The program to support young people on their way to independent life has been part of the Lotos strategic plan since 2015. The program aims to enable the achievement of several important goals:
Okosnicu programa za mlade predstavlja projekat “Jačanje kapaciteta za samostalan život osoba sa invaliditetom u Bosni i Hercegovini” koji I.C. “Lotos” provodi sa Centrom za samostalan život STIL iz Štokholma. Pored tog projekta organizacija provodi niz kratkoročnih projekata kojima se podupiru mladi i njihove neformalne grupe. Aktivnosti programa se mogu podijeliti u nekoliko kategorija:
1. Activities to build the capacity of young people:
Education in the fields of foreign languages, computers, organizational development, communication skills, etc.;
2. Activities to support initiatives of young people and their informal groups:
I.C. “Lotos” podržava različite inicijative nekoliko neformalnih grupa mladih koje organizuju u lokalnim zajednicama a obuhvataju područja zagovaranja za pristupačnost, sport, obrazovanje, društveni život i sl.;
3. Activities to include youth in decision-making processes:
They include efforts to involve young people in their local communities: in organizations of people with disabilities, in youth associations, in various civil society organizations, sports associations, student unions, etc.;
The methods by which these activities are achieved include group work, individual work, technical support, mentoring, peer support and various other forms of good practices that the organization has established over the years.
