TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Alicia Carpio Obré
The objectives of this event were:
- To create synergies between public sector, youth card organizations, NGOs, young people and companies to advance sustainability in youth mobility;
- To offer a unique space for members of the PA on Youth Mobility to build stronger partnerships with the European Youth Card organizations in their countries;
- To identify concrete ways to use the EYC as a means to provide young people with green and digital services in smart cities (and beyond).
The participants were:
- a total of 45 participants coming from 17 different partner countries, with diverse profiles of organizations, public institutions, NGOs or youth representatives.
- Profiles: There were participants from regional and national governments, from NGOs, from the private sector, and also from youth card associations and youth activists.
- The countries represented were: Georgia, Albania, Andorra, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Italy, Portugal, Rumania, San Marino, Finland, Slovakia, Turkey, Lithuania, Greece, France, Netherlands and Spain.
This seminar included diverse kind of activities:
- formal presentations from official speakers
- content presentations from a keynote speaker
- workshop spaces for co-creation and proposals
- reflexion spaces
- good practices sharing by members of The EYCA association.
During the workshops dynamic tecniques were promoted in order to involve all participants in the activity, forster the reflexion, sharing and collaborative contribution.
The outcomes of the activity were:
- To learn about the Integral approach of the concept of Sustainability, that was linked to different content, and focused on social, economical and environmental dimensions.
- Team building opportunity: this was definitely an opportunity to work together and define together new strategies and actions, both from EYCA members and other participants from the Partial Agreement.
- Learn from experience: the best valorated content of the seminar was the good practices sessions where participants shared their success stories. Of course learning from experiences is a great example of innovation and those inspiring sessions will also promote the replicability of actions in other contexts.
I contributed to the program agenda, preparing it together within the EYCA coordination team. I also supported in the coordination with the speakers and interventions that were part of the program.
Then I facilitated the event and developed the co-creation workshops as part of the sessions. I finally contributed elaborating the Final report of the seminar, always supported by EYCA coordination team.
I hereby confirm our collaboration as described above. Alicia is a great facilitator, going above and beyond to prepare the methodology on time, ensuring all participants have the space to learn and express themselves and making sure organisers meet the objectives of activity.
EYCA highly recommends working with Alicia Carpio.