Deadline: 3 February 2013
Open to: Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South East Europe, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe and Caucasus
Venue: 20-24 May 2013, Turkey
The training course is designed for those who are directly involved in the support system around the EVS volunteer (mentors and task-related support persons) on the hosting, sending and coordinating side. The participants from Sending and Hosting organisations should already have some experience in EVS (minimum of being in the process of sending or hosting a volunteer, better having been already sending or receiving the first volunteer).
Objectives
The main objective is to increase the quality of EVS activities through development of competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of key actors involved in the support system around EVS volunteer.
The specific objectives of the course are:
- To get a better understanding of the concept of EVS as “learning service” and related quality aspects in EVS
- To improve the ability for co-operation and working in international partnership
- To reflect on the roles, responsibilities and challenges within the EVS volunteer support system
- To raise awareness of the learning dimension in EVS and provide tools for learning support
- To support the recognition of non formal learning in EVS through the implementation of the Youthpass
Eligibility
This training course is eligible for max 30 participants from Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South East Europe (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo), Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, Eastern Europe and Caucasus ( Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine)
Costs
This project is financed by the Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the National Agencies (NA) or SALTO involved in this project – except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country. Please contact your NA to learn more about the financial details, and how to arrange the booking of your travel tickets and the reimbursement of your travel expenses. If you come from a country other than Programme Countries, please contact the host NA for further information about the financial details. The list of the National agencies can be found here.
Application procedure
Before applying please contact the NA of your residence country to check if it is involved in this concrete project and committed to cover travel costs. NB! Learn about possible participation fee and other relevant rules.
You can apply for this training via SALTO Online Application form, which can be found here. Please fill in the online form correctly before the deadline, which is set to 3 February 2013. Selection date is 22 February 2013.
For more info, please read the guidelines or visit the official training course webpage.
There is no Serbia at list of the National agencies, why? regards
In the post is mentioned: If you come from a country other than Programme Countries, please contact the host NA for further information about the financial details. The contact of the host NA in Turkey is on the original web.
Dear Sir/Madam,
Am OsmAN Said Kamara from Sierra Leone West Africa, I would like to
participate in the forum my reasons of participation are first am the
National Coordinator For Youth Alliance For Positive Change In Sierra
Leone, A community based organization which mainly deals with behavior
change among youths, civic education, our main objective is to empower
youths with leadership skills, entrepreneurship, and also advocate for
reproductive health and also because our country is going to have
another general election I fill their is need for proper civic
education a knowledge I believe I can perfectively get when I attended
the training, and with what had happened in the last general election
(post election violence) youth of our country need to have quality
leaders who can build peace among us, thanks and may I be part of the
change we need
Dear Osman:
Candidates from Africa are not eligible as this program is intended for youth workers from Europe involved with the European Voluntary Service. However, thank you for your interest in Mladiinfo and we hope you will continue using our site to find free education and training events.
Kind regards,
Mladiinfo team
I also can't see the NA for Macedonia, what should we do???
In the post is mentioned: If you come from a country other than Programme Countries, please contact the host NA for further information about the financial details. The contact of the host NA in Turkey is on the original web.
Bosnia??