TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for António Gomes
FACE - Facilitation is easy - was a TC for Youth workers on Facilitation in Youth groups. The TC proposes methods and exercises to boost some of the Skills (Learning to learn awareness, Effective Communication, Creativity, Conflict management, Designing a workshop) that a Facilitator should have. AIMS:
• Provide Youth Workers with practical tools of facilitation to use with youth for raising their self efficacy and empowering them in their personal and professional life, especially those with fewer opportunities (NEET, migrants,..)
• Improve youth work quality and enhance the role of youth workers and NGOs as social facilitators;
• Facilitate the participants acquisition of a positive attitude towards social challenges and the use of it as positive tool of transformation in youth work and in their lives;
• Improve international cooperation between organisations and build of trustful long-term cooperation;
• Recognition of the educational value of NFE activities - Creation of outcomes (a daily Blog and a Booklet) to spread in order to contribute to Youth Workers empowerment.
The TC was attended by 23 participants (youth Workers) from 8 countries: Italy, Portugal, Romenia, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Slovenia and Austria.
Team were compost for 3 Trainers (Laris Guerri, Lerio Cunha and me) and 1 Support Person (Barbara Heigl)
We used non-formal tools, Videos, simulation games, Theatre exercises, experiential games, coaching and self-directed learning, taking care to provide a strong experiential impact on participants and organizations.
The participants learned and developed a news skills of facilitation: Learning to learn awareness, Effective Communication, Public Speaking, Creativity, time management and Designing a workshop. We have developed a daily Blog and Booklet with all the activities and workshops.
My role was a trainier in some sessions, especially about Time Management, Intercultural communication and workshop designer.
I worked on this training for 6 days as a full time trainer.