Anssi Järvinen

About:

Im a 41 year old Finnish man who has graduated as a youthguide with high degrees in Finland and i have worked as a youthworker since 2012. I have been part of several Erasmus+ projects as a facilitator and coordinator. I have worked both in Finland(2012-2017&2020- till today) and Greece (2017-2020) as a youth worker. I have also been part of creating an online learning about social entrepreneurship for mysalto as well as been the main coordinator in R-Project (about minorities) [EFC]

Anssi Järvinen has 3 references for past work as a trainer.

Anssi Järvinen

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Trainer connections

  • Gvantsa Chagunava
    Gvantsa Chagunava
  • Lada Matyášová
    Lada Matyášová

Current occupation

Trainer, Professional youthworker, coordinator

Work experience

I have worked as a youth guide in Finland & Greece for over 10 years. I have also facilitated around 50-60 youth exchanges and Training courses. I have worked also on a KA2 project about social entrepreneurship wich of result we created an online learning for it. I have also worked on 2 bigger projects; another as the main coordinator (Europe For Citizens project about immigrants) and the other as an developing youth worker ("More Together"- a 2 year project in a sub urban in FInland where the aim was to create more hobbies and possibilities especially for immigrant background youth and families).
At the moment i work as a supportive youth worker for youngster whom are in danger to be socially exclusive. I also have AART (agression replacament training) workshops for immigrant youngsters.
I have also been producing several events from festivals to football tournaments and so on.

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Educational pathway

I have graduated as a youth guide (youth worker) in Finland with high grades in 2015 (diploma). I also have been in several non-formal training courses in order to became more better facilitator. I also own a security license, hygiene pass and a first aid training. I consider that all experience/education/training is important for your life in general as well as for life experiment and for this reason every knowlegde is important to me. I also believe that non-formal education is a key to reach higher level of education and for that reason its importance i value highly. I also have a very high passion for non-formal education.

Fields of training expertise

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

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

  • (expert) Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
  • (advanced) Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
  • (intermediate) Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
  • (advanced) European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
  • (expert) European Youth Centres (CoE)
  • (beginner) European Youth Foundation (CoE)
  • (beginner) Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
  • (beginner) European Institutions
  • (beginner) International Youth Structures
  • (intermediate) 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
  • (beginner) Men's Issues & Groups
  • (expert) Minorities
  • (beginner) Religious Youth Groups
  • (beginner) Young People in/from Conflict Areas
  • (advanced) Young People with a Mental Disability
  • (intermediate) Young People with a Physical Disability
  • (intermediate) Young People with a Sensory Disability

Experience with specific geographical regions

  • (intermediate) Africa
  • (advanced) Eastern Europe and Caucasus
  • (intermediate) Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
  • (expert) European Cooperation
  • (beginner) Global Cooperation
  • (intermediate) South East Europe

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (fluent) Finnish
  • (beginner) Greek
  • (beginner) Swedish

Trainer references

  • Think Human

    Awaiting validation (requested 2023-01-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Komotini, Greece
    organised by System&G Greece
    13-18.9.2017
  • TC Super-power of non-formal education

    Awaiting validation (requested 2023-01-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Munebrega Spain
    organised by System&G Spain
    11-18 august 2018
  • Democracy Seeds For Youth to Raise

    Awaiting validation (requested 2023-01-17)
    The training activity took place
    in Athens
    organised by System&G Greece
    20-28.9.2018

This profile was last modified on 2023-01-17

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