CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS ENTER! LONG-TERM TRAINING COURSE FOR YOUTH WORKERS ON ACCESS TO SOCIAL RIGHTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (2013-2014)

Description:

The Youth Department of the Council of Europe is launching Enter! a Long-Term Training Course (LTTC) for youth workers on access to social rights for all young people, as a complementary training offering youth workers who undertake activities with young people that experience disadvantage the opportunity:
- to gain insights into how the European level and engagement with policy actors can support their efforts to empower young people, and,
- to promote access to social rights for young people, in an effort of overcoming the disadvantage young people face due to exclusion, violence and discrimination.

The LTTC is composed of four phases, which participants need to follow:
Preparatory phase January – March 2013
This phase will include preparatory activities for the course. Participants will get to know each other and develop an analysis of social rights related policies in their realities.

First residential seminar
12 – 21 March 2013, European Youth Centre Strasbourg
The residential seminar is an essential element of the course, allowing for participants to improve their competences on the key course curriculum elements and to kick of their projects, by reviewing and developing their project idea.

Project development phase and ongoing learning
April 2013 – September 2014
During this phase, participants will implement local youth-led projects in cooperation with local authorities and civil society.

Evaluation residential seminar
September 2014, dates to be confirmed
During this evaluation seminar, participants will evaluate their learning and the impact of their projects for the young people which were involved in their project. The seminar will also include training elements in order to consolidate participants’ competences development.

Eligibility:

This Training course is open to 30 participants from EASTERN EUROPE AND CAUCASUS, SOUTH-EAST EUROPE, YOUTH IN ACTION PROGRAMME COUNTRIES

Deadline: 20 December 2012.

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