”P.L.A.Y: Passion, Love, Active Participation, Employability”

Partnership Building Seminar on share methods on discover traditions through arts and sports in order to motivate unemployed young people to use their talent to become entrepreneurs

01 – 09 July 2015 , Recoaro Terme (VI), Italy

Themes of the Partnership Building Seminar:

-Develop and improve the competence of Sense of creativity and entrepreneurship of young people through arts and sports;

-Share and explore methods of non - formal education through arts and sports in order to recognise cultural values and traditions;

-Motivate unemployed young people to discover their talents and cultures through different arts and sports activities;

-Provide opportunity to find strengths, creativity, culture, traditions and combine all of them in an entrepreneurship in the sake of young people and local community;

-Find partners with similar needs and interests and target group in order to explore talents and traditions together locally and disseminate in European level through KA1 and KA2 projects according to the proposals of Erasmus + programme.

The overall aim of the Partnership building seminar is to train youth workers, youth leaders to be able to prepare, run and evaluate such type of non – formal educational methods which support young people to explore their talents meanwhile discover their own cultures. Practicing education through arts and sports in order to find strengths and creativity in traditions, which were forgotten and revise them, make it modern and popular among local community and European level. To support young people to recognise their roots and find their talents there and using their talents, to foster their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship. To make traditions through talents of young people well – known in Europe e.g. running youth projects according to the proposals of KA1 and KA2 according to the proposals of Erasmus + programme.

Learning objectives of the partnership building seminar are:

-To get acquainted with priorities of Health and Well Being and Culture and Creativity of the European Youth Strategy “Investing and empowering young people”;

-To explore key competences with special focus on sense of initiative and entrepreneurship;

-To practice non – formal educational methods as education through sports in order to discover traditional sports and games;

-To practice non – formal educational methods as education through arts in order to discover music, dance, paintings, architecture.

PBS ” P.L.A.Y: Passion, Love, Active Participation, Employability”
01 – 09 July 2015, Recoaro Terme, Italy

-To invent self – assessment tools in order to support young people to recognise their talents during non – formal educational methods and identify their learning outcomes;

-To make a link between learning outcomes and entrepreneurship;

-To make proposals for local and European youth projects in order to use the talent and traditions of young people together in the sake of local communities;

-To make solid partnerships for KA1 and KA 2 youth projects according to the proposals of Erasmus + programme.

The methodology of the partnership building seminar:

The methodological flow of the seminar:

  1. To get familiar with theories and strategies of European Commission: Health and Well - Being and Culture and Creativity of the European Youth Strategy “Investing and empowering young people” and key competences with special focus on sense of initiative and entrepreneurship from Youthpass learning process;
  2. Share methods for education through sports: participants collect traditional sports and games from their local communities and send a description of it to everyone. They will present it and practice during the seminar. Then till the end of the seminar, they will make a traditional sports and games booklet in the language of all participants of the seminar. After each presentation, there will be a discussion what young people can learn from the certain traditional sport or game.
  3. Share methods for education through arts. Participants will bring music, dance, photos of paintings and architecture they believe that represent their culture the most. They will present it through different tools and techniques to the others. Make a DVD about it!
  4. Participants have to make a local research on traditional games, sports, dance, music, paintings and architecture of the town, what young people know about it.
  5. Invent and explore different tools and techniques which can support young people to recognise their learning outcomes and from their learning outcomes to recognise their talent.
  6. Triple T Strategy: Talents, Traditions, Together – make a strategy for initiation and entrepreneurship in local and European level.
  7. Build up strong partnerships for realisation of the Strategy and invent new projects to implement it locally and European level.

The seminar is based on non – formal educational methods with special focus on education through sport and arts. Experienced trainers will facilitate the learning process of participants and provide space for learning theories, put theories into practice, facilitate research, conduct learning process and support to identify learning outcomes. The programme is built up according to the needs and expectations of partner organisations and the main organisational aim is to use the methods, tools, techniques, strategy at home and foster the outcomes into European level.

Who can participate in the Partnership building seminar:

- At least 18 years old and there is no upper age limit!

- Youth workers, youth leaders, young people, project managers, etc.;

- Ready to take part in the whole Partnership building seminar;

- Have organizational support for further youth activities;

- To be able to communicate English.

Preliminary programme:

Hours / Day 1
Arrival day / Day 2
Get 2 know each others / Day 3
Day of Strategies and theories / Day 4
Day of education through sports / Day 5
Day of education through arts / Day 6
Day of Research and Answers / Day 7
Day of P.L.A.Y Strategy / Day 8
Day of Lets continue! / Departure day
8.00 – 9.00 / breakfast / breakfast / breakfast / breakfast / breakfast / breakfast / breakfast / breakfast
09.30– 11.30 / Arrival of participants
Registration and accommodation / Official welcome
Icebreakers
Getting to know each others / European Youth Strategy:
Health and Sport / Education through sports – traditional games and sports for healthy lifestyle / Education through arts – traditional music, dance, painting and architecture / Research on sport and art activities for young people in the local community / Prepare P.L.A.Y Strategy for initiation and entrepreneurship in local and European level. / Presenting the planned youth projects
Feedback / Departure of participants
11.30– 12.00 / Coffee break / Coffee break / Coffee break
12.00– 13.30 / Explore!!!
Group contract / European Youth Strategy: Culture and creativity / Personal and group action plan
Group communication
13.30– 15.00 / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch / Lunch
15.00-16.30 / Intro of the PBS
Aim and objectives
Day by day programme
Expectations
Learning needs / Youthpass: key competences within non – formal learning / Education through sports - traditional games and sports for healthy lifestyle / Sightseeing
Free afternoon / Invent and share tools and techniques on recognising talent of young people through education through sports and arts
Meta - reflection / General overview of Erasmus + Programme with special focus on KA 1 and KA 2 for young people and youth workers / Fill in Youthpass certificate – dialogue space
16.30 - 17.00 / Coffee break / Coffee break / Coffee break / Coffee break / Coffee break
17.00– 19.00 / Organisational Strengths
Target group talents
Local community traditions
Meta-reflection / Competence of sense of initiatives and entrepreneurship
Meta - reflection / Preparing multilingual traditional games and sport booklet / Idea and project development on healthy lifestyle by education through arts and sports
Meta - reflection / Evaluation of the PBS
19.00-20.00 / Dinner / Dinner / Dinner / Dinner / Dinner / Dinner / Dinner / Dinner
20.00- / Social & informal evening / Strength and weaknesses of my local community / Talent show evening / Finalising the booklet / Editing DVD on arts / Methods market / Working evening / Farewell evening

Applicant organisation:Studio Progetto, Italy

Financial conditions:

The food and accommodation will be provided and paid by the organizers. Travels costs will be reimbursed only by bank transfer after the course (in Euros €), after receiving all the original tickets and boarding passes. There is 30 EUR participation fee!

The reimbursement fee will be counted according to the distance calculator of European Commission:

Country / Maximum travelling reimbursement per participant (tickets, invoices will be needed!!!)
Hungary / 275 EUR
Portugal / 275 EUR
Poland / 275 EUR
Spain / 275 EUR
Turkey / 360 EUR
Croatia / 180 EUR
Romania / 275 EUR
France / 180 EUR

Please, fill in the Registration form below and send it back till 10 May 2015 to the following email address:

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us!

REGISTRATION FORM

Personal Data

The contact details you provide us below will be used for all correspondence!

First Name
[as on your passport] / Family Name
[as on your passport]
Nationality / Date of birth: / Gender / Female
Male
Complete address
Postal code / Town / Country
Phone (preferably mobile)
[with full international dial codes] / Fax
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Email / Website

Language(s) abilities: Please mention all languages in which you are able to work and indicate your level for each of it (B-basic, G-good, VG-very good, F-fluent, MT-mother tongue) Anyway we would like to remind you that main working language will be English.

Listening / Speaking / Reading / Writing
English
Other languages
[please specify]

Do you have any special needs or requirements that the host organisation should know about? (E.g. mobility, medical needs, allergies, dietary restrictions, smoker/non-smoker)

Your organisation

Name
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Phone
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Email / Website
Activity level / local regional national international

Please describe briefly your organisation

What are the objectives, main activities and target group of your organisation?

What are your roles (volunteer, youth worker, board member, director ...) and your tasks? Please say how long you have been involved in youth work?

Knowledge and experiences

What type of training (if any) have you followed regarding international youth work, non-formal education, Youth Programme or Youth in Action programme or Erasmus + programme?

What is your level of knowledge of the programmes, listed bellow?

Low / Medium / High
KA1 youth exchanges
KA1 European Voluntary Service
KA1 Youth workers mobility
KA2 Strategic partnership

Motivation and Expectations:

Please describe briefly your motivation to participate within this Seminar?

What would you like to learn, understand and experience during this seminar?

What contributions can you bring for the seminar?

Please indicate us the name and full contact details of a person to be contacted in case of emergency during the course

Name
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Email

Please take note of the following conditions that will apply if you are selected to take part in the seminar.

  1. I commit myself to participate in the whole process, including:

to prepare myself carefully for the seminar and to do all remote preparation work the team will ask for,

to take part in the full duration of the seminar

to participate in the whole evaluation process

  1. I understand that the information I provided on my special needs does not remove my own personal responsibility for ensuring my own health.

Signature of applicant:Date:

Supporting signatures:

I confirm my organisation/institution/Local Authority wishes to take part in transnational activities through the seminar “P.L.A.Y: Passion, Love, Active Participation, Employability” and that the above-named person has the support of my organisation and has obtained full permission to be released from his/her usual duties to undertake this training course.

Name and Position (manager/senior officer/board member) of organisation’s representative:

Signature of organisation’s representative:Date:

Applications should be sentby e-mail to: no later than 10.05.2015.

If for any reason you are no longer able to attend the seminar, please inform us as soon as possible so that the training organisers can ensure a replacement from the waiting list.