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Training Course – Study Session “Youth Work OUT – Together for all young people” – Budapest, Hungary
April 1, 2019 - April 6, 2019
Please note that for this activity they are only accepting applications in pairs (one youth worker and one youth support professional). Please consult the detailed information on the website: http://abroadship.org/training-course-study-session-youth-work-out-together-for-all-young-people-european-youth-center-in-budapest-hungary/.
The aim of the study session is to strengthen the human rights-based approach to local youth work in order to support young people in claiming, exercising, defending their rights and encourage active participation in the community life, by empowering professionals working in the field of youth. The study session consists of three elements. Participation in each element is mandatory.
1. Preparatory phase will require 1-2 hours of involvement per week and will focus mostly on mapping the realities of young people in the communities participants are coming from.
The study session is a 6 days long residential activity and the main event of the whole process. Participants will leave the study session with developed 1-2 months human rights-based youth work program to be implemented in the local communities. During the practice phase, participants will implement local human rights-based youth work program based on the draft quality criteria for the rights-based youth work and will receive continuous educational support by the facilitators’ team of the study session.
Who should apply?
Please note that for this activity they are only accepting applications in pairs (one youth worker and one youth support professional).
Youth Worker Participants should:
-Be supported by the organisation (youth NGO, youth service, youth center, etc);
-Have an understanding of youth work principles as well as basic youth work methodology;
-Have an experience in working with youth at local level;
-Be motivated and able to carry out practice phase activities with his/her pair;
-Have experience in working directly with young people and/or for young people; -Have a strong willingness to cooperate with the youth support professional and work with the marginalized groups of young people;
-Be able to participate fully in all phases of the study session (preparatory, residential, practice phase);
-Be 18-30 years old (with possible exceptions);
-Be able to work independently in English;
-Come from one of the Council of Europe Member States 4.
Non-Youth Worker Participants should:
-Be supported by the organisation (municipal services, schools, churches, business sector, social services, etc.);
-Directly work with young people at risk or experiencing exclusion and discrimination (young people under state care, young people with disabilities, young people with mental health issues, young people working on the streets, etc.);
-Have a strong willingness to integrate youth work within his/her work with young people;
-Be motivated and able to carry out practice phase activities with his/her pair;
-Have experience in working directly with young people and/or for young people;
-Be able to participate fully in all phases of the study session (prepratory, residential, practice phase);
-Be 18-30 years old (with possible exceptions);
-Be able to work independently in English;
-Come from one of the Council of Europe Member States.
How to apply?
The pairs should send their applications through the online application form –
https://goo.gl/forms/H0UgE1Saih9hgi7r2 no later than 27 January, 2019!
What are the participation fees?
All participants are required to pay a participation fee of 50 euros. The fee is deducted from the refund of travel expenses. Board and lodging will be provided and covered by the Youth Department of the Council of Europe at the European Youth Center Budapest. Participants will be accommodated in double rooms.Travel costs will be fully reimbursed. You will be asked to present the tickets and other supporting material(original invoices, original receipts, in the case of e-tickets documentary evidence of the sum actually paid e.g. copy of credit card slip, copies of visas, boarding pass (both ways)).
If you have any inquiries about this training course, please contact Sulkhan Chargeishvili at ysrnetwork@gmail.com.
We wish you success in the application process! 🙂