Eastern Express TC

Aims & objectives

"Eastern Express" training course aimed at rising quality of Youth Exchanges within action 3.1 of Youth in Action (YiA) Programme, especially in cooperation between Programme and Eastern Europe and Caucasus (EECA) countries.

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

EASTERN EXPRESS TC brought together 28 voluntary and professional youth workers from Programme and EECA region: youth leaders and project coordinators working directly with youngsters, who are interested in setting up international youth projects.

The team consisted of 3 trainers from Lithuania, Belarus and Hungary, a representative of SALTO EECA and officer of Hungarian National Agency.

Training methods used & main activities

Methods that are based on principles of nonformal education were used during the training course.

Outcomes of the activity

Participants of the TC established partnerships for development and implementation of international youth exchanges.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Full-time trainer.

I worked on this training for 6 days days as a full time trainer.