Join “YDEA 3 – Collaborating for Organisational Peace” training course!

Jun 092025

Is this call for me?

Are you interested in emotional intelligence, social psychology and emotional awareness?
Do you want to know more about Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)?
Are you willing to practice nonviolent communication and conflict transformation techniques, understanding the relevance of assertiveness?
Are you motivated to explore more about mental health, workplace well-being and resilience and to improve the working atmosphere in your local office?
Are you a resident of a EU Member State: Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden or a third country associated to the Programme: North Macedonia, Serbia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Turkiye?
Are you committed to developing together a great practical output based on the topics of the training course which can be used later in your daily work life?
Are you ready to meet amazing people from different SCI branches and other IVS organisations, start new friendships, and getinspired by their ideas and projects?
Would you like to enjoy nature spending a week in a peaceful green environment and having the possibility to explore the picturesque Veliko Tarnovo town?

If your answers are “Yes, this is me!”, then… we have an offer for you!!

The project has 4 main components:

1. 90-minute preparatory online meeting and digital preparatory tasks (end of July/beginning of August 2025) to start getting to know one another, to share details on the project, the venue and the logistics, and to answer questions. Participants will be invited to perform creative preliminary tasks, using an online platform such as “Padlet”, which will help them understand the topics to be addressed during the training course.

2. Y.D.E.A. 3 Training Course (19 – 26 August 2025, Emen, Bulgaria) which will be focused on emotional Intelligence, Social Emotional Learning, workplace wellbeing, mental health, nonviolent communication and conflict transformation.

3. Participative development of the output (during and after the training course) During the last day of the training course, participants will start developing a practical tool which will help NGO practisioners boost their worklife, wellbeing and team cohesion. The development of the output will continue online through a participative effort of the whole group and under the coordination of CVS-Bulgaria.

4. Final online meeting to present and disseminate the project results The Final Online Meeting will be a 1-hour online event planned for October 2025, to officially launch the tools and presenting the project results and impact.

During the training, participants will:

Get to know and learn more about the other international participants and their organisations, through team-building and interactive sessions
Increase their knowledge on Emotional Intelligence and Social Emotional Learning
Practice nonviolent communication and conflict transformation techniques, understanding the relevance of assertiveness
Debate on mental health, wellbeing and resilience
Understand why workplace wellbeing is important and share ideas and inspirations on how to improve the wellbeing in your working environment
Receive and develop together ideas to create a working environment that supports wellbeing and resilience
Develop together a project output to be practically implemented in their daily work life.

Check out the Call for Participants for detailed information about the training course(participants profile, travel and financial conditions, venue, accommodation and food, trainers, working methods and program)!

To apply by 29th June 2025, please fill in the application, which you can find below:

Application form

If you have any questions, you can get in touch with us at trainings@cvs-bg.org.

Good luck and hope to see you in Emen,

Mauro, Kat and Nat
The prep team