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CALL FOR TRAINERS For the training course “Joining hands-Getting started!”

06/08/2014

Dear Friends!

“Economic crisis, poverty, youth unemployment, social exclusion, discrimination, human rights’ violations” are words that we hear almost every day. In this discouraging context, YEU invites you to JOIN HANDS, inspire change and refine the existing situation! You are welcome to take part in this training course! Before your decision, let us introduce you to the events.

This call for participants corresponds to 2 events; a training course and a partnership building activity.

There is an option to take part in both training course and partnership building activity. In this case, arrival day is the 2^nd October and departure the 11^th October.
There is also an option to take part only in the partnership building activity. For the partnership building activity the arrival day is 8^th October and departure the 11^th October 2014.

Title: Training course (TC): Joining hands-Getting started! AND Partnership Building Activity (PBA)

Dates: 3-8/10/2014: TC “Joining hands-Getting started!” AND 9-10/10/2014: Partnership Building Activity

If you attend both TC and PBA, arrival day is the 2^nd October 2014 and departure day the 11^th October 2014. If you attend only the PBA, arrival day is the 8^th October and departure the 11^th October 2014

Place: Amarante, Portugal

Who is involved? 24 young people who will attend both the TC and the PBA 10 extra people who will attend only the PBA

Countries: Belgium, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Portugal

Organizer

Youth for Exchange and Understanding (YEU) is an International Non-Governmental Youth Organization established in 1986 and member of the European Youth Forum in Brussels as an INGYO. YEU looks forward to increase tolerance and awareness between different countries, cultures and traditions, and to promote a greater level of comprehension through the development of various youth activities. The main aim of YEU is to promote peace, understanding and co-operation between the young people of the world, in a spirit of respect for human rights. YEU is a non-profit making, interdenominational youth organization independent of all political affiliation, run by young people for young people by means of a democratic structure. Visit our website for more details about YEU: www.yeu-international.org

Context

As a result of the financial crisis encountered in Europe the rate of unemployment increases rapidly. Social complications, exclusion, discrimination and human rights violations, threaten vulnerable groups and youth. In an attempt to face the problem, several measures are undertaken but usually focus on the effects and not the roots of the problem. YEU, traditionally close to youth and their needs, believes that now more than ever is the right moment to act, JOIN HANDS and support youth. The aim of the project is to create a strong partnership which support and reinforce the concept of youth social entrepreneurship as a means of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth as described in the Europe 2020 Strategy. Youth social entrepreneurship is the method of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. It fosters wealth for society as a whole, contributes to community development, supports environmental sustainability and produces social capital.

The long term project idea

The aim of this project is to create a sustainable network of partners who will collaborate in order to spread, support, reinforce and advocate for the concept of youth social entrepreneurship as a means of sustainable development on local and European level. The network of partners will include different stake holders, youth NGOs, local authorities and social enterprises which will work as the initiators and multipliers of social entrepreneurship among the youth they work with.

The specific objectives of the project are:

To explore current situation regarding financial crisis, youth unemployment and social complications and track relevant problems/deficiencies/shortages
To search the legal framework of youth social entrepreneurship in partner countries
To explore the concept of sustainable development and its dimensions (economic, environmental, social - which are in line with the Europe 2020 priorities for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth)
To create a strong and sustainable network of partners and associated partners
To train youth on social entrepreneurship concept and principles
To raise awareness about the need for a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth to the wider public
To promote and advocate about youth social entrepreneurship on local and European level
To increase the knowledge, skills and capacities of the partners to continue supporting youth entrepreneurs even after the project is over.

The idea of the training course “Joining hands-Getting started!”

This training course is following a local initiative which was undertaken by the partner organizations. The initiative had the title “Identifying local needs, searching legal framework and building a local support network” and it took place in all partner countries. During this activity, partner organizations were responsible to identify the needs of youth and the local society. They spread an online questionnaire which aimed to track the needs of young people nowadays. They also searched the legal framework of setting up a social enterprise in their country.

The results of this local initiative will be used during our training course. Through non-formal education participants will get in touch with the basic of 3 pillars of sustainable development and the concept of social entrepreneurship.

The objectives of the training course are

To explore current situation regarding financial crisis, youth unemployment and social complications and track relevant problems/deficiencies/shortages
To explore the concept of sustainable development and its dimensions (economic, environmental, social - which are in line with the Europe 2020 priorities for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth)
To train youth on social entrepreneurship concept and principles
To share the legal framework of youth social entrepreneurship in partner countries

The idea of the Partnership Building Activity

The partnership Building Activity will aim tobuild a network among the partners, structure the on line platform of the project and develop local actions in partner countries to raise awareness about social entrepreneurship

Methodology

The meeting will be based on non-formal education methods, encouraging active participation of young people involved. Some of the methods used will be the following:

Ice-breakers, energisers.
Inputs from experts
Intercultural and experiential learning
Variety of visuals for thematic input
Brainstorming and discussions both in working groups and in plenary.

Working language

The working language of the training course will be English.

Finances

Youth for Exchange and Understanding will cover 100% of travel costs (cheapest way) from the resident country. The food and lodging cost will be covered by YEU, AMC Amarante and MOJU. 100% of the visa costs will be reimbursed. Trainers are obliged to have receipts of the tickets, boarding passes and invoices of the credit card that was used for buying the tickets for online payments. All Trainers will be reimbursed after the event by bank transfer.

Accommodation

We will be hosted by the Youth Hostel “Casa da Juventude de Amarante” (http://www.cj-amarante.org/) which is located in Amarante, Portugal. The Youth Hostel is managed since 2009 by Adventure MarãoClub (AMC). The people there are famous for their hospitality and their delicious vegetarian food! (Yes, we will be having tasty vegetarian food everyday :) )

Profile of the Trainers

(Priority will be given to those that most closely meet this criteria and to members of the YEU PET):

Have knowledge on topics covered by the training;
Have a previous experience on the topics covered by this training;
Are willing to collaborate and work for the benefit of the project;
Are proficient users of English language;
Members of YEU PET will have a priority.

YEU is looking for 2 senior and 1 junior trainers.

Fees

Senior trainers will be paid 150 EUR gross per day (8 working days) and junior trainers will receive 30 EUR gross per day.

Responsibilities of the Trainers

To have regular online meetings with other trainers and the project coordinator in order to plan the Training;
To develop the latest version of the daily programme latest 2 weeks before the Training;
To develop the relevant session outlines latest 2 weeks before the Training;
To be present at the Training and implement their tasks in a collective way;
To have a daily evaluation with the project coordinator during the Training;
To prepare a final report which needs to be submitted to the project coordinator latest 3 weeks after the Training;
Senior trainers need to provide support to junior trainer and work on them on development of their skills during the preparation and in the training providing them with relevant learning experience.

How to apply?

In order to apply, you just need to fill out the online application form in the link bellow. You can copy the link and paste it in a new window in your browser. Last day to fill in the application form is 25th of August, midnight CET.

http://intranet.yeu-international.org

For any questions or clarification, please contact the Project Coordinator, Eleni Michail at eleni.michail@yeu-international.org

All the best,

Youth for Exchange and Understanding

With the support of the Youth in Action Programme of the European Union