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FACES - Facilitation Skills

2019-3-FR02-KA105-0168652019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: FR|BG|SK|CY|ES|PT|IT|EL|EE · Grant: €25,665
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training coursesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Objectives

We want to carry out this project because we think that the development of skills of facilitation is a key point in the quality of Youth work. A good facilitator can make the difference in the approach to a youth group (especially with delicate target groups like migrants, youngsters with educational difficulties, disabilities) and through this TC we want to give the facilitators of our partner organisations a space to reflect on their role and competences and provide them with the necessary tools and methods for their professional development. The role of the facilitator is basically connected with learning, communication, intercultural issues, feedback, and workshop design skills: in these areas he/she must be competent and aware. In our opinion a good facilitator should be first of all aware of his/her own learning styles and recognize these in his/her learning process. In this TC we want to focus on the role of the facilitator in communications and relationships so as to prevent possible conflicts and violence (verbal and physical) and on new skills like public speaking (useful in social life and in job market). Participants in the last part of the training will benefit from a session where they will design and perform a workshop. They can count on the trainers’ support and feedback during the TC and on their mentoring for 1 month after the TC, giving them the opportunity to develop quality workshops as output of the TC. OBJECTIVES 1.Provide youth workers with space to reflect on their role, facilitation experiences, learning styles and learning needs and critically reflect upon their previous experience as facilitators; 2. Improve their skills and competences on the different areas of facilitation (communication, debriefing of activities, workshops design, time-management, public-speaking, feedback, coaching,..) and the quality of their work; 3. Propose methods for improving relationship awareness and through communication preventing conflicts, discrimination and violence; 4. Support participants to put the gained knowledge in practice when performing workshops in their local environment after the TC (we plan project ideas in partnership during a TC session and offer mentoring support after the TC); 5. Experience non-formal learning processes and understand how to support young people's learning processes during the project; 6. Facilitate the creation of partnerships for further projects among the participating organisations (through positive exchanges between the organisations); 7. Strengthen participants’ and organisations’ competences and capabilities in youth work with international dimensions and cooperation. 8. Enhance non-formal education methods and the recognition of NFE learning (output production: blog and website).

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