TRAINING COURSE “YOUTHPASS – YOUR PATH”

2016-1-EE01-KA105-017063 August 11-18, 2016 Taevaskoja, Estonia

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REPORT Edited by GLOBE

No Profit Association – PIC Code 928481576 The Training Course was organized and hosted by Eesti People to People, and implemented in cooperation with the following Partner Organizations: GLOBE – Global Learning Opportunities for Better Education, Fundacja Mlodzi dla Europy, APSCETSIS, People to People International, Biedriba ALTUM, Mezinarodni vzdelavaci centrum GEMS, Helsingin Diakonissalaitoksen säätiö, Südwind Agentur, Associação Erasmus Student Network Minho, Young Europeans for Peace, Asociación Mundus. The countries involved were:

Global Learning Opportunities for Better Education

ABOUT THE TRAINING COURSE PROJECT “YOUTHPASS – YOUR PATH”

Last August 2016 GLOBE participated as Sending Partner in the ERASMUS+ Project “YOUTHPASS – YOUR PATH” (Project Code N° 2016-1-EE01-KA105-017063), organized and hosted by EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE (Estonian Organization). It involved youth workers from 12 different European countries: Estonia, Italy, Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, UK, Latvia. Our Team, formed by Serena, Alessandra and Gianmarco, participated to the Training Course “YOUTHPASS – YOUR PATH”, in Taevaskoja, in the middle of the Estonian forest, from 11 to 18 August 2016. We are very pleased to tell and share this interesting experience realized in a multicultural context, in this brief report.

The PROJECT “YOUTHPASS – YOUR PATH” involved youth leaders, youth workers, trainers and teachers to reflect and discuss about Youthpass certificate and its creation, validation and recognition as non-formal education document. The main aim of the Training Course was the reflection and better understanding of Youthpass as a certificate for the recognition of non-formal education and also the learning process of young people. The group of participants was mixed because it was composed by Youth workers, youth leaders, teachers, volunteers that work in different contexts and with different types of non-formal education methods. All participants were interested in practice different methods of non-formal education and to reinforce the participation and the active involvement of young people within ERASMUS + projects. Moreover the Training Course offered the opportunities to meet new people and colleagues from different European countries, to know the culture of other countries, to promote the intercultural dialogue and youth mobility, as well as awareness of belonging to the European youth community.

These objectives were reached using non formal learning methods, energizers and icebreaking activities, team building games, workshops, debates, working groups, learning among peers, and the organization of national evening. The PROJECT “YOUTHPASS – YOUR PATH” provided to all participants the opportunity to: - Meet new colleagues and expand their professional network - Familiarize with the concept of Youthpass as learning program and its possibilities within

the outside of Erasmus+ Programme. - Explore the 8 key competences of Youthpass - Exchange the best practices in youth work in an European dimension - Build up new partnerships between youth organizations to work together - Enhance quality of training and youth work in Europe - Share experiences and best practices from non-formal education - Improve creative skills, English language knowledge - Improve communicational skills, - Discover themselves, - See new places and visit Taevaskoja.

WHAT HAVE WE DONE?

All the youth leaders, workers, trainers and teachers developed the activities planned in a positive and creative way. Following a brief summary of daily activities. Day 1 (Travel day) was dedicated to the welcome of the groups and transferring to Taevaskoja. During this day all national groups arrived in Tallinn – Estonia and had a meeting to take a bus, organized by the Coordinator EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE, to reach

Taevaskoja Holiday Center in the evening. During the travel we started to know each other.

Day 2 was dedicated to break down the barriers, to create a good and positive environment, to build a team and to introduce the project and the activities. Participants got to know each other better, thanks to energizer, name games, team building and icebreaking activities. All participants presented themselves, shared their expectations and needs and defined the common rules. Day 3 - 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 were dedicated to different workshops and learning sessions, working groups, games and debates to share our experiences and best practices about non-formal education and formal education, and to work, reflect and understand the importance of Youthpass Certificate and its 8 key competences as learning instrument. During the activities proposed by the trainers and facilitators all participants had the opportunities to share their experiences and to acquire or exchange useful inputs, methods and instruments to improve the activities in youth work in Europe, create new partnerships and enhance quality of training and youth work in Europe. The other 2 important moments of the training course were: - The NGOs fair, during which each national group prepared the presentation of their organization, presenting focuses, activities and target groups in interactive way. This activity represented an opportunity to know new realities and to take new contacts for future project ideas. - the activity in the city of Tartu that offered to us the opportunity to speak with local people about the Erasmus+ Program and the Project, visiting in the same time the second city of Estonia. Each evening was dedicated to organize the intercultural evenings, each involving 2 or 3

countries represented in the Project; during the evening each national group presented his country trough quizzes, music and dances, typical food, sweet/salad, biscuits and beverage to taste. Finally we spent the last evening together to celebrate the great experience we had the opportunity to enjoy with the Youthpass ceremony. It was a very nice evening with our new European family! Day 8 (Travel day) It was the time to say goodbye!! In the morning, all national groups together took the bus organized by the Coordinator EESTI PEOPLE TO PEOPLE for the transfer from Taevaskoja to Tallinn.

FINAL FEEDBACK

Thanks to the activities carried out during the Project “YOUTHPASS - YOUR PATH” we had the opportunity to work in international groups and to improve their communication, transversal and language skills. All the participants gave a positive and active contribution during the activities, realizing productive reflections about the focus of the project. They spent their time discovering their self and different cultures, creating new collaborations and friendships, in a positive and intercultural environment. The Training course gave us the opportunity: - to set up strategies for the better recognition of youth work and non-formal education. - to share tools and methods from partners' and other organizations in order to support young people self-learning and self-assessment. - to discover the opportunities offered by Erasmus+ Program; - to discover Taevaskoja; - to live in a multicultural context and to meet new colleagues; - to acquire new non formal learning methods, - to develop competences in planning non-formal education with particular attention on structured learning processes. GLOBE thanks all national groups, the Coordinating and hosting organization EESTI PEOPLE TO PEPLE, the Project Manager and Trainer Ruta Pels, and the Trainer Mateusz Górecki for this experience and we hope to see you again very soon!

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Thank you and See you soon!

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