Training course: Create The Change

Location: Miercurea Ciuc, Romania

Dates: 16-24 September 2016

Number of participants: 24, out of which 3 come from UK

Participating countries: United Kingdom, Romania, Spain, Georgia, Portugal, Macedonia, Hungary, Greece

Organizer: Eleven Art and ReCreativity

Application process: Stage I: fill this application form, send it to eleven.art11@yahoo.com, Stage II: conversation over Skype.

Deadline to apply: 1st August 2016

Date of Selection: 10th August 2016

Inquiries about this training course: Justinas +447864947776 or hello@abroadship.org

Costs: This project is financed by Erasmus+ programme, thus programme, accommodation, traveling (up to €275 will be fully covered) and other costs related to the training course are covered. There is only a participation fee of €30 to pay.

Create The Change

Create The Change - training course - Romania - abroadship.org

Create The Change – training course – Romania – abroadship.org

This is Erasmus+ funded and Abroadship in-kind supported training course in Romania. Abroadship supports the training course by selecting outstanding participants. We expect 3 highly motivated participants from UK. Motivation could be expressed in this application form and sent to eleven.art11@yahoo.com. We will contact you by email to discuss the application over skype and final answer will be given on 10th August.

Infopack

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We look at social entrepreneurship as a way of life in which the individual is aware what he is capable to do and most importantly how to use all the resources which surround him in order to create a change. The training is built up in a way that it starts from indi- vidual level where we de ne personal values and goals, we discover our own learning- and working styles by creating design objects in practice, and by working together with people from other countries, always in di erent combinations.

Design thinking, participation, and social inclusion are the key elements of the proce- dure of creation – where ’creating’ and ’design’ means anything what the human mind can imagine and the human action can realize. We deal with sustainability from a practi- cal side as well – how the individual can live a sustainable life economicaly, environmen- taly and socialy, simply by connecting the already existing resources and best practic- es. How to make our enterprise sustainable from the same 3 aspects as well. Day by day team work and the group context gets more in focus and how we turn ideas into reality.

Program and method

In the training we use a special method which is a combination of„learning by experience” and „creative recycling”. Learning by doing and simply experiencing situations out of your comfort zone will allow you to observ your actions, get to know your working style, re ect on it and adapt this knowledge to di erent life situations – in this training focusing especially on social entrepreneurship and sustainability, and how to realize your ideas by making an im- pact. We use creation and creative recycling as a simple process to support you in re ecting on your actions, see the result, and try out how you appear and function in a group context. Creative recycling also allows us to look at sustainability from a very practical point of view.

The program contains short lectures, team building elements, creative recycling pro- cesses in di erent combinations: individual- , pair- and group creation, sharings, re ec- tion group meetings, prototyping, outdoor elements, testing, land art, a whole morn- ing of living library with case studies, street survey, business model making, planning. You can expect the program to be intense as we also expect participants who are eager to learn. The program will start every day at 09.30 in the morning and in some days we will also have sessions after dinner which can last till 22.00.

Participants

We aim to select participants who are actively working in any form in youth work, in social entrepreneurship, managing their own organisations or are about to open one. The pro- gram is originally tailored for those who did not start their organisations yet, so in the train- ing they have the chance to gain knowledge and practice in advance. For the ones who are working in their own organisations already the training is a good chance for evaluation and planning forward. Also for freelancers, unemployed young people, designers, young people who are motivated to realize their ideas and make their own workplace. For youth workers, peer educators, volunteers, coaches, trainers who are working with young people and want to apply the method of creative recycling in social entrepreneurship education

You don’t need to have any speci c degree or previous experience to partic- ipate in this training, all you need is your motivation and willingness to learn something new! The language of the training will be English, a safe medium knowledge is enough, we will use an easy-to-understand level to make sure that ev- eryone can follow the program. Participants must be 18+, there is no upper age limit.

Trainers

Anna Sipos from Hungary, youth trainer and Co-Founder of ReCreativity Social En- terprise is going to lead the program together with an international team of experts. Anna has a master diploma in Education Management, she completed her internship pro- gramme in Brussels, in the Flemish Ministry of Education where has gained experience in programme tailoring and curriculum development. She launched ReCreativity So- cial Enterprise 3 years ago and together with the other co-founders they are making it sus- tainable by running succesfully also an upcycled brand called Cimbi next to the trainings. She has more than 5 years of experience as a trainer, using mainly the method of creative recycling and experimental learning in di erent elds: in social entrepreneurship, per- sonal development, communication, sustainability education, coaching and mentoring.

Venue

The training will take place in Miercurea Ciuc, Romania. Accommodation will be in a con- ference center, in 2-3 bed bedrooms with separate bathrooms. Bedsheets and towels will be provided. The accommodation, and meals will be in the same building and the working space in a separate building near to the accommodation. In the con rmation letter you will receive further details about the exact location, transport and what to bring.

Costs

The training program is nanced by the Erasmusplus Program, the budget covers the costs of the accomodation, food 3 times per day and all the equipment what we will use during the activities.

To keep the quality of the program on a high level we ask you to pay 30€ of participation con- tribution in cash, on the arrival day.

Your travel cost will be 100% reimbursed after returning home from the training program, up till the following limits person/country. Please note, that in order to get your travel cost reim- bursed you need to provide all the original tickets and invoices to the organizers!