Deadline: 10 December 2012
Open to: adult volunteers and youth workers from countries participating in the EU Lifelong Learning Programme
Venue: Dominican Monastery Huissen, Netherlands; 18-22 March 2013
Description
The Edos Foundation in the Netherlands is organizing a workshop on recognition of non-formal learning in volunteering in collaboration with the Grundtvig programme, part of the Life Long Learning Programme of the European Union. The aim of the foundation is to stimulate and facilitate the personal and professional development of adults who are working as volunteer in welfare work as well as in other kinds of voluntary work. The staff members of EDOS foundation have a wide experience in international projects, conferences, and workshops.
The seminar will be held on 18 – 22 March 2013 in Huissen, Netherlands. The workshop is funded by the Grundtvig programme, and as such all costs of participation, including travel, board and lodging, will be reimbursed.
As a result of this workshop, the Edos Foundation expects to raise awareness of competences that the participants develop by volunteering, knowledge how to get external recognition for these competences, and proposals on how to transfer the acquired knowledge to the own organisation.
Programme of workshop:
- Day 1: Arrival. Introduction of the programme, introduction and expectations of participants and staff, reflection on own learning process, working with learning diary.
- Day 2: What is recognition? What is non-formal learning? Introduction of terms, background information about European programs and policies, transfer to own learning environment as volunteer
- Day 3: Recognition on personal level: what are my competences, how can I describe the competences, why would I like to have external recognition, how to get external recognition.
- Day 4: Recognition on the level of the organization: what can my organization do to support the recognition of my learning outcomes
- Day 5: Overview of existing tools. Evaluation and dissemination. Departure.
The workshop will take place at the Dominican Monastery in Huissen, Netherlands. Dominican Monastery Huissen is a special, unique place to stay, an idyllic haven in the hustle of everyday life. The authentic monastic atmosphere, the personalized approach, and the traditional hospitality turn the convent into a very pleasant place for meetings and conferences. The convent has 9 well-equipped meeting rooms with a capacity of 12 to 75 people. There is Wifi (free of charge) in the whole building. The accommodation is suitable for participants with special needs. The rooms are simple but spacious and comfortable. Toilets and showers are in the corridor. The accommodation is fully equipped to host participants with special needs.
Eligibility
Adult volunteers of all ages are welcome to apply.
This Seminar is for 20 participants from Austria, Belgium – DE, Belgium – FL, Belgium – FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.
Applicants should be:
- at least 18 years old
- Working as a volunteer in welfare or in other fields
- Able/willing to reflect on his own learning process
- Inhabitant of a country that participates in the LLLP
- Fluent in English (reading, writing, listening, speaking)
- Willing to communicate the workshop outcomes to the volunteering organization he’s involved in
- Willing to contribute to other ways of disseminating the workshop outcomes.
Application
The application deadline is 10 December 2012. Participants will be selected by 24 December 2012.
Download the application form AVAILABLE HERE and send it duly completed and signed to:
Edos Foundation
Rijplaan 23
6681 EG Bemmel
The Netherlands
E-mail: apply@edosfoundation.com
Contact for questions:
Jo Peeters
Email: apply@edosfoundation.com
Phone: 00.31.6.15387104
See the original call for applications HERE for more information.
No Montenegro? Pity… But , i wish you to have a nice workshop..