Training Course - Managing Diversity - A Training for Youth Workers - Netherlands / Armenia

Training Course: Managing Diversity – A Training for Youth Workers

Location: Ommen, the Netherlands / Yerevan, Armenia

Dates: 12 August – 14 October 2017

Number of participants: 21

Participating countries: Armenia, Belarus, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Italy, Latvia, FYROM, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania

Organizer: Armenian Progressive Youth (APY) – NGO

Apply here: Application form

Deadline to apply: 16th July 2017

Inquiries about this training course: Martijn Bergsma, E-Mail: martijn.bergsma@gmail.com

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

– JUB & APY will fully cover your stay, including accommodation, food and materials

– 85% of all travel costs (door to door, cheapest way, until the limits below) of trips to the Netherlands and Armenia will be reimbursed through a bank transfer upon the completion of the entire LTTC and after receiving all relevant receipts, including boarding passes.

– There is a one time participation fee of 25 euro. Participants with fewer opportunities, social and economic obstacles may be exempted from the participation fee upon request.

– Visa costs will be reimbursed.

Limits for travel costs (door to door, to be reimbursed for 85%) for the first training, in the Netherlands:

Armenia, Georgia: 530 EUR
Latvia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Belarus, Italy, FYROM, Portugal: 275 EUR
Czech Republic, Germany: 180 EUR
Netherlands 20 EUR

Limits for travel costs (door to door, to be reimbursed for 85%) for the second training, in Armenia:

Portugal, Netherlands: 530 EUR
Italy, Poland, Latvia, Germany, Czech Republic: 360 EUR
Moldova, Romania, Belarus, FYROM: 275 EUR
Georgia 180 EUR

Managing Diversity – A Training for Youth Workers

LTTC “Managing Diversity: A Training for Youth Workers” aims to support 26 youth workers, educators and trainers in development of diversity management skills and in learning how to implement a culture of diversity in their working environments.

General Description

Development and prosperity of any society depends on the involvement and participation of individuals. Thus, every individual should have the same rights, opportunities and spaces to get involved and to be heard. However, everywhere in Europe we face scarcity of these conditions.

There is a strong need of change-makers and youth work specifically who can professionally work against structural discrimination and under-representation of marginalized groups.

There is a need of educators and youth workers who can foster participation of marginalized youth and support them to develop their capacities for engagement. Marginalization, lack of participation and discrimination are strongly connected to societal habits and education. This means we have the ability to change them the same way they have been created.

LTTC “Managing Diversity: A Training for Youth Workers” aims to support 26 youth workers, educators and youth trainers from Programme Countries as well as and Partner countries in development of their diversity management skills and in learning how to implement a culture of diversity in their working environments by increasing diversity-oriented awareness in their work with young people.

The LTTC has the following main objectives:

• To empower 26 youth workers, trainers and educators to develop diversity orientation in their work with young people and build their competence in diversity management;
• To support youth workers in incorporation of diversity into their working environment, thus, making their work more inclusive and effective;
• To promote diversity-oriented attitudes and awareness within the European programs in the fields of Education, Training and Youth;
• To introduce key theoretical aspects, the glossary as well as the practical tools, methods and instruments to the youth workers who seek to implement the concept of diversity in their work;

• To discuss how the European Youth Work can reinforce equality and ensure that diverse groups of people get equal treatment during trainings, seminars as well as other formal and non-formal educational settings;

Venues and dates:
– 12-19 August (including travel days): Ommen, the Netherlands;
– 6-14 October (including travel days): Yerevan, Armenia

NOTE! Selected participants should attend both the Training Course in the Netherlands and the Evaluation Meeting in Armenia as well as commit to implementation of 1 local activity.