Art, Dance and Sport / Poland

Aim of the PBA To enable participants to: - establish and support a partner-finding, networking and permanent international cooperation between organizations on the topic of dance, art and sport; - gain and exchange methods of non-formal education dedicated to the topic of PBA; - gain and exchange methods of non-formal education supporting active participation of young people; - increase the quantity and improve the quality of KA1 (YE) projects. Objectives - to develop new Youth Exchange projects under the E+ programme on the topic of dance, sport and art; - to exchange of previous experience and good practice among participants; - for better understanding of the eligibility and quality criteria of Youth Exchanges among participants; - to promote active participation of young people in E+ projects; - to give an impulse to improve and strengthen international cooperation in the field of youth exchanges by giving participants possibility to work on preparing KA1 (YE) projects so that after the course they are ready to send application to respective National Agencies. Participants of PBA: 10 Polish participants and 26 participants from all of the Programme Countries. 30 – 36 adults who are: - youth workers or representatives of NGO’s, community centers, youth clubs, schools, local authorities, work in local governments or other public institutions, non-formal groups of young people that have a mandate to enter into a partnership with other organizations/groups; - little or big experienced with E+ (in implementing KA1 projects - 1 or more E+/YiA projects); - willing to develop and implement a Youth Exchange project on the topic of dance, art and sport; - have an idea about the project and have earnest interest and possibility within their organisation/group (green light from their hierarchy/colleagues) to set up a KA1 project after the PBA; - able to communicate and work in English. This PBA will be dynamic using interactive and non-formal learning methods. Workshops, facilitated discussions and other interactive tools will be used in which the participants are invited to play a central role. The activities will be led by experienced facilitators in realization projects in KA1 and working with youth.