TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
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Erasmus+ training course: “Master Erasmus+ YiA” aimed to empower youth workers, (facilitators, coordinators members of NGO’s, etc.) from 8 different countries and equip them with project writing and management skills to take actions and develop initiatives by themselves at local and international level. The TC also had a really important and interesting objectives, which helped to achieve project main goals. Here, we developed set of project objectives:
- To explore the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme with a special focus on quality activities and international cooperation;
- To understand the role of the Erasmus+/YiA Programme within a long term local strategy;
- To develop participant’s competences in planning Non Formal Education and Intercultural Learning processes;
- To empower participants with quality project writing and management skills to take actions and develop initiatives by themselves at local and international level.
- To develop key competences of skilful project writer, managers, coordinators by means of sharing knowledge and best practices, tips and tricks for filling Erasmus+ application.
The Training Course “Master Erasmus+ YiA” brought together representatives of youth organizations, youth workers, young leaders and project managers/coordinators of local and international projects from 8 countries: Poland, Georgia, Armenia, Italy, Turkey, Ukraine, Bulgaria and Lithuania.
The training course were based on the principles of non-formal learning and the main education methods used: getting started with energizers, ice-breakers and energizers, team-building, brainstorming sessions, active discussion, NGO Fair, and experience sharing, work in small groups and interactive presentations of the work results, role-plays, simulation game and etc. Training course took place in Bakuriani/Georgia and most of the activitiea done there. We had a team reflections in different ways after sessions in the evening and final evaluation by the end of the activity program.
The project’s preparation process already had an impact on the promoter organizations and youth workers we work with, as most of us contributed to the application process. This continued further when partner promoters were asked to conduct needs assessment with their young people so as to learn how the project outcomes could go beyond this project. At the same time, the project also influenced the creation of partnership networks for the partners’ future cooperation.
At the participants’ and hence the target group level, project impacted on:
- Developed skills, knowledge and the right attitudes allowing participants to implement high quality project in the future;
- Improved confidence to undertake local/regional/national and international projects;
- Greater awareness developed as to the issues that may arise when managing a project (e.g. Importance of having a dedicated team with well-defined tasks, importance of planning each step before jumping into work, problems/conflicts and resolving them, etc.)
- Valuable partnerships and joint follow up activities developed
- Improved motivation to be an even more active citizen and hence role model for others;
- Greater self-esteem and drive for self-realization though the work carried with young people and the local and /or international level.
Moreover, partner organizations benefited from:
*Having their staff members and coordinators trained
*New ideas and examples of best practices in quality project management brought to the organisations and work at the local level
*Stronger international partnerships developed
*Renewed motivation and inspiration to undertake future projects with and for young people. '
Therefore, through the proposed KA1 mobility, applicant and partner organizations supported those already involved or demonstrated strong desire to engage in the European youth projects to develop key competences to prepare and deliver high quality youth activities in the future.
- After the project, the participants were more familiar with non-formal learning methods, different simulation games, role plays, techniques for an interactive presentation, which empowered project target group to act easily during working in local communities on different project and initiatives;
I worked at this training for 7 days as a full time trainer.
Prepared, Designed and Delivered the Erasmus+ TC program.