SOHO in Spain - European Training Course for EVS Support People | Training course | 23-27 | October 2012 | Spain

International training for those who are directly involved in the support system around the volunteer (mentors and task-related support persons) on the hosting, sending and coordinating side in the European Voluntary Service (EVS) – Action 2 

The training course is designed for those who are directly involved in the support system around the EVS volunteer (mentors and task-related support persons) on the hosting, sending and coordinating side. The participants from Sending and Hosting organisations should already have some experience in EVS (minimum of being in the process of sending or hosting a volunteer, better having been already sending or receiving the first volunteer).

The overall aim of the SOHO TC is: To increase the quality of EVS activities through development of competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of key actors involved in the support system around EVS volunteer. The specific objectives of the course are:

• To get a better understanding of the concept of EVS as “learning service” and related quality aspects in EVS
• To improve the ability for co-operation and working in international partnership
• To reflect on the roles, responsibilities and challenges within the EVS volunteer support system
• To raise awareness of the learning dimension in EVS and provide tools for learning support
• To support the recognition of non formal learning in EVS through the implementation of the Youthpass 

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TICTAC in Spain - Multilateral Training Course to Support Quality in Action 4.3 | Training course | 18-24 September 2012 | Spain

The TICTAC TC is designed for youth workers and youth leaders who have experienced an international activity (not necessarily under the YiA) coming from organisations that have the will to develop Action 4.3 projects within a long term strategy. 

The overall aim of the TICTAC TC is to develop participants' competences for implementing projects as support measures in an organization's long term strategy within the Actions 4.3 of the Youth in Action programme.

The specific objectives of the course are:

- To promote the YiA Programme as an Educational Tool;
- To explore the YiA Programme with a special focus on the aims of Action 4.3 and its activities;
- To understand the role of Action 4.3 projects within a long term strategy;
- To simulate the first steps of organising an Action 4.3 project within an international team;
- To develop participant's competences in Planning Non Formal Education and InterculturalLearning Processes;
- To promote Youth Participation and European Citizenship as key elements when designing a YiA Project;
The Network of National Agencies organises several TicTac training courses per year. You'll find an overview on the upcoming TicTacs at http://www.salto-youth.net/TicTac/.

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Long Term Training Course: Go Green | Training course | 1-8 July 2012 | Tunisia

“Go Green” is a Long Term Training course that will take place in Tunisia (2012) and in Russia (2013). It will gather together participants from Programme Countries, MEDA and EECA Region. The main topics will be Sport and Sustainable developement.

Why “Go Green” LTTC about Sport and Sustainable Development?

2012 is the Year of Olympics Game in UK and there is an interesting process about the preparation of the venue following sustainability as mainstream.

But not only, after Summit in 1992 in Rio and in 2002 in Johannesburg, the theme of sustainable development is more and more remarkable.

Citizens, association, communities and enterprises are developing more in more initiatives for preserving the planet and building a more sustainable development.

The sustainable development is the condition for long lasting sport!

The LTTC “Go Green” aims to anchor the sustainable development into the sport.

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Love Me Gender - Gender Equality Seminar | Seminar | 19-23 | June 2012 | Namur - La Marlagne, Belgium - FR

Gender Equality Seminar 

Aim :

Exchange experiences between youth workers and young people confronted to the difficulties to find a gender balance in terms of participation in local or international youth projects, spaces, organisations and activities, in order to open ways allowing to work on equality at the level of citizenship and participation.

Objectives :

a. Intercultural discovery, of realities, issues and priorities of the participants
b. Sharing of experiences, of practices and tools in the field of gender balance in youth projects/activities
c. Open ways to work on solutions through networking and creating future cooperation projects between the participants in the frame of international granting programmes.

Methodology:

The tools and methods used are based on the principles of the non formal education: exercises, games and group dynamics, in committee or in subgroups, and the participants are invited to produce the content of the training rather than passively consume the information.

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Tallinn Summer University in Youth Work | Training course | 2-14 July 2012 | Tallinn, Estonia

Tallinn Pedagogical College launches call for applications for Tallinn Summer University in Youth Work. TSU 2-week programme offers 3 specialisations: 1)youth policy development; 2)multimedia in youth work; 3)social entrepreneurship and strategic planning.

Tallinn Pedagogical College launches call for applications for Tallinn Summer University in Youth Work, 2.-14. July 2012

If you are a youth policy maker or a youth work practitioner on local, regional or national level, work with issues relating young people on daily basis and would like to deepen your knowledge in different areas of youth work then Tallinn Pedagogical College welcomes you in Tallinn Summer University in Youth Work.

Tallinn Summer University in Youth Work (TSU) gives an opportunity for youth workers at all levels and backgrounds to develop their knowledge and skills necessary in their work with/for young people. TSU aims to support the professional development of youth workers and youth leaders by extending their competencies in youth policy development, strategic planning and social entrepreneurship and involvement of modern media tools in youth work.

Enrolment details, TSU programme and further information are available in the enrolment call downloadable below and on Tallinn Pedagogical College website http://www.tps.edu.ee/eng

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Local organization - global dissemination Training course 23-29 May 2012 | Nizhny Novgorod region, Russian Federation

The training is addressed to develop competences of leaders of local youth voluntary centers from the Council of Europe member states in work on the basis of the Council of Europe values and standards. 

The training is addressed to develop competences of leaders of local youth voluntary centers from the Council of Europe member states in work on the basis of the Council of Europe values and standards and in promotion of Human rights education, Intercultural Learning and Social inclusion as tools of active participation among young people who still don’t have an access to international youth work.

The objectives of the project are:

- To familiarize participants with core values, educational approaches, tools, resources and standards in this regard of the Council of Europe’s youth sector in fields of Human rights education, intercultural learning and social inclusion
- To analyze opportunities of adoption of mentioned European issues to work of local youth voluntary centers regarding specific of youth work and youth policy in countries where centers are situated, needs of local youth (especially youth with disadvantaged background) and perspectives of future sustainable development of youth centers
- To develop participants competences in practical usage of the Council of Europe’s resources in daily work with local youth
- To strengthen capacities of local youth voluntary centers from different countries through preparation to realizing common initiatives, informational and resources exchange, active participation in European youth programs and projects

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Lead me to peace | Training course | 23-29 May 2012 | Nizhny Novgorod region, Russian Federation

Training Course aims to prepare the leaders for voluntary projects and workcamps,to increase awareness about culturally sensitive issues in voluntary projects. 

Training Course aims to prepare the leaders for voluntary projects and workcamps, to increase awareness about culturally sensitive issues and human rights in voluntary projects. Training will be focused on conflict transformation and leadership in a multinational group.

In the frame of the training course following topics will be touched:

• intercultural learning;
• Human Rights
• leadership in multi-cultural, multi-national groups;
• team-building;
• group dynamic,
• decision-making and conflict transformation;
• key constituents of the intercultural dialogue;
• non-formal education;
• tolerance and peace-building;
• promotion of European solidarity and cooperation;
• efficient communication in a group

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RE-IMAGINING GENDER - identifying opportunities for media advocacy towards more gender equal societies | Seminar | 22-29 April 2012 | Serbia

Re-Imagining Gender is a seminar with elements of training in video-making skills. We want to explore world of gender imagery that surrounds us through learning and sharing experience, making videos, discussing, debating, photography.... 

Why is Vega organizing a gender related seminar/training?

Vega recognized the need to explore the problems, dilemmas, contradictions and wide variety of issues in relation to gender imagery and gender representation that we all have to operate within our day-to-day lives.

All our communication, images in our heads we create about individuals in relation to gender, our presumptions and opinions are built upon fortified, society-desirable, traditional to certain extent, representations of female and male – bodies, roles, looks, images , norms….Those representations nowadays, in societies overburdened with imagery coming from so many sides – TV, internet, pop-culture, movies, sitcoms, books, comics, advertisements are making sure that the “mainstream” gender stereotypes and representations of gender remain intact and still transmit the desirable models of gender.

We can perceive those images as political issue, we can perceive them as strong socialization tool, as something that forms culture and again hugely influences our lives but regardless of how we approach them – they shape us all and perpetuate binary gender system in which we all have to fit regardless of the endless number of possibilities reality offers.

With choosing this topic Vega wishes to invite you to share and connect, explore possibilities, learn and re-imagine boundaries of gender fixed and limited by the societies we live in!

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ONE 2 ONE: training course on developing youth workers' competencies in individual work | Training course | 1-6 June 2012 | Vilnius, Lithuania

Training course aims to develop youth worker’s competence in building and maintaining individual relationship with a young person in relevant contexts. 

Why?

Big part of youth work consists of individual contact with a young person. We can find many situations, where youth worker needs to have individual conversation with a young person in order to enhance his personal growth, give feed- back on his behaviour in the group, discuss issues of gender etc. One-to-one communication is the most intensive and common form of communication. It is the obvious and natural form, but professionals need training to develop competence in order to support young person’s development through individual process.

Training course aims to develop youth worker’s competence in building and maintaining individual relationship with a young person in relevant contexts.

We want to invite potential participants - youth workers, who work with groups of young people as well as individually with young person within different contexts, topics and/ or actions of Youth in action programme (EVS, Youth initiatives, Youth exchanges etc.) – to engaging, based on needs 4 full days training programme.

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Cultural Window | Training course | 4-10 June 2012 | Czech Republic

Training course with contact making elements focused on intercultural learning in youth projects between EU and EPW "Eastern partnership window" countries (Eastern Europe and Caucasus except Russia). 

The priority for 2012 is cooperation between the EU and neighbouring partner countries from Eastern Europe and Caucasus (except Russia) called Eastern partnership window (EPW). This training course will help to make the EU - EPW projects easy by discovering the cooperation possibilities and focusing on the intercultural aspect of it. The potentials and possible risks will be explored and skills and knowledge will be developed to support the project leaders in designing and delivering good quality EU + EPW youth projects.

Main aims:

• To increase the number of Youth in Action projects with partners from "Eastern partnership window" countries
• To strengthen the intercultural learning aspect in projects with partners from "Eastern partnership window" countries

Objectives:

• To develop partnership between organizations from EU and EPW countries
• To understand the concept of intercultural learning and to be able to implement it to the projects
• To know the Youth in Action programme and basics of youth project management
• To share and increase the knowledge about intercultural learning within the local community of the project
• To strengthen self-confidence and understanding of personal identity in all participants

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