Open Your Mind to Diverse World

Have you lived/worked/volunteered abroad not too long time ago? Are you ready to look at your experiences in a different light? Are you interested to work on methods to improve your learning experience and also those of other people going abroad? Could you enjoy group work? Are you ready to OPEN YOUR MIND? In April 2010 Service Civil International (SCI) will organise a training focused on intercultural learning. The seminar is funded by the European Youth Foundation. During 6 days, a group of 20 international participants will focus on their experiences of ICL while living abroad. Approach The training is based on participatory methods; it uses non formal approaches and requires active involvement of the participants. Participants will be challenged on their intercultural awareness, active participation, personal self-assessment and group work ability. Aim of the training The training ‘Open Your Mind to the Diverse World’ is aimed to collect model approaches regarding living abroad and look for the possibilities to apply them on the local level while organizing short term projects. This training is also meant to strengthen the intercultural competence within the SCI network and make a valuable contribution to the intercultural learning methodology that is applicable on the local level.