Learn to Empower

European Voluntary Service is an enormous opportunity for young people regardless of their religion, race, culture, convictions, economic situation, and political affiliation to learn, to live in a new culture, to gain a unique experience and have a positive impact on community through their activities. Throughout the whole process of a service a mentor has an important role to empower volunteers in applying their skills and knowledge to real life, in providing learning support and guidance to acknowledge the development of competences for enriching job-related skills and being prepared for the job market. This project is designed to enhance knowledge, transfer instrumental tools and methods to EVS Mentors to work productively with EVS Volunteers in terms of raising their competitiveness in labor market. Aim: To improve the quality of EVS projects through building capacities of EVS Hosting organizations and equipping EVS Mentors with vital methods to support and guide the volunteers towards the development of competences for future employment. Objectives: - To introduce to the participants a wide variety of means and instruments for supporting volunteers growth and development process; - To explore tools and methods which help to transfer competences (knowledge-HEAD, skills-HAND, attitude-HEART) gained in the EVS project to further life and enhance employability of ex-EVS volunteers; - To present different tools to reflect on key competences of Youthpass as a recognition of non-formal learning and Europass as an introduction of academic, training and professional accomplishments; - To build partnership network and peer learning support for further work on the local and international levels. The anticipated impact of the Training is to ensure higher employability of ex-EVS volunteers due to support and learning acquired in the course of EVS.