HUBsters

Aims & objectives

HUBsters is the Training Course for youth leaders active at a local level to create international networks and initiatives to support youth participation
Therefore, the objectives of HUBsters training are:
- To define own roles of Youth Leaders in supporting youth participation;
- To self-evaluate and develop Youth Leaders’ competences;
- To equip Youth Leaders with tools and resources to continuously support youth participation and enable them to exchange their experience;
- To support them to plan international and transnational youth projects answering needs of their local societies.

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

Profile of participants
In order to achieve the highest benefit of this TC, we invite participants fulfilling below requirements:

- To be Young youth leader (but over 18 years old);
- To be already involved in planning, managing and/or implementing
local activities in their communities;
- To be able to make decisions or influence implementation of further projects;
- To be willing to contribute with their own experience and values
related to youth participation issues;

- To be good in communicating, expressing thoughts and ideas in English language (as the whole training is in this international language).

Training methods used & main activities

Our focus was on:

- deeper understanding of Youth Participation and its role in our societies;
- comprehension of the ground, motives and styles of Youth Participation though real cases and from glocal (global and local) point of view;
- encouragement of self-evaluation of competences of Youth Leaders;
- peer-to-peer exchanges and delivery of tools for encouraging higher level of Youth Participation.

Participants were equipped with essential tools to bring back to their organisations, such as:

- WHAT are the Values of Erasmus+ Youth in Action
- HOW-TO answer to the specific needs of participants' local societies
- KNOW-HOW for developing action plans for transnational youth projects
- Other useful resources for effective leadership in youth work context;

Outcomes of the activity

Participants of this Training Course had the chance to network, exchange practices and experiences from their respective contexts.
Projects ideas and draft of youth projects.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Youth Trainer shared equal task with other 3 trainers from Poland, Spain and Hungary.

I worked on this training for 7 days as a full time trainer.