From Label to action - Partnership-building in ESC Humanitarian Aid

Aims & objectives

This partnership-building activity aims to bring together youth organisations, NGO staff members, and professionals who are active or interested in ESC Humanitarian Aid cooperation. Through non-formal learning methods, peer exchange, and collaborative project development, participants will have the opportunity to share experiences, explore common priorities, and build long-term partnerships for future initiatives. To consolidate the activity, the onsite meeting in Budapest was complemented by an online networking event in the following month.

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

The group consisted of 11 reprezentatives of 8 European organisations from Hungary, Romania, Poland, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy and Finland holding ESC Humanitarian Aid Quality label.

Training methods used & main activities

The activity was based on nonformal education methods such as ice-breakers, name games, case studies, forum theater, reflection groups, study visit to a local organisation and simulation activities (mini-SOP) and speed-dating.

Outcomes of the activity

the activity led to the creation of:
- an interactive digital tool of organisations mapping in Padlet (that later included the organisations joining the onine networking event);
- 4 mini SOP - procedures templates supporting organisations in the ESC HUMAID Field;
- 3 followup project ideas;

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

As a trainer, my main role was to lead the pedagogical process supported by the local facilitators from Youth Bridges Budapest that took care of all the practicalities.

I worked on this training for 5 days as a full time trainer.