CALL FOR 2 TRAINERS
Social Justice and Political Education
Training of Trainers
15th – 22nd September 2019, Mollina, Malaga (Spain)
Dear Friends,
We are glad to extend to you the Call for Trainers for IUSY Pool of Trainers meeting 2019. We are looking for two trainers who will facilitate the Training of Trainers for IUSY PoT.
ABOUT THE ACTIVITY
IUSY is part of UNMGCY (major group on youth and children) and member of ICMYO constantly working not only with its member organisations worldwide, but also with other organisations in the global level tackling issues related to young people and youth rights. In this scope, the SDG number 16 is particularly relevant to the work of IUSY that promotes youth empowerment and active youth participation.
In different regions of the world where IUSY works, access to justice is unequal. This applies to many groups, in particular young people. This situation creates obstacles to youth engagement, active participation in political and social life. With this activity, which is a Training of Trainers we want to provide a space and opportunity to reflect on the topic of Youth and Justice as an important element to youth empowerment and participation where justice is equal for all and ensures protection of the society. The activity will focus on the theme partially from human rights perspective, partially through peace education which will allow diverse group of participants to build bridges that will make real and tangible the relation between all young people who want to contribute to the construction of peace, solidarity and social justice.
In this training, we aim to provide active members of IUSY the chance to acquire and develop training and facilitating skills focusing on the theme of the University that they will be able to use to work for more just, fair and peaceful societies. We strongly believe that quality education is closely connected with the theme of Youth and Justice. The non-formal education approach creates space and offers a chance to discuss topics using methods that make it easier and more sensitive. It also supports to develop attitude and skills through experiential learning, to be more inclusive to different learning styles and provides a variety in programme. This is particularly important when working with participants from diverse background and participants who are political youth activists. We see non-formal learning alternatives to formal education being increasingly used in youth work as well as in political environments, this is a positive step and we want to contribute to taking it further.
In addition, we want to strengthen the network of trainers who will support IUSY in delivering future IUSY activities using non-formal education approach. This is why we believe we should mainstream diverse methodologies into the activities of IUSY. Through this training, we aim to position ourselves in the challenge zone in order to offer greater diversity in our events and obtain richer outcomes from our meetings and discussions.
FRAMEWORK IT WILL TAKE PLACE
The training will take place within the framework of the University on Youth and Development (UYD) coordinated by the North-South Centre of the Council. The UYD is a framework event where different youth-led and youth-oriented organisations have the possibility to run their own activities within a multilateral cooperation context, which encourages networking, peer education, design of common advocacy strategies and sharing of knowledge and opportunities.
OBJECTIVES
- To introduce the topic of non-formal education from the perspective of justice, peace education and human rights
- To promote the concept of non-formal education as a working tool among the participants and, as an extension, their member organisations
- To provide participants with knowledge, tools and confidence to pursue training in their local organisations
- To bring the global perspective to the local level by providing training and facilitation skills to the participants
- To train members on the concepts that are relevant for youth political activism/campaigning training in order to be multipliers in their organisations (such as advocacy, speech drafting, communication skills, etc.)
- To develop the IUSY Pool of Trainers by improving the training capacities of young activists and youth organisations
The sessions will be facilitated based on the core values of participatory non-formal education/learning and on the basis of global education. The programme will promote critical analysis and be tool-oriented to improve the capacities of young activists and youth organisations at the national and local levels.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
Trainers should:
- Be aged between 18-35
- Promote and practice IUSY’s core values
- Have a proficient level of English (the only working language during the activity)
- Strong experience in Training, especially in Training of Trainers
- Experience in working with youth organisations
- Experience in working with left political youth organsiations is a plus
WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM YOU?
- Availability to prepare the programme in advance with the rest of the team
- Availability for an online preparation meeting
- Traveling to Mollina from 12-22 of September (the dates include the preparation on spot, meeting with partners as well as the training itself).
WHAT DO WE OFFER?
- The opportunity to be a member of a training team for a training of trainers of the biggest socialist and social democratic youth organisation in the world.
- Enjoy of the opportunity to be part of the University of Youth and Development, part of a network of Youth Universities organised in partnership with the North South Centre (CoE), with 150-200 other young people and youth organisations.
- All the expenses (travel and lodging) during the length of the activity and symbolic retribution of 500€.
HOW TO APPLY?
Send a training/facilitation oriented CV and a motivation letter to iusy@iusy.org by the 14th of July.
We encourage you to disseminate this call for among the members of your organisations who have the experience and interest in applying.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the coordinator of the project at the IUSY office:
Gohar Ghandilyan
IUSY Project Manager
Tel: 0043 699 1353 2960
Mail: gohar.ghandilyan@iusy.org