Level up! CZ-PL-SK Transnational Youth Initiatives Training Course

If you answer the following questions with “yes”, than this training is for you! • Are you active in your community? • Do you have ideas for project/s? • Are you looking for support to put them into action? • Do you feel like making friends with inspiring people from other countries? How about Transnational Youth Initaitives? Doesn’t tell you much? Transnational Youth Initaitve is a project done by young people (13-30) in their local community and in cooperation with a group/organisation from another country. Why organise such project? • to get soft skills for your personal development (communication, cooperation skills ect.) • to get practical skills useful for your professional life (project managment, financial managment, time management, foreign languages ect.) • to do something meaningful for your community and bring positive change • to explore benefits of non-formal education • and have fun with your friends and set up a network of new connections. Aim of the Training Course To encourage Cz-PL-SK participants to organise Transnational Youth Initiatives by providing them with knowledge and necessary tools. Objectives: • to introduce the aims of Transnational Youth Initiatives in frame of Erasmus+ programme: formal and quality criteria, best practices, way of applying for grant etc.; • to empower participants to create international partnerships and prepare Transnational Youth Initiatives projects; • to develop understanding of non-formal education and its methodology and empower participants to apply it in their projects; • to explore how to benefit from international cooperation on local level. Target group: • are residents of Czech Republic, Poland or Slovakia, • are 18+, • are representatives of organisations/institutions/groups that are active locally, • already have their first experience with organising an activity (an event/workshop/charity action, exhibition, sport event, etc.) • are motivated to put their idea/s into action, • are willing to bring positive change in their community, • are opened to explore possibilities of international cooperation, • can communicate in English on basic level. • there is a possibility to come either individually or with another person from the organisation or group, Practicalities: • the training course will be held in English • participants willing to create partnership with other countries than CZ-PL-SK are very welcome as well • the first (16th March) and the last (20th March) days are travel days.