Trainings

FLOW: Facilitating, Learning, Organising and Welcoming! – a critical Training of Trainers

23-29 April 2024 – near Innsbruck, Austria

Training content

FLOW will be focused on knowledge and practical skills development in facilitation.

We’ll start with an introduction into facilitation, going into topics like public speaking, moderation and leading a group, followed by a more detailed approach on the role of a trainer/facilitator. The main topics we’d like to focus on will be practical tips, interaction with the group, critical perspectives in facilitation (especially looking at anti-discrimination and sustainability), frame of the project, education methods and last but not least, the outcome and tryouts of projects.

The structure that we’d like to follow will give you an insight into what it means to be a facilitator, tools and activities, learning methods and a space to try it all out!

If you want to get a better idea about what these topics contain, here are a few key points from our content:

-Challenging situations & risk assessment

-How to be an inclusive facilitator and how to educate yourself

-Types of learning

-Ethical reflection on power positions of a facilitator

-FLOW as a career

-Radical self-care as a trainer

-The importance of care work in educational projects- Open Space

…and much more!

We expect all participants to come up with a (small) educational project they would like to conduct later in 2024. The trainers will support them in this process during the training and also afterwards.

We set this training up to be interactive, fun and with a diverse range of methods, with movement and interactivity. During this project, we want to create an atmosphere of peace, empathy, belonging and safety within our group.

Who’s involved in organising this?

This edition of FLOW is organised by 3 of SCI’s non-formal educators, together with SCI-IS

and SCI Austria. The facilitators: Cristina Debu, Sima Jakob, Thomas Schallhart

Participation

Financial conditions:

Food and accommodation during the training will be provided;
Travel costs will be reimbursed after the training up to an agreed limit depending on the sending country;
We strongly encourage green travel (i.e. avoid travel by plane, if possible; instead travel by train and bus). We are available to give you advice on this and can offer a higher travel budget for eco-friendly options;
Other necessary expenses, such as visa fees will be reimbursed after approval by organisers.

Simple life: The training will take place in a scouts centre with simple living conditions close to Innsbruck, Austria. You will sleep in a room shared with a few other people and will be involved in cleaning and cooking tasks.

Sustainable food: The food we provide will be vegan. This is not just a practical decision, but also an ideological one: SCI believes in the values of sustainability and climate justice – and if we want to contribute to a more peaceful planet, we need to give up on industrialised animal agriculture and its destructive effects on our planet. After being accepted to the training, you can tell us if you have any diets, allergies or intolerances that we should be aware of.

Participants’ profile:

Participants must be 18+
Participants who would like to learn about facilitation and project design & management
Participants who can commit to the whole duration of the project and to facilitating an activity after the project
Participants willing to implement the skills and knowledge they gain through the facilitation of an activity after their participation in FLOW (workshop, pre-departure trainings, camps or any other type of event inside of SCI)
Priority will be given to:

People active in SCI international teams, working groups, branches or partner level organisations;
Those with strong motivation to pursue facilitation in the future;
Those with an idea to carry out a specific NFE activity after the training.

We explicitly encourage participants of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, race and ethnic backgrounds to apply. There will be a space to share any inclusion needs before the training, and the team will be in touch in case to organise any special arrangements.

Ready to apply?

If you’ve read all the information in the detailed call and feel ready to apply… amazing! You are ready to fill in the application form. Find it here: https://forms.gle/LP7sbvFE7k8DammYA

For more information or questions, please write to: programmes@sci.ngo

All those accepted will later receive a detailed infosheet with information on the venue, detailed timetable, and preparation tasks before the training.

Funding information

FLOW is financially supported by SCI’s Operating Grant, Partnership on Peace 2024, funded by the CERV Programme of the European Union.

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(Increasing competences in PROject coordination for GREen, Social inclusion and

Sustainability initiatives)

Training course on project management with a

focus on social inclusion and environmental

sustainability

4-9 May 2023

Rome, Italy

Rome =, Itaky

„Youth Work in PRO.GRE.S.S.” is a project financed by the Italian National Agency of Erasmus + Programme that intends to increase the competence of the partners and their youth workers in the development and coordination of projects focused on ecology, environmental sustainability and social inclusion.

As confirmed by extensive research in the social, psychological and medical fields, young people’s needs in Europe have changed due to the scenario that has characterized the last few years: the Covid – 19 pandemic and the most recent conflict in Ukraine have contributed to an increase in the incidence of mental health problems among young people (cases of depression, apathy, anxiety among young people have been on the rise starting from 2020), and to a greater difficulty in undertaking life paths due to economic, health and geo – political uncertainties. This unease is aggravated by the perception of the effects of global issues, like climate change, which adds further factors of instability, uncertainty and anxiety to young people’s development process. The aim of the project is to update youth workers’ skills, enabling them to effectively detect the emerging needs of their target groups and to propose quality training and inclusive activities.

Activity dates:

1) Online meeting – 27 April

2) In – person training course in Rome: 4-9 May 2023 (3 May arrival day – 10 May departure day)

3) Follow up phase: participants will be involved in the coordination of a local action organised by the sending organisation in summer / autumn 2023 Final output: a digital publication including the contents of the training course and short reports of the local actions

Total number of participants: 22 (20 participants + 2 trainers)

Phases of the project: what will you do?

After the selection process, you will be invited to join a 90 – minute online meeting with the trainers and the group of participants. You will better understand the project, the programme, how to prepare to the training (through exercises and preparatory tasks), what to bring. You will be able to share your expectations and personal ideas to shape the activities. During the training course, two experienced trainers (Mauro Carta and Katerina Stoyanova) will propose non-formal education methods, presentations, exercises, interactive sessions, group work and plenary activities. The training will include 2 workshops conducted by local organisations working in the field of social inclusion and climate justice. The sessions will focus on:

Methods to analyse local contexts and design NFE activities based on young people needs;
The project management cycle;
Practical exercises to improve the coordination of intercultural groups;
Techniques to boost social inclusion;
How to deal with impact measurement, reporting, evaluation of learning outcomes in NFE projects.

Objectives: what will you learn?

By joining this project, you will learn:

The main steps of project management: from the design of an idea to its implementation and evaluation. You will be able to design effective initiatives targeted to young people and based on their needs!
Interesting and creative non-formal education techniques and methods to be used in your youth work and activities;
Knowledge and inspiration on innovative initiatives in the field of social inclusion and environmental sustainability, presented through 2 workshops during the training course;
How to coordinate local actions, through your involvement in local projects with the support of your organisation in summer / autumn 2023;
How to create reports, assess results and measure impact of your non-formal education activities

Participant profile: who can apply

There are no age limits, but priority will be given to participants aged between 18 and 35 years;
Involvement in your organisation, as activist, volunteer, staff or board member, trainer, youth worker, member of working groups;
Availability to join the online module, the whole residential training course, the local action and to support the creation of the digital publication, creating the report of the local action;
Strong interest in project management, non-formal education, social inclusion and environmental issues;
Availability to put into practice the skills and knowledge gained in the project to implement initiatives at local level with the sending organisation;
Good working knowledge of the English language;
Motivation, enthusiasm, willingness to meet new people from different cultures and to share experiences, ideas and contributions;
Flexibility, willingness to contribute to the event with small manual tasks when needed (cleaning, shopping, washing up…).

Important:

Please note that the training course is an official activity financed by the European Union and it is not an entertaining or a touristic event. You are expected to attend all the sessions, to participate actively to the success of the project and to join the meals together. The working days will consist in 3 / 4 sessions a day, lasting each 90 minutes.

On the other hand, there will be also time for relax! We will arrange a coffee break after each session and there will be the possibility to enjoy free time every day (1 or 2 hours after lunch; the evenings after dinner; one free afternoon in the middle of the training course).

Accommodation:

You will be accommodated in the „Casale Garibaldi”, a nice historical building hosting the local project of „La Cittа dell’Utopia”, in sleeping rooms on the first floor of the venue. We will provide more information in the „infosheet”, which will be sent to organisations and participants after the selection process. Most part of the sessions will be conducted outdoors; however, in case of unpleasant weather conditions, the activities will be held inside. The meals will be prepared by a cook and will be served mainly in the open. We are sure that we will be able to count on your cooperation and enthusiasm in order to make the event a memorable experience for everybody!

Financial conditions:

Organisation	Country	Max. amount per participant
Servizio Civile Internazionale SCI – Italy	Italy	23 €
Laboratorio 53	Italy	23 €
Tropezando con Suerte	Spain	275 €
Servicio Civil Internacional	Spain	275 €
Volonterski Centar Zagreb	Croatia	275 €
CVS	Bulgaria	275 €
Estyes	Estonia	360 €
INEX	Slovakia	275 €
PVN	Albania	275 €
Gaia	Kosovo	275 €

Registration procedure

Candidates are invited to fill in the ONLINE FORM . Please also send your short motivation letter in English to cvs.katerina@gmail.com

The selected profiles will be contacted after the deadline to confirm their participation.

DETAILED CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS

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Let’s talk about gender! Join an international training in Rome, Italy | 10-16 April 2022

A few years ago, research about gender-based discrimination within SCI volunteering camps was published and it showed the many ways how gender oppression/ discrimination/ violence/ etc. exist within our projects. In many projects, we still face a sexist division of work, sexual harassment, sexist and queerphobic jokes or sometimes also just a lack of awareness around gender and LGBTQIA-related issues. How do we react to this? How can we create safer spaces?

What to expect from the training:

more awareness around what gender-based discrimination and violence is
queerfeminist educational and conflict resolution tools to adress gender-based conflict (e.g. microaggressions, sexism, etc.)
non-formal education methods to address gender in volunteering and youth projects
self-reflection about your own practice as a coordinator/organiser/activist
sharing best practices with other coordinators, organisers and activists
getting to know many great people from around Europe and Southwest Asia

Outcome: In addition to the above, in this training, we want to create guidelines for camp coordinators to address gender-based discrimination. The guidelines will be published as an addition to the existing SCI toolkit around gender “Free to be you and me”.

Participant’s profile

The project aims to gather 26 participants (1-2 per partner organization). The participants will be youth workers, trainers as well as staff, activists, camp coordinators and active volunteers from volunteering organizations. All participants selected for this project should meet the following criteria

be 18 years old or older
be able to work in English
be interested in the training topics and have a strong motivation to act as a multiplier
able to attend for the full duration of the training
If somehow possible and feasible, be committed to come to the training without flying, and to travel instead by overland route.

We explicitly encourage participants of all classes, educational backgrounds, genders, sexual orientations, abilities and ethnic backgrounds to apply. Unfortunately, the venue is not wheelchair-accessible.

How to apply?

The application form could be found here:

Application-Form_Gender-Effect Download

Candidates should send their filled in applications to trainings@cvs-bg.org with subject “The Gender Effect TC”. The selection will be made in partnership between CVS-Bulgaria and SCI Italy.

All those accepted will later receive a detailed infosheet (incl. info on how to get to the venue, how to book your travels, more info about the agenda of the project).

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: MARCH, 9TH 2022

Accommodation, Food, Travel, Covid 19

More information about the organization of the training course can be found in the call for participants:

The-Gender-Effect-call-for-participants Download

CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS: Training Course “Peacebuilding with a Twist”

The Training Course “Peacebuilding with a Twist” will happen in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 23/03 – 31/03/2020.
This training aims to improve the quality and foster the innovative approaches and development of youth efforts through international cooperation and capacity building of young people in the field of peacebuilding and conflict-transformation and reconciliation.

IN THIS TRAINING YOU WILL:
– improve competences in promoting peacebuilding and reconciliation processes;
– support youth initiatives through different methods of youth work;
– outreach and engage other young people and implementing youth activities with special focus on conflict transformation and peace-component;
– promote intercultural respect and understanding;
– innovate, re-design and develop alternative solutions to issues;
– improve knowledge about reconciliation;
– learn new tailored made methodology on social innovation development in reconciliation;
– create different products/activities/initiatives/ideas on topi;
– practice these competencies at local level with youth.

IF YOU ARE A YOUNG PERSON
1. who is active in your sending organization;
2. who is between 18 and 30 years old;
3. who is interested in the topics of peacebuilding and youth activism;
4. who will be actively involved in preparation and leading youth activities in your community;
5. who is able and ready to be involved in all the activities of this project: online learning modules, training course and follow up activities;
6. has some basic understanding of English language
FILL IN APPLICATION FORM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!

The deadline is 01.03.2020.
Food (3 meals per day) and accommodation are provided. The total travel costs will be reimbursed.
More details are here

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us
trainings@cvs-bg.org !
We will be glad to help you!

Training course “OMER 1” on the topic of migration is looking for participant!

TC “Once upon the time, a Migrant’s journey: Empowerment and Resilience – 1” will take place in Greece from 07th of April till 15th of April 2020.

Background of the training:
The project was born after the meeting of three structures working in complementary fields. SCI Hellas and Concordia Sud- Est are part of the Alliance network. Javali Company is a professional theatrical company working on empowerment through the Theater of the Oppressed (forum theater, image theater, newspaper theater, life stories …). It is part of the French-speaking network of companies practicing the Theater of the Oppressed. These three organizations work on migration issues, whether by raising awareness to the general public, hosting migrants or refugees within the structure, through training projects. A recent training grouped 3 members from these organizations in order to discuss the radicalization of young people and the polarization of our societies. We flew over the tool of the human bookstore and the theater of the oppressed, which we wish to deepen in this training. We want to share our experiences and build the skills of youth workers on migration issues and the building of a global citizenship based on humanistic values by learning and putting into practice two tools: the human library and the theater of the oppressed, which are respectively specialties of SCI Hellas and Compagnie Javali. This real exchange of practice will lead to implementation with a real audience.
More details can be found here

Objectives:
Develop intercultural skills of youth leaders, professionals and migrants
– Experiment two concrete tools of emancipation and sensitization (the Human Library and the Theatre of Oppressed);
– Develop knowledge on the concepts of empowerment, resilience, intersectionality and migrations;
– Exchange good practices of each organization on the different topics of the project.

Methodology:
The training will be based on methods and tools of non-formal education, which will allow the participants to be in the position of actor and animator, to intervene and to bring their experience as much as the trainers in order to stimulate an atmosphere of knowledge sharing and mutual enrichment.

Participant profile:
We are looking for participants who are Youth workers (camp leaders, youth leaders, social workers, teachers …) and migrants or refugees who are leading youth projects or are active in their community.

Financial condition:
– Travel costs will be covered based on the unit costs of the program.
– 100% lodging and food (only vegan) are covered.

Location:
Greece, on the seaside, 3 h away from Athens

If you are interested in this training, please, fill in the application form
Deadline: 15.02.2020

Contact:
If you have any questions regarding the project and your application, don’t hesitate to contact us at trainings@cvs-bg.org
We are looking forward receiving your application!

Seminar “Develop or Self-Develop: Who is the Volunteer in Relation to Colonial History?” 13-19 March 2020, Vienna.

Seminar “Develop or Self-Develop: Who is the Volunteer in Relation to Colonial History?” will take place from 13-19 March 2020 in Vienna. It is the chance to reflect on the relation between volunteering and colonialism as well as to produce a fourth edition of the “Picturing the Global South” toolkit.

Background of the seminar
Colonialism created the political and economic context, in which we live today: Some countries have accumulated resources and wealth over centuries, while other countries have been colonized, their resources exploited, their cultures destroyed and their people murdered, marginalized and structurally discriminated. Countries of the Global South are still today disadvantaged in their participation in the global economy and in international organisations – and people of colour still face discrimination based on the concept of “race”, which was made up by the colonizers. In order to change the heritage of colonialism, we need to create global justice.
As an outcome, we will create a new 4^th version of the toolkit “Picturing the Global South: The Power Behind Good Intentions”, which SCI Austria has been creating with a series of post-colonial seminars in the past few years.

Read more information in the call for participants.

All participants selected for this project must meet the following criteria:

be 18 years old or older
work with volunteer management or sending volunteering projects abroad
be able to work in English
be interested in the seminar topics (volunteering in a North-South context, colonialism, global justice) and have a strong motivation to act as a multiplier
commit to implement the learned knowledge and skills in practice back home
commit to actively participate from the beginning to the end of the seminar

We explicitly encourage participants of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, races and ethnic backgrounds to apply. The venue is wheelchair-accessible.

How to apply?
Applications should be sent to our email
trainings@cvs-bg.org for the first selection process, after that representatives will be chosen and forward the applications to SCI Austria. All those accepted will later receive a detailed infosheet (incl. info on how to get to the venue, how to book your travels, more info about the agenda of the project).
The application form is here
Pay attention! Please, note your full name and name of training in the subject of the mail.

Deadline for applying is 08.02.2020.

Contact
If you have any questions regarding the project and your application, don’t hesitate to contact us at trainings@cvs-bg.org . Looking forward to working together with you on this project and to hear your input for it!

TRAINING PeaceWeek “Strengthening the youth response against LGBTIQphobia” 10th – 18th May, Barcelona

Background of the project
The aim of the proposed activity is to strengthen the capacities of SCI and youth LGBTIQ+ organizations in order to contribute to more inclusive societies through the struggle for the rights of LGBTIQ+ people and the promotion of volunteering as a tool to erase hate speech towards LGBTIQ+ people.

The Training:
The training course will focus on the following goals:

Create a safe space for the participants to strengthen their capacities.
Get to know the realities of the different countries (institutional discriminations, violations of rights, LGBTIQ+ movement, resistance, alliances, asylum procedures).
Exchange good practices.
Get to know local projects.
Promote volunteerism and active citizenship as tools of social transformation.
Explore topics such as the connection between LGBTIQ+ communities and different groups/movements (feminists, sex workers, refugees/migrants).
Explore the topics from a decolonial, anti racist perspective bringing to light different levels of discrimination and privileges

PLEASE read here all the detail information about the project.

Participants should have:

Basic knowledge of gender and sexuality topics
Experience in social participation, especially youth participation

Financial conditions
There will be no participation fee and activities costs, insurance, food, and accommodation will be covered from the project budget, as well as travel costs in lines with rules and conditions of the Eramus+ program.

Application
If you think this opportunity is for you, please send your CV and short motivation to trainings@cvs-bg.org

Deadline: before 23rd of February

Contact: If you have any questions regarding the project and your application, don’t hesitate to contact Anna at trainings@cvs-bg.org

We are looking forward to receiving your application. Please note that if you are selected for this training course you would have to complete the following tasks as a preparation to the event and in order for you to take full advantage of this experience:

Talk to CVS-Bulgaria team about the local activities done to fight against LGBTIQphobia.
Think about one or more methods you would like to focus for a potential activity.
Please think of both good and bad things regarding LGBTIQ+ related events or important moments in your country. Make a list and bring it to Barcelona.

Project Hub – Combination and Integration 24th February – 1st March 2020 (SremskiKarlovci near Novi Sad, Serbia)

Background of the project:

“Project Hub” will provide you additional room to seek inspiration from social entrepreneurs, to better understand how to allocate resources and plan your own capacities towards a successful project implementation. This training will support you to develop your ideas, realize your own project and implement it in your Local Community and/or organization.

The Training:

The aims of the project are:

Learn from each other how to improve the processes of planning, preparing and implementing projects;
Developing ideas into concrete project concepts, while learning from existing local and international projects, best practices and from the field of NGOs and Social Entrepreneurs;
Build a support network to find synergies among project teams and to build on knowledge existing in networks and organizations;
Project management tools to develop, plan, implement, monitor and evaluate projects’ impacts.

PLEASE read here all the detail information about the project Download

Participants:

Be able to attend for the full duration of the seminar.
Be active and be able to influence decisions of their sending organizations and have experience in volunteering, and related topics, such as Climate Justice, Gender, Social Inclusion, Human Rights, Community Development…
Be experienced in designing projects and motivated to learn how to plan and manage those;
Be willing to commit yourself to spread their new skills and competences to your sending branch in whatever capacity.
Bring ideas for workshops, methods, tools, best practices and approaches to be shared
Be 18 years old or older.
Be able to work in English language.
Be motivated to work with people from different backgrounds.

Financial conditions: There will be no participation fee and activities costs, insurance, food, and accommodation will be covered from the project budget, as well as travel costs in lines with rules and conditions of the Eramus+ program.

Application: If you think this opportunity is for you, please fill the Application form below and send to our e-mail trainings@cvs-bg.org

Application Form Download

Deadline: 28th of January

Contact: If you have any questions regarding the project and your application, don’t hesitate to contact Anna at trainings@cvs-bg.org

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

P.E.A.C.E.
Promoting European Awareness to Contrast Extremism

Background of the project

“P.E.A.C.E. – Promoting European Awareness to Contrast Extremism” is a 7 days training course from 11th to 19th November, that will take place in Morrano, Orvieto (TR), ITALY.

The project aims to to raise awareness, among youth workers and young people, on the wide-spread of different forms of populism in the nowadays societies using propaganda and rhetoric to incite racism and xenophobia and then consequently promote anti-racist approaches in Europe.

The Training

The training course will focus on the following topics:

to better discover what stand behind the definitions of: populisms, hate speech, racism and xenophobia and develop a common ground of knowledge about populism and racism;
to identify the different forms of populism in the nowadays society and the propaganda and rhetoric used in the different contexts;
to analyse the possible links among the propaganda/rhetoric and some of the current racist behaves/events taking place at European level;
to share good practices and pilot experiences to promote anti-racist approaches and actions in the involved countries;
to share the existing methods youth workers and organizations are using to raise awareness and to fight the racism wide-spread;
to develop tools and methods to raise awareness on the importance of understanding the phenomenon and consequently, to apply anti-racist approaches and behaves.

PLEASE read here all the detail information about the project.

Participants

Be 18 years old or older
be able to work in English language
youth workers and activists interested in sharing and developing new working methods to promote anti-racism actions.
be interested in the project topics and have strong motivation to act as multiplier
commit to implement the learned knowledge and skills in practice back home;
commit to send a report of the seminars to your sending organisation;
commit to actively participate from the beginning to the end of the project;
be motivated to work with people from different backgrounds

Financial conditions

There will be no participation fee and activities costs, insurance, food, and accommodation will be covered from the project budget, as well as travel costs in lines with rules and conditions of the Erasmus+ program.

Application

If you think this opportunity is for you, please fill the Application form below and send to our e-mail trainings@cvs-bg.org.

P.E.A.C.E._TC_Application Form

Deadline: 31th October

Contact

If you have any questions regarding the project and your application, don’t hesitate to contact us at trainings@cvs-bg.org.

We are looking forward to receive your application!

Edumapping Project

Training on theatre of the oppressed and nonviolent communication tools

Background of the project

The project will be a 7 days training from 10th to 17th of November 2019 in Sri Lanka.

Training on theatre of the oppressed and nonviolent communication tools
10-17 November 2019
(KANDY, Sri Lanka)

The Training

The activity will be constituted by a greatest space for practicing theatre of the oppressed and its spin-off method, forum theatre, representing the moment to bring the change in the process of violence escalation.

Participants

be 18 years old or older
be able to work in English language
commit to actively participate
be interested in non-formal educaiton methods, theatre of the oppressed, forum theatre and non-violent communication
be ready to contribute to an international platform for methods sharing https://edumapping.org

Financial conditions

The participation fee is 150€

All the other activities costs, insurance, food, and accommodation will be covered from the project budget, as well as travel costs in lines with rules and conditions of the Erasmus+ program.

Application

If you think this opportunity is for you, please send your CV and short motivation to trainings@cvs-bg.org.

Deadline: 25th of October 2019

Contact

More information you can find in the infopack. If you have any questions regarding the project and your application, don’t hesitate to contact us at trainings@cvs-bg.org.

We are looking forward to receive your application!

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