Cross Over - Training for Quality in Strategic Cooperation Across Sectors for the Youth Field

Background information:

Cross Over is a long-term Training and Cooperation Activity of national agencies of the Erasmus+ Program with the aim of broadening the involvement of organisations in Erasmus+ KA2 partnerships for cooperation, as well as of improving the quality of, and with a positive impact on the youth field. 

The long-term Training and Cooperation Activity consists of a national and a transnational phase:

1) National activity for preparation of participants prior to the transnational Training Course

2) Transnational Training Course of 3 full working days (hosted in Budapest, on 07-11. 09. 2021)

3) Optional: National follow-up activity (if needed to further support participants) 

About the national activities (1; 3), please contact the National Agency in your country.

Description of the Transnational Training Course:

Through the present call, we are looking for participants for the Cross Over Transnational Training Course on quality elements of KA2 partnerships for cooperation in/for the youth field. 

The Transnational Training Course is preceded - and if relevant followed - by national support activities provided for participants by their respective National Agencies. This way the long-term process offers participating organisations structured, diverse, tailor-made support for their involvement in high-quality partnerships for cooperation in the youth field. 

The Transnational Training Course will bring together 2-5 participants per country - participants who have taken part in the national activities in their respective country.

Aims and Objectives of the Transnational Training Course:

• To support participants in developing KA2 projects (Partnerships for cooperation and Small-Scale Partnerships in the field of youth) in an international context with a special focus on current features and expectations of KA2 in the new Erasmus+ programme
• To explore the quality aspects of KA2 youth sectorial or cross-sectorial projects for the youth field 
• To get familiar with some real projects (being) implemented, and consult with their project promoters 
• To create opportunities for participants for sharing good practices, for further developing their project ideas as well as for networking and partnership-building

Through this, the TC aims to contribute to improving the quality of project preparation and implementation, and to achieving a greater positive impact of developed KA2 projects on different levels relevant for youth and the youth field.

The Cross Over Transnational Training Course is for participants who:

• come from one of the following countries that take part in the Cross Over TCA: Belgium FR, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Serbia or Slovakia
• are able to work in English 
• are aged 18 or more
• can take part in the whole duration of the Training Course
• have been properly prepared by their respective National Agency
• have experience in planning, realizing, evaluating projects (not necessarily on the international level)
• are connected to an organisation/institution/structure that aims to achieve positive impact in the youth field
• have at least a project concept for KA2 in/for the youth field or represent a potential KA2 project idea in/for the youth field supported by their organisation (ideally have a mandate to fully take part in the project planning process).

Participants delegated by partners involved in the same project idea from different participating countries are welcome to apply. Prior experience in implementing KA2 projects in Erasmus+ is not required.

By applying to this Training Course, the applicant claims to be:

• open to take part in the activity online, if the pandemic situation does not make the offline implementation of the Transnational Training Course possible,
• aware of the health risks that he/she takes concerning his/her participation in the activity,
• aware that the hosting National Agency does not take responsibility for vaccination and testing of participants linked to their travel to and from the activity venue (costs of testing may be covered by the sending National Agencies, concerning this, please contact your National Agency),
• obliged to get updated prior to the activity about safety regulations and restrictions in their own country about travelling abroad and back,
• ready to commit to the respective safety rules and restrictions of the hosting country.

N.B.! The organisers will monitor the development of the ongoing Covid19-pandemic, and according to that, if the situation requires it, the activity might be implemented online (at the same dates, including shorter transnational online sessions). In case the activity can be realised as planned, the travel, health and safety recommendations in the participating countries will be fully respected. In case of an offline activity, all the participants will be accommodated in single rooms, masks will be used when and where required, and necessary sanitising equipment and measures will be arranged. More information will be provided directly to the selected participants.

Participants should arrive in Budapest on 7th September in the afternoon and depart on 11th September (anytime).