Sustainability in Action!

We would like to invite you to participate in the “Sustainability in Action!” training course that will take place near Elbeuf, France in the period 18th – 26th March 2020 and will gather 29 representatives of organizations from 8 countries – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Malta, Turkey and France.

About “Sustainability in Action!” project

With the project "Sustainability in Action!" we wish to tackle both complex issues - global environmental challenges and sustainable development and young people's lack of social involvement and participation, and to implement concrete actions that youth workers can do to motivate young people get actively involved on a local level by increasing their environmental citizenship. We aim at enhancing and developing youth worker's competences to encourage, support and empower young people’s active involvement in solving environmental challenges and their active participation in a positive change towards a more sustainable society.

The specific objectives of the project are to:

·      create awareness in regards to the current environmental challenges and explore interconnectivity of those challenges with other topics on a global level (i.e. health, migration, economy);

·      explore the topic of youth participation and ways of attracting young people to actively participate on a local level;

·      build youth workers' capacity to work more effectively with young people on the topics of eco-related actions and sustainable ways of living;

·      explore environmental educational methods and equip participants with non-formal learning tools addressing the topics;

·      share experience, methods and practices;

·      create new successful and creative partnerships;

·      promote Erasmus + and European Solidarity Corps as a tool for active youth involvement and participation;

·      sensitize relevant stakeholders on the significance of environmental challenges on all levels.

We envisage the following thematic modules in the training:

1. Environmental challenges (what do we face today - pollution, climate change, social injustice and inequity, climate migrants and refugees, lack of resources, etc.) and alternative systems for sustainable living (sustainable communities, degrowth movement, permaculture, sustainable consumption, sustainable transport, etc.).

2. Active youth participation and green citizenship - concepts and ways of involving and engaging young people be active on a local level, encouraging them to create and implement initiatives.

3. Sharing of experience, strengths and challenges youth workers face in the different countries as way as solutions to overcome them.

4. Practical tools and instruments - gathering, sharing, trying out tools that will be used with the young people after the project.

5. Creation of partnerships and development of ideas for international youth mobility action and local youth initiatives.

Dates and venue of the training course

The training will take place from 18th (afternoon) till 26th March 2020 (7 full working days and two days - 1 arrival – 18th March and 1 departure day – 26th March) near Elbeuf, France. The participants need to arrive in the afternoon on 18th March and depart after breakfast on 26th March 2020.

Profile of the participants

The training course is for:

·      youth workers, facilitators, trainers, youth leaders, activists willing to enrich their competences towards working for a higher involvement and participation of young people in our societies for solving environmental challenges and living in a sustainable way

·      Age 18+

·      Willing to learn, develop and share

·      Willing to practise and multiply learning after the training course

·      Able to understand and express themselves in English

·      Are committed to attend for the full duration of the event

·      Are committed to do a follow-up/dissemination activity to be implemented in their country after the training course

Application procedure

If you are interested in participating, apply by 13.01.2020 filling in the online application form.

The final selection will be done by MJC Elbeuf, giving priority to candidates proposed by the Partner Organisations as long as their application is submitted within the deadline and the candidates profile fits with the participants profile envisaged in this call.

Selected participants will be informed by 20.01.2020. All applicants will be informed about the final decision.

For any further questions, please contact us at project@mjc-elbeuf.fr.