Training Course: Learn to Empower 05/06/2015

Training Course

8-15 July 2015 | Toros, Armenia

A 7-days international training course aimed at empowering mentors in European Voluntary Service to provide adequate learning support to the EVS volunteers, therefore to raise volunteers’ capacity for future employment.

European Voluntary Service is an enormous opportunity for young people regardless of their religion, race, culture, convictions, economic situation, and political affiliation to learn, to live in a new culture, to gain a unique experience and have a positive impact on community through their activities. Throughout the whole process of a service a mentor has an important role to empower volunteers in applying their skills and knowledge to real life, in providing learning support and guidance to acknowledge the development of competences for enriching job-related skills and being prepared for the job market. This project is designed to enhance knowledge, transfer instrumental tools and methods to EVS Mentors to work productively with EVS Volunteers in terms of raising their competitiveness in labor market.

Aim: To improve the quality of EVS projects through building capacities of EVS Hosting organizations and equipping EVS Mentors with vital methods to support and guide the volunteers towards the development of competences for future employment.

Objectives:

- To introduce to the participants a wide variety of means and instruments for supporting volunteers growth and development process;

- To explore tools and methods which help to transfer competences (knowledge-HEAD, skills-HAND, attitude-HEART) gained in the EVS project to further life and enhance employability of ex-EVS volunteers;

- To present different tools to reflect on key competences of Youthpass as a recognition of non-formal learning and Europass as an introduction of academic, training and professional accomplishments;

- To build partnership network and peer learning support for further work on the local and international levels.

The anticipated impact of the Training is to ensure higher employability of ex-EVS volunteers due to support and learning acquired in the course of EVS.

Application deadline: 5 June 2015

Date of selection: 8 June 2015

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Training Course: Social entrepreneurship as tool for social inclusion! 05/09/2015

Training Course

14-22 August 2015 | Zagreb, Croatia

Social entrepreneurship as tool for social inclusion is 9 days training course directed towards youth workers actively working in different kinds of organization with aim of improvement their competences in social entrepreneurship field.

Training Course will be organized by NGO "VoVo" from Zagreb, it will held in Mirkovec, 40 minutes away from the city center of Zagreb, Croatia. It will gather 30 participants from 10 countries all over the Europe.

The main goal is to indicate importance of fighting against social exclusion by showing participants how to develop and successfully lead social enterprise. Gained knowledge they could use as youth workers in their organization to improve quality aspect of their enrollment in organization. We believe that with this 8 day long training course participants will upgrade their knowledge in field of managing finances, time management, organization skills, leadership skills, communication skills and much more.

Method used on TC will be non-formal education and we'll achieve this true simulations games, role playing, power point presentations, interactive games, icebreakers, energizers, team building

activities, debates and a "study" visit to Croatian very successful social enterprise.

As a result of the project youth works will develop new skills as a social entrepreneurs and better understanding of social problems. They will deepen the sense of entrepreneurship and responsibility

of their work among their target groups. Due to improvement and professionalize of their work they

will be more attractive and more influential in their community, thus they will bring more attention to concerning social issues and engage more people in their work. The results of the project will be shared on social media platforms and websites. The entire outcome will serve as a basis for future cooperation among participants who will find potential future partners working in the same field of interest.

Application deadline: 1 July 2015

Date of selection: 20 July 2015

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Training Course: TOOL FAIR X – Cross the line 05/09/2015

Seminar / Conference

8-12 December 2015 | Budapest, Hungary

The Tool Fair X will be a special event in 2015. The activity continues with the “laboratory” and “market” concept to experience tools for learning and the activity will be full of surprises for those who are ready to CROSS THE LINE.

We are happy to announce that the Tool Fair X will take place in Hungary, Budapest. The 10th edition of the Tool Fair continues with a concept which is well-known in the youth field, offering an exciting combination of “laboratory” and “market” to experience tools for learning.

For those who are ready to cross the line experiment, stretch the brain from left to right side, challenge the mindsets about learning can be expected.

Participating in the Tool Fair X will offer chances to shape educational and experiential pathways, to run a workshop to share tools for learning with colleagues from the international level as well as to participate in workshops by others. However, beyond merely experiencing a wide variety of tools for learning, the Tool Fair aims to provide a space to reflect on tools, give and receive feedback and pave the way for their transferability and further development.

This way, the Tool Fair X aims to contribute not only to the learning outcomes of each individual participant but also to the quality of tools for learning and learning process at European level, complementing the SALTO-YOUTH Toolbox for Training and Youth Work (http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox) and various publications on educational tools, in coherence with the European Training Strategy.

The event is aiming to provide more space for different sectors (youth, formal and non-formal educational and business) in the programme by creating a learning environment which is beneficial for each sector’s representatives.

The Aims of Tool Fair X are:

• to develop the quality and variety of Tools for Learning in the European Youth Field,

• To contribute to the educational and experiential pathway of each participant, particularly in relation to the competences of creating and using such tools

• To contribute to the future direction of the Tools for Learning strategy, including the future of Tool Fairs

• To celebrate the successes of ten years of Tool Fair activity

We will do this by:

• Providing a safe, inspiring and challenging environment in which to learn

• Providing opportunities to share, discuss and experiment with Tools for Learning

• Offering a variety of workshops and learning methodologies

• Introducing approaches from others sectors in order to assess and adapt them for the youth work sector

• Supporting leaders and presenters in a pro-active and challenging way

• Connecting the programme with the cultures of the host country

Expected profile of participants:

We welcome participants who have created an educational tool and/or are willing to share and further develop their tools during the Tool Fair X.

We invite people from different sectors such as public and private, to discuss about the transferability of tools into different sectors.

Tool Fair X is particularly directed at:

• Youth workers

• Trainers, facilitators, coaches

• Youth policy makers

• People working directly with youth

• Youth leaders, leaders of youth groups or representatives of youth organisations (local, regional, national, European, international…)

• Representatives of formal education working with youth

• Youth project managers

• Business sector representatives working with youth

• NA representatives

Criteria

• Able to communicate in English

• Devoted to participate in the full process of the activity

• Have visions and plans how to use what they learned in their work

• Have the potential to develop their competencies in relation to the objectives of the activity

We would like to say special thanks to the co-organizers:

• SALTO EUROMED; 

o Italian National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme;

o Polish National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme; 

o Maltese National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme; 

o German National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme;

o Greek National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme; 

o French National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme; 

o Romanian National Agency of Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme. 

Application deadline: 5 September 2015

Date of selection: 21 September 2015

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Training Course: Graphic facilitation for better communication 02/06/2015

Training Course

23-27 September 2015 | Romania

SOHO aims at enhancing quality of EVS projects through development of essential competences of support persons. It also provides up-to-date information to its participants on the opportunities given by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.

The SOHO training course is designed for those who are directly involved in the support system around the EVS volunteer (e.g. mentors and task-related support persons) on the hosting, sending and coordinating side. The support people play a crucial role in providing conditions for a quality voluntary service and creating opportunities for volunteer’s learning in EVS.

The overall aim of the SOHO training course 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 the volunteer in the EVS projects developed within the frame of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.

The specific objectives of the SOHO 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 competent implementation of Youthpass

• To provide up-to-date information about the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.

In addition to this, SOHO training is an excellent opportunity for EVS support persons to exchange their experiences, share good practices and for informal partnership building. All previous SOHO participants are most welcome to join the SOHO community at https://www.facebook.com/soho.trainers thus continuing networking after the course.

The network of National Agencies for Erasmus+: Youth in Action organises a series of SOHOs each year. You'll find an overview on all the upcoming SOHOs at http://www.salto-youth.net/SOHO/.

Application deadline: 2 June 2015

Date of selection: 5 June 2015

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Training Course: SOHO - European Training Course for EVS Support People 31/05/2015

Training Course

23-27 September 2015 | Romania

SOHO aims at enhancing quality of EVS projects through development of essential competences of support persons. It also provides up-to-date information to its participants on the opportunities given by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.

The SOHO training course is designed for those who are directly involved in the support system around the EVS volunteer (e.g. mentors and task-related support persons) on the hosting, sending and coordinating side. The support people play a crucial role in providing conditions for a quality voluntary service and creating opportunities for volunteer’s learning in EVS.

The overall aim of the SOHO training course 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 the volunteer in the EVS projects developed within the frame of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.

The specific objectives of the SOHO 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 competent implementation of Youthpass

• To provide up-to-date information about the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.

In addition to this, SOHO training is an excellent opportunity for EVS support persons to exchange their experiences, share good practices and for informal partnership building. All previous SOHO participants are most welcome to join the SOHO community at https://www.facebook.com/soho.trainers thus continuing networking after the course.

The network of National Agencies for Erasmus+: Youth in Action organises a series of SOHOs each year. You'll find an overview on all the upcoming SOHOs at http://www.salto-youth.net/SOHO/.

Application deadline: 31 May 2015

Date of selection: 23 June 2015

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Training Course: Get Storied! (STORYtelling & EDucation) 15/06/2015

Training Course

22-29 August 2015 | Sermugnano, Castiglione in Teverina (VT), Italy

Are you passionate about stories? Are you curious to learn how to use storytelling as a tool to support learning and increase the effectiveness and enjoyment of your work with young people? Then this might really be your call to adventure!

"Get Storied" is a Mobility of Youth Workers activity promoted by the Italian organisation Cooperativa Sociale Muovimente. The course wants to make trainers, facilitators and youth workers aware of the many and various uses of the non formal educational method of Storytelling and show them how it can be used to work with young people, helping them to develop a big number of important abilities and competences in the professional and personal sphere.

Our love for story is universal. And we use story all the time. Every time we understand a new set of data, learn a new skill, change an attitude, or share a part of ourselves with others, we do it through formulating some sort of a story. By using the storytelling process consciously, we can learn how to increase the effectiveness, robustness, and enjoyment of our work with young people and not only!

We'll approach storytelling in many of its ways and forms, with a particular focus on the elements of Hero's Journey model, digital storytelling and gaming, theatre and role-playing and practises of personal storytelling.

The main objectives of this traning course are:

- To discover and understand the employability competences that are developed through storytelling;

- To create an intercultural network of youth workers and organizations that use the method of storytelling in developing employability skills;

- To explore the concept of "transformational storytelling", how to use storytelling as tool for innovation to change and self-development;

Application deadline: 15 June 2015

Date of selection: 25 June 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Training Course: Stay Tuned Online 29/07/2015

Training Course

12-19 September 2015 | Djakovo, Croatia

Training Course about online communication in Youth Work.

Different non-formal education methods will be used throughout the activity, such as: brainstorming, work in group, discussions, debates, simulation, learning-by doing, peer-to-peer process, etc. Project is developed as follow-up of very successful project “Stay Tuned” that was hosted in end of 2014 in Djakovo. STO was created in order to answer this needs of organisations involved, participants that will be involved and other organisations involved in youth work all around the Europe.

Main objectives of the project are:

– to strengthen capacities of involved organisations and other organisations in Europe for communication with young people that are their targer group, including wider number of young people, using less resources (time, human resources, financial, etc)

– to promote use of ICT in youth work and non-formal education trough education of staff of involved organisations and dissemination of project results

– to establish online platform with tools, tips and materials that may be used by involved partners and participants in future, but also bu other youth organisations in Europe

– to enhance international cooperation of involved organisations that already started partnership before and wider partnership trough inclusion of other partners that are involved in this project for the first time

– to create positive buzz and new trend in youth work related to active participation, but also to the topics such as entrepreneurship, inclusion of minorities and EU citizenship that will be topics used during main activity

Project will result with rising capacities of organisations to improve activities and communication with wider target groups using online tools. Innovative online communication tools and approaches will have impact on other youth organisations active in the youth work all across the Europe.

Application deadline: 29 July 2015

Date of selection: 12 Agust 2015

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Training Course: NATURE OF EVS 31/05/2015

Training Course

24-31 July 2015 | Sluňákov, Czech Republic

We invite all EVS actors to a space for refreshment. Come to review your project, get inspiration from others, recharge your motivation in an ecological centre or learn in solitude from nature. Explore the potential, depth and sustainability of your EVS.

FOR WHOM?

Nature of EVS is a training course for 24 youth workers, trainers, project coordinators, mentors and National Agencies staff, who:

- are involved in work with EVS volunteers,

- want to deepen their understanding of the nature of EVS as a life journey and a service,

- are ready to explore and reflect on these topic in an experiential training course, in a community setting and in closer contact with nature,

- are able and ready to work in English,

- feel the call to work on the objectives mentioned below.

OBJECTIVES:

● To understand the complex story of EVS in connection with main aspects of human life, natural cycles and traditional mythology.

● To explore the potential of community life and service as a tool for EVS projects beneficial for all actors involved.

● To create space for networking and sharing about EVS examples and their meanings for different participants.

● To experience personal strengths and shadows as EVS actors, to learn from it and get inspiration for future work.

● To collect useful tools and motivation for developing EVS into a meaningful sustainable experience in participant's realities.

KEY PROGRAMME ELEMENTS:

The EVS cycle as the archetypal Hero’s Journey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth), The Way of Council (http://www.heart-source.com/council/way_of_council.html), community building and experiencing community, learning and challenge, nature as a guide, communication and partnership, storytelling, the role of spirituality and rites in education and EVS, the nature of ‘service’, sustainability on environmental, social, environmental, cultural and economic level, how to use all this back in our communities and work practices.

The training course is based on non-formal education and experiential learning. We will experience different community settings close to the nature and more traditional ways of living, and use these elements as important components of our learning processes. We invite participants with different levels of experience (from EVS veterans to EVS newcomers) and a substantial part of the program will be based on sharing experience and exchange of good practice and inspiration.

Application deadline: 31 May 2015

Date of selection: 10 June 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Training Course: Green Power 02/06/015

Training Course

2-10 July 2015 | Tempio Pausania, Italy

Green Power is a NFEl Training Course which will be held inTempio Pausania (Italy), 02-10 July 2015. Target Group: youth workers, social workers plus a youth member of their organisation willing to act as multipliers in their territory.

"Green Power" is a multi-activity conceived inside the main general framework of european cooperation in the youth field and is focused on the issues of green skills and green jobs as a new solution for employment, Youth Participation and Active Citizenship.

This MVNGO project will take place in Sardinia, Italy and foreseen a second stage with a Youth Exchange which be held again in Tempio Pausania in March 2016.

"Green Power” will involve young people committed on non formal education activities, workshops, meetings with trainers, experts and visits to some best practices of green jobs in Sardinia in order to better picture green economy in its practical applications. 

The mobility project will focus on how to face youth unemployement developing new green job opportunities.

Participants will come from 9 eligible countries: Austria, Romania, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Greece, Croatia and Italy (2).

Learning objectives of the project are: 

1. To promote the so called green skills as a competences for create new job opportunities;

2. To stimulate the creativity and sense of entrepreneurship in the green sector through nfe methodologies;

3. To share best practices, the capacities of developing and implementing international youth projects.

Through non formal education and the trainers support, participants will focus on mutual understanding of their culture and they will reflect on nowadays environmental related challenges, youth unemployment and rural depopulation in each european country and the common issues we share on these topics. 

Those visits are conceived to show participants how green skills and natural resources can be means of development for rural areas in a way that allow us to promote sustainable economic and social growth. 

The concept of sustainable development will be approached also in a way to foster youth active citizenships. 

In order to foster future cooperation, during the project there will be a project management session to promote new transnational actions.

Several methodologies are designed to ensure the principles of non formal education and intercultural learning, as group work and activities, presentations, workshops and personal assignments as well as to provide space to share experience and know-how.

The participants will have an opportunity to share their experience, to debate and discuss, discover the needs of their communities, work on simulations, lead and be leaded by each other, to learn from each other and experience situations through the use of non-formal methods which will be implemented according to the needs of the participants and youth organizations involved.

Application deadline: 2 June 2015

Date of selection: 3 June 2015

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Last languague exchange 28/04/201

Hola a todos!!

Aquí os dejamos la foto de ayer, como cada martes celebramos los intercambios de idiomas en el ON a las 21:30. En el pasado intercambio jugamos a un juego de nombres. Esperamos que lo hayáis pasado muy bien. Nos vemos en el próximo martes!!

Hi everyone!!

Here is the picture from the last event, we'd like to remind you that we meet every Tuesday at the pub: 'On' at 21:30. We played a name game, we hope you had a good time. See you at the next language exchange!!

Training Course: WANDERFUL! 31/05/015

Training Course

17-24 June 2015 | Maria Stock Pilgrim Trail, Czech Republic

Pilgrimage and outdoor guided activities as a tool for personal development, learning and transformation in youth work and training. Personal experience of a pilgrim who leaves all certainties behind and starts a journey out towards unknown landscapes.

FOR WHOM:

youth workers, youth guides and mentors, personal development trainers, who:

- are interested in exploring the potential of pilgrimage and outdoor guided activities as a tool for personal development, learning and transformation,

- do work with young people and have space and wish to use outcomes of the training back home,

- are ready to spend one week walking in Czech landscape, in very basic conditions, in community with 20 people from different countries, 

- are able to work in English.

(The group of ca. 20 people is almost complete, we only look for max 5 more people)

MAIN OBJECTIVE of the training is to explore pilgrimage and outdoor guided activities as a tool for personal development, learning and transformation in youth work. For this we will use the personal experience of a pilgrim who leaves his/her certainties behind and starts his/her journey out towards unknown landscape, finds him/herself in new unusual situations. In the same time he/she has possibilities available for learning from those moments. Further these experiences will be systematically used and analysed as an example for the transfer into participants' realities.

METHODOLOGY:

Group of 20 youth workers from different European countries will pilgrim together through Czech landscape. We will be sleeping outside, cooking for ourselves, sharing different approaches and tools connected with community and nature based youth work. In the beginning there will be more of personal experience and individual reflection. Towards the end the focus will be more on how to use this experience back home in favour of our youngsters and communities.

MAIN ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAMME:

- Exploring our characters, strengths, values, roles as guides, youth workers and trainers.

- Sharing about pilgrimage in different times and cultures.

- Possible use of pilgrimage in education, youth work and training.

- Reflecting and sharing about tools of transformations and pilgrimage as one of them.

- How to adapt pilgrimage to our realities, conditions, target groups, resources, personal styles.

- Discovering our ways of dealing with challenges, understanding the potential of difficulties.

- How to prepare a pilgrimage, what to expect, what to have in mind for the logistics.

- Collecting the outcomes.

Application deadline: 31 May 2015

Date of selection: 2 June 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Training Course: Training Course on Use of Cultural Heritage in Youth Work 04/05/015

Training Course

18 July - 11 August 2015 | Amsterdam , Netherlands

We would like to invite you to join a unique training course for youth leaders and youth workers on the ways to use cultural heritage in youth work.

A unique training course on learning the methods of use of cultural heritage in youth work and intercultural development.

The course is structured in the following way - from MON to FRI participants will have trainings from 9 am to 12 where trainers will discuss the issues of use of cultural heritage in youth work and intercultural development. In the afternoon participants will visit museums investigating cultural heritage in order to discuss it during next trainings.

Also significant attention will be given to issues of intercultural development. Participants will be given a number of trainings on intercultural learning delivered by experienced trainers.

The aims of the course:

Develop intercultural skills of participants

Give the knowledge and skills on use of cultural heritage in youth work

Develop together possible projects on the use of cultural heritage in international youth work

The unique methodology allowing to use cultural heritage in youth work will be applied.

Application deadline: 4 June 2015

Date of selection: 18 June 2015

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Training Course: The Spirit of EVS: Communication and learning within the European Voluntary Service 12/06/015

Training Course

17-23 September 2015 | Laugarvatn , Iceland

EVS is about gaining and growing from a shared experience that is beneficial for all actors (HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) and recognise the learning journey that it involves. Join us on a journey to EVS.

Have you faced any of these challenges within the last years?

• A difficult communication and flow of information between the many different actors involved in EVS (such as: HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) or

• Little awareness of the different needs, roles and responsibilities within EVS

• Little shared understanding of the concept of EVS as a learning programme

We particularly want to focus on these three areas:

Information: Too often there is a lack of information or not fully functioning flow of information between the different actors (e.g. HO <-> mentors, HO <-> SO, HO <-> Volunteers, NA <-> volunteers, etc.…) and we want to make sure that during the course all the actors get the information they need (such as rights and responsibilities, EVS concept and what they mean in practice etc.)

Communication: To have all the information one needs is often not enough to have an enriching EVS experience for all the actors involved. The quality of the relationships between the actors is crucial and communication an important element. We want to strengthen participants’ communication skills by offering concrete tools and methods to help them be able to communicate well and efficiently, covering the aspects described above.

Spirit of EVS: When talking to organisations and volunteers we often hear: ”EVS is more than a programme” and we want to emphasise this aspect. It is about gaining and growing from a shared experience that is beneficial for all actors (HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) and recognise the learning journey that it involves.

Aims

• Provide information and knowledge on the concept of EVS including rights and responsibilities, learning in EVS, intercultural learning, involvement of the local community.

• Create understanding for the different needs and realities of all the actors involved in EVS.

• Support the communication and problem solving between the different actors through methods such as NVC (Non-violent communication), the Way of Council and Mediation.

• Raise awareness and deepen the understanding of the spirit of EVS (EVS as a learning programme for all the actors involved)

• Support the transfer of what is learned within the course to the reality of participants back home

Approach and methods

In order to really understand EVS as a whole we want to have all the different actors (at least the following: HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) and their perspectives present. This means we want to work together with the Sending National Agencies to select different roles for the available places, if possible. 

What is important here, however, is deepening the understanding of the spirit of EVS and what this means for all the actors involved. Only then can EVS become an experience that involves learning and benefit for everyone.

Application deadline: 12 June 2015

Date of selection: 29 June 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Mind and Surf

www.mindandsurf.com (also in English)

Synergy colabora en la difusión de Mind and Surf, un proyecto un proyecto internacional pensado para ofrecerte la oportunidad de entrar en contacto con prácticas como el yoga, surf y meditación que te mostrarán una filosofía de vida diferente.

Virginia y Meg trabajaron en el campo de gestión de conflictos y educación para la paz. Se conocieron en Hungría en 2012, pero no fue hasta 2014 cuando descubrieron su pasión común por el surf, yoga y una vida sostenible.

Inesperadamente, el pasado otoño se encontraron en una pequeña aventura en la que viajamos para surfear en Algeciras y Tarifa. Entonces alrededor de una taza de té, compartieron sus ideas sobre las dificultades de nuestro trabajo en resolución de conflictos y paz y lo aislado que te puedes llegar a sentir. Así que pensaron en crear un proyecto que sirva como encuentro de personas con la misma filosofía a la vez que un espacio de descubrimiento personal.

Entonces pensaron: 

Qué bonito sería crear un proyecto juntas en el que podemos combinar nuestras pasiones: surf, yoga y meditación, con los principios de no violencia y sustentabilidad que nos gustaría integrar en nuestra vida diaria.

Ese momento en Tarifa les hizo decidir e ir a por ello.

Además, será un lugar de encuentro para personas de distintas nactionalidades, una oportunidad inmejorable para aprender sobre otras culturas y formas de ver el mundo. Tanto Meg como Virginia tienen inglés y español como idioma de trabajo.

Aprovecha esta oportunidad también para practicar tu inglés y conocer gente de otras culturas!

Mind and Surf tendrá lugar en una eco-aldea en Bolonia (Tarifa) situada en plena naturaleza. Además estamos situados entre algunos de los mejores spots de surf de España. ¡Ven y descúbrelo!

El alojamiento será en una pequeña eco-aldea que ha sido especialmente diseñada para crear el mínimo impacto medioambiental. Se dormirá en yurtas traidas desde mongolia, tipies indios y bungalows totalmente integrados en la naturaleza y ¡sin electricidad! Lo que además de tener un menor impacto ambiental ayudará a desconectar de la tecnología y el estrés diario.

¡toda una experiencia y para algunos incluso un reto!

Training Course: ECO-OIKOS: Sustainable Options12/06/015

Training Course

13-23 July 2015 | Bitonto/Molfetta, Italy

This Training Course aims to enhance youth worker's competences to empower young people to take active participation in the change towards a more sustainable society.

"Eco-Oikos: Sustainable Options" is a 10 days Training Course, where 27 youth workers, from 9 countries, will have the opportunity to explore the idea of sustainable development.

Based on the values of Democracy, Participation, Active citizenship, Ethics and Empowerment, this initiative offers a new approach to these issues, through the direct involvement of participants: in fact they are the protagonists of the entire design process, creating opportunities to meet and debate, aiming a sustainable development and focused on good practices.

The sessions will be non-formal and experiential, with space for feedback and evaluation, with a session for reflection each day.

The path of the project will be an opportunity to make choices and make decisions. The attention of young people for so urgent problems can make it turn it into a mission not only at the national and international level but worldwide. The possibility that each youngster has to give strength and contribution to the improvement of a situation that currently appears stagnant, making active participants and protagonists of the present and future generations it's an important role.

The primary aim of this course is to enhance youth worker's competences to empower young people to take active participation in the change towards a more sustainable society. We hope to contribute to build a SUSTAINABLE LIVING between citizens and the environment and a future in which ECOLOGY is no longer an emergency but a way of life and where ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION no longer a series of concepts to be transmitted but the concrete daily practices.

Apply if you are:

- Curious to explore the idea of sustainable development;

- Motivated to learn new tools, methods and ideas to be used as a way to achieve a sustainable healthy lifestyle;

- Ready to actively participate in the whole training and to contribute;

- Able to work and communicate in English;

- Able to use the acquired skills in future activities.

Application deadline: 21 May 2015

Date of selection: 28 May 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Training Course: iLOOP - including Learning Outcomes in Our Projects. 04/06/015

Training Course

18 July - 11 August 2015 | Amsterdam , Netherlands

We would like to invite you to join a unique training course for youth leaders and youth workers on the ways to use cultural heritage in youth work.

A unique training course on learning the methods of use of cultural heritage in youth work and intercultural development.

The course is structured in the following way - from MON to FRI participants will have trainings from 9 am to 12 where trainers will discuss the issues of use of cultural heritage in youth work and intercultural development. In the afternoon participants will visit museums investigating cultural heritage in order to discuss it during next trainings.

Also significant attention will be given to issues of intercultural development. Participants will be given a number of trainings on intercultural learning delivered by experienced trainers.

The aims of the course:

Develop intercultural skills of participants

Give the knowledge and skills on use of cultural heritage in youth work

Develop together possible projects on the use of cultural heritage in international youth work

The unique methodology allowing to use cultural heritage in youth work will be applied.

Application deadline: 4 June 2015

Date of selection: 18 June 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Training Course: The Spirit of EVS: Communication and learning within the European Voluntary Service 12/07/015

Training Course

17-23 September 2015 | Laugarvatn , Iceland

EVS is about gaining and growing from a shared experience that is beneficial for all actors (HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) and recognise the learning journey that it involves. Join us on a journey to EVS.

Have you faced any of these challenges within the last years?

• A difficult communication and flow of information between the many different actors involved in EVS (such as: HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) or

• Little awareness of the different needs, roles and responsibilities within EVS

• Little shared understanding of the concept of EVS as a learning programme

We particularly want to focus on these three areas:

Information: Too often there is a lack of information or not fully functioning flow of information between the different actors (e.g. HO <-> mentors, HO <-> SO, HO <-> Volunteers, NA <-> volunteers, etc.…) and we want to make sure that during the course all the actors get the information they need (such as rights and responsibilities, EVS concept and what they mean in practice etc.)

Communication: To have all the information one needs is often not enough to have an enriching EVS experience for all the actors involved. The quality of the relationships between the actors is crucial and communication an important element. We want to strengthen participants’ communication skills by offering concrete tools and methods to help them be able to communicate well and efficiently, covering the aspects described above.

Spirit of EVS: When talking to organisations and volunteers we often hear: ”EVS is more than a programme” and we want to emphasise this aspect. It is about gaining and growing from a shared experience that is beneficial for all actors (HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) and recognise the learning journey that it involves.

Aims

• Provide information and knowledge on the concept of EVS including rights and responsibilities, learning in EVS, intercultural learning, involvement of the local community.

• Create understanding for the different needs and realities of all the actors involved in EVS.

• Support the communication and problem solving between the different actors through methods such as NVC (Non-violent communication), the Way of Council and Mediation.

• Raise awareness and deepen the understanding of the spirit of EVS (EVS as a learning programme for all the actors involved)

• Support the transfer of what is learned within the course to the reality of participants back home

Approach and methods

In order to really understand EVS as a whole we want to have all the different actors (at least the following: HOs, SOs, COs, mentors, volunteers, NAs, accreditors, trainers) and their perspectives present. This means we want to work together with the Sending National Agencies to select different roles for the available places, if possible. 

What is important here, however, is deepening the understanding of the spirit of EVS and what this means for all the actors involved. Only then can EVS become an experience that involves learning and benefit for everyone.

Application deadline: 12 June 2015

Date of selection: 29 June 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.

Training Course: iECO-OIKOS: Sustainable Options 21/05/015

Training Course

13-23 July 2015 | Bitonto/Molfetta, Italy

This Training Course aims to enhance youth worker's competences to empower young people to take active participation in the change towards a more sustainable society.

"Eco-Oikos: Sustainable Options" is a 10 days Training Course, where 27 youth workers, from 9 countries, will have the opportunity to explore the idea of sustainable development.

Based on the values of Democracy, Participation, Active citizenship, Ethics and Empowerment, this initiative offers a new approach to these issues, through the direct involvement of participants: in fact they are the protagonists of the entire design process, creating opportunities to meet and debate, aiming a sustainable development and focused on good practices.

The sessions will be non-formal and experiential, with space for feedback and evaluation, with a session for reflection each day.

The path of the project will be an opportunity to make choices and make decisions. The attention of young people for so urgent problems can make it turn it into a mission not only at the national and international level but worldwide. The possibility that each youngster has to give strength and contribution to the improvement of a situation that currently appears stagnant, making active participants and protagonists of the present and future generations it's an important role.

The primary aim of this course is to enhance youth worker's competences to empower young people to take active participation in the change towards a more sustainable society. We hope to contribute to build a SUSTAINABLE LIVING between citizens and the environment and a future in which ECOLOGY is no longer an emergency but a way of life and where ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION no longer a series of concepts to be transmitted but the concrete daily practices.

Apply if you are:

- Curious to explore the idea of sustainable development;

- Motivated to learn new tools, methods and ideas to be used as a way to achieve a sustainable healthy lifestyle;

- Ready to actively participate in the whole training and to contribute;

- Able to work and communicate in English;

- Able to use the acquired skills in future activities.

Application deadline: 21 May 2015

Date of selection: 28 May 2015

More info: Salto Youth. We will help you to translate and do your application. If you have any doubt, please leave your comment below or contact our coordinators.