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Gathering for Trainers on Life Management competences

Training Course

5-11 May 2025 | Lithuania

We invite trainers to explore how to navigate the complexities of a trainer’s life—emotionally, physically, legally, financially, and in terms of opportunities. Join us on a holistic learning journey into shaping sustainable trainers’ pathways!

Are you an experienced trainer looking for a space to reflect on the challenges of a trainer’s life? Do you seek strategies to balance emotional resilience, financial stability, legal security, and professional growth?

This event offers a dedicated space to exchange best practices, uncover life hacks, and co-develop tools for managing the often-overlooked aspects of a trainer’s journey. Drawing from the collective wisdom of the trainers’ community, we will explore practical strategies through peer learning, intervision, coaching, reflection, and hands-on activities outdoors and indoors.

We’ll also share  practices and insights from trainers’ community, developed via the project “Holistic Trainer” (https://iywt.org/holistic/)

Specifically, here are the objectives of the event: 

  • To strengthen trainer’s professional identity and clarity of the role
  • To increase emotional and physical resilience in training situations and beyond
  • To increase skills in seeking for and managing training opportunities 
  • To explore trainer “life hacks” when dealing with travels, legal issues, and other important aspects of trainer’s life. 

Highlights of this training activity:

  • A holistic approach to learning - through experience, reflection, physical and cognitive activities indoors and outdoors. 
  • Focus on well-being as a topic and an integral part of the gathering. 
  • This course is part of the Erasmus+ long-term accreditation programme implemented by NGO Awero together with it’s partners. More about the programme: https://awero.org/en/ets-modular-trainings-and-certfication 
  • Focuses primarily on international youth work training context 
  • Digital-friendly - the training and competence assessment methodology and activities will include using digital tools and platforms, such as https://trainersappraisal.com/ and digital Open Badges.
  • Long-term development opportunity - participants willing to continue to develop their professional trainers’ competences will be invited to apply for the upcoming training courses on other competence areas.
  • Endorsed by the broad partnership of Cities of Learning members, and other national and international organisations from the youth work field.

Participants profile:

This course is for people who are:

  • Trainers* in the field of youth work (locally or internationally)
  • Age: from 18 years.
  • Language: a sufficient level of English is necessary to participate in this course.
  • Erasmus+ Programme countries (look for specific list of countries, it's based on our existing partnerships)

*The Trainer in the field of youth is defined as someone “who shapes, guides and accompanies the learning processes of individuals or groups. Trainers design and implement educational activities based on the values and principles of youth work and non-formal learning; they create conditions that promote the learners’ individual development, and they shape the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary for youth work”*

Digital credentials and certification

This activity is a unique opportunity for participants to use up-to-date and digital recognition solutions, such as digital Open Badges and https://trainersappraisal.com/ platform. Participants can use the 360-degree competence assessment, earn digital badges, and receive certificates that prove their competence development.

Youthpass process and certificate will also be offered to participants joining this activity. 

Watch this video explaining how partners build competence assessment, validation and recognition systems: https://bit.ly/YW-TrCertvideo

Participants recruitment and selection:

Please apply using this form: https://bit.ly/tot_life_apply

Our trusted partners will pre-select and nominate participants based on your profile and motivation.

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Training overview

http://trainings.salto-youth.net/13265

This activity has already happened!

This Training Course is

for 24 participants

from Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden

and recommended for

Trainers, Youth coaches

Working language(s):

English

Organiser:

NGO Awero (former "Nectarus") (Youth NGO)

The Awero (former Nectarus) team, together with Cities of Learning (https://awero.org/help/cities-of-learning) partners, International Youth Work Trainers Guild and European and National Youth Workers Associations, is creating a good practice example in Europe on how the European Training Strategy (https://europeantrainingstrategy.eu/) can be translated into specific actions – a set of modular training courses for youth workers and trainers.


We are building the training, recognition and certification framework within which we can have a European offer for our partners, youth workers and trainers. It will provide training on international youth worker competences, as a complementary activity to what youth workers are trained on locally or nationally.


Goal – to improve the quality of international youth work by implementing the European Training Strategy (ETS) modular training courses are based on the ETS competence model for youth workers and trainers working internationally.


We aim to provide more opportunities for the competence-based development of youth workers and trainers and respond to the European Training Strategy (ETS), closely linked to the European Youth Work Agenda (EYWA).

Co-organiser(s):

  • International Youth Work Trainers Guild, Plattform Generation Europa; PlanBe, Plan it Be it; Cyprus Youth Council; NaturKultur e.V., Youth Progress, z.s.; Na Slunci z.s. ; Hellenic Youth Workers Association; System and G; (Youth NGO)
  • CAP-City; Academy of Experience; Youth Work Ireland Midlands; Associazione Interculturale NUR; InCo Association; Ex Emigranti; Madiba; NINFEA; Latvian Youth Workers Association (Youth NGO)
  • Lietuvos atvirųjų jaunimo centrų asociacija; "MilleniuM" Training and Development Institute; Breakthrough; Union for Youth Work; Associação Par - Respostas Sociais; Asociatia Babilon Travel; BalkanIDEA Novi Sad; TiPovej!, Institute for creative society; (Youth NGO)

Contact for questions:

Awero organisers team

E-Mail:

Phone: 000000000

Costs

Participation fee

We ask for a 100 euro contribution fee to enable diverse activities and high-quality programme with a team of 3 trainers and external experts. It will be deducted from the reimbursement for travel costs. In justified cases, participants may request a discount or waive the contribution.

Accommodation and food

This course is partially co-funded by the Erasmus+ programme, so the organisers will cover most of the costs: accommodation (shared rooms with 2-3 people), food, and partially training programme implementation costs, trainers' fees. 

Special needs support is covered based on actual costs, but both parties involved must agree on the amount. 

Travel reimbursement

Travel costs will be reimbursed based on the actual costs not exceeding the lump sums based on the travel distances, in Euro:

10-99 km - 28 / green travel - 56 

100-499 km - 211/ green travel - 285

500-1999 km - 309/ green travel - 417

2000-2999 km - 395/ green travel - 535

3000 - 3999 km 580/ green travel - 785

 

Only justified costs will be eligible for reimbursement. Local transfer costs 20-25 Euros. It will be included in the overall travel costs.  If your travel will exceed the lump sums above, the remaining costs shall be covered by the participant or their sending organisation.

 

Participants may opt for the “green travel” options for a slightly higher travel budget. Please contact the organiser for more information about eligible green travel options.

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass:

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