Archive for the ‘Training Courses’ Category

The European Parliament offers translation traineeships in its Secretariat in order to contribute to the vocational training of young citizens, and to the understanding of the working of the institution. The next traineeship will start 1 April 2011 for a duration of 3 months. Applicants for paid translation traineeship must have a university degree after a course or study of at least three years’ duration and must have a perfect knowledge of one of the official languages of the EU or of the official language of an applicant country, and a thorough knowledge of two others. Registration deadline: 15 November 2010. For more information about the conditions and application procedure, please visit the Eurodesk deadline reminder.

This international partner seminar for EVS organisations provides the possibility to support networking, to exchange experiences, to learn more about SALTO-Inclusion, to get acquainted with the possibilities of Youthpass, to develop new Ideas and future projects and to evaluate the the experiences gained. Registration deadline: 15 October 2010.

More detailed information on the SALTO web site.

Interested persons are now welcomed to apply to become a participant of the Asia-Europe training course on Environmental Human Rights. The 5-day programme will take place from 9- 15 November 2010 in Seoul. The training will gather 30 youth workers from Asia and Europe and will combine plenary sessions, working groups, debates and study sessions. On of the central themes will be: the connections between and the contemporary situation of Environment and Human Rights. Curious to the other central themes or do you want information about the participation conditions? Please, visit the Council of Europe web site. Online registration deadline: 9 September 2010. Presentation and fact sheet for further information.

The Training Course: “Facilitating the volunteers learning” aims at development of EVS mentors’ competences to support and facilitate learning processes of EVS volunteers with special focus on Learning to Learn competence. The course will be held from 4 to 10 October in Predeal, Romania. Registration deadline: 8 September. Find out more.

This seminar aims to collect and develop tools and methods to support the Youthpass process in all Actions of the Youth in Action programme. The seminar will be held from 22 to 28 November 2010 in Berlin, Germany. Are you interested? Please submit the online application form before the deadline of 10 September 2010. More information can be found on Salto Youth net.

EYE opener is a training course for newcomers to develop Youth Exchanges within the contest of Youth in Action and to stimulate the full participation of young people in the entire exchange. The training is based on simulation games, inputs and group work. Participation in learning couples of youtworkers and young people. The training course will take place from 6 to 11 September 2010 in De Glind, The Netherlands. Are you interested? Then check with your National Agency if they are willing to send participants to EYE Opener. Fill in the application form and send it to your National Agency. Application deadline: 4 August 2010. Find out more.

This training course, organised by Youth Associaton creACTive, will take place from 7 to 14 September 2010 in Struga, Macedonia. The main aim of the course will be exploring issues and strategies for young people and youth organisations working in divided communities. Application deadline: 10 July 2010. For more information, please visit the Creactive web site.

Nowadays there are a big number of societies around Europe that are strongly divided/segregated on the basis of people’s different backgrounds. Youth organizations and youth workers from such countries meet great challenges in addressing the issues arising from these conditions, and in establishing relations and trust between young people. This project will gather together youth and social workers who face these issues in their countries or who are interested in developing knowledge about this subject. The learning process is intended to develop both skills and knowledge for developmental work in this field.

FEJS Macedonia organizes “Virtually Active” – a training program on using new-media-content to establish online-active-citizenship. The training will take place from 18 – 23 July 2010 in Macedonia. The primary aim is to educate young people and school graduates from CEE countries regarding today’s new media opportunities. The program’s goal is to present ideas and initiatives about how, with the use of new media and created media content, the youth employ-ability can improve and increase. For further information, please click here. All interested applicants should submit their CV and motivation letter to: info@mladiinfo.com. Registration deadline: 10 June 2010.

This training course is aimed to improve young people’s knowledge of Turkish culture, to promote the development of youth networks and to cooperate in the creation of joint project. The course organised by the Council of Europe will take place from 19 July till 6 August 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey. Application: deadline 3 June 2010. Further information.

WYSE International is for people who care about what’s happening in the world and are willing to do what they can to make a positive difference. The WYSE International Leadership Programme take the form of a 12 day intensive training, where participants from many different cultures, religions and socio-economic backgrounds come together to form an international learning community. The training will take place from 25 July to 5 August 2010 in Villa Boccella near Lucca, Italy. For further information about the programme and application, please visit the WYSE website. Application deadline: 30 May 2010.