Seminar: Non-formal Learning in Higher Education. Developing Intercultural Competence

 

Location: Prague, Czech Republic

Dates: 23-28 April 2017

Number of participants: 30

Participating countries: Czech Republic, Hungary, Ireland, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom

Organizer: Centre for International Cooperation in Education – National Agency

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Deadline to apply: 1st March 2017

Inquiries about this training course: Tereza, E-Mail: tereza.beranova@dzs.cz

Costs: This project is financed by the Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme.

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.

 

The project focuses on intercultural competence, non-formal learning and international co-operation in youth work and higher education.

Description

This seminar will be held within the long-term TCA project ‘Among Others’, aimed at exploring how non-formal methods can be used to enhance and develop intercultural competence in higher education.

The seminar will be an opportunity to review the project’s progress (the project’s origins go back to 2011) and to review its framework considering newest developments in the field of Intercultural Competence (ICC) and current European Union policy priorities.

Project objectives:

– To develop intercultural competence of future youth workers and teachers to improve the quality of youth work
– To introduce non-formal education and international co-operation into higher education
– To encourage the use of Erasmus+ Youth Programme in working with young people

Seminar objectives:

1. To share the context, ideas, resources and outcomes of national project activities
2. To identify ways of improving the recognition of Intercultural Competence (ICC) and NFL (Non-formal learning) within Higher Education
3. To develop the project’s sustainability notably through the establishment of a network /community of practice
4. To review the concept of ICC within the European Training Strategy (ETS)
5. To evaluate the 2016-2017 phase of the project

Target groups of the seminar:

Trainers involved in the national project activities Staff of Higher Education Institutions and other providers of youth worker education and training, interested in the development of Intercultural Competence and use of non-formal methods Trainers and facilitators involved in developing Intercultural Competence in non-formal education NA representatives/Coordinators.

Participants should be available to actively attend the full duration of the seminar, motivated to prepare themselves before the seminar, aged 18+ and able to communicate and work in English.