Deadline: 15 December 2013
Open to: youth workers and leaders who are directly working with young people from geographically disadvantaged areas in EU member states, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Iceland, Albania, Ukraine, Armenia, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia and former Yugoslav countries
Venue: 28 February-9 March 2014 in Bordany, Hungary
Description
The overall aim of the training course is to train youth workers, youth leaders who directly working with rural youth (living in villages, settlements, islands, etc.) on supporting active participation of young people in the life of local community. To motivate and involve them to explore the values, traditions and heritage of their communities and based on these cultural aspects to give answers for the needs of the local communities. To support development of local communities through local and international youth projects as Key Action 1 with contains youth exchanges, EVS and youth worker mobility, both for Programme Countries and Neighboring Countries according to the new programme Erasmus Plus.
The learning objectives of the training course are:
- To be able to ensure ways of active participation of young people in the local communities;
- To raise awareness of cultural protection in rural areas, to be capable to explore traditions, values, heritage in rural areas and to find the ways to rethink them and rebuild into the nowadays life;
- To foster understanding of needs of local communities concerning rural development;
- To get acquainted with project management of Key Action 1 with contains youth exchanges, EVS and youth worker mobility, both for Programme Countries and Neighbouring Countries according to the new programme Erasmus Plus as a tool for rural development;
- To find partners for future projects according to the proposals of Erasmus Plus programme.
The training course will be based on non-formal education and it will consists of non-formal, formal and informal learning aspects. Experienced trainers’ team will provide active and participatory methods. Participants will be responsible for own learning process. Nevertheless, several creative methods will be provided for them in order to assess their learning process and learning outcomes.
Participants have to be prepared before coming to this training. They will do research in their local communities to explore and collect cultural heritage e.g. folk songs, recipes, dance, handicraft, clothes, etc. they think it is important and useful for their communities. During the training course, they will present them, to share it with others and collectively create a strategic plan how these traditions can be useful in rural development. During the training course participants will get familiar with project management of Key Action 1 of Erasmus Plus programme and prepare projects based on their cultural heritage in order to develop their local communities through these projects.
Eligibility
People who meet the following requirements can participate in the training course:
- Youth workers, youth leaders who are directly working with young people from geographically disadvantages areas e.g. villages, settlements, farms, islands, etc.
- Youth workers, youth leaders who are willing to cooperate in international youth projects after the training course;
- Ready to take part in the whole training course;
- Have organizational support for further activities;
- Be able to communicate English language;
- Be national from one of the eligible countries: EU member states, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Iceland, Albania, Ukraine, Armenia, Russia, Moldova, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Georgia and former Yugoslav countries.
Cost
The food and accommodation will be provided and paid by the organizers. 70 percent of travel costs will be reimbursed either by bank transfer after the course or at the end of the course in cash (in Euro). It may be that money from European Commission will be late; in that case, as mentioned, you will get your reimbursement after the course by bank transfer (be ready for that). There is 20 EUR participation fee.
Application
If you are interested in taking part of this project, please download HERE the application document. After you have filled them out, send them to youthoffice@bordanynet.hu.
The deadline for application is 15 December 2013.
Direct any questions to Máté Reguli at youthoffice@bordanynet.hu or by phone at 003662588131.
For further information please see the official call for applications HERE.
