Capacity Building Workshop - Set-up & Step-Up Your Young Caritas Program

Aims & objectives

The main objectives of the workshop as provided by the organizer are: #Sharing knowledge and skills necessary for engaging young people in the mission of Caritas organizations; #Accompanying Member Organizations in finding out the best way to engage young people in their work; #Accompanying Member Organizations in finding out what kind of opportunities they can create for young people to involve them in topics that youths are concerned with; # Facilitate Networking.

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

12 youth workers, staff of national Caritas organizations in European countries, working with young people

Training methods used & main activities

The online training activity was conducted using a mix of methods based on various online tools, including Mentimeter, Jamboard, collaborative documents. Group work was organized in Zoom breakout rooms and the outcomes were harvested on dedicated google docs prepared in advance by the trainer.

Outcomes of the activity

The main outcomes of the training have been summarized and included in the Young Caritas Toolkit which is available here https://youngcaritastoolkit.caritas.eu/

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I have been the lead trainer, designing and delivering all the training sessions. Based on the data collected during the training and additional interviews and documentation, I have also served as lead consultant on the drafting of the toolkit which later on has been finalized by the Caritas team and is available here https://youngcaritastoolkit.caritas.eu/

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

Testimonial of the reference person

Workshops facilitated by Cristina are always very energising and inspiring. Participants get a lot of support and new ideas. She understands very well the reality of volunteering.