Appetiser-An Introduction to International Youth Work

Aims & objectives

A training course organized by and funded through the TCP plan of several National Agencies of the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. From 2007 and then on, it is a Network Training coordinated by SALTO Training & Cooperation.
AIM: To give a strong positive first experience of international youth work and motivate participants to use the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme.
OBJECTIVES:
To give participants the opportunity to:
- experience an international youth project
- taste intercultural learning
- share own youth work experience with other participants
- understand possibilities offered by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action programme
- see examples of quality youth projects supported by the Youth/Youth in Action programme.
- Imagine how to benefit from international context in their own youth work practice.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Youth workers / leaders with experience in local projects but with no international experience, willing to try out the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme and the possibilities it offers.
The team is composed of Athanasios Krezios (GR) and Eylem Certel (TR).
The participants came from various European and Erasmus+ programme countries, such as UK, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, France, Norway, Romania, Slovakia and also Switzerland.

Training methods used & main activities

Work in groups, short inputs, multimedia presentations, simulation exercises

Outcomes of the activity

Participants had their first intercultural experience (naturally and through experiential learning activities)and they got stimulated to begin cooperations towards the realization of international youth projects.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Training preparation, delivery and evaluation & Reporter (several times).

I worked on this training for 4 days as a full time trainer.