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Hello everybody,
The first edition of ResponseAbility in May was a huge success and we are
very excited to issue this call for participants for the 2nd edition. The
training course will take place in Antwerp, Belgium, between 6th and 12th
of November 2016 and will involve 26 participants from 9 different
European Union member and partner countries. The trainers will be
Dominique Verschuren from Connected Elephant (Belgium) and Lukas
Figge from rootAbility (Germany).
Interested participants fill in and sign the application form and send us
until 5th of September.
Contact info:
Dominique Verschuren
dominique@connected-elephant.org
For some impressions from the 1st edition see rootAbilitys blog post
hard without losing enthusiasm. It nurtures creativity, innovation and wellbeing that is necessary to create a better society and contribute towards
the European idea and related projects. In order to really use our potential
and talents we need to feel confident about them.
Overall aim
With this training course we create a space for building that
responseAbility through reflection on our concerns and passions as well as
becoming more conscious of our personal tranformation process. We
believe that gaining a deeper understanding of who we are and what we
can do for others is an empowering process which can lead to positive
changes for the future of society.
Moreover it is necessary that youth workers know how they can lead
young people in facing their own challenges and thereby continue to grow
as a person. After the training, participants will be able to lead young
people in their organisations and communities through a personal learning
journey to craft and find powerful and meaningful responses to the
sustainability challenges of the 21st century.
Objectives
to explore the concepts of responseAbility, positive change and
inner leadership
to explore acceptance, gratitude and compassion in order to
develop our responses
to raise awareness of our identity through reflecting on our
challenges, concerns, passions and vision
to nurture mindfulness the ability to be in the present moment
and to connect to the miracle of life anytime and anyplace.
to encourage a learning mindset which realizes that everything is
possible
to stimulate the confidence, vulnerability and resilience of the
participants
to encourage and serve the participants in planning their learning
process also after the training course and also implement with
their target groups
to learn about the Erasmus+ program and its actions, and Youth Pass as a
tool of recognition of the key competences
Target group
Social workers, project leaders and educators who are involved in youth
work. We are looking for participants who are willing to go on an intensive
journey about their Inner Leadership in the context of positive change for
sustainability.
The participants will also have a multiplier role, in other words: they will
adapt and apply what they learn in this training course to the context of
working with youth. The participants learning needs and contributions will
play an important role. We are looking for participants who are interested
in and working around sustainability challenges and want to reflect about
it from a holistic point of view.
Because of the sensitive topic and the importance of the flow the trainers
would like to ask your attention for this: ResponseAbility is NOT a youth
exchange but will be a serious learning process and transformative
journey. This journey will only be possible if all participants are on board
100% - their motivation and active contribution are crucial.
ResponseAbility is a serious TC for dedicated participants who are willing
to look deeply into themselves and reflect on their professional and
personal life during an intensive and unforgettable journey.
We want to emphasize that we are looking for serious participants who are
eager to grow, coming to the venue only for the training course and who
are ready to reflect, learn, grow, share, experience, and participate in all
activities. This TC is not meant as a possibility for young persons to meet
other young adults or explore a country in which there were never before
(this can potentially be done before and after the TC, but not during!). By
experience we know that partner organisations sometimes might have the
tendency to mix up youth exchange with training course. They are invited
to be more critical in making the selection of their participants.
We recommend you to send participants from the minimum age of 2 5
years old. By experience we are convinced that this TC will reach a deeper
impact on participants with more life experiences. Theres no limit of
maximum age.
We thank you very much for respecting these pre-conditions!
The approach and methodology
This training course will be based on non-formal
and informal education with a self-directed learning
approach. That means that the participants are
responsible for their own learning and the
facilitators provide activities and guide the
participants through the process. The TC is
characterised by highly participatory, interactive
and experiential methods. The working methods
will include working in pairs and small groups,
meditations, sharing, coaching, contemplations,
team building activities, role plays, discussions,
and self-assessment. Some sessions will be
complemented by theoretical inputs and all of
them will be followed by group reflection or selfreflection.
Dissemination
The participants will also have a multiplier role, in other words: they will
adapt what they learn in this training course to the context of working with
young people. In their future projects and daily work they can incorporate
what they learned but also the tools, methods and theory which they have
learned during this TC.
TC Language
English - please note that a solid command of spoken english is absolutely
necessary to participate in this course !
Organizer
Connected Elephant, Belgium
Financial conditions
If an Italian participant has a total travel cost of 300 euro per person, the
participant will be reimbursed with 175 euro.
If an Italian participant has total travel cost of 200 euro, the participant will be
reimbursed with 100 euro.
If an UK participant has a total travel cost of 300 euro per person, the participant
will be reimbursed with 80 euro.
If an UK participant has total travel cost of 150 euro, the participant will be
reimbursed with 50 euro.