European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA online

Objectives and benefits of the training course:

• Foster understanding, awareness and commitment to core quality criteria of the European Solidarity Corps
• Build up competences on how to design and implement European Solidarity Corps projects with a view to quality
• Ensure clarity and support on how the programme works formally: opportunities, guidelines, structures, priorities, rules, and procedures
• Give space to participants to express burning issues and needs and offer support where possible
• Foster a supportive community of organisations involved in the European Solidarity Corps
• Awaken the learner within

Methodology:
You are invited to take part in a multidimensional online training, during which not only you, but your entire organization may benefit. The training consists of individual and group work and encourages the involvement of other members of your organization. Training tasks will be distributed over two weeks: asynchronous activities, placed on the moodle platform - HOP, and synchronous -real-time online meetings on the ZOOM platform (4 mandatory sessions and 2 optional sessions open to members of your organization).

We are looking for participants (together with other members of their organisations) who:

• are involved in the Volunteering Actions in European Solidarity Corps Programme
• are connected to organisations/institutions holding a Quality Label for Volunteering
• 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
• the other members of participants organisation are motivated to increase the quality of the projects

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 Centre.
The activity will be facilitated by two experienced trainers:

•  Jan Latal (Czech Republic)
• Dagna Gmitrowicz (Poland/Germany)