Forum "Youth Cooperation Beyond Borders" | International forum | 28-30 October 2012 | Baku, Azerbaijan

The forum aims to develop recognition of the importance of the international youth cooperation in the field of non-formal education between Programme and Neighbouring Partner Countries. 

The forum aims to develop recognition of the importance of the international youth cooperation in the field of non-formal education between Programme and Neighbouring Partner Countries.

The specific objectives are:

To present and discuss needs and achievements identified by research carried out by the regional SALTO Resource Centres on the impact of the Youth in Action programme on:

- Development of organisations and their youth practice and youth work in general (in Programme and Neighbouring Partner Countries)

- Communities (in Programme and NPC)

- Youth policy development in the regions

To develop recognition of achievements

To prepare conclusions and suggestions and feedback for future steps

The three-day programme will include presentation of the outcomes of impact studies carried out by SALTO as well as various discussion groups and workshops focusing on cross-cutting topics of relevance or with a geographical focus (such as impact of the Youth in Action programme on local communities, policy developments, development of the youth sector, recognition of non-formal learning etc.).

Training overview

This International forum is for 

100 participants

from 

NEIGHBORING PARTNER COUNTRIES, 

YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME COUNTRIES

and recommended for

Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Project managers, Youth Policy Makers

Working language(s):

English

Organizer:

SALTO RC (SALTO)

Co-organizer(s):

SALTO EECA, SALTO EUROMED, SALTO SEE (SALTO)
French, Polish and Slovenian National Agency of YiA (National Agency)
Ministry of Youth and Sport of Azerbaijan (NGO/Others)

Contact for questions:

SALTO

Website: http://www.salto-youth.net/about/events/forum-ycbb/
E-Mail: baku-forum@salto-youth.net
Phone: (+48 22) 463 14 62

Costs

The board and lodging during the Forum for all participants will be provided by organizers.
As a principle the flight travel as well as visa costs of participants will be covered fully by the relevant National Agency or the organizers.

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European Projects design, management and funding: how to develop a good learning project and get the funds Training course 20-27 October 2012 | Bologna, Italy

This structured intense course aims to improve participants’ practical skills in the design, management and funding of European projects related to adult learning and education (intending for adults those above 18 years old and the early school leavers).

The general aim of this course is to improve the quality and the accessibility of learning opportunities and projects empowering and training education staff, NGO workers and volunteers, education-degrees graduates and those interested in developing European learning projects to successfully access and manage European funds.

Thanks to this project the participants will:

- Acquire knowledge and practical information about EU policies and funding opportunities for learning projects through specific and project-oriented learning sessions;

- Improve their practical skills related to the management of the ideation and application process (including how design and write a good learning project) through cooperative compilation of application forms and the analysis of successful projects;

- Learn and get guidance on the preparation and management of the financial, budgeting and contractual aspects through concrete examples and direct evidence;

- Learn best practices related the planning and implementation of the preparatory, visibility, dissemination and follow-up phases through concrete case studies and successful projects;

- Make contacts with individuals and organisations interested in developing European learning projects through everyday cooperation and specific activities.

More details: http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=33102

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European Projects design, management and funding: from shaping the idea, to select the right european programme, to get the funds | Training course | 24 November - 1 December 2012 | Palermo (Sicily), Italy

This structured intense course aims to improve participants’ practical skills in the design, management and funding of European projects from shaping the idea, to identify the right european programme, to design a good project to get the get the fund.

The general aim of this course is to improve the quality and the accessibility of european project in order to foster european integration and education by empowering empowering and training education staff, NGO workers and volunteers, education-degrees graduates and those interested in developing European learning projects to successfully access and manage European funds.

Thanks to this project the participants will:

- Acquire knowledge and practical information about EU policies and funding opportunities through specific and project-oriented learning sessions;
- Improve their practical skills related to the management of the ideation and application process (including how design and write a good european project) through cooperative compilation of application forms and the analysis of successful projects;
- Learn and get guidance on the preparation and management of the financial, budgeting and contractual aspects through concrete examples and direct evidence;
- Learn best practices related the planning and implementation of the preparatory, visibility, dissemination and follow-up phases through concrete case studies and successful projects;
- Make contacts with individuals and organizations interested in developing European projects through everyday cooperation and specific activities.
http://ec.europa.eu/education/trainingdatabase/index.cfm?fuseaction=DisplayCourse&cid=33292

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ATYPIC - Advanced Training on Local Youth Participation in High Diversity Contexts | Training course | 8-16 September 2012 | Portugal

8 days training aiming to improve youth participation in high diversity local contexts by developing already active youth workers competences trough an in depth experiential training.  

BACKGROUND:

Youth Participation is often a challenge for NGO’s, from the point where they advocate for the youth added value to civil society to the authentic emancipation and empowerment of young people as equal social actors and precious agents of social transformation.
AIM:
To improve youth participation in high diversity local contexts by developing already active youth workers competences trough an in depth experiential training.

OBJECTIVES:

- Experience typical difficulties of a multicultural work setting, developing participants positive approach towards diversity and promoting antidiscrimination attitudes.
- Explore youth participation common obstacles and challenges, while formulating corresponding – and eventually innovative – solutions in the frame of youth work and non-formal education.
- Increase participants understanding of the importance of youth participation in its different dimensions: decision making, youth policy lobbying, NGYO’s programmes & activities, transformational leadership and civil society in general, as a human right.
- Introduce the “Have your say! - Manual on the Revised European Charter on the Participation of Young People in Local and Regional Life” as a reference tool to work in the field of Youth Participation.
- Develop participants understanding of conditions for youth participation and different co-operation forms between local authorities, youth organisations and young people.
- Exchange experiences, practices, opinions, educational tools and materials related to youth participation and diversity.
- Provide participants with standard theory, skills and tools to design, implement and evaluate meaningful and effective youth participation projects, including coaching good practices.
- Provide an opportunity for participants to design a youth participation project to implement as a follow-up of the training, while strengthening the network between the involved partner NGYO’s.
- Introduce a series of resources and funding opportunities that can be useful for bringing participants projects to reality, including Council of Europe and European Youth Foundation programmes.

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International training "Wizard of Communication" | Training course | 7-13 May 2012 | Lviv region, Ukraine

NGO "Ukrainian Youth Center" invites you to an exciting International training "Wizard of Communication" what will take place on the 7th - 13th of May 2012 in Ukraine! 

Have you ever been questioning: how can people so easily convince you to do something, immediately build the trust and make you feel comfortable or how can some people create an exciting story and the others - boring, gray mass. Even so the information is the same - in one case it brings inspiration and in the other - it doesn’t create anything?

Somebody call it charisma, gift, we call it – “magic of communication”.

You have the opportunity to get to know the magic of communication for 7 days in picturesque Ukrainian comfortable place together with international company by the help of experianced.

About Training

The aim of the training: to develop your communication skills to improve the quality of your life .
Communication is an important part of any work, including youth work. It is sharing of ideas and information between youngsters, youngsters and adults, between organizations, youngsters and organizations. This training is open to everyone, nevertheless our organization is working with youth and youth organizations what will represent most of the participants. In the same time in this training will be involved participants who are working in the other fields (like business or state institutions) what can create transmition of information and elaborate communication between youth and non-youth field to support the development of quality of youth work and allow youth workers to find partners and ideas for future projects with young people.

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REactor - conference and workshops on media in youth work with disadvantaged groups | Conference and workshops | 19-25 May 2012 | European Youth Center Budapest, Hungary

31 peer educators, youth workers, trainers, and professionals - experienced and interested in media literacy and/or human rights, preferably with practical experience using media related methods will meet to share practices and results. 

Aim: to focus on youth work with media and new information technologies, sharing results, information and creating a learning forum. The key element of the meeting is the concept of active and expressive media literacy as an innovative methodology in youth work and human rights education. This concept is to be discussed through results and examples.

The Focus

- What inspires and interests youth in the age of digital media?
- What are the benefits and the challenges of using media in youth work?
- How can disadvantaged youth be reached through and included in the media?
- How can human and social issues be joined and shared through the media?

During the meeting participants will have the opportunity to share, reflect and develop activities through personal discussions, workshops and other contributions.

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Europe in action | Training course | 3-8 June 2012 | Berlin, Germany

Training for (potential) applicants of the YOUTH IN ACTION program, to give tools and methodological support for projects with a European dimension. 

This Training Course is in GERMAN!

This Training aims at providing youth workers with tools to work on the dimension of Europe with young people through which they can encourage the debate and confrontation of young people with the topics of Europe, EU, citizenship and Mobility. The training focus on:

- motivating youth workers to deal with it
- let participants learn about different tools and methods, and adapt them to the needs of their target group
- empowering participants to use the achieved competences and methods in their daily work at home

See details at this link.

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”Partnership in Action” | Partnership Building Activity | 17-22 June 2012 | Predeal, Romania

A Partnership Building Activity with training elements aiming on creating viable partnerships with a focus on the projects to be submitted under the Eastern Partnership Window. 

If you are a youth worker willing to get involve in creating a international partnership and developing a youth projects, you arrived in the right place!

Why would you come?

Because this event aims to:

• create a space where you and the other participants will develop partnerships able to submit good quality applications and implement effectively Youth in Action and Eastern Partnership Window projects
• provide you the necessary information for understand the key related to Youth in Action and Eastern Partnership Window projects
• provide a space for sharing knowledge and experiences between organizations involved in youth work.

Actions under which the Partnership Building Activity is expected to develop projects:

- European Voluntary Service
- Youth Exchanges
- Training and Networking Activities

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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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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.

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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.

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