Project place: Belgium (venue to be confirmed – it will be most likely in or around Antwerp)
Project dates: 24th – 28th October 2018
Application deadline: 15th September 2018
ABOUT THE PROJECT
The seminar is the main activity of the project “Share, Experience, Get Inspired! – Enjoy the diversity of non-formal learning tools” aiming at increasing the capacity of 12 European organisations by supporting the professional development and enhancement of the competences of their youth workers in fostering creativity, participation, sharing, cooperation, mutual learning and innovation in the field of non-formal learning. It will gather 34 participants – youth workers, trainers, activists and educators from 12 European countries – Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and Turkey.
With this seminar, we intend to provide you – youth workers, trainers, activists, educators – with the opportunity to meet, share tools, learn from one another, establish friendship for future cooperation, while creating a suitable environment for educational innovation, experimenting and improving new tools and methods.
We believe that the seminar will increase your self-confidence, make your work more efficient by developing your professional competences in the non-formal learning field and also enhance your collaboration networks.
Methods
The working methods used will be highly participatory and will be based on the principles of adult learning, creating a stress-free and motivating environment where the human brain has a full capacity to learn. An important part and special focus will be dedicated to the workshops run by the participants. All the methods will encourage active participation, creativity, initiative, and responsibility for one’s own learning process.
PARTICIPANT’S PROFILE:
– be a youth worker with a strong interest in non-formal learning and its applications; OR/AND be a trainer, educator or/and facilitator working with various target groups such as migrants, refugees and asylum seekers, (young) people with fewer opportunities, minorities, etc.;
– be willing to bring further the results of the seminar, organising a follow-up activity in your home country;
– be a resident in one of the 12 above-mentioned project countries;
– be able to communicate well and work in English;
– with minimum age 18 (no maximum age);
– attend the whole seminar duration (there is no possibility to make exceptions).
We welcome representatives with fewer opportunities.
ACCOMMODATION and FINANCES:
The food and accommodation of the participants will be fully covered.
Reimbursement of the travel tickets will be 100% up to the maximum amounts indicated in the rules of the Erasmus+ Programme after the receipt of original documents. Maximum travel reimbursement amounts: 0-99 km = 0 euro, 100-499 km =
180 euro, 500-1999 km = 275 euro, 2000-2999 km = 360 euro. We encourage you to use environmentally friendly transport (bus, train, car sharing) when possible. SCI’s Travel Policy encourages a carbon offset donation if travelling by plane.
Participation fee: NONE
Sending fee: 500 MKD