Follow the Leader!

The main aim of the training course is to develop the competences of youth workers to engage and empower them to take up leadership positions and to equip them with tools to lead a youth organization. The training course is built on the idea of understanding and applying organizational management techniques such as planning and organizing, leadership skills development, people, time and budget management. During the training course youth workers will develop their skills and competences in such important topics as assertive communication, effective team-work and strategic planning while understanding the importance of youth work and the role they play in the development of their communities. With this training course we seek to improve the level of key competencies and skills of youth workers, such as sense of initiative and entrepreneurship and multilingualism, in order to improve the quality of their work and the activities they organise, and to reach further into the European dimension of their youth work. Objectives: - To identify the role of youth work in our societies and to understand the importance of youth workers - To provide participants with different tools to acquire knowledge and to develop skills and competencies in organizational management - To introduce effective communication, leadership and team-work techniques - To develop competences to implement tools, non-formal and informal educational methods of decision making and strategic thinking - To provide space for participants for discussion and sharing best practices and to develop their leadership skills and competences - To improve knowledge about Erasmus+ Programme as a tool for enhancing the international dimension of youth work through capacity building activities