Heidi Jyrkkä

About:

I'm currently available for new projects for the year 2022. I'm based in Lapland, Finland / Cantal, France / Stuttgart, Germany.

Heidi Jyrkkä has 4 references for past work as a trainer.

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Trainer connections

  • Polona Siter Drnovšek
    Polona Siter Drnovšek
  • Bruno Pizzini
    Bruno Pizzini

Current occupation

Community educator on the field of youth work and NGO's

Work experience

I have over a ten year work experience on project management, planning, implementing, evaluating and reporting both national and international projects. I have worked in multiple youth centres in Finland and in Slovenia. I have also worked for the Finnish government as an officer for communication, specialiased to follow the EU directives in accessibility in websites and in social media.

Most recently I have worked with young people in European Solidarity Corps projects, as an on-arrival trainer, work supervisor and a support person. In those ESC projects I usually work with young people with special needs.

Educational pathway

I have graduated from HUMAK University of Applied Sciences as a community educator in 2012. In my studies I have specialized to intercultural work and international project management. During my studies, and ever since I have also been able to attend multiple non-formal training courses about participation, peace education, equality, democracy, outdoor education and environmental education. At work I have come closer to understanding the challenge of participation and I'm especially interested on peace education and participation of those who usually have less possibilities to join the existing decision making methods in our societies.

Fields of training expertise

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

Knowledge about institutions and programmes

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

Working with specific target groups

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

Experience with specific geographical regions

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

Language Skills

  • (fluent) English
  • (fluent) Finnish
  • (beginner) German
  • (beginner) Norwegian
  • (beginner) Slovene
  • (intermediate) Spanish
  • (intermediate) Swedish

Trainer references

  • ESC on-arrival for Elf Around

    Validated (2021-04-14)
    The training activity took place
    in Kokkola, Finland
    organised by Nuorisokeskus Villa Elba
    1-3.11.2020
    Reference person

    Tytti Tikkakoski

    (organiser)
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  • ESC on-arrival for Elf Start

    Validated (2021-04-14)
    The training activity took place
    in Kokkola, Finland
    organised by Youth Centre Villa Elba
    12.18.9.2020
    Reference person

    Tytti Tikkakoski

    (organiser)
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  • Erasmus+ on-arrival for Poke the Globe 2017

    Validated (2021-04-26)
    The training activity took place
    in Rautavaara, Finland
    organised by Youth Centre Metsäkartano
    12-17.10.2017
    Reference person

    Elina Mäkelä

    (staff of Metsäkartano)
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  • ESC on-arrival for Poke the Globe 2019

    Awaiting validation (requested 2021-04-14)
    The training activity took place
    in Rautavaara, Finland
    organised by Youth Centre Metsäkartano
    9-15.10.2019

This profile was last modified on 2021-10-30

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