The „Community Action Training – Fellowship Programme“ (CAT-FP) is a civil society project that aims to build the capacity of youth leaders and youth activists groups from the Eastern Partnership region (Azerbaijan and Georgia) in advocacy and campaigning for social transformation. The project duration is 24 months. It is led by the Centre for Training and Consultancy based in Georgia in partnership with the YUVA Humanitarian Centre in Azerbaijan, the Zemgale NGO Centre in Latvia, the Eastern Europe Studies Centre based in Lithuania and the Asociacion Egeria Desarrollo Social in Spain. The design of the project is tailored to the current reality of shrinking space for civil society in EaP countries and more generally globally, which resulted in the development of unregistered youth and activists groups and movements. Therefore the project engages not only “established” civil society or youth organisations, but also youth leaders and youth activists involved in unregistered groups and movements.Specific objectives of the project are: - Enhancing skills and competences of EaP youth leaders and youth activists in advocacy and campaigning for bringing about positive social changes in Azerbaijan and in Georgia - Building cooperation between youth leaders, youth activists, youth organisations and other civil society stakeholders - Fostering active citizenship and youth participation in the EaP countries - Building a supporting network of youth leaders, youth workers and youth activists from the EU and from EaP countries - Raising awareness on the positive role and impact of youth leaders and youth activists in Azerbaijan and in Georgia Foreseen activities include:- Preparation workshops for selected CAT-Fellows - Job-Shadowing of 12 Fellows to EU partners for 14 days scheduled in 3 flows in SS19, AW19 and SS20- Strategic workshops in Georgia for fellows to plan advocacy and campaigning initiatives - Advocacy and campaigning initiatives of the fellows in Azerbaijan and Georgia focusing on civic, social, gender, environmental or any other relevant challenges to youth- Mentoring support for the Fellows during their initiatives (local and digital)- Launching of an e-journal and publication of a report on youth activism- International conference in Tbilisi on youth activism gathering the Fellows, civil society representatives, youth organisations and activists from all partner countries - Local dissemination events in Jelgava, Baku, Vilnius and Malaga- Evaluation seminar to assess learning with/ of fellows- Management, monitoring and evaluation activitiesThe CAT Fellowship Programme is a complementary measure to the blended educational programme for youth leaders and youth activists from Azerbaijan and Georgia led by CTC in partnership with YUVA, that trains youth leaders and activists in social transformation and activism. The participants of the CAT Fellowship Programme are alumni who successfully completed this training programme.