“SPARK” is a 7-day residential training course to take place from October 28th to November 5th of 2019, in Nowy Gierałtów, Poland, in which 30 youth workers from 13 countries will participate. The project aims to empower and build up the competences of civil society organisations, youth workers and youth leaders to initiate, support and run social initiatives and projects by and for young people based on youth & community needs, with a focus on social entrepreneurship. Transversal aspects of the training course will be the ERASMUS+ programme, professional and organisational development, and the fostering of new partnerships and projects. The core objectives are: CORE OBJECTIVES (1) to create a safe and empowering learning space for the exchange of competences and practices: • on personal & (inter-)cultural level • on professional level / the organisations we represent • concerning practices and realities in youth work (2) to explore how to meet youth and community needs and be the change you want to see • how to make a needs assessment • sharing different realities of youth and community needs in Europe • identifying possible actions or interventions to meet youth and community needs • the role of Social Entrepreneurship, European citizenship and active participation of young people • reflect on yourself as the change you want to see (3) to build up competences and practice tools in the area of Social Entrepreneurship: • modelling of projects & business plans • PR & marketing • finances • measuring impact and sustainability (4) to embed in youth work and identify follow-up activities: • introduction of and training on ERASMUS+ and other funding schemes that aim at positive change and/or Social Entrepreneurship with youth involvement • exploring and understanding the possibilities and role of youth work to bring about positive innovative change and supporting young people in doing so • support in partnership-building and project development on local and international level • support in drawing consequences on individual level (personal and professional) • to support the partners and participants in disseminating the results of the training course and in transferring the competences and learning points to colleagues and young people