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Training of Trainers: Education for Social Change

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Dear Friends, 

This year in cooperation with youth education center Kurt Löwenstein which is run by the  Socialist Youth of Germany – Die Falken we will be able to have the Training of Trainers for IUSY Pool of Trainers (PoT). 

Die Falken will organize a Training of Trainers 17-23 October 2021 on the topic of “Education for social change” in which participants will gain knowledge and skills how to design and run educational processes in an international surrounding.

For more than 20 years, the Kurt Löwenstein Education Centre of SJD-Die Falken Germany is an international meeting and encountering place for members and activists from IFM-SEI, IUSY and YES. In various seminars like Winter-school, Summer-school, Queer Easter and other seminars we discuss, dream and make plans how to contribute to social change.

For us it is important that these seminars and trainings are run by an international team to share different approaches and experiences, and to learn more about different realities we live in. The international team is composed of active members from various organisations from all over Europe, Israel and Palestine. They meet regularly, receive trainings and develop ideas for seminars in these meetings.

Despite many difficulties and restrictions of travel and physical meetings, we emphasise the importance of finding ways of learning, engaging, supporting each other, demanding and driving for change. 

The training will be about

  • ideas and methods of non-formal education,
  • inclusion of political and cultural aspects into activities of non-formal education,
  • ideas of socialist education and
  •  reflective and anti-discriminatory education.

Participants are expected (profile of participants) 

  • To have be already involved in non-formal learning or strong interest in non-formal education
  • To have the need to develop training competences and perform as a trainer/facilitator for IUSY and for their member organization. There is also possible to be involved with the educational team of KHL. 
  • Belong to IUSY member organisation (activity is aimed towards grassroot activists not leadership)
  • Be aged 18-35
  • Have a proficient level of English (the only working language during the activity)
  • Availability and commitment during the whole duration of the activity 
  • To share initiative and motivation in organasing follow up activities with IUSY

Since we expect to provide all regions with trainers for their events, we’re aiming for participants from all regions and from a variety of member organisations. According to the IUSY statutes, we’re also looking to achieve a gender-balanced training so we reserve the right to select participants based on gender criteria if needed.

Participation Fee
50-100€, depending on your country of residence. For selected participants IUSY will cover the costs. 

Travel cost reimbursement
Travel costs for selected participants will be covered. No tickets should be purchased without the confirmation from organisers side. 

Online-Registration:
https://www.kurt-loewenstein.de/de/formular/online-registration-education-social-change-2021

NOTE: Please make sure to put your organisations name when you fill in the application and also mention that your organization is IUSY member. Otherwise we will not be able to identify. 

NOTE: On the comments section please share your motivation of applying for the training and further sharing your skills within IUSY Pool of Trainers. 

Registration deadline
04 October 2021 

Visas

Participants needing Visa invitations, please apply as early as possible. You will receive a visa invitation of your application is selected. 

Please make sure to contact the Embassy of Germany I your country in order to find out about the current procedure for applying for visa.

Hygiene?
Currently our house operates under some restrictions due to health prevention. We follow special rules of hygiene (sorry, only available in German), such as covering mouse and nose in the corridors and dining hall, washing and disinfecting hands on a regular basis and separation of different groups in the house. So far, we have successfully organized several seminars under these conditions. We are confident, that the seminar will be possible. If it has to be cancelled because of the pandemic, you won’t have to pay any fees

CONTACT INFORMATION

Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact IUSY Secretariat at gohar.ghandilyan@iusy.org.

Call for Participants: IUSY Training of Trainers 2020

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Dear Friends, 

We are glad to invite you to IUSY’s Training of Trainers of IUSY Pool of Trainers which will take place from the 14th to the 19thof September online. 

Despite many difficulties and restrictions of travel and physical meetings, we emphasise the importance of finding ways of learning, engaging, supporting each other, demanding and driving for change. 

In this Training for Trainers we aim to provide active members of IUSY the chance to acquire and develop training and facilitating skills, knowledge on non-formal education and youth work. Together we will explore non-formal education methods and discover how it can improve our activities. in addition, we will also strengthen the network of trainers to help us deliver IUSY activities and promote non-formal education within IUSY and its member organisations. 

The training will consist of:

  • Online sessions (approx. 2 hours per day)
  • Offline work (home tasks)
  • Designing of follow up activities 

The course will require a considerable time and devotion from the participants such as joining the online sessions facilitated by the trainer, offline work individually and in groups as well as designing a follow up activity and its implementation. 

During the Training, we will focus on the following competences: 

  • Understanding and facilitating individual and group learning processes (for example, group dynamic) 
  • Understanding of non-formal education approach 
  • Designing educational activities 
  • Communicating mindfully and meaningfully with others in the team, in the group etc. 
  • Intercultural competences in group activities

Participants are expected (profile of participants) 

  • To have be already involved in non-formal learning or strong interest in non-formal education
  • To have the need to develop training competences and perform as a trainer/facilitator for IUSY and for their member organisation 
  • Belong to IUSY member organisation (activity is aimed towards youth activists)
  • Be aged 18-35
  • Have a proficient level of English (the only working language during the activity)
  • Availability and commitment during the whole duration of the activity 
  • To share initiative and motivation in organasing follow up activities with IUSY

Since we expect to provide all regions with trainers for their events, we’re aiming for participants from all regions and from a variety of member organisations.

According to the IUSY statutes, we’re also looking to achieve a gender-balanced training so we reserve the right to select participants based on gender criteria if needed.

How to apply 

Due to limited space of 12-14 participants, there will be an application process. To apply you must complete the registration by the 9th of September the latest. 

Click here or follow the link https://forms.gle/ePLdfnaspenVs3Dv5 to complete the application form.

Content/online platform 

The training will be held online on the Zoom platform. Addition online tools will be used to support the learning process. The time of the training will be specified as soon as possible taking into account the different time zones. 

It is important to remember that IUSY activities are safe spaces that we are mindful and respectful towards each other. 

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Should you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact the coordinator of the project at the IUSY Secretariat:

Gohar Ghandilyan 

IUSY Project Manager

Email: gohar.ghandilyan@iusy.org

Phone: +43 699 135 32 960

IUSY Secretariat

Email:  iusy@iusy.org

We are looking forward to receiving your application!

Promoting active citizenship and participation: a toolkit

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Download the toolkit in PDF

This toolkit is a collection of the methods, activities and project ideas of the international activity “Young people in action: promoting active citizenship and democracy” organized by the International Union of Socialist Youth (IUSY) with the support of Young European Socialists (YES).

The activity took place in June 2017 in Berlin and was hosted by SJD – Die Falken with the financial support of the European Youth Foundation (EYF). The activity gathered together 24 participants from 16 countries who worked together on the themes of democracy, active citizenship and youth participation.

After the activity, the team gathered the implemented methods as well as the ideas produced during the activity in this toolkit in order to share them with young people and youth organizations who work actively in the eld.

The toolkit presents selected methods implemented during the activity as well as ideas that have been created and developed by the participants. It also includes a short overview of non-formal education, active citizenship and youth participation. In this way, the toolkit introduces the main concepts of the activity and offers methods that can support exploring them while working with a group of young people. In the toolkit, you will also find the daily flow of the activity and several useful resources that will support you exploring the theme more in-depth.

Team and participants hope the reader enjoys the tool-kit and finds content applicable to her*him context.

Active Citizenship

is a term used to describe the involvement of individuals in public life which can take place at local, regional, national and international levels. Youth organisations should support young people, for them to explore and understand the concept of active citizenship and develop skills and competences in order to address and analyse issues concerning the theme as well as be empowered to come up with solutions.

Youth participation

is a process of achieving positive changes in young people’s lives and of building a better community and society. Means to achieve it are different: initiatives, activities, projects that promote youth involvement at very different levels–local, regional, national and international. There are diverse theories dealing with youth participation and it can be approached from different perspectives depending on the context, background etc. It is important to keep in mind the motivation of different actors such as civil society, political organizations, youth organizations might vary as well.

The team

Gohar Ghandilyan
(Armenia/Austria)

Anuschka Ruge
(Germany/Belgium)

James Sleep
(New Zealand/France)

Ana Pirtskhalava
(Georgia)

Matteo Cervi
(Italy/Austria)