TOSCA: steps into Quality #1 - an online workshop on European Solidarity Corps volunteering projects in changing times

Taking into account the fact that currently, we have a limited number of residential seminars and trainings, the European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre together with the TOSCA trainer pool has developed a 3 hour online workshop for organisaitons active in the European Solidarity Corps Volunteering Action in order to give wider access to knowledge and good practices from the field.

Objectives and benefits of the online workshop

• Foster understanding, awareness and commitment to core quality criteria of the European Solidarity Corps (get insights into quality aspects of the projects)
• Get in touch with like-minded organisations and become part of TOSCA community
• In case of applying for a residential TOSCA later, the participation in the online TOSCA workshop may be treated as a bonus when selecting participants.

We are looking for participants who: 

• are involved in the Volunteering Actions in European Solidarity Corps Programme
• are connected to organisations/institutions holding a Quality Label for Volunteering (or accreditation for Volunteering in Erasmus+). 
• have a crucial role in and commitment to
• providing conditions for high-quality activities 
• ensuring a positive impact of Volunteering Activities within their community
• creating learning opportunities within the organisation and for volunteers 

Team

The concept of the TOSCA is based on the experience of the network of National Agencies and established by a pool of trainers with the support of Resource Centres. 

The online activity will be facilitated by two experienced trainers from the TOSCA trainer pool (https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/solidarity/training-support-community/tosca/pool/).

Selection of participants

With this call we are looking for participants for the first online workshop on Wednesday, 7th of October from 10.00 - 13.00 CET.

Attention: There will be 3 identical online workshops (the first one in Oct, the second one in Nov, and the third one in Dec). The calls for the upcoming ones will be shared on the European Training Calenda ~1 month before the activity takes place.

Practicalities

Make sure you have a stable internet connection

Equipment: device li smart/I/phone/PC etc. with microphone and headphones, we strongly encourage to use as well camera for the sense of community

The online workshop is based on the principles of the TOSCA training course, salto-youth.net/solidarity.