Let’s Get Organized for ESC

Project name: Let’s Get Organized for ESC
Activity date: 16-23 October 2019 (7 nights - 8 days)
Place: İstanbul, Turkey
Participants: 2 participants from each country (13 Countries)

Let’s Get Organized for ESC training course project will bring together main partners of European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme; youth workers, youth leaders, representatives of the youth organizations from Coordinating, Sending and Hosting Organisations from different European countries.

The main aim of the project is improving the international co-operation by gathering the potential and the current partners together, learning new ESC programme and sharing knowledge, consequently increasing the quality of ESC projects. To increase the quality of ESC projects through the development of competencies (knowledge, skills and attitudes) of key actors involved in the support system around the volunteers in the ESC projects developed within the frame of the Erasmus+ programme. It can be stated that the project will be a brainstorming session on basically how to efficiently conduct high-quality projects within cooperation with other organizations. The activity will be aimed at individuals who will coordinate ESC projects within their organization, develop the project plan etc.

Training course will be for representatives of organisations among EU countries in order to strengthen the cooperation regions that work with youngsters with fewer opportunities (rural areas, disabled, cultural social and economic difficulties) under Erasmus+, European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme.

Project Objectives
- To get a better understanding of the concept of ESC as “learning service” and related quality aspects in ESC.
- To improve the ability for co-operation and working in international partnership
- To reflect on the roles, responsibilities and challenges within the ESC volunteer support system
- To raise awareness of the learning dimension in ESC and provide tools for learning support
- To support the recognition of non-formal learning in ESC through the competent implementation of Youthpass and Europass.
- To provide new information about the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) programme
- To establish long partnership among partner organizations.
- To develop youth workers’ knowledge, skills and attitudes and improve their experience and provide them with sharing those experience on European Solidarity Corps (ESC) projects.
- Deeper understanding of the European Solidarity programme,
- To create solid networks of contacts and partnerships,
- To develop partnerships between the organizations to potentially run ESC projects together.

The main subjects of this training course are:
- Understanding the concept of ESC (Quality Label, Volunteering, Solidarity, Traineeship and Job)
- The learning dimension of ESC
- How to set up a competent support system
- Set up partnerships for ESC projects
- To Create and share Tools for ESC (Financial Management, Agreements, Calls, Application forms, interviews, mentorship, follow up, youthpass, etc.)

Methodology and methods
The course methodology is based on the concept of experiential learning, in an atmosphere where participants can learn a lot from each other and have a lot of fun! The methodologies and methods in the project will be non-formal education based. We will use non-formal training methods during the project activities such as group works, discussions, statement exercise, lectures, simulation, individual and groups reflections, interactive workshops, and participative presentations, consultations, exercises and self-assessment, etc.

If you are interested,
- Please send us partner identification form(PIF)
- Then, we will send you mandate, you will sign and stamp after that send back us.

Financial conditions
The accommodation, food, and visa for all participants will be covered in total by project budget. For grant support to travel costs in the Erasmus+ Programme, travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator provided below. Based on the distance expressed in km, the corresponding distance band must be chosen in the application and report forms. ) Each participant must prove tickets and boarding cards.
http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/tools/distance_en.htm

Contact:
Mr. Serdar Osman Dobur
Email: project@iyaca.org
Mobile: +905305260315