Invites you for
partnership
Youth in Action project – sub-action
Training and networking of those active in youth
work and youth organizations
“Hand in Hand” – Career support
for social inclusion
04-12 2012
The main project goal
The project is aimed at developing knowledge and
skills in young leaders or youth workers in the area of
career counseling. Through this project a model for
fostering social inclusion and career development
of young people with fewer opportunities will be
developed.
The project phases
1.
Preparatory activities - 04 – 06. 2012
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Selection of participants – forming groups of 3 to 5 persons from each partner country (one
of them – group leader) with interest or experience in career counseling and social inclusion.
Collecting information and preparing presentation for the practices in career counseling
and vocational guidance for young people with fewer opportunities.
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2.
Summer school “Career support for social inclusion” – 06 or 07. 2012
– 10 days training program in career counseling and social inclusion practices. It will be
held in the Bulgarian mountain-spa resort Velingrad – max. 40 participants
3. Follow-up activities - 08 – 10. 2012
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Public presentations on the importance of career support for the social inclusion of young
people with fewer opportunities - min. 2 per participating country
Career counseling , made by the trained participants in their countries – each participant
has to consult min. 1 youth with fewer opportunities (min 3 counseling sessions)
4. Assessment
– on-line supervisions of the consultants, sending feedback, pictures and information about the
implementation of the follow-up. Individual assessment from supervisors based on the
Euro-Psy Rules.
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Summary: The Summer school is the project core. During the Summer school 40
young leaders and youth workers from different European countries will be
taught and trained in the methods of career counseling and support for social
inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities. As a result, a common
methodology for career counseling will be developed. It will be applied by
the participants after the summer school, during the counseling activities
in their countries.
Duration: 10 days (exc. travelling days) in the end of June 2012 (the exact date will
be discussed with the partners and will be agreed upon).
Methodology Scope: Lectures, Presentations, Workshops, Counseling simulation,
Diagnostic methods, Self-assessment, Supervisions.
There will be common lectures, presentations and workshops for all participants;
but they will work in small groups as well, according to the specific characteristic
of the target group they will counsel (young people with mental health problems,
with disabilities, from rural areas, orphans and etc.). Each group will develop a
model for career support for a particular group of young people with fewer
opportunities.
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Who will lead the training programme?
Lecturers (3 – 5): Leading professors and specialist in areas of vocational psychology,
social psychology, clinical psychology, social education (we are seeking lecturers,
please give us your proposals). It is important they to have knoweledge and experinece
in work with people with fewer opportunities. They will present their knowledge and
experience on a specific topic, but will also supervise and support the work in small
groups. Each lecturer will supervise 1 group.
Facilitators (3 - 5): young trainers (Ph. D. students, students, young psychologists)
experienced in facilitating groups. They have to organize the work in small groups and
facilitate the development of the career support model.
You are welcome to send proposals for Lecturers and Facilitators from your organization!
Please send to us their names, contacts, short summary of their professional experience
and proposals for the topic which they are going to present during the summer school!
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Other specialists:
Career counseling advisers – Specialists (max. 2-3) in Career counseling will develop
the basic methodology which has to be used from the work groups to develop and
practice their models for career support of young people with fewer opportunity. They
will be facilitating and giving advises throughout the whole process of development
and implementation of the career counseling model from all participants in each
partner country. They will be leading evaluation meetings and making evaluation on
the progress of the trained young career consultants.
You are welcome to send proposals for such specialists from your organization!
Please send us their names, contacts and summary of their professional experience and
practice in career counseling.
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Topics of lectures and workshops:
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(Optional – the final list depends on the chosen lecturers)
“”Psycho-social characteristic of young people with fewer opportunities “-lecture
“Social inclusion of youths with fewer opportunities - aspects, good practice
presentation” - lecture
“Development of social and career skills in youths with fewer opportunities” –
workshop
“Psychological counseling of youths with fewer opportunities aimed at facilitation of
long-term career – lecture, seminar
“Career consulting – theories, basics, techniques, tools” – lecture, seminar
„Effective career behavior – theories, factors, indicators”– lecture
„Career diagnostic methods” – lecture + workshop
„Career motivation – motivation for change ” - how to motivate young people to be
active in the process of their career development. – workshop
„Voluntary work of young psychologists as career consultants – possible reality”presentation, discussion
„Development of personal career strategy and career plan”-workshop
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Social programme
Except the serious training program, rich social program
will be provided during the Summer school. Through
this social program we expect to foster intercultural
understanding and give the floor to young people to
present their local characteristics and enjoy a rich and
successful cross-cultural communication 
The social program is a………… Surprise!
Participants have to take their swimming suits, comfortable
shoes and clothes for outdoor activities, some music, food and
drink from their country and plenty of cheerful mood 
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
The venue: Velingrad, Bulgaria
Velingrad is beautiful city situated in the Rhodopi Mountains. It is app. 133 km south of the
capital city Sofia, and 85 km south of Plovdiv – an ancient city and the cultural capital of
Bulgaria. The transportation from the airport to the place of venue will be organized.
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
The venue:
Velingrad is famous for the great number of hot mineral springs. Thanks to the natural resources,
the city is among the first-rank Bulgarian balneological resorts.
In the hot summer days, the chilly mountain winds keep the heat away; combined with the wealth
of SPA opportunities make Velingrad an ideal place for this venue.
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Financial rules:
Participation fee for participants – depends on their number - max. 80 Euro
This fee covers:
For the participants and facilitators:
Accommodation costs – 100% of the accommodation fee and food will be covered
Travel costs – 70% of travel costs to the place of venue (economy class) will be reimbursed.
Visa costs – the visa fees for all participants who need it.
Training programme – all materials, lecturers and supervisors expenses will be covered.
Book with publications – book with publications from the summer school and the results of the
implementation of the model will be published at the end of the project. All participant will
receive free sample of the book.
Social programme: all expenses for social programme, incl. excursion will be covered.
The same expenses will be covered for the lecturers and career counseling advisers, except
of their travel costs, which will be covered 100% (not 70%)
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 06.2012
Who could participate:
Young leaders, young professionals or youth workers interested and motivated to work on the
topic of career counseling for young people with fewer opportunities.
The participants have to be representatives of youth organizations or organizations dealing with
young people.
It is very important the participants to be really interested in the project’s goal and activities and
to be ready to develop the idea for voluntary counseling and career support for social
inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities. They have to be interested to develop
theirselves as consultants
Participants who want to use the project just for their holiday are not welcome!
EVERY PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE AN EUROPASS SERTIFICATE !
AT THE END OF THE PROJECT EACH PARTICIPANT WILL RECEIVE AN ASSESSMENT FORM
- EVIDENCE FOR THIER PRACTICE UDER SUPERVISION AS A CAREER CONSULTANT!
Summer School “Career support for social inclusion” 07.2012
Who could participate:
The participants have to be representatives of the following Programme countries:
- EU member s – all 27 members
- Non-EU members - Iceland , Liechtenstein , Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Croatia
The participants from the next Neighboring partner countries also are welcome:
- Countries from South-Eastern Europe – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia,
Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
- Countries from Eastern Europe and Caucasus - Armenia, Azerbajan, Belarus, Georgia,
Moldova, Russian federation, Ukraine
The number of the programme countries and the neighboring countries which are going
to participate in the project has to be proximately equal.
In other case we should do the project only with EU member countries.
Project “Hand in Hand“ - Career support for social inclusion”
Partner Organizations’ Responsibilities
During application process:
 Take a first-hand look at the project goals and activities. Confirm you interest to be partner –
deadline:10.12.2011
 If you are interested in this partnership send a partnership form III by e-mail. Once we receive it by
e-mail we’ll send you details for sending it by post mail. – deadline: 20.12.2011
 Give some proposals about the programme, methodology and etc. – deadline: 25.12.2011
 Define the number and characteristic – age, gender, expertise, experience of the participants – min
3 - max. 5 – deadline: 5.01.2012
 Choose one of the participants for a group leader and send his/her names and contacts.
 Define the number, position and characteristic of the experts (lecturer, facilitator, career counseling
advisor) – age, qualification, professional experience, proposal for topic and content of their
lecture, workshop or seminar – deadline: 20.12.2011
Project “Hand in Hand“ - Career support for social inclusion”
Partner Organizations’ Responsibilities
During the project implementation process:
 Guarantee the effective implementation of the project activities in their countries.
 Guarantee the participation of the participants and the experts in the training programme.
 Ensure the quality of the promotion of the project .
 Give support for the implementation of the career counseling activities of the participants from your
NGO, who will be trained during the project.
 Guarantee sustainable development of the career support activities for young people with fewer
opportunities after the accomplishment of the project.
Project “Hand in Hand“ - Career support for social inclusion”
Group Leaders’ Responsibilities (person in charge of the project till its accomplishment)
- Keeping communication with the organizers
- Gathering participants and communicating with them before and after the project venue
- Following the requirements of the preparatory and follow up activities of the project
- Helping for the selection of the participants from his/her country
- Responsible for the implementation of the follow up activities in their countries
- Sending a report for the work of his/her group
Participants 'Responsibilities (including the group leader):
- Filling an application form for participation in the summer school (it will be send if the project is
approved)
- Making an investigation on the topic of the project (vocational support of young people with fewer
opportunities) in their countries, connected with: good practices, regulations, present and past
projects, etc.
- Gathering information and making a presentation on the base of the gathered information (the
presentation will be presented during the summer school)
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Project “Hand in Hand“ - Career support for social inclusion”
Participants’ Responsibilities (including the group leader):
- Defining the specific target group of youngsters with fewer opportunities which will be on focus
during the project’s implementation in their countries
- Constant communication among each other (before and after the venue)
- Contacting with an organization/institution (working with youngsters with fewer opportunities) who
will help them for providing a target group for consulting (it could be their own organization)
- Active participation in the training programme during the summer school in Bulgaria
- Organizing a public presentations in their countries on the importance of career support for young
people with fewer opportunities - min. 1 presentation per partner country
- Implementation of career counseling sessions for youths with fewer opportunities – min. 3 sessions
per 1 youngster
- Active participation in on-line (or e-mail) supervisions with the career counseling advisers.
- Sending a report with pictures about their personal work in the counseling sessions.
Project “Hand in Hand“ - Career support for social inclusion”
Who to contact:
(email & address)
 Send your scanned copy of partnership form (signed & stamped) by email to
[email protected]
 Send your original partnership form (part III) by post mail to the following address:
Bulgaria
1326 Sofia
district Obeliya 2
bl. 261, entr.B, floor 5 ap. 66
for Dimitar Bozhilov – vice president of AYPB 4th April
For any questions and suggestions please email to Evgeniya Lazarova – international
secretary of AYPB 4th April – [email protected] or [email protected]
Thank you for your attention!
We are open for any proposals and ideas
about the project activities!
We rely on you to make a great project!