Training course: NGO Fundamentals

Location: Eskisehir, Turkey

Dates: 29 November – 5 December 2016

Number of participants: 31

Participating countries: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Spain, Turkey

Organizer: Eskisehir Development Association

Apply here: fill this application

Deadline to apply: 3 October 2016

Date of Selection: 7 October 2016

Inquiries about this training course: Gurkan Cakir: projects@eskisehirgelisim.org

For general Inquiries and consultation: Contact Here

Costs: This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Accommodation: We will provide accommodation for free during the TC activity programme. Programme: Will start on 28th of November evening and end on 5th of December evening. Food & Coffee Breaks: We will cover 3 meals & 2 coffee breaks per day. Transportation: The expenses for transportation will be covered according Erasmus+ Program distance calculator. (Details Below). Reimbursement: The reimbursements will be done after we receive all documents of transportation: Flight/Bus/Train/Metro tickets & receipts.. Limits Per Each Country Per Person: Bulgaria(275€), Czech Republic(275€), Hungary(275€), Italy(275€), Latvia(360€), Lithuania(275€), Macedonia(275€), Poland(275€), Romania(275€), Slovakia(275€), Spain(360€)

NGO Fundamentals

Discuss, strengthen & develop “the model” for a sustainable youth NGO by focusing on topics such as organizational identity, organizational structure, activity planning, source management and sustainability.

The Idea:

This projects outline was created after a research and observation on today’s youth NGOs. We had many chances to discuss about the problems of civil society works with people who are active youth workers (managers, members, leaders, volunteers) in several platforms. One of the most common problem that we face is difficulties of achieving intended impacts and acting sustainable.

The conclusion was: lack of organizational management & development skills in the youth organizations and NGOs. This problem creates a huge barrier between NGO and it’s stakeholders in terms of efficiency. For that reason we’ve chosen to focus mainly on “effective NGO and organizational identity”, “organizational structure”, “activity planning”, “sustainability” and to the other related skills that we believe the milestones of organizational management & development.

Apart from the activities such as communication, group building, youth-pass related; each of these subjects will go on with the approach of experiential learning tools and methods such as case studies, simulations, working groups, brainstormings and presentations.

Who should participate?
People who;
-are motivated , likes teamwork, enjoys participation, are responsible.
-aims positive impact on society by the organizations they have joint / are going to join with the motivation of getting know new cultures.
-have the passion for understanding the components of organizations.
-are active youth workers who want to increase their level of skills about organizational management and who has the experience of youth work at least about 1 year. (included managers, active members, leaders, project managers, project leaders, responsibles, board members etc.)
-has enough speaking level of English to easily participate to debates, brainstorms, working groups, presentations etc. during the project.(This is a TC Project! It contains several sessions&workshops on topics related with the core subjects)

There are some tasks/missions expected from participants before/after the activity. These are;
Before Activity:
Making research about NGO’s efficiency level in their local/national levels. (Which fields are they working, how many are they, how effective are they etc.)
Good case practices of NGO’s (local/national level) successful NGO’s which selected by participants.
Participants will create 15 minutes presentations about the topics above.

After Activity:
As a part of disseminating and exploitation of the results process, creating and presenting a presentation (in considered of the whole project) to minimum 25 young people per participant.

Please find the detailed information and application tool in the attached booklet.

Organizers

EGD (Eskisehir Development Association) is a NGO founded by active members and alumni from Junior Chamber International, AEGEE, Education Volunteers Foundation, AIESEC and Erasmus Student Network; with 10 years of experience & specialization in organizational foundation, counselling, projects & training operations.

With our specialists, we are committed to the personal & professional development of individuals, both youth & adults, by creating awareness on topics such as; social inclusion, culture, identity, communication, open education, human rights & democracy on the local, national & international level while using different dissemination tools & non-formal education + experiential learning methodologies.