression , loneliness , unhappiness , physical and mental symptoms, and low self-esteem . Males who are bullied also tend to be physically weaker than males in general. The few studies that have examined

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5394-479: The curricula. The Sangguniang Kabataan ("Youth Council" in English ), commonly known as SK, was a youth council in each barangay (village or district) in the Philippines , before being put "on hold", but not quite abolished, prior to the 2013 barangay elections . The council represented teenagers from 15 to 17 years old who have resided in their barangay for at least six months and registered to vote. It

5481-413: The development, implementation, and evaluation of policies affecting the lives of young people. The EGI cooperates with all major Universities in Georgia and supports specific frameworks and activities to empower youth and ensure youth participation. The Europe-Georgia Institute also analyzes Georgian and international politics , creates policy recommendations, and develops projects which contribute to

5568-498: The following words can be derived: Kart veli ('a Georgian person'), Kart uli ('the Georgian language') and Sa kart velo ('the country of Georgia'). Most Georgian surnames end in - dze 'son' (Western Georgia), - shvili 'child' (Eastern Georgia), - ia (Western Georgia, Samegrelo ), - ani (Western Georgia, Svaneti ), - uri (Eastern Georgia), etc. The ending - eli is a particle of nobility, comparable to French de , Dutch van , German von or Polish - ski . Georgian has

5655-480: The forum Eastern Partnership and Visegrad Countries Countering Disinformation in cooperation with the Civil Development and Research Institute with financial support from Visegrad Fund . Key speakers were intensively discussing the existing challenges of a democratic society , threats and different means of countering disinformation in both developing and developed countries. The event was dedicated to

5742-474: The gender constructions of youth in Latin America and Southeast Asia differ from those of sub-Saharan Africa. In Vietnam, widespread notions of youth are sociopolitical constructions for both sexes between the ages of 15 and 35. In Brazil , the term youth refers to people of both sexes from 15 to 29 years old. This age bracket reflects the influence on Brazilian law of international organizations like

5829-536: The global peace . The final meeting was held in Telavi with a presentation by participant from Armenia Asya Malamyan on Are all populists the same (Observation of Political Agendas of Populists in post-soviet Countries) and followed by a presentation by a participant from Russia Nikita Lyakhovetskiy speaking about Populism in modern day Russia . The “Europe in a suitcase” is the continuation of an international project series which up to 2013 had been implemented by

5916-463: The largest cause overall. Violence accounted for 12% of male deaths. Suicide was the cause of 6% of all deaths. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention developed its Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS) in 2003 to help assess risk behavior. YRBSS monitors six categories of priority health-risk behaviors among youth and young adults. These are behaviors that contribute to unintentional injuries and violence ; YRBSS includes

6003-498: The like. This is the Georgian standard keyboard layout. The standard Windows keyboard is essentially that of manual typewriters . Georgian is an agglutinative language . Certain prefixes and suffixes can be joined in order to build a verb. In some cases, one verb can have up to eight different morphemes in it at the same time. An example is ageshenebinat ('you [all] should've built [it]'). The verb can be broken down to parts: a-g-e-shen-eb-in-a-t . Each morpheme here contributes to

6090-476: The likelihood for the incompletion of high school. These factors also increase the likelihood for the youth to not go to a college or university. In the United States, 12.3 percent of young people ages 16 to 24 are disconnected, meaning they are neither in school nor working. The leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults are due to certain health-risk behaviors. These behaviors are often established during youth and extend into adulthood. Since

6177-472: The meaning of the verb tense or the person who has performed the verb. The verb conjugation also exhibits polypersonalism ; a verb may potentially include morphemes representing both the subject and the object. In Georgian morphophonology , syncope is a common phenomenon. When a suffix (especially the plural suffix - eb -) is attached to a word that has either of the vowels a or e in the last syllable, this vowel is, in most words, lost. For example, megob

6264-519: The monocoalition of the presidential party in the Parliament . The participants also visited the occupation line in Khurvaleti . The next day participants visited Marneuli , where Ataberk Ozcan, participant from Turkey , spoke on Between support and confrontation: Civic society, Media facing populism and Mtskheta , with Georgian participant Salome Rurua speaking about Populism as a threat to

6351-520: The necessity of peace message to be sent to Georgia's occupied regions. The event in Yerevan highlights humanitarian aspects of demining work. After the end of the Round table Meeting participants joined a street action on Yerevan's Northern Avenue where children expressed their feelings on International Mine Awareness day through positive messages painted on the ground, whilst demining experts explained

6438-457: The participants of "Your Voice, Our Future" became core of the #Initiative project, aiming to increase the participation of Youth in civil life. The Constitution of Georgia was approved by the Parliament of Georgia on 24 August 1995. Since then the 24-th of August is celebrated as the Day of Constitution – to highlight this important date, the Europe-Georgia Institute initiated various projects. As

6525-434: The period of life known as being a young adult . Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one, who is young". Its definitions of a specific age range varies, as youth is not defined chronologically as a stage that can be tied to specific age ranges; nor can its end point be linked to specific activities, such as taking unpaid work , or having sexual relations . Youth

6612-421: The process of demining to visitors to a special set up stand. Following statements of high-ranking Georgian officials threatening freedom of speech in Georgia, the Europe-Georgia Institute together with Institute for Development of Freedom of Information and with support from Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom South Caucasus initiated a campaign “Freedom of Speech 2019”. The Europe-Georgia Institute and

6699-430: The relevant time, they had not reached an age of criminal responsibility. This implies that children lack the judgment that comes with age and experience to be held criminally responsible. After reaching the initial age, there may be levels of responsibility dictated by age and the type of offense committed. The legal drinking age is the age at which a person can consume or purchase alcoholic beverages . These laws cover

6786-640: The replacement of Aramaic as the literary language . By the 11th century, Old Georgian had developed into Middle Georgian. The most famous work of this period is the epic poem The Knight in the Panther's Skin , written by Shota Rustaveli in the 12th century. In 1629, a certain Nikoloz Cholokashvili authored the first printed books written (partially) in Georgian, the Alphabetum Ibericum sive Georgianum cum Oratione and

6873-638: The right to free speech and association, to due process, equality, autonomy , safety and privacy, and accountability in contracts and advertising, which regulate the treatment of students by teachers and administrators. The smoking age is the minimum age a person can buy tobacco and/or smoke in public. Most countries regulate this law at the national level while at some point it is done by the state or province. Young people spend much of their lives in educational settings, and their experiences in schools, colleges and universities can shape much of their subsequent lives. Research shows that poverty and income affect

6960-553: The risk behaviors in adulthood and youth are interrelated, problems in adulthood are preventable by influencing youth behavior. A 2004 mortality study of youth (defined in this study as ages 10–24) mortality worldwide found that 97% of deaths occurred in low to middle-income countries, with the majority in southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Maternal conditions accounted for 15% of female deaths, while HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis were responsible for 11% of deaths; 14% of male and 5% of female deaths were attributed to traffic accidents,

7047-406: The same thing, but they are occasionally differentiated. Youth can be referred to as the time of life, when one is young. The meaning may in some instances also include childhood. Youth also identifies a particular mindset of attitude, as in "He is very youth ful". For certain uses, such as employment statistics, the term also sometimes refers to individuals from the ages of up to 21. However,

7134-491: The security topics in the era of informational and smart technologies, countering disinformation and handling media challenges. The opening speech was held by the Ambassador of Ukraine to Georgia Igor Dolgov and Chargé d’Affaires of Czech Republic Jiri Preclik. The primary goal of the project was to develop innovative approaches to fight Russian propaganda and other hybrid threats in the Caucasus region. The emphasis

7221-505: The term adolescence refers to a specific age range during a specific developmental period in a person's life, unlike youth, which is a socially constructed category. The United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of roughly 12 and 24, with all UN statistics based on this range, the UN states education as a source for these statistics. The UN also recognizes that this varies without prejudice to other age groups listed by member states such as 18–30. A useful distinction within

7308-427: The working age, if they have not reached the age of majority. Activities that are dangerous, harmful to the health or that may affect the morals of minors fall into this category. Student rights are those rights , such as civil, constitutional, contractual and consumer rights, which regulate student rights and freedoms and allow students to make use of their educational investment. These include such things as

7395-399: The world are accepted in mainstream linguistics. Among the Kartvelian languages, Georgian is most closely related to the so-called Zan languages ( Megrelian and Laz ); glottochronological studies indicate that it split from the latter approximately 2700 years ago. Svan is a more distant relative that split off much earlier, perhaps 4000 years ago. Standard Georgian is largely based on

7482-466: Was the importance of a vote for future generations, focusing on the fact that in Georgia the Youth usually is less active in elections than any other age groups. Enjoying unprecedented support from President Giorgi Margvelashvili , the Europe-Georgia Institute created a network of 500 young men and women from all around Georgia and held an unprecedented campaign to promote participation in elections; later,

7569-724: Was the local youth legislature in the village and therefore led the local youth program and projects of the government. The Sangguniang Kabataan was an offshoot of the KB or the Kabataang Barangay (Village Youth) which was abolished when the Local Government Code of 1991 was enacted. The vast majority of young people live in developing countries : according to the United Nations , globally around 85 per cent of 15- to 25-year-olds live in developing countries,

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