EVS & European Solidarity Corps training cycle

Aims & objectives

On Arrival trainings:
- explore intercultural issues
- explore issues around your EVS-project
- get to know new international people and friends
- introduction in the European Voluntary Service and a cultural initiation

Mid term trainings :
- Reflect on the experiences you had in your EVS project so far
- Reflect on your personal development during your stay in Belgium
- Evaluate the progress in your project
- Share your own and learn from each other’s experiences
- Take a look at how you want to follow up on your EVS experience.

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

All possible long term EVS and European Solidarity Coprs volunteers
Team:
rotating duo's between a team of 5 EVS trainers (Belgium trainers).

Training methods used & main activities

Active methods, mixing information and training sessions and mostly self directed learning.

Outcomes of the activity

The volunteers are better prepared for their stay in Belgium and to tackle possible obstacles and difficulties in their projects and life.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Developing the training
Delivering the training
Evaluating the training

All with one collegue and supported by the NA officers.

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