Partnership-building Activity: Queerasmus+: A Contact Making Seminar

Location: Haraldsheim, Oslo, Norway

Dates: 27-31 May 2018

Number of participants: 30

Participating countries: Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries 

Organizer: Erasmus+: Aktiv Ungdom

Apply here: Application form

Deadline to apply: 22 April 2018

Date Of Selection: 3 May 2018

Inquiries about this training course: Gry Nesse at gry.nesse@bufdir.no

Costs: 

This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme (2017 Budget). Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs involved in this project – except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your Erasmus+: Youth in Action NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses.

Queerasmus+: A Contact Making Seminar

Are you working for/with a group of young people that can identify with the big and diverse LGBTQI umbrella? Would you like to meet other queer youth groups to network and learn about how you can get grants to realise your international cooperation?

Queerasmus+ is a contact making seminar where we invite representatives for queer youth groups to
-learn from and get inspired by each other’s activities
– find new reliable partners and build a safe and solid fundament for future cooperation
-come up with creative ideas for international cooperation
-get familiar with Erasmus+ and the funding possibilities it offers

The seminar will be based on non-formal learning activities such as games, team building activities, organisation fair, speed dating, roleplay, interactive presentations, workshops and group tasks.

Where: Oslo; Norway

When: 27- 31 of May (27th and 31st are travel days, 3 full working days in between)

Application deadline: 22nd of April

Who: Participants should be youth workers, youth leaders or young representatives (18+) from a queer youth group or youth organisation. The contact making seminar is also open for participants from LGBTQI friendly organisations.

Participants should be interested in establishing international partnerships and be able to make decisions on behalf of the young people they are representing.

Participants have to be able to use English as a working language.

The call is open for all Program countries, with a priority for participants from Norway, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Netherlands and Spain.

Expected outcome: Participants should leave with partners and ideas on how to apply for an international youth project together