Árpád Bárnai

Current occupation

Trainer, coach and youth worker

Work experience

2017 - ongoing: Head of Training and Development at Academy of Experience.
2021 - 2022: trainer in the project "Safe Places - Thriving Children". Embedding Trauma-Informed Practices into Alternative Care Settings” is a two-year project (2020-2022) co-funded by the Rights, Equality and Citizenship (REC) Programme of the European Union.
2018 - 2021: mentor at Watchtower Program for Unicef Hungary
2017: Trainer at Bátor Tábor (Serious Fun Foundation)
2012 - ongoing: Trainer at Academy of Experience.
2016: Group facilitator for the Hungarian Templeton Program. http://templetonprogram.hu/en
2016: Trainer at Solutionsurfers Hungary. http://www.solutionsurfers.hu/english/
2014-2017: Implementation consultant at Practify. Supporting trainers in creating blended learning development processes with the software Practify. Member of the methodological development team.
2006-2011: Educator, program manager in a foster home in Hungary.

Programs:
2023:
- Youth leader training, Latvia, 2023.
- Facilitator: EFFY 23 Erasmus+ Future Focused Youth – Ukraine online symposium.
- Facilitator in the Mental Health in Youth Work SNAC event: Mental Health in Youth Work Inspirational Event, Portugal, Algarve
2021- Trainer and thematic leader of the program Youth+ (KA2)
2020:
- volunteer training for Academy of Experience volunteers working with youth at risk
- Generali Summer camps for youth living in the Hungarian foster care system
- IfYou - inclusive youth leader training for participants of local volunteer groups in Hungary
2019:
- From Us To You goes International KA3: Creating volunteering-based programs for Roma youth in Romania, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Netherlands
- HEART KA2. Experiential education and art therapy as tools to enhance resilience. Organizer: Academy of Experience
- Playinclusive: international training course on game design and play as tools for youth workers.
- Play training vol. 2. - The second stage of the KA2 project Play!
2018: Source international seminar on best practices in youth work.
2018.10. Play Training vol. 1. - International training course on game design and play as tools for youth workers. Hungary.

2017.01-06: From Us To You 7. Experiential learning program for Roma Youth. The program used: the volunteering project as a frame for learning life-leading skills, experiential learning and solutions-focused methods.

2016. Brief Coaching with Children and Adolescents. Solutionsurfers Hungary.

2015. In Between: Training course for youth workers, social workers, and others who are working with young people in transition from childhood to adult and who are asking themselves how to support young people in a more holistic way. 17-23 May 2015 | Reichenau a.d. Rax, Austria

2014 Civil Leadership Academy - 10 days - civil leadership course for NGO leaders. Role: trainer, teamcoach, knowledge management expert. YIA 3.1

Our Way 2 in 1 - outdoor experiential education training for trainers funded by IVF. Role: Graphic facilitator, an expert in working with disadvantaged youth. http://elmenyakademia.hu/en/projects/inland/our-way-2-in-1.html

INSIDE AND OUT - YiA 4.3 / training course using the tools of experiential learning, outdoor education, and Integrative Expression and Dance Therapy. 1/09/2013-10/09/2013. Role: Co-trainer, outdoor expert.

DANCE INTO YOUR LIFE (co-trainer) - Grundtvig workshop using the tools of experiential learning, outdoor education, and Integrative Expression and Dance Therapy. 18/06/2013-28/06/2013. Role: Co-trainer, outdoor expert.
http://elmenyakademia.hu/en/projects/inland/danceinto.html

LOCAL ACTION GLOBAL REACTION - YiA 1.1 / youth exchange on sustainability. Role: Facilitator, graphic facilitator, outdoor expert.
19/04/2013-27/04/2013
http://elmenyakademia.hu/en/projects/inland/loglohun.html

Tőlünk Nektek 1.and 3. YiA 1.2. Youth Initiative with the participation of youth living in a foster home, restricted foster home and gypsy settlement. Role: facilitator, teamcoach, graphic facilitator, outdoor expert. 01/02/2013-01/09/2013

EVS ON ARRIVAL TRAINING. An experiential learning based program using tools of solution focused teamcoaching. Role: Trainer, teamcoach. 28/01/2013-01/02/2013

GROWING BY DOING2. YiA 1.1 / youth exchange including 2 days voluntary project on the gypsy settlement of Bag with the local youth participating. Role: Facilitator, outdoor expert. 30/11/2012-10/12/2012

COACHING FOR SUCCESS. YiA 4.3 / training course. The basics of coaching. Introduction to
Solution Focused and Narrative coaching. Role: Co-trainer, graphic facilitator.
http://elmenyakademia.hu/en/projects/inland/coachingforsuccess.html

BACK TO YOUR NATURE: YiA 1.1 / youth Exchange on healthy way of life, yoga, Integrated Self-
Expression and Dance Therapy. (Élményakadémia KHE). Role: Assistant, Graphic facilitator.

BACK TO THE NATURE: YiA 4.3 / training course for youth workers on technical skills of outdoor education. Assistant.
http://elmenyakademia.hu/en/projects/inland/btneng.html

Volunteer coordinator in the Reserve Atalaya,
February 2012 – April 2012, Peru, Chontachaka

Street Children Educators. EVS project in a foster home in Peru, Nuevo Chimbote. October 2011-February 2012

2010 Képesek vagyunk! Suntem capabili! youth exchange for 40 orphan kids in YIA 1.2