Building skills for managing multicultural teams

This course is designed for young leaders involved in intercultural activities, such as youth exchanges, international group volunteering and thematic workshops, which involve other young people and the use non-formal education. It aims to develop skills in group dynamics management, conflict prevention and resolution, intercultural learning, and ensuring the safety and inclusion of participants during projects.

Activities include workshops, role-plays, simulations and peer sharing. By planning and delivering a workshop on a subject of their choice, participants will have the chance to enhance their organisational skills, time management, communication skills and self-confidence. At the end of the course, participants will share the activities they have carried out with the aim of providing future leaders with a tool to support the activities they will develop.

Training objectives:
 

• Strengthen individual organisational, implementation and self-confidence skills.
• Manage group dynamics, unexpected events, conflicts, teamwork and time management.
• Become familiar with the role of leader in volunteer projects.
• Reflect on the meaning of safe and inclusive spaces, and how to create and maintain them.
• Share the educational goals of international volunteer projects.

Activities will be organised in the indoor/outdoor spaces of the hostel covering around 6 hours per day. Methodologies used will be based on a non formal approach like working in a team, simulation, games, role playing, sharing of practices, as well as thematic sources will be shared.

Selected participants will be invited to actively contribute to the activities with inputs, contributions, ideas, proactivity and interest, and by sharing their and their organisations' experiences and activities. And also by running a workshop on a topic of their choice.

At the end of the training all participants' contributions will be collected and shared with all participants and partners involved for the benefit of other young people and stakeholders.

IMPORTANT. For further information please refer to the document in attachment!