TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Dragan Atanasov
This study visit on EVS partnership building was a support measure organized by the SALTO South
East Europe Resource Centre and CIMO, the Finnish National Agency in the frame of the European Union’s Youth in Action Programme. The aim of the activity was to offer the opportunity to a small group of 15 youth workers coming from youth organizations directly involved with European Voluntary Service (EVS) in Finland, Albania and Kosovo, to discover together the youth work scene in Kosovo and explore possibilities for establishing partnerships for hosting or sending volunteers within
the EVS programme.
The organizing team of the Study visit was composed of a representative from the SALTO
South East Europe Resource Centre, a representative from CIMO, the Finnish National
Agency, one facilitator and a person responsible for technical support from a local partner organization. Participants came from organizations from Finland, Albania and Kosovo.
A variety of methodology was used during this short study visit. The event was a combination of
short thematic inputs, organized visits and meetings, informal social events and structured time for reflection and discussion. Partnership building was an underlying process present throughout the whole study visit, which also included individual reflection time with the help of a tool for partnership building developed especially for this event.
Based on the evaluation activities of the team and the participants, the overall aim of this event
was achieved to a great extend – the study visit did offer an opportunity to a small group of youth
workers coming from youth organizations directly involved with European Voluntary Service (EVS) in
Finland, Albania and Kosovo, to discover together the youth work scene in Kosovo and explore
possibilities for establishing partnerships for hosting or sending volunteers within the EVS
programme.
I was responsible for overall design of the program and facilitation of the event.