European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA – online training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions in the European Solidarity Corps

Objectives and benefits of the training course :

• Foster understanding, awareness and commitment to core quality criteria of the European Solidarity Corps
• Build up competences on how to design and implement European Solidarity Corps projects with a view to quality
• Ensure clarity and support on how the programme works formally: opportunities, guidelines, structures, priorities, rules, and procedures
• Give space to participants and their organisations to express burning issues and needs and offer support where possible
• Foster a supportive community of organisations involved in the European Solidarity Corps
• Awaken the learner within

Methodology

You are invited to take part in an online training, during which not only you, but your entire organization may benefit. The training consists of individual and group work and encourages the involvement of other members of your organization. Training tasks will extend over three weeks, featuring both asynchronous activities on the Moodle platform - HOP, and synchronous real-time online meetings on the ZOOM platform. There will be 6 mandatory sessions for participants, with 2 of these sessions also allowing for the optional participation of additional members from your organization.

We are looking for participants (together with other members of their organisations) who:

• are involved in the Volunteering Actions in European Solidarity Corps Programme
• are connected to organisations/institutions holding a Quality Label for Volunteering
• have a crucial role in and commitment to
• providing conditions for high quality activities 
• ensuring a positive impact of Volunteering Activities within their community
• creating learning opportunities within the organisation and for volunteers 
• the other members of participants organisation are motivated to increase the quality of the projects
• are able to communicate in English

Maximum amount of participants: 34

Team

The concept of the TOSCA is based on the experience of the network of National Agencies and established by a pool of trainers with the support of Resource Centres. 

The activity will be facilitated by two experienced trainers members of the TOSCA pool.

The activity takes place:

Synchronous activities

• Wednesday September 11 at 13:00 - 16:30 CET
• Thursday September 12 at 13:00 - 16:30 CET
• Friday September 13 at 10:00 - 13:30 CET
• Monday September 16 at 10:00 - 13:30 CET
• Tuesday September 17 at 10:00 - 13:30 CET
• Wednesday September 18 at 10:00 - 13:30 CET

Asynchronous activities

On HOP Learning Platform from Wednesday, September 02 to Friday September 20.