Call for participants
Open Your Mind to Diverse World
10-16th April 2009, Mikuszewo (near Poznan), Poland

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.  
We will explore competencies and lesson learned during the time abroad. The next step will be to look at similarities between the experiences of the volunteers. We will also look into ways and means to tackle challenges in order to improve the experiences with intercultural learning in the future. 

Information about SCI
SCI is a global network that strengthens its connections within Europe and other continents regarding long term volunteering. It focuses on ensuring multiplying effects concerning intercultural competencies on the local level. 

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. 

Profile of participants
We are looking for people who
•	have a recent experience of living abroad (volunteer project, internship, work or studies) for at least 3 months
•	are aged 20+ years
•	are interested to share their experiences
•	are willing to learn in the experimental way
•	are interested in their own growth 
•	are interested in designing new methods that focus on intercultural learning 
•	have a possibility to act as multipliers

Language
The official language of the course will be English. Participants should be able to speak fluent English to understand each other and to be able to provide with and receive feedbacks.

Financial conditions
•	Accommodation and food during the training will be provided. 
•	There will be a 50% reimbursement of the travel costs up to a maximum of 200 Euro. 
•	Participation fee is 75 Euro for Europeans.
•	Please do not make travel arrangements without confirmation of your participation.

Please send back the application form to the e-mail addresses: g.pulawska@gmail.com and wojszczepanik@icpnet.pl  by 10th of March 2010