Young Professional Development Program

Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Training for Youth Organisations (Spring)
E-learning

16 February - 28 March 2020 | Online / Virtual, Belgium - FR

This training programme provides an introduction to Transnational Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Projects through a learning-by-doing approach.
This training programme provides participants with an introduction to Transnational Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Projects through a learning-by-doing approach.

Programme Length: 6 weeks

Number of Participants: max. 100

Age: 18 and over

Target Audience: Youth workers and non formal educators.

Over 6 weeks participants engage in some of the activities that characterise this type of project such as asynchronous discussions and synchronous facilitated video sessions while learning about what it takes to implement a successful project. The training requires no previous experience with Virtual Exchange.

Who is this for?

The Training for Youth Organisations is a project based learning course where youth workers from different countries and organisations collaborate to develop, draft and implement Transnational Exchange Projects (TEPs).

No previous experience is required, although trainees must be supported by a youth organisation, as an integral part of the course is creating a Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange project and implementing it.

The aim of this trianing is to introduce youth workers to Virtual Exchange through project based and experiential learning.

Youth workers will also understand the requirements to successfully implement Virtual Exchange in their projects and will gain experience in the following: designing and implementing youth activities for intercultural learning, digital literacy, including communicating and collaborating online. Moreover, partipants will take part in an Online Facilitated Dialogue session (OFD), thefore will learn, first hand about the benefits of including OFD sessions in your projects.

TEPs are intended to foster meaningful intercultural experiences, the development of transversal skills, better understanding of a specific theme such as cyberbullying, volunteering, youth and sports, etc. as well as the development of specific skills such as communicating in a foreign language. They can be stand-alone projects, or even integrated into youth exchanges, volunteering projects, and as activities in KA2 & KA3 projects.

What topics are covered?

What is Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange;
Digital Literacies
Online Presence
Challenges in VE
Tools for online activities
Learning Goals
Designing for Intercultural Learning
Task Design
Facilitated Synchronous Discussions
Assessment
Open Badges
What are the benefits for participants?

Understanding of what VE is and what is required to successfully implement VE.
Erasmus+ Virtual Exchange Badge and Youth Pass upon completion
Technical support for Facilitated Synchronous Discussions
Moodle Platform which can be used for your TEP
Mentoring from Virtual Exchange experts during implementation.
Recognition of Virtual Exchange project with Erasmus+ Virtual Badge awarded to youth workers and non formal educators upon completion of training and successful implementation, and an Erasmus+ Virtual Badge for youth participants on completion of your Transnational Exchange Project (TEP).
This course is for 6 weeks and includes a blend of 3 synchronous facilitated dialogue sessions (4.5 hours) and weekly asynchronous activities on Moodle platform (5.5 hours), so 10 hours spread over the 6 weeks. The course has been designed this way to meet the needs of youth workers for flexibility.

After enrolling, you will receive options of synchronous facilitated dialogue sessions to choose from and the asynchronous work is managed at your own pace each week.

By the end of the course, you will have acquired the skills and knowlñedgde necessary to begin planning your own virtual exchange project.

Youth initiative support
Training Course

4-12 November 2019 | Nasutow, Poland

Project "Youth Initiative Support "is a training course for youth workers who would like to learn how to effectively support young people in implementing their own initiatives and use this topic as tool for social inclusion and involving you in society.
Project "Youth Initiative Support "is a training course for youth workers who would like to learn how to effectively support young people in implementing their own initiatives and use this topic as an important tool for social inclusion and involving young people in the society.

The training will take place in Nasutów near Lublin on 4-12 November 2019 and will gather 16 people from the following 8 countries: Poland, Algeria, Morocco, Spain, Ukraine, Russia, Greece and Romania, working in organizations dealing with young people, including people with fewer opportunities and at risk of social exclusion.

The main objective of the project is to support people working with youth in their professional and personal development: equipping them with the knowledge and tools necessary to work, among others, in the field of supporting youth initiatives and social inclusion, coaching, thanks to which cooperation between the organization and young people - participants and recipients of activities will run professionally.

The training program assumes two modules, thanks to which the participants will acquire multidimensional competences, supporting them in the field of youth work in the area supported by the training:

1. Tools and practical aspects of youth initiatives support

2. Elements of coaching - devoted to the elements of coaching and individual development work together with psychological support - a support module focused on learning about the behavior of young people, their understanding and coping with difficult situations at work.

This training will have a positive impact on the participants' professional competences, by equipping them with competence and knowledge in the field of supporting youth initiatives and consulting competences in working with young people. The participants themselves will receive support from the coach, trainers and the group participating in the training, which will give them self-confidence, confidence in their own abilities. In addition, they will feel more competent to support young people and their organizations.

Participants will learn and test many methods during the training, but they will also receive tips on how to broaden their skills in the field of youth work and social inclusion after completing the training in the form of a complete training script - TOOLbox.

EVS4YOUth
Training Course
30 April - 6 May 2018 | Martinique , France

EVS4YOUth is a Training Course is aimed at empowering organisations (especially newcomers) and Youth workers in planning and developing quality European Volunteer Service (E.V.S)