What is the PoT?

IUSY Pool of Trainers is a community of trainers and facilitators who support IUSY activities from non-formal educational approach. During the year IUSY implements about 20 activities around the world. Believing in the holistic approach of non-formal education and its impact on youth and youth organisations last 5 years we have started to implement more and more NFE activities or different elements of it in our activities. The Training of Trainers, prepares active members of IUSY member organisations (MOs) taking the role of a trainer. Upcoming years, we are planning to strengthen the Pool by continuing with ToTs and engaging our trainers in training/facilitating various IUSY activities.

Why the PoT?

International activities, working groups, committee meetings, councils and congresses of IUSY strongly carry an educational element. We aim those activities to be facilitated and run by experienced trainers who share the same strong socialist values of IUSY. Our trainers should be experienced in intercultural learning, non-formal education, political youth work, youth and political activism. Member of IUSY PoT will run different types of educational activities or sessions depending on the needs of the specific activity.  We are open for external trainers who do not belong to IUSY member organisations as well as internal trainers who have been part of IUSY ToTs and are coming from our MOs.

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. 

The Training of Trainers is offered once a year, keep yourself informed in our website or social media for the upcoming events.