February 29, 2012

Play Your East Part II | Contact making seminar | 10-14 September 2012 | Odessa, Ukraine

Aimed at Youth Workers that have an interest to get involed in Youth Exchanges, European Voluntary Service, or Training & Networking Activities through the Eastern Partnership Window. 
Participants will be encouraged to share practise, to form working relationships and to develop projects together, applying for the Eastern Partnership Funds.

This contact making seminar will offer the opportunity to establish a permanent international cooperation in the field of Youth Work, to increase the quantity and to improve the quality of Action 2 and Action 3.1 projects.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

East Part Seminars aim to provide space for participants to:
- Supply the basic knowledge of guidelines and rules of Youth in Action and the Eastern Partnership Programme.
- Supply information about planning the implementation of Action 1.3 and 5.1 projects.
- Create space for building international partnership.
- Create space for sharing knowledge and exchanging experiences and good practices.
- Plan future Eastern Partnership Projects.

Play Your East Part I | Contact making seminar | 14-18 May 2012 | Yerevan, Armenia

Aimed at Youth Workers that have an interest to get involved in Youth Exchanges, European Voluntary Service, or Training & Networking Activities through the Eastern Partnership Window. 
Participants will be encouraged to share practise, to form working relationships and to develop projects together, applying for the Eastern Partnership Funds.

This contact making seminar will offer the opportunity to establish a permanent international cooperation in the field of Youth Work, to increase the quantity and to improve the quality of Action 2 and Action 3.1 projects.

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

East Part Seminars aim to provide space for participants to:

- Supply the basic knowledge of guidelines and rules of Youth in Action and the Eastern Partnership Programme.
- Supply information about planning the implementation of Action 1.3 and 5.1 projects.
- Create space for building international partnership.
- Create space for sharing knowledge and exchanging experiences and good practices.
- Plan future Eastern Partnership Projects.

'Eastern Partnership Platform 4 Youth Event' | Seminar | 26-28 March 2012 | Yerevan, Armenia

The Eastern Partnership Youth Event is organized by the European Commission in cooperation with the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs of Republic of Armenia together with the SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource Centre. 
This regional youth event will aim to present the new opportunities offered by the Youth in Action Programme and the Eastern Partnership Youth Programme to support exchanges, cooperation and capacity-building in the youth field in the Eastern Partnership region, as well as to encourage the development of concrete project ideas.

The event will bring together up to 100 participants including youth workers, practitioners and institutional representatives from the six Eastern Partnership countries. The group will also include around 25 representatives from the Youth in Action Programme Countries who will participate in the study visit "Youth work reality in Armenia", which is organised by SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus Resource Centre in connection with the youth event.


February 12, 2012

Partycipation! | Training course | 3-10 March 2012 | Subotica, Serbia

Training course on non-formal educational methods focused on the involvement of young people with fewer opportunities.
 
Themes:

- Non – formal education and non – formal learning;
- Raising awareness on learning to learn within non – formal education;
- Methods and methodology of non – formal education;
- Involvement of young people with fewer opportunities
- Project management of A3.1 and A2 projects according to the proposals of YIA programme.

Overall aim:

To train youth workers, youth leaders to prepare, run and evaluate the learning process within non – formal education in their youth work. To develop understanding of non – formal learning and education and its importance in the personal and professional development of young people with fewer opportunities they work with. To create a Resource pack with several useful, creative and innovative methods of non – formal education on active participation, peer education, personal development and involvement of young people with fewer opportunities which can support the work of youth workers with young people with fewer opportunities.

February 10, 2012

'T-NEW' | Training course | 23-29 April 2012 | Crimea, Ukraine

"T-NEW" focuses on development of quality of cooperation between Programme and Eastern Europe & Caucasus Countries, focusing on the Training and Networking Projects in frames of Action 3.1 within the Youth in Action Programme. 
The main aim of the training course is to promote quality and increase number of diverse Training and Networking projects of Action 3.1 with EECA region.

The Training Course "T-NEW" aims:

- to raise awareness of opportunities of Action 3.1 with the focus on Training and Networking;
- to increase understanding of quality of Training and Networking (T&N) projects;
- to explore potentials and benefits of T&N projects in cooperation with EECA region;
- to foster partnership building for T&N projects.

Participants.

"T-NEW" will be run by 2 trainers experienced in international cooperation within European Community Youth in Action Programme, with a good knowledge of specific of Eastern Europe and Caucasus region.

February 1, 2012

Interfaith Dialogue Training Course | Training course | 8-13 May 2012 | Lyon, France

Training course for youth workers/ youth leaders working directly with young people who wish to discuss how to engage young people in interfaith dialogue (especially through YiA projects).

Open for youth workers/ youth leaders who wish to discuss how to engage young people in interfaith dialogue (especially through YiA projects)

Objectives:

1) to reflect and discuss on the need for interfaith dialogue in youth work and its challenges
2) to exchange best practices through project examples on how to engage young people in interfaith dialogue
3) to consider the role of youth workers with diverse groups of young people in a changing world
4) to equip participants to implement future YiA projects dealing with interfaith dialogue taking into account the current situation across Europe.