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Sosthène Deshoullières-Delbos
I’m following different paths : supporting people in their process of emancipation, self awareness, and participation to collective processes; development of sensitivity towards diversity and fight against discriminations, with a specific focus on Gender issues and gender-based violence; promotion of horizontal and collective decision making systems.
As a trainer, I develop non formal learning activities with diverse publics, and I deeply believe in the importance of self-directed learning.
Sosthène Deshoullières-Delbos has 6 references for past work as a trainer.
Contact details
Trainer connections
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Salvi Greco -
Panayiotis Theodorou -
Corina Pintea -
Anastasia Tasoula -
Richárd Kiss -
Carina Altenriederer -
Markus Rebitschek -
Marco Marinelli
Current occupation
Trainer and Projects coordinator
Work experience
Since 2018, I'm working as mentor, tutor, projects coordinator, trainer in an organisation accredited for both E+ and ESC projects.
Between 2021 and 2022, I have conducted a research project on Gender Equality within ESC/EVS programs.
In terms if recent training activities, to give an overview, since January 2024 I have been part of the team for:
In 2024 - 2025, I'm participating in ToT (SALTO) and have developed in partnership with the French National Agency the Training Course "DREAM - Develop gendeR-basEd Approach in Mobility projects" (ESC/E+).
International Training Course “Mentors I” (Lefkosia, Cyprus - 9 days - January 2024), as a co-trainer. Training course aimed at developing competences for new mentors of ESC volunteers, with an introduction to the model of competences for Youth Workers, and exploring tools for mentoring. This event was a part of a broader sequence “Making Magic in the Kingdom of Volunteering”, aimed at improving the quality of ESC projects, designed and organised by a consortium of international trainers : Panayiotis Theodorou, Markus Rebitschek, Corina Pintea, Salvi Greco and myself.
2 - Mid-term training for long-term ESC volunteers (Marseille, France - 5 days - March 2024), as a trainer and coordinator of the event. Hors Pistes, as lead organisation, coordinates the hosting of around 30 or 40 ESC volunteers per year, which allow us to develop our own training courses twice a year, at the arrival and at the mid-term. My role was to design these trainings in complementarity with the seminars organised by the french NA. The specific objectives of this mid-term training were : allow the volunteers to develop and facilitate non-formal education based workshops in their hosting organisations (methods of facilitation, support to create their own workshops) and to work on valorisation of their projects : recognition of learnings, evaluation of the impact from the volunteer’s perspective, planning on future projects. The training was co-facilitated by myself and 3 colleagues from Hors Pistes.
3 - Training course on ”Interculturality, Sensitivity and Diversity” (Arles, France - 2 days - April 2024). This training is organised each year for the students for DEJEPS (future facilitators, trainers, project managers in the fields of youth work, non-formal education, and sport) with the objective of enhancing a critical reflexion on the youth worker’s approach towards identity, interculturality, diversity, and to identify and work on the stereotypes, bias and microaggressions in the field of youth work and non-formal education. This training was co-facilitated by myself and one colleague.
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Educational pathway
Formal educational Background :
I studied Journalism in Dakar (Senegal) for 2 years between 2015 and 2017, Social Anthropology (France, 2017-2020) and Gender Studies (France, 2021 - 2022).
Non-formal educational background :
1_ SALTO Training of trainers (2024-2025). I'm currently exploring the beautiful world of self-directed learning, dealing with ambiguity, working in new international team and more than all : being challenged and having a deep reflection on the sense of my own practice.
2_ My volunteering in Hors Pistes, 7 years ago, when I discovered non-formal education, European projects, non-profit organisations, and a big bucket of positive values. Before, I was working in a private company, selling insurances and hunting-specialised magazines. You can easily imagine how opening this door changed my entire life and perceptions of working, education, and society. I had the chance to participate in youth exchanges, to contribute to the democratic life of the organisation, to learn better English, to work in an international environment, to question my values and perspectives, and thousands of other learnings which are still today an ongoing process. I had the chance in the end of this experience to get a position of projects coordinator and trainer, even though at this time I had more or less any specific competences, but I learned throughout the years with my colleagues, and then I was able to support other learners.
3_ In 2021 I participated in an international training course called “Sensitivity, diversity : differences challenge our assumptions”. This training course was very, very challenging for me, because I had to constantly shift perspective and question myself about my deepest values. The trainer was really aiming to make it (positively) uncomfortable for us. I learned so much about myself, my visions and perceptions, that today I’m still thinking about certain discussions we had there, sometimes. Also, I discovered a specific topic which is today one of my favourites to work on. I re-used a lot of pedagogical contents from this training, and implemented related-activities in various contexts such as youth exchanges, local trainings, ESC seminars…
Fields of training expertise
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Campaigning & Awareness Raising -
Change Management
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Citizenship Education -
Coaching & Mentoring
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Communication Skills
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Conflict Management & Mediation
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Creativity & Art
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Crisis Management
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Diversity & Anti-Racism
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Drama & Theatre
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Equal Opportunities
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Evaluation & Assessment
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Event Management
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Financial Management
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Gender Awareness & Mainstreaming
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Global Education
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Group Dynamics & Motivation
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Human Rights
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Intercultural Learning
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International Youth Work
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Leadership Development
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Lobbying & Advocacy
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Organizational Management
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Peace Education -
People Management & Cooperation
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Personal Development & Empowerment
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Project Management
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Public Speaking
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Recognition of NFLearning
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Social Inclusion & Exclusion
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Social Media
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Training of Trainers
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Volunteer Programmes
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Youth Exchanges
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Youth Information Work
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Youth Participation & Initiatives
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Youth Policy
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Youth Violence & Criminality
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Youth Worker Training
Knowledge about institutions and programmes
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Erasmus+ (KA1) Youth Exchanges
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Erasmus+ (KA1) Training & Networking
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Transnational Youth Initiatives
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Strategic Partnerships
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Erasmus+ (KA2) Capacity Building (other countries in the World)
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Erasmus+ (KA3) Youth Policy Meetings
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European Solidarity Corps Volunteering
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Erasmus+ (lifelong learning, non-youth)
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European Youth Centres (CoE)
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European Youth Foundation (CoE)
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Solidarity Fund for Youth Mobility (CoE)
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European Institutions
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Youth Partnership CoE-COM
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International Youth Structures
Working with specific target groups
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Children
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Families
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Gay, Lesbian, Bi & Transgender work
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Intercultural Teams
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Marginalized & Excluded Youth
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Men's Issues & Groups
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Minorities
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Religious Youth Groups
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Women's Issues & Groups
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Young People with a Mental Disability
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Young People with a Physical Disability
Experience with specific geographical regions
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Africa
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Eastern Europe and Caucasus
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Euro-Mediterranean Co-operation
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European Cooperation
Language Skills
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English -
French
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Russian
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Spanish
Trainer references
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Mentors I
Validated (2024-11-15)Reference person
Markus Rebitschek
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A bee's journey
Validated (2024-11-08)Reference person
Marlène Benzler
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Mid term seminar for ESC volunteers
Validated (2024-11-08)Reference person
Theresa Pienning
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DREAM - Develop gendeR-basEd Approaches in Mobility projects
Validated (2025-04-15)Reference person
Graziana Lucarelli
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WORDS MATTER - Communicating Meaningfully with Youth
Validated (2025-10-25)Reference person
Clara Montalbano
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NextGen Volunteers: Shaping Europe's Future Together. Echoing volunteer's voices
Validated (2025-11-13)Reference person
Irina SECHERY
(Organiser - National Agency from Belgium)If you want to contact reference persons, you have to be signed in.
This profile was last modified on 2025-11-07