Training course: Youth Support Youth

Location: near Wroclaw, Poland

Dates: 30 August – 7 September 2016

Number of participants: 28, out of which 2 come from UK

Participating countries: Cyprus, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Malta, Spain, United Kingdom, Latvia, Italy, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Estonia

Organizer: Youth Support Centre

Application process: Stage I: send your motivation letter to hello@abroadship.org, stage II: interview over Skype.

Deadline to apply: 30 June 2016

Date of Selection: 10 July 2016

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

Costs: Training course is FREE. This project is financed by Erasmus+ programme, thus programme, accommodation, traveling and other costs related to the training course are covered.

Youth Support Youth

Youth Support Youth - Poland - training course - abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth – Poland – training course – abroadship.org

Timetable of the Training Course might be changed according to proposals, ideas and feedback from partners and participants during the workshops.

Youth Support Youth - Poland - training course - abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth – Poland – training course – abroadship.org

 

Infopack

Click to access INFOPACK_Youth_Support_Youth_Poland-1.pdf

This is Erasmus+ funded and Abroadship in-kind supported training course in Poland. Abroadship supports the training course by selecting outstanding participants. We expect 2 participants from UK. You have to be motivated to attend the training course and wish to be ambassadors of Abroadship, spreading organisation’s values. Motivation could be expressed by short letter to hello@abroadship.org email, we promise to contact within two days for the skype interview to discuss the application and will let you know in 5-10 days.

Today, being young in Europe means that you have some privileges comparing to the rest of the world, but in everyday life of many young people across the continent there are many issues and problems they are fighting with.

Group of young people, young leaders and youth workers gathered in Youth Support Center, its partner organisations and decided not to ask what country can do for them or what they can do for the country, but what they can do for themselves and other young people around together with others in society.

“No one can understand and answer needs of young people today better than young people themselves.”
– Karina, Youth Leader of Youth Support Centre

The whole story started in summer 2015, when five youth workers were enjoying the sun at the park in the city center of Lubin, looking at the local highschool building and commenting about the future of highschool students. They thought students do not have much understanding and information about European citizenship and European values, why it is important for them and how it influence their life.  Many young people live in their small communities, dealing with prejudices and stereotypes, sending dozen of job applications, dreaming about buying flat and establishing family or experiencing other cultures. For many of them it is just a dream.

“We have to help them being proud Europeans finally” – the conclusion of the day.

Weeks of communication on Facebook, hundreds of e-mails, Skype calls, chats, ideas and here they are with opportunity to meet 33 youth workers from 14 EU countries and help them to promote European values, European citizenship and active participation, and most important – to create “European mutual understanding” network of youth workers and organisations.

Do you wonder WHY?

Because they want to live in Europe where respect for human dignity, liberty, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights exist, including the rights of persons belonging to minorities.

Moreover, they want to live in the societies that are characterised by pluralism, non-discrimination, tolerance, justice, solidarity and equality between women and men. Because they believe this is first step towards one long and fruitful initiative that will contribute to building of European society and preserve the peace and rights that they have got from generations of Europeans before.

Aim of Training Course itself is to empower participants to develop and implement activities of their organizations, as well to contribute to existing activities of their organizations using innovative methods and tools, new approach to young people with fewer opportunities and create local synergy with other stakeholders.

To achieve this, the Training Course will be the great opportunity for participants to:
– Meet with other youth workers from different organizations sharing same values and goals and give them opportunity to learn about other organizations, cooperation opportunities and examples of good practice
– Provide knowledge about topic of the project such as European values, active participation, etc.
– Prepare participants to use Erasmus+ program within their organizations, develop projects and implement it in cooperation with other organizations as tool for social inclusion and young people with fewer opportunities
– Establish European network of new generation of youth workers that will share experience, cooperate and contribute to each other work in future, and as well include other youth workers, organizations and individuals in the future
– Create tips, tools and methods for innovative approach in work with young people with fewer opportunities
– Develop capacities of organizations to communicate with target groups, decision makers and other relevant stakeholders
– Prepare participants for creation of local consortiums with relevant factors in society with aim to influence youth policy and establish common activities and coordination of activities in order to support active participation, social inclusion, promotion of European values and citizenship, particularly among young people with fewer opportunities.

Objectives of the activity in same time part of objectives of whole project will be fulfilled while ground for achieving other objectives of the project will be prepared in order to gain aimed results during follow-ups as well.

Venue

Youth Support Youth - Poland - training course - abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth – Poland – training course – abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth - Poland - training course - abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth – Poland – training course – abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth - Poland - training course - abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth – Poland – training course – abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth - Poland - training course - abroadship.org

Youth Support Youth – Poland – training course – abroadship.org