Archive for the ‘Training Courses’ Category

The aims of this training course are to introduce trainers to adaptable tools related to risk awareness for usage in the training of youth workers and to achieve awareness, raising the quality of the experience for young people in international youth exchanges. The course for youth trainers will be held from 11 to 14 June 2010 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Application deadline: 30 April 2010. More information.

This training course aims to promote creative thinking within the Youth in Action programmes and to increase the quality of international youth projects by diversifying the range of solutions for common project challenges and multiply innovative practices at local level. The training will support youth workers and youth leaders to think in innovative ways of approaching youth related topics and develop creative solutions to increase the impact and efficiency of youth activities. The course will be held from 31 May to 4 June in Portugal. Interested? Please download the infopack for more details or apply online before the deadline of 16 April 2010.

The aim of this training course is to increase the participation of youth in disadvantaged (sub)urban areas. Objectives are to provide new learning opportunities and innovative, low-cost methods of work. The course meant for youth workers and youth leaders is in a close relation to the 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion and will take place from 18 to 23 May 2010 in the suburbs of Warsaw, Poland. For further details and application, please visit the SALTO website. Deadline: 31 March 2010.

The Game-on training is an opportunity for organisations to send young people and a youth worker as a learning couple. They will learn to develop their own games/ activities which they can use in international youth exchanges. This game building activity for international youth exchanges will take place on 7-12 April 2010 in Nový Smokovec, Slovakia. For further information about the training program, please click here. How to apply? Please fill in the application form and send it to your Youth in action National Agency before the application deadline of 28 February 2010.

This training course on peer education aims to motivate youth workers to develop quality inclusion peer-projects that empower youngsters to participate in EVS projects and at the same time have a look at their role as a youth worker in the context of peer-learning. P-iNCLUDE will be held from 28 May until 4 June 2010 in Lithuania. For further information, please download the document or visit the SALTO website for an online application form. Deadline: 25 March 2010.

‘impACT!on’ is an international training course for young people to promote active European citizenship through youth work projects. The course aims at giving young people knowlegde, skills and understanding about active European citizenship. The Youthpass will be integrated in the programme and used by the participants as an instrument to accompany their learning. The course will also help to start designing projects on active citizenship in the Youth in Action programme. The course will be held from 2 to 8 May in De Glind, The Netherlands. For further details, please read the course description. Application deadline: 15 March 2010

‘Eastern Express’ Training course aims at rising the quality of Youth Exchanges within action 3.1 of the Youth in Action programme, especially in cooperation between the Eastern Europe and Caucasus (EECA) regions. The training will take place from 4 to 10 May in Kalingrad region, Russian Federation. For further details about the course, please visit the SALTO website. Application deadline: 5 March 2010.

The Council of Europe offers a training course on Democratic Leadership and Management of Youth Organisations. The course aims to develop the participants’ attitudes, improve their skills and receive additional information and knowledge in order to manage youth organizations in a democratic, efficient and effective manner. The training will take place from 6 to 14 April 2010 at the European Youth Centre in Strasbourg. The 30 candidates which will be selected, should have a specific practical experience in leading and managing youth organizations. Read more information about the course or apply online before the application deadline of 11 February 2010.

The Une-Tech training course aims to provide youth workers with the competences related to the use of new technologies/ICT and to enable them to develop strategies to enhance the quality of youth work in networking and including young people with disabilities in youth work. The training will be held on 3-9 March 2010 in Ankara, Turkey. Interested? Download the info pack or application form on the SALTO website. Application deadline: 10 February 2010.

ERYICA invites up to 25 trainers experiences in youth information in the ‘Train the Trainer’ event on the ERYICA beginners training course “YIntro – Stepping into Youth Information”. In the light of continuously changing information needs of young people “YIntro” strives for enhancing Youth Information Work with respect to new media and online communication areas. The training will take place on 2-7 March 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic. Application deadline: 8 February 2010. For further details, please visit the ERYICA website.