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Aims & objectives

After 10 years of experience with international volunteering, and some experiences focusing on inclusion as sending and hosting organization, the traiing course aimed to share good practices, learning outcomes for participants, follow up and to produce some more documents with special focus on inlcusion and still not covered needs for young people with fewer opportunities, in order to increase the participation of young people with disability of fewer opportunities in the future.

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

The training aimed at increasing the involvement of the local community and local policy about inclusion, as well as increasing the number of projects involving participants with disability of inclusion background.

In the trainer's team, there were two Spanish members (one trainer and one logistical responsible) and one Italian trainer (me).

Training methods used & main activities

participants came from 6 different Countries (Italy, Germany, Slovenia, Egipt, Finland, Spain).

Methods: all using non-formal education such as energizers, ice breakers, silent discussion, small group role-playing, silent walk for reflection, intercultural exchange and awareness through games.

Active participation and teamwork have always been present.

Outcomes of the activity

- participants reinforced their relation also for possible future partnerships;
- some recomendations have been set for national agencies on what is still not so easy in inlcusion projects and needs a futher reflection on it;
- best practices has been given a space to get inspiration for others

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

As trainer, I guided some of the sessions and have been active in the preparation, evaluation and follow up phase.

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