“Its up to me” is a holistic approach on how to develop really good youth workers/trainers that are going to work on transfer of know-how and organize and deliver really quality trainings and projects within Erasmus + program but also for the organizations that they are working for. This is project is going to contribute toward raising the quality of the Erasmus + projects that are going to be organized in future, but also is going to improve the quality of youth work in general. We are going to work, practice and design projects and activities on the current E+ priorities, using quite wide variety of tools and methods on the training.

This project is very intense and there are many tasks, outcomes and competencies that the participants will learn. The main goal is to develop great trainers that will deliver great trainings and projects for the organizations but also provide many quality opportunities for young people.

As much as it is focused on developing trainers skills, the set up of the training still makes space for significant personal development of the participants.

All of the tasks on this project are done in a way of learning by doing.

Brief overview:
– Know-how – To provide the participants with information on how some things are done, why some things are done in particular way, what is behind the scenes of a good organized training/project, to peek into the decision making process, in the team management and in the preparation. 
– Improve participants soft skills such as public speaking, presentation skills, self-expression skills listening skills, emotional intelligence etc
– Provide methods and tools for delivery of workshops – such as different types of simulations, team building games, brainstorming, creating learning environment, creative environment etc
– Provide hard copy materials (guidebooks and written materials). We would have online library (trainers library is in development) and is continuously upgraded with other materials from other groups. 
– Provide feedback to the participants. It is really important to receive feedback and do it again, so we would see the growth of the participants during the project. 
– Show them different styles of trainers. We will have four trainers from different backgrounds and professions that have very different styles that will help the participants see different approaches and ways of working which would lead to finding their own unique style in future. 
– Personal development from point of view to listen to their body, their own emotions, their own inner conflicts, to self discover the core values, how to be an example for participants, how to transmit energy to the stage. 
– Coaching and mentoring. Apart from the mentoring and feedback during the project, for this edition we are going to have 12 months mentoring process for all participants after the project until their first/next training experience.
– Self-assessment. Sometimes young trainers are not aware of the qualities that they have and things that they know. Sometimes they think that they know everything and there is nothing new to learn. We will provide a self-assessment opportunity for the participants to evaluate which things they know well, which things they still need to learn. 
– Critical thinking – They will have the opportunity to analyze everything and develop critical thinking. After each workshop we take off the “participant hat” and put the “trainers hat” and analyze why we did this or that
– To offer opportunities for quality training experiences and project development. Organizing joint projects, creating pool of trainers, getting shadow-trainer opportunities.

During the project the participants will have to do tasks on which the trainers will provide detailed and individual feedback with recommendations for improvement. On the end of the project the participants will have to deliver a real workshop that they develop during the training with their peers. They will be evaluated by the trainers and they will be given feedback and suggestions for improvement.

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Learning outcomes of Its up to me 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0PMvJFEylw&t=65s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZG5eof-83A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbwgV5S8jog

Impressions from Its up to me 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q2rArOVABM

Impressions from Its up to me 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlOUAtv4fOs