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Training Course
9-15 January 2022 | Kuterevo, Croatia
Partners are: VUK (Velebitska Udruga Kuterevo, Croatia), GAIA Kosovo, Volunteers’ Centre of Vojvodina (Serbia), PVN (Albania), Center for Intercultural Dialogue (Northern Macedonia), Nešto Više (Bosnia and Herzegovina).
The general objective of this project is the improvement of the support mechanisms, and thus of the quality, of Volunteering projects in frame of the European Solidarity Corps programme in the Western Balkans, while the specific are:
1) Equipping hosting organizations active in ESC Volunteering projects with competencies and tools to ensure a deeper, comprehensive and empowering reflection based on critical thinking for ESC volunteers and their mentors;
2)Exploring the potential of learning and reflection in ESC Volunteering projects in the field of environmental education and protection;
3)Developing innovative, handy and youth-friendly tools for ESC volunteers and their mentors in order to support and record their learning process (with a focus on environmental ESC projects);
4)Increase the awareness of ESC volunteers, mentors and coordinators about the environmental and social impact of their projects at the personal, organizations,community, regional and European levels.
In the project, we have one training for members of organizations working with ESC in Kuterevo in January 2022 and one training for mentors of ESC (and other long-term international) volunteers in Boževce in May/June 2022.
The 1st training course (January 9th-15th, Kuterevo, Croatia) aims at improving the quality of Volunteering ESC projects in the partner organizations, with a focus on the elements of learning, support to learning and solidarity. Participants are 12 ESC coordinators, volunteers’ coordinators and programme coordinators from the 6 partner orgs.
What to expect from it?
-To enhance overall knowledge and understanding of international Long Term Volunteering and especially the European Solidarity Corps programme, with a focus on Volunteering projects;
- increase competencies in writing and managing ESC projects that suits the needs of organizations, volunteers, local communities,
- improve their capacity for regional and European cooperation in the frame of volunteering projects,
-reflect and share experience on the learning opportunities that their current and planned project present to volunteers (and have the chance to improve those),
-reflect and discuss the ways in which their organizations understand and practice solidarity (within and beside ESC projects) at the inner, local, regional, European levels.
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This Training Course is
for 12 participants
from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, KOSOVO * UN RESOLUTION, Republic of North Macedonia, Serbia
and recommended for
Youth project managers, ESC coordinators, Programme coordinators, Volunteers coordinators
Working language(s):
English
Velebitska Udruga Kuterevo (Others)
Velebit Association Kuterevo (VUK) is a non-governmental organization located in the small village Kuterevo in the mountain of Velebit.
Since mid-1990s VUK members have been involved in community development activities, and the Association is involved in youth work in the local community, cooperating with other village civil society organisations and local authorities.
Currently the main activities include the care for resident bears and the bear facilities within the Bear Refuge, running the Volunteers’ Station, and informative and educational work with visitors. Through its work with Croatian and international volunteers and visitors, the organization promotes active and experiential learning for environment, active citizenship, and solidarity and inclusion.
The main aims of the organization are preservation of natural and cultural heritage in the region and promotion of a peaceful coexistence of people and the wilderness.
Co-organiser(s):
Contact for questions:
Francesca Fornari
E-Mail:
Phone: +381 631182804
The project is funded by the Croatia National Agency for Erasmus + (AMPEU), therefore
participation is free, bus and train tickets are reimbursed according to the programme limits, after the
participation and visa costs are covered for those participants who need them.
Food (vegetarian and vegan) will be provided, as well as accommodation (at local guesthouses) and they will be free for participants.
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 210 EUR/person
Kosovo: 320 EUR/person
Albania: 320 EUR/person
Northern Macedonia: 320 EUR/person
Serbia: 210 EUR/person
Croatia: 23 EUR/person
Participants should come by bus/train, and avoid flying.