Managing my organisation - managing myself

The background of this 5-days training course came about through a conversation between 2 trainers that are at different stages of carrying the responsibility for an NGO that is particularly active in Youth Work and international youth projects (such as Youth in Action).

When discussing the challenges faced when working on providing professional quality in youth work, the idea came to mind that there may be other organizations facing the same challenges; managing the transition from enthusiastic young people with a common vision to a well-working organization that is able to provide its work and engagement in a sustainable way with long-lasting results requires professional and personal resources that don’t always seem readily available
In order to discover strategies as to how to discover and develop these resources, as well as identify potential roadblocks that may be faced in doing so, three trainers from Israel, Switzerland and Turkey that are also directors of youth organizations, are developing a training course open for trainers, project leaders and youth organization directors which is aimed at supporting each other in developing the quality of support systems and professional organizations and structures, as well as developing personal strategies that enables the manager of the organization to experience progress and success while maintaining personal resources intact and maintaining quality and balance in their personal life.

Objectives of the training course:

To provide the opportunity for organizations to meet and exchange best practices and ideas

To reflect on the challenges faced and to provide possible solutions/ideas/tools that can enable participants to handle these challenges in the best way possible

To develop together strategies which fulfill the explored needs of each participating organization

To honestly and openly reflect on the reasons for stress, overwork, burnout, being "the only one", financial difficulties, personnel lacks and communication challenges in order to find viable and sustainable solutions

To find ways to maximize productivity, efficiency, motivation, teamwork, promotion, sense of "ownership" by volunteers and employees and financial resources.

To support NGO managers in exploring was to build personal resources and maintain a balanced life

To discuss the similarities and differences related to NGO management in relation to the varying realities of the participating countries

To develop structures that enables the participating organizations to provide quality youth work in a regional, national and international level, according to the required standards of programs such as YOUTH IN ACTION