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Volunteering for knowledge
Training Course
9-16 August 2015 | Sofia, Bulgaria
“Volunteering for knowledge" is TC that will deal with the importance of volunteering as a tool for acquiring new skills and knowledge.
Duration: 09 - 16 August, 2015 - 6 full working days activities, 8 days including the travel dates.
“Volunteering for knowledge" is an International Training Course (TC) that will deal with the importance of volunteering as a tool for acquiring new skills and knowledge.
Organized by “Bulgarian sports development association”, Bulgaria.
Duration: 09 - 16 August, 2015 - 6 full working days activities, 8 days including the travel dates.
Main topic of the content: The overall aim of the project is to empower young people/youth workers with the innovative way of acquiring skills and knowledge, using volunteering. The main target group will be focused on volunteering in sports, as an innovative approach to involve more young people to have real working skills and provide them with more employability opportunities. The transfer of good practices between western and eastern European countries, living the good examples during the TC will empower the fight with youth unemployment by creating opportunities for self-employment and employment through volunteering.
Learning objectives:
- To raise knowledge and gain new experiences on volunteering and volunteering in sports as tools of recognition of skills and knowledge;
- Developing the potential for young people to help them access labor market with real skills and knowledge and this way - enlarge the youth employment.
- To clarify the challenges of volunteering in sports regarding to content and methodology, non formal and informal learning process, inter cultural learning and impact on local community;
- To create a network of professionals (youth leaders, social workers and Trainers) who work with unemployed young people and people with fewer opportunities using volunteering as a tool for education and ready to develop new E+ projects raising awareness on personal, social and professional development during the work activity.
This project is focused on teaching youth/social workers/youth leaders/trainers/sport coaches how they can use volunteering as a motivator and way to increase employability in their daily work with young people.
The profile of the ideal candidate:
- Youth /social workers/youth leaders/trainers/sport coaches, active within their organization or society;
- Be motivated to develop their competences in volunteering and sport;
- Already have experience in working with young people, organizing initiatives and projects;
- Be able to act as a multiplier in our local community, ensuring the snowfall effect;
- Be committed to attend for the full duration of the course and participate fully in all activities;
- Be aged 18+ but preferably 25+;
- Competently able to work in English language.
Working methodology: a combination of different creative and interactive methods will be used by the Trainers team and adapted upon the profile of participants. Some examples of working methods: theoretical inputs, round table, Compass/Salto sessions, individual/group activities, group exercises, work on examples in a small group, case studies, real attempts.
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Bulgarian sports development association (Youth NGO)
Bulgarian Sports Development Association was founded in 2010 and is a nonprofit public benefit organization devoted to the development of Bulgarian sport and improving sporting culture in Bulgaria! Our team is young, creative and full of innovative spirit that works for development of Bulgarian sport and enhance the sport culture in Bulgaria with a desire and motivation. BSDA membership is voluntary and the association involve both physical and legal persons who are willing to help sport development with time, ideas, effort or financial support. We also organize different events in the areas of: entepreunership, citizenship and active society. The team of the orgazation consists of professionals from different fields as: sport experts, media specialists, tourism and hospitality, education, marketing and others. We believe that sport should be part of a modern life of children and young people and should create in them values such as motivation, discipline, fair play. Sport is also be a excellent way to prevent many of the problems with young people such as social exclusion, violence, crime and addictions.
Contact for questions:
Joanna Dochevska
E-Mail:
Phone: +359889137478
Costs
Financial Aspects:
The training course will take place from 09 till 16 of August 2015 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Financial support has been provided by the Bulgarian National Agency for the “Erasmus +” Program (Key Action 1).
Therefore, “Bulgarian sports development association” will offer the following conditions:
- The travel costs from your home town to the venue will be covered according to the rules of “Erasmus+” Program. According to the new rules within the Programme “Erasmus+” we will reimburse the travel costs on the basis of the cheapest possibilities, e.g. second class railway tickets, APEX-flights etc., accompanied by the receipt of complete and original tickets, invoices, bills, receipts, boarding cards etc. upon a certain “contribution to the travel costs of participants, from their place of origin to the venue of the activity and return”. This contribution is “based on the travel distance per participant. Travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission”.
- Board, lodging, local transports and all materials of the training course will be covered by the Organizer;
- The participants should arrange their own insurance for their travel and stay in Bulgaria;
- A participation fee of 60 Euros is required by each participant, payable at the venue.
Travel costs:
The travel costs will be 90% reimbursed. For the reimbursement please keep all the original tickets, invoices and boarding passes. The reimbursement will be done accordingly to the amount of the tickets, the maximum amount that can be reimburse for each country can be found in the table below. If the travel costs are bigger that the specified amount then, the extra amount is supported by the partner organization or by the participant.
Partner country: Maximum reimbursement amount:
Portugal 820 euro
Poland 275 euro
Italy 275 euro
Ireland 360 euro
Hungary 275 euro
Bulgaria 0 euro
Greece 275 euro
Romania 180 euro
Slovakia 275 euro
Spain 360 euro
Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the organiser, for recognition of their competence development during the activity. Read more about Youthpass: