TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Ioana Filipas
- Familiarise participants with the opportunities available for them as part of the Erasmus+ programme;
- Help participants create better training courses under Erasmus+;
- Foster an environment for further cooperation among participating organisations;
The training had 23 participants from Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, Croatia, Turkey, and Greece.
They were all youth workers with different levels of experience, working in international contexts and with different focuses (youth work, sports, adult education).
Among others, we used coaching, debate, brainstorming, case study, creative writing, storytelling, powerful questions, action plans.
- The participants grouped and wrote a total of 5 new Erasmus+ projects (training courses), out of which 3 were submitted in the next spring deadline;
- All participants used and got familiar with the Erasmus+ ECAS platform and the application forms;
- New partnerships were created;
- Participants learned more about what a successful training course looks like, and they implemented their learning in their activities.
Together with my partner, Andreja Ausperger, I designed the training sessions and kept adapting them one day after the other, according to the needs of the participants.
I focused mainly on presenting the types of activities that can be done and how an activity should be designed (what to bear in mind, what to keep an eye out for, what to include).
Ioana is a committed trainer with enormous positive energy! She is, as well, a super creative person who loves her job, taking every task professionally and with dedication, thinking throughly on what and how needs to be done to get the best out of every workshop. Working with her is always fun and enjoyable, while her expertise always brings new perspectives into the work, offering innovative solutions and valuable insights.
P.S. Ioana really, really enjoys energisers! :)