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Afonso Borges

born 1995  •  lives in Portugal  •  speaks fluent English, Portuguese
About:

Using a value and attitude-based educational approach through immersive experiential methods to create meaningful change, from inside-out.

Afonso Borges has 2 references for past work as a trainer.

Afonso Borges

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    Mila Lukić

Current occupation

Youthworker, Mentor, Trainer, Educator

Work experience

- Design and implementation of immersive experiential educational experiences for human rights education and civic&democratic participation of young people.
- Design, implementation and evaluation of Solidarity projects (ESC), Mobility of Young people (KA152), Mobility of youth workers (KA153), Youth participation Activities (KA154), Small-scale partnerships in Youth (KA210), Cooperation Partnerships in Youth (KA220), European Youth Together (KA3).
- Youthwork and Mentoring of young people at local level (including volunteer projects and development of grass-root initiatives). Youthwork with NEET and migrant youth at community level.

Educational pathway

- Training of trainers from national and international institutions (Portuguese Youth council; Portuguese Federation of Youth Organizations; Erasmus+ National Agencies of PT, BE, NL; Council of Europe & Youth partnership)

- Masters in Sports Science, major in Education and minor in Sports training.

Fields of training expertise

  • (advanced) Animation
  • (intermediate) Bullying & Harassment
  • (advanced) Campaigning & Awareness Raising
  • (intermediate) Change Management
  • (expert) Citizenship Education
  • (intermediate) Coaching & Mentoring
  • (expert) Communication Skills
  • (advanced) Conflict Management & Mediation
  • (intermediate) Creativity & Art
  • (intermediate) Crisis Management
  • (advanced) Diversity & Anti-Racism
  • (intermediate) Drama & Theatre
  • (expert) Education through Sports
  • (expert) Environment & Ecology
  • (advanced) Entrepreneurship (Social)
  • (advanced) Equal Opportunities
  • (advanced) Evaluation & Assessment
  • (intermediate) Event Management
  • (intermediate) Financial Management
  • (beginner) Fundraising
  • (intermediate) Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
  • (intermediate) Global Education
  • (expert) Group Dynamics & Motivation
  • (advanced) Health & Prevention
  • (advanced) Human Rights
  • (advanced) Intercultural Learning
  • (advanced) International Youth Work
  • (intermediate) Labour Rights & Employment
  • (advanced) Leadership Development
  • (beginner) Lobbying & Advocacy
  • (advanced) New Information Technologies
  • (beginner) Open Space Technology
  • (intermediate) Organizational Management
  • (expert) Outdoor & Experiential Training
  • (intermediate) Peace Education
  • (advanced) People Management & Cooperation
  • (expert) Personal Development & Empowerment
  • (advanced) Project Management
  • (intermediate) Public Relations & Marketing
  • (advanced) Public Speaking
  • (intermediate) Recognition of NFLearning
  • (advanced) Social Inclusion & Exclusion
  • (intermediate) Social Media
  • (advanced) Storytelling & Humour
  • (advanced) Time Management
  • (beginner) Training of Trainers
  • (beginner) Valorisation of Projects (DEOR)
  • (intermediate) Volunteer Programmes
  • (expert) Youth Exchanges
  • (intermediate) Youth Information Work
  • (expert) Youth Participation & Initiatives
  • (advanced) Youth Policy
  • (intermediate) Youth Violence & Criminality
  • (intermediate) Youth Worker Training

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
  • (beginner) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (advanced) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
  • (advanced) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (advanced) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (beginner) Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
  • (advanced) European Institutions
  • (advanced) Youth Partnership CoE-COM
  • (intermediate) International Youth Structures
  • (beginner) Private Foundations
  • (beginner) United Nations

Working with specific target groups

  • (expert) Children
  • (intermediate) Families
  • (intermediate) Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
  • (expert) Intercultural Teams
  • (advanced) Marginalized & Excluded Youth
  • (intermediate) Men's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Minorities
  • (beginner) Religious Youth Groups
  • (intermediate) Women's Issues & Groups
  • (advanced) Young People in/from Conflict Areas
  • (intermediate) Young People with a Mental Disability
  • (beginner) Young People with a Physical Disability
  • (beginner) Young People with a Sensory Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (intermediate) Asia
  • (intermediate) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (advanced) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (advanced) European Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Global Cooperation
  • (intermediate) Latin America
  • (beginner) North-North Cooperation
  • (intermediate) North-South Co-operation
  • (intermediate) South East Europe

Other skills

Immersive experiential learning

Language Skills

  • (good) English
  • (beginner) Italian
  • (fluent) Portuguese
  • (intermediate) Spanish

Trainer references

  • Study session "Youth Democracy Academy"

    Validated (2023-11-14)
    The training activity took place
    in European Youth Centre Budapest, Hungary
    organised by DYPALL Network
    8-14 October 2023
    Reference person

    Antea Pamukovic

    (Course director)
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  • "It's Time" Exploratory Seminar

    Validated (2026-09-24)
    The training activity took place
    in Ferreira do Zêzere, Portugal
    organised by GERAR OPORTUNIDADES
    7 - 14 June 2023
    Reference person

    Liliana Rodrigues

    (Project Coordinator)
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This profile was last modified on 2026-09-24

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