Richter - Training Information – Lithuania 2014
Every soup needs its special ingredient…
Are you able to find it?
Empowering tools to include youth with fewer opportunities in social life
A training organized in the context of the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme
Lithuania, November 2014
Introduction
“Every soup needs its special ingredient...” will be a 5 day training course for professional youth
workers and social workers. When you choose to be in social field and work with the ones, who
require it most – young people - sometimes you feel like left alone. Training will provide the
possibility to share the knowledge and experience on the sensitivity of the topic.
At the same time being able to address to your weaknesses and turning them into strong points
can be crucial moments in approaching the youth with fewer opportunities. Participants will be
provided a chance to reflect on beliefs, values and aims through dispassionate achievement of
skills and knowledge. The aim of the training is to ensure the awareness of the complexity of the
problems youth with fewer opportunities are facing as well to ensure the inclusion of them in
social life using non-formal learning methods. During the 5 days participants will cover such
topics as the theory and practice of evaluations and observations, game playing, theory of youth
work, adapting evaluations and observations as tools for non-formal learning for different target
groups, etc.
The trainings course is led by an international team of experienced trainers and is open for
member states of the European Union and for Croatia, Turkey, Moldova, Ukraine, Georgia,
Azerbaijan, Armenia and Belarus
Lead Organization: The Richter Foundation (The Netherlands)
The Richter Foundation is a Dutch not for profit organization based in Den Helder, which has
been working in the field of international cooperation for almost 20 years.
Richter is run by a team of professionals in the field of arts and cultural movement and each year
organizes around 15 cultural events throughout Europe. Richter has co-operated with all the EU
member states and for the last five years has been active in the Caucasus region, Belarus and
Russia. At the moment Richter has 25 volunteers in the Netherlands, 60 volunteers working and
living in Europe, and 50 active partner organizations in Europe. Richter is also an active partner
in the Youth in Action programme’s European Volunteer Service
Training Partner: The Institute of Psychology and Management (Lithuania)
The Institute of Management and Psychology (Vilnius, Lithuania) was founded on 25 July 2008.
Organization pays special attention to youth, especially non-formal activities, where young people
can gain new knowledge and skills in psychology, management, self-awareness, etc. The mission
of the Institute includes providing practical solutions with achievable, measurable benefits to
people and organizations through the provision of a comprehensive range of innovative services,
excellence of personality, health, work, career, interpersonal communication, leadership,
teamwork, business, and life itself. This aim we realize by implementing different kind of projects
in close cooperation with cultural and informal education workers, schools, and local authorities.
Project summary
In organizing this training, the partners wish to give opportunities to participants from various
Europe organizations to share their experiences and gain knowledge as well as new skills in the
field of youth work.
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Training will be bring 18 professional youth workers and social workers to share the knowledge
and experience, exchange and develop new activities and strategies in order to improve the
inclusion, build up a network in the field of inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities.
Aims and objectives
The aims of the training are:
* to explore the topic of inclusion the work practice with youth;
* to improve the skills and knowledge;
* to explore and investigate the profile of youth with fewer opportunities;
* to advocate for the techniques of non-formal learning;
* to build up a network in the field of inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities;
* to explore the aims and objectives of the Erasmus+;
* to develop cooperation across Europe and enhance European networking
The objectives of this project are for participants
* to learn about youth work practice across Europe;
* to explore the theory and practice of evaluations and observations
* to understand the theory of game playing;
* to develop practical, analytical thinking, reasoning and logic skills in leading games with
young people;
* to have a good working knowledge of the Erasmus+;
* to encourage reflection on one’s own learning;
* to accommodate diversity of readiness, experience and backgrounds;
Working methods
The training is designed as a process of non-formal learning and peer education using
participants’ own experiences in the fields of working with youth and international cooperation.
For more success it will require participants to have an active input in sharing knowledge and
experience, and to be willing to learn new skills from the trainers and from each other.
The methods employed during the training will include:
* verbal and visual presentations
* small group discussions
* plenary debates
* evaluation and observation activities and exercises
* game playing
* study visits
* cultural presentations.
Participants
To succeed in the stated aims and objectives, the training needs experienced youth workers and
social workers, who have experience in the field of working with the youth and who have a
mandate to represent their own organizations.
There will be 18 places (maximum) on the training and the applicants should fulfill the following
conditions. They should have:
* the ability to use English as the working language throughout the project;
* a willingness to fulfill an open and active role in the training;
* an opportunity to share new information, skills and contacts within their own organization;
* the availability to attend the full duration of the project;
* a mandate to make concrete agreements with other organizations.
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Participation fee
The participation fee for the project is 30€.
Venue
The training will take place in the north part of Lithuania
Duration
November, 2014
Five full working days, plus two days for traveling.
Financial information
Almost all expenses will be covered by the hosting organisation, with funding from the EU
Erasmus+ Programme. This includes food and accommodation, local transport and all training
costs.
Application and selection of participants
Participants will be selected by project leaders on the basis of:
* the profile of participants as described above;
* the rules of the Erasmus+;
* the experience, expectations and training needs of the applicants;
* the desire to create a balance in the range of participating organizations;
* the desire to create a balance in the range of geographical areas represented.
Successful applicants will receive confirmation of their participation, followed by more detailed
information when the funding is confirmed by the EU’s Erasmus+ Programme.
How to apply?
To become a partner you first must register your NGO on the "Participants portal" of the
European Commission and get a PIC - Participant Identification Code which will identify for ever
your organization toward the European Commission.
If you like to be a partner in the training ‘“Every soup needs its special ingredient” then
write us before April 15th 2014 and we will number you as one of the partners and will guide
you how to fill in the Preliminary agreement.
To become a partner and/or if you have any further questions, please feel free to contact:
Elnora Jachjajeva
e-mail: [email protected]
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