Be a citizen, Act for your employability

International training course on initiation and management of quality youth projects with a special focus on Eastern Partnership (January 2014, Lille Region, Northern France) Organized by Histoire de Savoirs NGO, FRANCE Financial support will be requested to the French NA for the YIA Program (Action 3.1.2)

Main topic of the content

The main aim of this training course is to promote and foster European Citizenship, employability, volunteering and active participation through providing participants with competences in the field of project management in order to enable them to create quality youth projects and in this way to foster the youth employability within their local communities. The lateral objectives of this training course are to enhance the personal and professional development of the participants, so that they act as multipliers of the gained knowledge within their organizations and their local communities.

Main Objectives:
To develop a common understanding about the concept of European Citizenship and to explore instruments for its promotion especially in terms of strengthening social cohesion and mutual understanding To explore how youth work can foster the employability among the young people especially through volunteering and active participation in civil society

To empower youngsters, especially those with fewer opportunities to act as multipliers in the fields of European Citizenship and youth participation in their local

communities

To build up competences of participants in the field of project management in order to ensure the
quality impact and sustainability of youth projects

Lateral objectives:
Exploration of concept of employability through youth work or how to become a multiplier

Exchange of project ideas, building up future projects and partnerships and exchange of best practices in youth work
with a special focus on East-West cooperation

Working methodology:
The program activities will be based on non formal education, learning-by-doing methods and intercultural dialogue and communication. The training course will stimulate creativity, active participation, and sense of initiative and involvement of the young people in society. For the achievement of the learning objectives a variety of interactive working methods such as workshops, role-plays, outdoor activities and plenary discussions will be used, according to the specific learning needs of the participants and their organizations, in order to cover all aspects of the project themes.

The partners we are looking for:

All partner organizations in this training course should be youth non-profit organizations that promote and share European Values. If your organization is situated in any of the Youth in Action Program countries or EECA Region this training course is for you!!!

The Participants we will be looking for:

Participants in this training course should be actively involved in the organisation which they represent and fully able to communicate in English. The selected participants will commit themselves to follow up the outcomes of this training course in their organisation and within their local communities through active youth work.

Financial Aspects
The training course is scheduled to take place in January 2014 in Lille Region, Northern France. Financial support will be requested at the French National Agency for the Youth in Action Program (Action 3.1.2). If the project proposal gets approved, Histoire de Savoirs NGO will offer the following conditions: The travel costs from your home town to the venue will be covered at 70%. Board, lodging, local transports and all materials of the training course will be covered by Histoire de Savoirs NGO. The participants should arrange their own insurance for their travel and stay in France. A participation fee of 50 Euros is required by each participant

How to join the project?

If your organization meets the announced above criteria you are then welcome to register via the indicated online form. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1taXEtzaoLsjsTZRNYtBabOU53urlnIxK-3LBSKq2Ks/viewform?sid=3ed63783f3c43d17&token=NsKR_T0BAAA.U31mnNwAE_vDqTEGLwzA2w.Lb0FrUpr5XhqHmfzznl0l w APPLICATIONS RECEIVED ONLY VIA THE ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM WILL BE CONSIDERED!!!!

Be a Citizen, Act for your Employability! - Program of the activities

day 1 ARRIVAL day 2 INTRO day 3 CITIZENSHIP day 4 PROJECT MANAGEMENT BASICS day 5 PARTNERSHIP BUILDING Breakfast Free time Official opening & introduction EU Citizenship Basics The project and Me ? Personal Development and individual reflection What is a sustainable social initiative and how to ensure its quality? coffee break Partnership Building Project management practice Me as a multiplier Presentation of YIA Program, Youthpass & key competences day 6 PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICE day 7 BE A MULTIPLIER & FOLLOW UP day 8 THE FUTURE

day 9 BYE BYE

8.00 9.30 9.30 10.00 10.00 11.30

arrival transfer to venue check in @ venue

departure

11.30 12.00 12.00 13.30 Getting to know each other Citizens of Europe : do we know our rights? What is a project application? Resources

Project management - 2nd part

Me as a multiplier 2nd part

My future professional development

13.30 15.30 15.30 17.00 Team -building challenge How to promote the concept of EU Citizenship? Project management tools

Lunch PUMP your Project !!! How youth work can ensure employability? Final evaluation

17.00 17.30 17.30 18.30 NGO show presentation

coffee break Sharing realities and Exchange of East - Weast Best practices in youth work Confy/Comfy groups Free time Dinner Welcome evening Social evening Creative relaxing Intercultural evening Creative relaxing 2nd part Experiencing tools for project management Presentation of Results

coffee break Self assessment : YOUTH WORK, EMPLOYABILITY Closing Ceremony

Cultural visit and French culture evening

18.30 19.00 19.00 20.00 20.00 - 21.00 21.00 -

Confy/Comfy groups Free time Dinner Free evening C U soon party

Please NOTE that: The project team is looking forward to receive your registration forms for partnership!! Please the last deadline to apply is the 20th of April 2013. After this deadline the project team will not consider anymore your application. The selected partner organizations will be notified by the 22nd of April 2013, so that they could send the Official partnership agreement for the project application. The project team will get in touch with each selected organization personally! CONTACT details: For all questions, please get in touch with the project team on the following e-mail:

be.a.citizen.tc.france@gmail.com
Histoire de Savoirs NGO is looking forward to your applications and expect to welcome you in France