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"The Power of Together: Building Stronger Groups Outdoors and Indoors"
Training Course
3-11 August 2025 | near Sigulda, Latvia
MAIN IDEA AND AIM
We believe that empowering young people starts with fostering healthy connections and effective collaboration. As youth workers and educators, we often see young people facing challenges with teamwork, experiencing conflicts, or struggling with exclusion. These issues are often rooted in poor group dynamics, which can negatively impact their well-being and development.
This project is designed to enhance the quality of youth work by equipping you with practical tools and strategies to navigate these challenges and foster healthier group relationships. Through a combination of experiential learning, outdoor activities, and non-formal education methods, we will explore how group dynamics influence inclusion, cooperation, and leadership development among young people.
OBJECTIVES
Our project aims to empower youth workers and educators with deeper knowledge and hands-on experience in managing group processes. Specifically, we aim:
* To increase awareness about the concepts of group dynamics and healthy relationships and how they relate to young people's well-being and empowerment.
* To enable critical reflection on personal patterns in groups and develop skills to better support youth.
* To share experiences from different countries on how unhealthy group dynamics manifest in society and youth work contexts (e.g., exclusion, conflicts).
* To provide and practice tools and strategies for fostering healthier group dynamics and relationships.
* To develop skills to plan and facilitate non-formal learning activities that improve group dynamics, both in practice sessions and through local activities.
* To implement concrete strategies within each participating organization to enhance group dynamics and relationships.
* To network and develop new Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps project ideas focused on fostering healthy group dynamics and relationships.
INVOLVED COUNTRIES
Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Turkey, Spain, Greece, Italy
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Training overview
http://trainings.salto-youth.net/13601
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This Training Course is
for 24 participants
from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries 
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers, Volunteering mentors, Youth coaches, Teachers
Working language(s):
English
Association "Drop in the Ocean" (biedrība "Piliens okeānā") (Others)
“Drop in the Ocean” (https://www.instagram.com/piliens.okeana) is a small non-profit made up of people from various fields who occasionally team up to create projects that spark positive change in their communities and offer young people and youth workers meaningful opportunities. Our work focuses on five main areas: personal development, building healthy relationships, active participation, environmental sustainability, and supporting youth and youth work. We also place special emphasis on learning outdoors and in nature whenever possible.
Contact for questions:
Arta Zakse
E-Mail:
Phone: +37129676337
Costs
Participation fee
There is no participation fee.
Accommodation and food
We will organize and provide accommodation and food and cover the costs of it from the "Erasmus+" programme (no fees from participants).
Travel reimbursement
Participants's travel will be reimbursed after the project.
Travel limits:
Latvia - 28 EUR
Estonia - 211 EUR
Poland, Italy, Turkey - 309 EUR
Greece, Spain - 395 EUR