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Natural Trainers

2019-2-DE04-KA105-0182082019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: DE|FI|NL|HR|AM|UA|GE|NO · Grant: €20,845
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training coursesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Intercultural/intergenerational education and (lifelong)learning

Objectives

Natural Trainers is 9 days training course for 28 youth workers, youth leaders, trainers and facilitators that will take place in Bakuriani/Borjom-Kharagauli National Park, Georgia, during the period of 7-15th of September, 2019. The training course combines the need of the young people, youth workers and partner organizations for the professional development of their staff and quality of their events, needs of facilitators and people working with youth in their learning processes for gaining practical experience, tools, methods and confidence in planning & delivering educational activities of high quality. The training will bring together participants from Germany, Georgia, Norway, Armenia, Ukraine, Croatia, Netherlands and Finland. “Natural Trainers” aims to improve the quality and outreach of youth work by developing participants' competencies in the area of facilitation of learning and training, equip them with the tools & methods relevant for working with young people. This TC sets the following SMART objectives: - To improve participants facilitation skills & soft-competences; (By giving them theoretical knowledge, practical tools and hands-on experience in facilitating an international group in a safe & supportive environment;) - To give participants specific tools, training, and space for sharing on how to work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. - To equip participants with tools and methods of experiential learning, (Focusing on outdoor adventure education and nature-based learning) in order to increase the engagement of the groups they work with; - To share different methods, tools & approaches used by partner organizations in order to extend the toolbox at the hands of the participants; -To support participants in creating learning programs rooted in their realities and based on their specific situations. - To introduce and practice “behavior” as the 4th element of competence model, (Together with the knowledge, skills and attitude) work on it with the participants and give them tools (“inner Readiness” e.g.) to work further with their target groups. - To improve participants soft skills, such as leadership, communication, adaptability, conflict management and cooperation by creating a specific training context (Outdoor expedition) where they will have to work together, cooperate and take initiative in order to achieve success and in doing so, support their personal and professional development. - Support participants’ in developing their personal style as a trainer/facilitator, discover and assess strength and weaknesses and show the ways how to work on them/use them. Participants of the training course are expected to act as multipliers and transfer the learning back to the organizations and young people they work with. This way we ensure the wide impact of the training course.

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