Seminar / Conference: NFE in Europe reloaded

Location: Sremski Karlovci, Serbia

Dates: 3-11 February 2017

Number of participants: 24

Participating countries: Finland, Lithuania, Spain, Albania, Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia

Organizer: Group “Let’s…”/Grupa “Hajde da…”

Co-organizer(s): Lietuvos neformaliojo ugdymo asociacija LT – Lithuania; Organizata Jo-Qeveritare Ligo Lex Legid – Kosovo; Moodle mreža Srbije – Serbia; Youth in Free Initiative – Albania; Hyvärilän Nuorisokeskus – Finland; Association center for intercultural dialogue Kumanovo – FYRO Macedonia; Udruga za razvoj civilnog društva BONSAI – Croatia; Red Europea Los Jovenes Importan Ahora – Spain

Apply here: download and print the following application form and send it to your national coordinator (see contacts below)

Albania – Youth in Free Initiative – rslorg@hotmail.com
Croatia – Udruga za razvoj civilnog društva Bonsai – ured.vcd@gmail.com
Finland – Hyvärilän Nuorisokeskus – antti.korhonen@nurmes.fi
FYROM – Association center for intercultural dialogue – Kumanovo – mila@cid.mk
Kosovo – Organizata jo-qeveritare ligo lex – ligolexlegis@gmail.com
Lithuania – Lietuvos neformaliojo ugdymo asociacija – neformaliai@gmail.com
Serbia – Grupa “Hajde da…” – marko@hajdeda.org.rs
Spain – Red Europea los jovenes importan ahora – gines.euroaccion@gmail.com

Deadline to apply: 10 January 2017

Date of Selection: 13 January 2017

Inquiries about this training course: Marko Pejovic at marko@hajdeda.org.rs

Costs: Organizers will cover all costs concerning the training, such as: accommodation and food, domestic travel costs and training material. Participants are expected to be committed to participate in the whole program and able to work in the English language.
Travel refund (European Commission criteria, total travel costs): Albania: 180 EUR, Finland: 360 EUR, Macedonia: 180 EUR, Croatia: 180 EUR, Spain: 275 EUR, Lithuania: 275 EUR, Kosovo: 180 EUR

NFE in Europe reloaded

Seminar “NFE in Europe reloaded” will gather NFE practitioners, that have a need to reflect on their own educational principles and practices and also are open to hear other models that come from other then youth filed (art, business, health care…).

The project

The aim of the project “Improvement the quality and efficiency of education and training” is to enhancing the quality of non-formal education and youth work in Western Balkans and EU. Project activities will step-by-step build capacity of youth workers, trainers, teachers, educators and researchers from 8 participating countries (Finland, Lithuania, Spain, Albania, Kosovo, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia).

The Seminar

First step on that road is to organize a seminar with NFE practitioners who will discuss about different models of NFE. NFE practitioners that come from different background introduce in their work various modifications and improvements from what were regarded as “dominant” practices in NFE (that it is based on experiential learning, which has clearly identifiable phases within the overall structure – such as: introductions, team building, main activities… and evaluation).
These “modifications” should not be seen as a “leave aside” from the standards that in NFE were suggested, but as the expansion of the standards. So, there is a need to strengthen practitioners’ ability to constantly reflect on their own educational principles and practices. Seminar will be supported by experts from different fields (art, business, health care…) and they will share how they understand NFE and how they practice it.
Participants will have a space to reflect is in those NFE models something that is applicable to the youth filed. Participants will have a chance to contribute in preparing the e-based publication that will summarize experiences, ideas, models that will be shared during the seminar.
The publication will articulate various principles, tools, methods and processes used in different practices of NFE and provide set of conclusions and recommendations available in the languages of the partner countries, as well as in English. On this way, participants will be the authors of this publication.