The Training Course is running from December 6th to 16th 2021. The organizer is the Turkish National Agency.

TOSCA – Online Training for Youth Organisations

The online training activity aims to support and build up the capacities of organizations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.

The aim is to ensure quality and impact in their respective European Solidarity Corps projects.

General Objectives

The Training Course has the following goals to reach:

• Foster understanding, awareness and commitment to core quality criteria of the European Solidarity Corps;
• Build up competences on how to design and implement European Solidarity Corps projects with a view to quality;
• Ensure clarity and support on how the programme works formally: opportunities, guidelines, structures, priorities, rules, and procedures;
• Give space to participants and their organisations to express burning issues and needs and offer support where possible;
• Foster a supportive community of organisations involved in the European Solidarity Corps.

General Information

The Online Training course for youth organisations will bring together participants into individual and group work. The work is organised over two weeks, including the training tasks. Those ones will be accessible on the moodle platform HOP.

The training’s sessions will be 6 in total, of which 4 mandatory and 2 optional, and they will be held on the ZOOM platform.

Being an online training, there is no reimbursement nor participation fees.

Dates, Timing and Participants

The sessions will be from 10:00 to 13:30 CET on December 6th, 8th, 11th, 13th, 15th and 16th.

The applicants must ensure to:

• be involved in the Volunteering Actions in European Solidarity Corps Programme;
• be part of organisations/institutions holding a Quality Label for Volunteering;
• have a crucial role in and commitment to o  providing conditions for high quality activities;
• ensure a positive impact of Volunteering Activities within their community;
• create learning opportunities within the organisation and for volunteers.

The ideal participants would be then youth workers, youth project managers, and volunteering mentors.

The training is open up to 25 participants from Erasmus Plus participating countries and Partner countries.

To apply for the online training course for youth organisations go to the official page.

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Along with the knowledge of the Programme, the organisations working in the field of youth and active in delivering youth projects, may be interested in trainings for their own staff members. On S.A.L.T.O. Youth it is plenty of offers, most of them free of charge, to train youth workers and staff about different topics. The organisation training should always be a priority.

We have selected the latest and most interesting offers about organisation training.

Recognition of competences acquired in the non-formal sector

Conference – Symposium – Forum
8 December 2021 – 9 December 2022 | Abbaye Neumünster, Luxembourg

The aim of the conference is to:

• Know more about policies and practices giving non-formal learning the appropriate value
• Exchange on methods and tools facilitating recognition
• Exchange best practices between countries
• To build a bridge between the formal and the non-formal sector and between employers and youngsters with fewer opportunities by enhancing the mutual understanding on opportunities and obstacles in each of them

Deadline to apply: October 1st 2021. Join in!

Innovations in Trainings

Training Course
6-13 July 2021 | Struga, Republic of North Macedonia

The project goals and objectives will be accomplished by two consequential connected activities:

• Training course “Innovations in Training” (06 – 13 July 2021) – Struga, North Macedonia.
• Dissemination through pilot training and workshops in regional communities (August 2021) – Europe.

By this we want to envision & encourage many educators in Europe to contribute in restructuring the education system with experiential methods of learning.

Deadline to apply: June 18th 2021. Join in!

Bouncing Back: An Interactive Workshop on Resilience

E-learning
16 June 2021 | Germany

A free and interactive workshop, “Bouncing Back”, to talk about the meaning of resilience, its link to mental health, and tools and tips to build resilience in everyday life.

Deadline to apply: June 14th 2021. Join the workshop!

Mental Health and Well-being in Volunteering Projects

Training Course
25 June 2021 | Online, Czech Republic

The objectives of the online training are:

• Get some knowledge and understanding of the topic of mental health 
• Learn how to work with the topic of mental health of volunteers in different stages of the project cycle (e.g. what to ask during the first interview with volunteers)
• Empower the participants in solving challenging or emergency situations throughout the project cycle.

Deadline to apply: June 7th 2021. Apply here!

ESC: How to quality label?

Training Course for organisations
18-22 July 2021 | Faenza, Italy

The goal of this project is to have more European organizations working with ESC volunteering, proposing quality projects thanks to shared knowledge and new synergies and partnerships.

Deadline to apply: June 18th 2021. Join now!

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A new online training course will take place on May 21st-31st, hosted on Zoom by Associazione di promozione sociale Joint. This training course is up to 20 participants and recommended for volunteers’ mentors and coordinators. The purpose of it is to learn about GloRe Certificate Platform, the global platform to recognise the soft-skills acquired by international and local volunteers.

The Training of Multipliers

GloRe is the certificate platform developed to provide volunteers worldwide the possibility to get an informal recognition of the soft-skills acquired and shown while volunteering, either to international or local volunteers. This training is part of the Capacity Building in the Field of Youth funded by Erasmus+ “GloRe Certification Network” and will provide the participants with the more important competencies to use the certificate platform and to support the learning process of their volunteers.

The training will be online and consist of various activities based on non formal education methodologies with the support of interactive online tools. Moreover, in between the sessions (see the attached program) participants will have to follow 2 online training modules through Canvas. The methodologies used during the training have been already used for in-person training on this subject in Latin America in the framework of GloRe Certification Network Capacity Building.

The Schedule

The working language will be English.
The online training will be following the schedule as displayed above:

Where

On Zoom and Canvas Platforms (online). The training needs a good internet connection, using a computer (not via cellphone) and the possibility to use google tools (Jambord, Google Drive etc) and other interactive tools (paddle, mentimeter etc).

When

The training course will be on the following dates:

• Friday 21st May (10am – 1pm CET)
• Monday 24th May (10am – 11.30am CET)
• Wednesday 26th May (10am – 12pm CET)
• Friday 28th May (10am – 1pm CET)
• Monday 31st May (10am – 1pm CET)

The project

The training of Multipliers is part of “Global Recognition Certificate network”, a project funded by Erasmus+ Programme (European Commission – EACEA-KA2 Action), Capacity building in the Field of Youth.

It aims at boosting the development of the formal network of organisations that use the GloRe Certificate System and to increase the quality of the Certification System. In this framework the 14 project partners, 7 from Europe and 7 from Latin America – Joint (Italy), Rota Jovem (Portugal), My Small Help (Peru), SVI (Belgium), Grenzelnos (Austria), Jeunesse et Reconstruction (France), Brujula (Spain), Team4Youth (Romania), Bolivia Digna (Bolivia), Voluntario Global (Argentina), ICYE Brazil (Brazil), Vimex (Mexico), Fundacion Bolivar Education ( Ecuador) – developed, in cooperation with many other NGOs from Europe and Latin America, the new version of the certificate system.

The platform

It is a certification platform that allows both international and local volunteers to receive a certificate with the recognition of the soft-skills they acquired while volunteering. 

The latest version of the platform, launched in March 2021, enables users to get a certificate either in English, Turkish, Italian, Spanish or Portuguese. The volunteers have the possibility to go through 26 e-learning modules, that help them in assessing their level in each soft-skill (the ones certified by the platform). Plus creating a short dossier about their learning. At the end of the process the host organisation will validate the certificate, taking responsibility for approving the information on it. The platform is complementary to the Youthpass and provides volunteers with a flexible and reliable certificate, while investing a few hours on it. The certificate has international recognition by the members of The GloRe Network international community and by several educational and public institutions.

The GloRe Network

The GloRe Network is the umbrella organisation that overviews the correct usage of the platform and the memberships. Other organisations need to become members of it in order to use the certificate platform.

GloRe Training Selection Criteria

A maximum of 20 participants will be part of the GloRe Training of Multipliers. The minimum requirements to participate are: 

• Have a relevant volunteer management role, or being a volunteer tutor
• Represent an organisation active within the field of volunteering, education, youth empowerment and interested in using the certification system;
• Be able to understand and contribute in English
• Be able to participate in all the sessions (see program)

How to participate

Fill out this form by May 17th 2021. We will contact you for a short interview or confirmation, and to finalise the selection.

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On S.A.L.T.O. Youth is available a new online training on ESC, with the title “Act Locally, Think Globally: How To Build A Solidarity Project“. It will be online on April 13th-23rd 2021. The main aim of the course is to train and provide the participants with all required information about ESC. More specifically about Solidarity Projects, in order to be able to design and build quality Solidarity Projects.

Online Training

This activity will take place on HOP Online Learning Platform. More specifically, it will provide 6 sessions (units) about Solidarity Projects. The activity will go through 5 ZOOM meetings, 3 days of coaching and questions and 1 informal evening that will be done synchronously.

Objectives

The objectives of the online training are:

• providing an informed introduction to the ESC, focusing on Solidarity Projects and their capacity to enhance active local citizenship.
• offering an individual and group learning experience through a simulated process on setting up a Solidarity project.
• developing the necessary knowledge, skills, and attitudes to organise a Solidarity Project. This is based on non-formal learning practice, principles, and the quality standards of the ESC programme.
• enabling participants to reflect on their learning and to familiarise themselves with Youthpass. The strategy on the recognition of non-formal learning in the youth field, its technical tool to produce Youthpass Certificates, and its application in Solidarity Projects.
• offering the opportunity to exchange ideas about the needs of each country.

This training online on European Solidarity Corps is for:

• youth workers
• coaches
• young people

from Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries.

Schedule

The deadline for application is April 7th 2021. The official language will be English. After the completion of the online training, the participants will receive a Youthpass.

Last not least, to apply for the online training, please visit the website and fill in the application form.

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Online Event: Partnership-Building Activity

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Online Training

Among their activities, Asfar CIC has launched the online training “RESOLVE: Peace Camps” that will take place from March 29th to April 8th 2021. The “RESOLVE: Peace Camps” online training is a skills development & dialogue activity where young community change-makers and local peace-builders address the societies’ social intolerance throughout Europe.

It is for youth leaders a useful way to learn and put into practice their ability to represent themselves toward decision-makers, develop their conflict resolution skills, and ensuring young people are leading community unification as social action leaders and change-makers, with the reality of a new era.

Goals of the Online Training

The objectives the online training aim to reach are:

• Promote youth leaders’ views on key socio-economic-political issues in our world today;
• Youth leaders understand the role of their countries’ and the EU’s democratic processes;
• Youth leaders learn about Social Action, Civic Responsibility & Citizenship;
• Learn to support youth-led social action through the supported organisation of events;
• Inter-Youth and decision-makers debate for peace seminars and activities;
• Youth leaders engage with decision-makers to address social intolerance and community xenophobia;
• To analyse Social Action, civic responsibility and citizenship promotion in the work with youth;
• To receive inputs from youth worker on encouraging youth participation in the RESOLVE: Network – specifically in its governance, chairing of meetings and leading a peace network;
• Wider skills include: Leadership; Team Building; Communication; Social Awareness; as well as several wider EU Key Competencies.

The Schedule

The online training will take place from March 29th to April 8th 2021, for two weeks seeing 3 different meetings. Each meeting will last approximately 3 hours.

Requirements

Each participants has to attend all the meeting as during each sessions there will be workshops. It is necessary also to have a working camera and microphone.

The target group for this online training are young youth leaders, youth workers, team leaders etc, but will be open for everyone as it is an online event, everyone who is affected by conflict, or frustrated by decision-makers and interested in becoming a future leader. In particular, we welcome participants from more diverse backgrounds to participate.

The course is open to participants from the UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Turkey, Spain, Hungary and Cyprus, but applications from other Erasmus+ Programme and Partner countries are also taken into consideration.

The course officiale language is English.

How to Apply

To apply for the online training, go to the link for application. The deadline to apply is March 23rd 2021.

More information are available on the project’s website.

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¨Make it Visible¨

– approaches and activities on how to work with young people the topic of (invisible) racism –

When: 5-30 of April 2021
Where: ZOOM and Youth-MOOC.eu platform
Nº of participants: 50
Eligible countries: 27 EU Member States, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, and Turkey
Working language: English
Application deadline: 12th of March 2021
Date of selection: 19th of March 2021

About the Course

This course is implemented in the framework of the STAR project – Stand Together Against Racism, which is a 3-year collaboration among 4 partners from Spain, Italy, Bulgaria, and Poland, with the aim to counter invisible racism and other forms of intolerance in the everyday lives of young people, including hate speech, through preventive measures, youth work, and non-formal education. Within 2 years of the project, the partner organisations worked with young people on the local level testing and upscaling approaches and tools, and in the last year of the project, we aim to share them with youth work practitioners. More information about the project here.

With this training, we aim to develop trainers´ competences as well as competencies for using and adapting tools and approaches developed within STAR project and to enable participants to run antiracist activities with young people.

Objectives

• Develop/improve trainers’ competencies especially connected with understanding and facilitating individual and group learning processes and designing educational programmes
• Build comprehensive understanding of invisible racism and how it needs to be tackled in the overall framework of antiracist work
• Explore main topics connected with antiracist work – hate speech, microaggressions, power relations, prejudices and stereotypes, emotional awareness and good treatment
• Learn how to use the manual CONSTELLATIONS in training and youth work.
• Empower participants to run antiracist activities with young people and encourage cooperation and develop common antiracist actions in their local environment/communities together with “racialized” people

How the Training Will Be Organized

The course is composed of two parts – 20 hours will be implemented in the form of ZOOM meetings in real time, and 20 hours will be done on a self-paced basis via the www.youth-mooc.eu platform. For the ZOOM meetings there will be two alternative groups created: one with  training sessions in the mornings, and second with training sessions in the afternoons. In the application form you can specify which slot works better for you, but once you are assigned to a group there will be no possibility of changing your timetable. 

Timetable

Week 1

Week 2

10 hours of self-paced work through the youth-mooc.eu platform

Week 3

Week 4

10 hours of individual work through the youth-mooc.eu platform.

Moreover, once selected you will receive a package (by post) with the manual CONSTELLATIONS and a small surprise. 

Target Group

The course is meant for  junior trainers and educators interested in doing antiracist education. The requirement is to have at least some practical experience in planning and running a training process. In order to participate you need to have a stable internet connection and possibility to participate in the meetings with camera and microphone on. We encourage applications from people from minority communities, including, but not limited to ethnic minorities (particularly Roma), people with immigrant background, LGBTI people.

Selection Criteria

• Motivation to take part in the training
• Availability to take part in the full duration of the course
• Capacity to multiply and use the results in their daily work with young people
• Having experience as a trainer in at least one training course
• Being over 18 years old
• Being able to communicate in English

We will try to ensure balance in terms of countries and experiences of participants.

Certification

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organisers, for recognition of their competencies development during the activity. The certificates will be issued upon completion of all the tasks in the platform and participation in at least 80% of real-time ZOOM meetings. 

Costs:

The training course is co-financed by Erasmus+ and therefore free of charge for the participants. 

Link to application form: https://forms.gle/5SF7G3iaZQcA3UwbA

Organizers

Cazalla Intercultural, Spain
Pro European Network, Bulgaria
Rete educare ai diritti umani, Italy
Association for Children and Young People CHANCE, Poland

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Youth Exchanges are a great opportunity for youngsters as they allow groups of people from different countries to meet, live together and work on shared projects for short periods. Furthermore the activities carried out are different and meaningful, such as:

• workshops,
• exercises,
• debates,
• role-plays,
• outdoor activities.

Youth exchanges last between 5 and 21 days (excluding traveling time). They are open to people between the ages of 13 and 30. In addition it is also possible to apply as group leader if at least 18 years old. Youth organisations and informal groups of young people are the players that manage Youth Exchanges. Find more information about Youth Exchanges here.  

A Youth Exchange needs content – behind the content are tools. Tools for Youth Exchanges is a training that enables participants to explore tools around group processes, (intercultural) learning, involvement of young people and how to facilitate these tools during a youth exchange. 

TYE Training Online Course on Youth Exchanges

For this reason, TYE has launched a Training Course online, that answers those needs.

The topics of the Course will be:

• Interactive, diverse and engaging online learning experiences, tools and activities;
• Practical preparation for a new generation of Erasmus+, especially Youth Exchanges;
• Content about Erasmus+ accreditation and strategic approach to international youth work;
• Individual and group coaching to support participants in applying learning to practice.

The Course values important topics that could be a great resource for any organisation already undergoing, or willing to do, Youth Exchanges. Specifically, it might be useful to go deeper into how to increase awareness of group processes and group development online and offline, and to develop competences in designing and facilitating educational workshops online and offline. Plus, the Course explores explore digital and non-digital tools to:

• support the learning process, including debriefing and recognition of learning;
• explore tools and models that promote intercultural learning and dialogue;
• experience online methodologies and approaches in support of realising a youth exchange project – virtual or in-person;
• develop strategic approaches to international youth work, including understanding of Erasmus+ accreditation;
• prepare for the new generation of Erasmus+, especially Youth Exchanges.

Online Webinars

Through S.A.L.T.O., TYE has organised 6 webinars in the span of 3 weeks between 23 Feb-15 Mar 2021. The webinars will take place on the following dates:

• February 23rd, 2021
• March 1st, 2nd, 8th, 9th, 15th, 2021

The webinars will last up to 2 hours at 10.00 to 12.00 Brussels time / 9.00 to 11.00 Dublin time / 11.00 to 13.00 Athens time.

The training course is mostly for voluntary and professional youth workers, working directly with young people and who have had experiences with ERASMUS+ Youth in Action. Finally, participants must be at least 18 years old and have a good level of English.

To register for the webinars go to website.

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