BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//SCI Austria - ECPv6.17.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.sciaustria.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for SCI Austria REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Vienna BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220504 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220514 DTSTAMP:20220301T132457Z CREATED:20220301T132457Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220301T132457Z UID:2372-1651622400-1652486399@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Call for group leaders: Living Library Week DESCRIPTION:SCI Italy is looking for 1 group leader for the youth exchange : The Living Library Week\, which will take place from 4th to 13 th of May at La Città dell Utopia\, a social laboratory in Rome. \nA group of young people from Italy\, Catalonia\, Greece\, Hungary\, and Austria will have the opportunity to explore together the themes of emotional intelligence and interpersonal relations\, through the Living Library tool. Together we will become living books ready to tell our stories and to be read by other young people. \nThe Living Library methodology aims to build a positive framework for communication between people\, challenging stereotypes\, and prejudices through dialogue. The theme of each book is the life of a person\, and the narrator is the\nsame individual who\, through their voice and testimony\, shares not only words and expressions but also their own values and beliefs\, norms\, and myths of the communities in which they were raised. This methodology allows not only to bring people together but also to develop their emotional abilities with an important impact in terms of personal development and active citizenship. \nAn online preparatory meeting (APV) for the project is going to take place on the following days: 21 st \, 23 rd and 25 th of March. \nWhat does a Group Leader do?\nBEFORE the Youth Exchange: \n\nParticipate in 2 online meetings with the organizational team\nSupport the people who coordinate the project in the preparation of the online preparatory meeting (APV)\nHelp with the logistics of your group (organize trips\, prepare meetings with the group\, collect specific needs)\nHelp in the selection and preparation of participants and activities\n\nDURING the Youth Exchange: \n\nResponsible for your group (well-being\, motivation\, and team spirit)\nSupport the implementation of activities\nDaily evaluation within the group\nBeing responsible for the Exchange program and program\n\nAFTER the Exchange: \n\nSupport the reporting\nHelping with the administration (collect tickets\, photos\, reports\, assessments\, etc.)\n\nWho are we looking for?\nThe ideal group leader: \n\nhas experience in working with young people\, coordinating groups and non-formal education methods\nis interested\, motivated and willing to follow the project from beginning to end\nhas a good knowledge of English and Italian and is able to translate for his group if necessary\nhas a positive and proactive attitude\nis very patient\, tolerant\, and open-minded\nhas good organizational skills\nis able to cooperate with the organizational team\nfeels responsible for the group\, especially for the participants\, who come from difficult contexts\n\nLogistics\, financial conditions\, and sustainability \nSimple life: The training will take place in La Città dell’Utopia in Rome\, which is a community house with simple living conditions. You will sleep in a room shared with a few other people. \nMoney\, money\, money: We can cover all essential costs of the program (including food\, travel costs up to a maximum amount per country\, visa costs\, accommodation\, and training) through a European project grant by Erasmus+.\nThe travel is reimbursed for participants up to a maximum of € 275 after tickets and boarding passes submission \nSustainable food: The food we provide will be vegan/vegetarian. This is not just a practical decision\, but also an ideological one: SCI believes in the values of sustainability and climate justice – and if we want to contribute to a more\npeaceful planet\, we need to give up on industrialized animal agriculture and its destructive effects on our planet. You can tell us\, if you have any diets\, allergies\, or intolerances that we should be aware of. \nSustainable travels?: This is also why we ask you to come to this training through more sustainable means of transport rather than flying (e.g. by train or bus)\, if somehow possible. We will give you more guidance on how you can reach the venue once you are accepted to the training. \nHow to apply?\nPlease send as your CV and a small text about yourself and your motivations to participate in this project. We strongly encourage you to explore your creativity and use whatever tools you prefer.\nYou can send your application until the 14 th of march to supporto@sci-italia.it \nFor more information please contact:\nCarole Corbeau supporto@sci-italia.it\nSara Duarte lacittadellutopia@sci-italia.it \nhttps://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/LLW_-VIDEO-partners.mp4 URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/call-for-group-leaders-living-library-week/ LOCATION:LA CITTÀ DELL’UTOPIA\, Via Valeriano\, 3f\, Roma\, Roma\, 00145\, Italy CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Youth Exchange ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Insta_LLW.png ORGANIZER;CN="Servizio Civile Internazionale Italia":MAILTO:formazione.sci.italia@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220420 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220427 DTSTAMP:20220303T151841Z CREATED:20220303T151841Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220303T151841Z UID:2382-1650412800-1651017599@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Be the Change you want to see [Training Course / Poznań\, Poland] DESCRIPTION:The Idea\n\n\n\n \n\nIn SCI\, we care about the high quality of our workcamps and other non-formal activities\, and we share the need to monitor the results of our work\, to know which approaches work and bring change to our audience.\n\n \n\nWith the “Be the Change you want to see” project\, we want to turn knowledge on the benefits of impact measurement into regular practice – first for our participating organisations\, and then for an ever-growing circle of European youth NGOs!\n\n \n\nWe are a partnership of 9 organisations: SCI Austria\, CVS Bulgaria\, SCI Catalunya\, KVT Finland\, SCI Germany\, Utilapu Hungary\, SCI Poland\, Para Onde? Portugal\, Zavod Voluntariat – SCI Slovenia.\n\n \n\nWhy do we do it?\n\n \n\n we do care about the high quality of our workcamps and other non-formal activities\,\n we share the need to monitor the results of our work\, to know which approaches work – and which ones are maybe taking a lot of effort\, time\, and money\, but they do not bring any change to our audience\,\n both donors and participants ask about impact – they want professional analysis\, numbers\, proof of evidence\, success stories…\n simple yet trustworthy systems to measure the outcomes and impact of our work would help us a lot\,\n we all know the importance of impact measurement… but we are always so busy and jumping from one project to project\, and without a consolidated effort we might never be able to focus on impact measurement!\n\n \nThe activities\n\n\n\n \n\nThe project has 6 main components:\n\n \n\n “Be the Change you want to see” Training Course (20-26.04.2022\, Poznań\, Poland) on how to measure the impact of our activities\, with the emphasis on workcamps.\n Thematic webinars (4-5.2022) on impact measurement essentials\, including its practical side in a voluntary organisation\, its benefits and challenges.\n Practice phase (5-8.2022) – organising and running impact measurement of at least one activity (e.g. a workcamp) in each country.\n Peer support groups and consultations (5-11.2022) including mastermind groups\, coaching\, and mentorship.\n “The Change we became” Training Course (15-18.09.2022\, Poznań\, Poland) – summing up the experience from the practice phase\, consolidating research results\, learning how to communicate the measurement outcomes to a wider audience through numbers and storytelling.\n Practical Guide to Impact Measurement in International Mobility Activities (10-11.2022) – publishing an electronic publication that will give practical and easy-to-comprehend advice on how to measure and communicate the impact of workcamps and other non-formal education activities.\n\n \nJoin our free training course on impact measurement!\n \n\nWe are ready to invite you to join a 6-day training course “Be the Change you want to see”\, which will take place 20-26.04.2022 in Poznań\, Poland.\n\n \n\n Do you agree that a well-organised activity for young people (a workcamp\, exchange\, training course…) can make a positive difference in the lives of its participants?\n Are you motivated to explore more about how to measure the impact of international voluntary activities?\n Would you be ready to become a changemaker who supports organisations in Europe so that they turn knowledge on the benefits of impact measurement into regular practice?\n Are you a resident of Austria\, Bulgaria\, Finland\, Germany\, Hungary\, Poland\, Portugal\, Slovenia or Spain?\n Are you ready to meet amazing people from 9 countries\, make new friendships and get inspired by their ideas and projects?\n Would you like to combine city and nature\, staying at the lakeside with an all-year ski slope and thermal baths\, yet just 3 km from the charming Poznań Old Town?\n And all this with no or little cost?!\n\n \n\nIf your answers are “Yes\, this is me!”\, then…\n\n \n\n… we have an offer for you!! 🙂\n\n \n\nRead our call for participants below and hit the ‘apply’ button!\n\n \n\nDeadline for applications: 6.03.2022\, 23:59 CET.\n\n \n\nLearn more about the Training Course\n\n \n\n\n\n \nPractical Guide on Impact Measurement\n\n\n\n \n\nWithin the project\, we are working on an electronic publication that will give practical and easy-to-comprehend advice on how to measure and communicate the results and impact of workcamps and other mobility activities.\n\n \n\nWe will launch the guide on 2nd October 2022 – the International Day of Non-Violence.\n\n \nResults\n\n\n\n \n\nThe planned results of the project include:\n\n \n\n around 40 trained leaders\, coordinators\, and youth workers\, with knowledge and skills allowing to conduct high-quality educational activities\, also in remote and hybrid mode;\n increased capacity of our 9 organisations in the topic of measuring and communicating impact\,\n ability to identify and invest in ways of organising international mobility activities (workcamps\, exchanges…) that bring the best results and lasting change on the participants\,\n proving that it is feasible to streamline impact measurement and communication of results into our regular practice\, and do it even with scarce resources\,\n at least 100 European youth organisations who will make use of the Practical Guide to Impact Measurement in International Youth MobilityActivities already in 2022\,\n not less than 1800 young people in 2023 who will be offered higher quality activities and life-changing experiences\, prepared in accordance with the recommendations based on the impact reports’ findings (and we can expect further snowball effect in the years that follow).\n\n \n\nThe famous quote by Mahatma Gandhi says “Be the change you want to see in the world”. We commit to be this change\, become the best examples in impact measurement and high-quality youth work – and help others change\, too!\n\n \nThe team\n\n\n\n \n\nThe project coordinators are Gośka Tur (SCI Poland) and Afroditi Deilogkou (SCI Impact Working Group). You can contact them at learning@poland.sci.ngo.\n\n \nThe donor\n\n\n\n \n\nOur project is co-funded by the European Union. We are very thankful for making our idea possible to realise thanks to this support!\n\n \n\nProject number 2021-1-PL01-KA153-YOU-000035713 URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-training-course-poznan-poland/ LOCATION:Poznań\, Poland CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/be-the-change-you-want-to-see-for-promo.png ORGANIZER;CN="ONE WORLD ORGANIZATION - SCI POLAND":MAILTO:incoming@jedenswiat.org.pl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220416 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220424 DTSTAMP:20220112T132508Z CREATED:20220112T132508Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220112T132508Z UID:2253-1650067200-1650758399@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Training: Play for Peace DESCRIPTION:A critical Look at Games in educational Work\n16th to 23rd April 2022\, Sonthofen\, Germany\nThe project\nGames and Energizers are very present in the activities of international Peace and Volunteering Organisations\, like SCI and its partners. They are used in volunteer camps to bring the group together\, and to work on contents during seminars and trainings. There is hardly any volunteering group that does not play games during their projects. But why are we actually using these games? And what should we consider when playing? \nGames in educational work got institutionalised without considerably reflecting their use\, their advantages\, and their\nchallenges. On the one hand\, games can be very helpful and useful in the seminar context. On the other hand\, they\ncan be criticised regarding the reproduction of stereotypes or as violating the personal space of participants. To debate the role of games in volunteering activities\, SCI Germany organises this project aimed at trainers\, youth\nworkers\, group coordinators and volunteers. The project consists of 5 parts: 2 on-site activities and decentralised\npreparation\, implementation and follow-up activities. \nThis call for applications comprises the first three parts: \nThe Training from 16th to 23rd April with its online preparation period and the implementation and reflection period during summer 2022. However\, we recommend a participation in all 5 parts of the project \n\nOnline-Preparation Phase (starting mid march\, 1 month before the training)\nProject participants will receive the most important information for the project activities beforehand. This includes\ntasks for the individual preparation as well as questions and tasks to reflect upon.\nTraining (16th to 23rd April 2022)\nDuring the training in Germany\, the participants learn about the basics of the usage of games in educational work. The training will provide a basis for deeper discussion and reflection on problems and advantages of games with a critical perspective on power relations. Obviously\, in this training we will play a lot in order to add practical experience to the theoretical approach. The main topics of the training are:\nusage of games and energizers (why/why not?)\npeaceful playing for peace\nroles of facilitators/trainers/group coordinators\nhumour and fun in educational work\ngender-sensitive use of games and energizers\nstereotypes and discrimination in games\npros and cons of the gamification of educational work\n(dis-)advantages of educational games online\nfirst reflection on the content of a manual on peaceful playing in educational work\nImplementation and Reflection Period\nThe participants use the knowledge they have gained during the training to implement critical points and ideas on how to use games more carefully in their youth activities (e.g. in international Workcamps). They are asked to do a small personal reflection on each game they facilitated during their activities.\nOther Activities of the Project: As 4th part and 2nd activity of the Play for Peace project\, we plan another seminar in Serbia in autumn 2022. Participants will reflect upon their experiences with the games during their interim activities and discuss them further to develop a manual. Afterwards\, there will be a Follow-up Period to finalise the project outputs and start implementing new project ideas. There will be a separate registration for Activity 2. Participants of Activity 1 will be accepted for the seminar with priority.\n\nAll activities will be held in English language \nCall for applications\nThe Venue \nThe seminar will take place in the youth house “FUB der Falken Sonthofen”: https://fub-sonthofen.de/. It is a house\nowned by a socialist youth organisations and located in Sonthofen in the southern part of Germany around 2 hours\ntrain ride from Munich. Sonthofen is well connected to public transport and the house is very close to a lake and to\nthe mountains. \nThe Team \nThe seminar will be facilitated by an experience team of trainers of SCI: Marie Rolf\, Simon* Jakob and Hasna El Hiyani \nAims of the project \n\nCritically reflect on games used in non-formal education through sensibilisation for different forms of discrimination as well as safer spaces to create more inclusive youth and volunteering projects.\nRaise awareness and understanding of intersectional perspectives (global justice\, gender\, class\, race\, inclusion\, climate justice) when facilitating and organising youth projects by developing and sharing inclusive\, diverse and power-critical games\nUnderstand the role of peace and human rights in games in educational work\nImprove the quality of NFE instruments that can be used in future events\, projects\, trainings\, seminars and general meetings\nProvide youth workers with tools and methods for power-critical\, inclusive and peaceful games in educational work\nCreate a manual for games in educational work\, that includes underlying concepts\, shared experiences with safe spaces in games and guidelines for peaceful playing\nCreate more and stronger alliances and solidarity in the peace and volunteering movement\n\nOutcome \nInspiration for manual–contents: NFE methods about peaceful playing\, critical look on gamification of educational work\, tips and tricks for inclusive and sensitive games in educational work \nConcept and kick-off for research implantation period \nMethods \nWe’re going to use a broad variety of non-formal education methods\, such as world cafe\, snowball discussions\, re-\nsearch\, silent exhibition\, simulation games\, theatre\, visual harvesting\, arts\, energizers\, role games\, team building ac-\ntivities and more. As this training is about peaceful playing we will use many games and energizer methods in this training for critical reflection. \nParticipants Profile\nEveryone who comes to this seminar should… \n\nbe vaccinated against Covid 19 or recovered (obligation)\nideally be an active member and be involved in the process and decision structures of their sending organisation\nhave some experience in international group works as participant or better as trainer/facilitator or group\ncoordinator\nbe interested in learning more about the use of games in groups and to discuss this critically\nbe aware of power structures and be able to approach them both sensitively and critically\nbe committed to abstain from flying\, but travel to the event via overland route instead;\nbe committed to spreading their new skills and competences to their sending branches\, e.g. via a workshop\nor a camp coordinator training.\nallow time and ideas for both the seminar and the finalisation phase;\nideally be motivated to participate actively in the production of the outcomes and in the implementation\nperiod\nhave sufficient English language skills (spoken and written);\n\nPlease note that there will be opportunities to visit Sonthofen and it surroundings\, but that this is not a “getting to know the region” project. On some days the seminar also foresees evening sessions. \nLogistics\, financial conditions and sustainability \nSimple life: The seminar will take place in a seminar house with simple living conditions. You will sleep in a room shared with few other people. \nMoney\, money\, money: We can cover all essential costs of the program (including vegan food\, travel costs up to a maximum amount per distance (maximum travel reimbursement amounts: 10-99 km = 20 Euro\, 100-499 km = 180 Euro\, 500-1999 km = 275 Euro\, 2000-2999 km = 360 Euro)\, visa costs\, accommodation\, and seminar) through a European project grant by Erasmus+. Your sending organisation might ask for a small participation fee. The costs will be reimbursed to you after submission of a complete expenditure summary and original receipts after project completion. \nSustainable food: The food provided by the house will be vegan. This is not just a practical decision\, but also an ideological one: SCI believes in the values of sustainability and climate justice – and if we want to contribute to a more peaceful planet\, we need to give up on industrialized animal agriculture and its destructive effects on our planet. \nSustainable travels?: This is also why we ask you to come to this seminar through more sustainable means of transport rather than flying (e.g. by train or bus)\, if somehow possible. Sonthofen is easy to reach with (night) trains and busses via Munich or Ulm from many places. We will give you more guidance on how you can reach the venue once you are accepted to the training. \nHow to apply:\nPlease send your application for the Play for Peace Project via this application form until 30.01.2022. After we accept your application\, you will receive a detailed infosheet. \nCovid19 Regulations \nPlease be advised that due to the pandemic and related measures\, there may be changes. We ask you not to book\nyour trip before we have informed you that the training will take place at the planned location. We will let you know\nabout this about four weeks before the seminar starts. \nFor the protection of all participants on site\, we will only accept participants who are fully vaccinated with one vac-\ncine accepted by the German government and the last dose (second or third) is not older than 360 days: \nBioNtech/Pfizer Comirnaty/BNT162b2/Tozinameran\nAstraZeneca/Covieshield/R-CoVI\nModerna\nJohnson/Janssen + a second dose with another vaccine from one of the above\nIf you’re recovered\, you need a Covid-19 recovery certificate. This is valid until 6month (180days) after your positive PCR test. After 6 month you need one vaccination shot with one of the vaccines\, mentioned above. This is valid 360 days after the vaccination\, then you need a second dose.\nWe will also ask you to bring your own supply of FFP2 masks and a certificate of a negative Covid19 rapid test result no older than 48 hours (no exceptions). If the current situation in April forces us to do so\, we will either do it online on the same days or postpone this seminar to another date and will inform you immediately. Upon confirmation\, you are responsible to ensure that your trip complies with the latest recommendations of the health authorities regarding the spread of Covid19. For Germany\, the regulations of the ministry of health apply. \nWe are looking forward to your application \nThe coordinating team – Britta\, Marie & Simon*\nFor any questions contact: simon.jakob@sci-d.de URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/training-play-for-peace/ LOCATION:FUB der Falken Sonthofen CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Play-for-Peace-sharepic.png ORGANIZER;CN="SCI Deutschland":MAILTO:info@sci-d.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220410 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220417 DTSTAMP:20220210T103128Z CREATED:20220210T103128Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220210T103128Z UID:2335-1649548800-1650153599@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:The Gender Effect DESCRIPTION:International training\, 10-16 April 2022 in Rom (Italy)\nAbout the Project \nLet’s talk about gender! A few years ago\, research about gender-based discrimination within SCI\nvolunteering camps was published and it showed the many ways how gender oppression/\ndiscrimination/ violence/ etc. exist within our projects. In many projects\, we still face a sexist division of\nwork\, sexual harassment\, sexist and queerphobic jokes or sometimes also just a lack of awareness\naround gender and LGBTQIA-related issues. How do we react to this? How can we create safer spaces? \nWhat you can expect from this training: \n\nmore awareness around what gender-based discrimination and violence is\nqueerfeminist educational and conflict resolution tools to adress gender-based conflict (e.g. microaggressions\, sexism\, etc.)\nnon-formal education methods to address gender in volunteering and youth projects\nself-reflection about your own practice as a coordinator/organiser/activist\nsharing best practices with other coordinators\, organisers and activists\ngetting to know many great people from around Europe and Southwest Asia\n\nOutcome: In addition to the above\, in this training\, we want to create guidelines for camp coordinators\nto address gender-based discrimination. The guidelines will be published as an addition to the existing\nSCI toolkit around gender “Free to be you and me”. \nCOVID-19 during the training \nAt this point\, we assume that it will be possible to organize the training in person in Italy in April\, but we\nwill have to see how the situation around COVID-19 develops. We will ask all participants to be fully\nprotected from COVID-19 (e.g. vaccinated with booster shot\, recently recovered from COVID-19). We\nwill have a hygiene concept for the group during the training and will follow all regulations by the\nauthorities. \nParticipant’s profile \nThe project aims to gather 26 participants (1-2 per partner organization). The participants will be youth\nworkers\, trainers as well as staff\, activists\, camp coordinators and active volunteers from volunteering\norganizations. All participants selected for this project should meet the following criteria \n\nbe 18 years old or older\nbe able to work in English\nbe interested in the training topics and have a strong motivation to act as a multiplier\nable to attend for the full duration of the training\nIf somehow possible and feasible\, be committed to come to the training without flying\, and to\ntravel instead by overland route.\n\nWe explicitly encourage participants of all classes\, educational backgrounds\, genders\, sexual\norientations\, abilities and ethnic backgrounds to apply. Unfortunately\, the venue is not wheelchair-\naccessible. \nLogistics\, financial conditions and sustainability \nSimple life: The training will take place in La Città dell’Utopia in Rome\, which is a community house with\nsimple living conditions. You will sleep in a room shared with few other people.\nMoney\, money\, money: We can cover all essential costs of the program (including food\, travel costs up\nto a maximum amount per country\, visa costs\, accommodation and training) through a European project\ngrant by Erasmus+. Your sending organisation might ask for a small participation fee.\nSustainable food: The food we provide will be vegan/vegetarian. This is not just a practical decision\, but\nalso an ideological one: SCI believes in the values of sustainability and climate justice – and if we want to\ncontribute to a more peaceful planet\, we need to give up on industrialized animal agriculture and its\ndestructive effects on our planet. In the application form you can tell us\, if you have any diets\, allergies\nor intolerances that we should be aware of.\nSustainable travels?: This is also why we ask you to come to this training through more sustainable\nmeans of transport rather than flying (e.g. by train or bus)\, if somehow possible. We will give you more\nguidance on how you can reach the venue\, once you are accepted to the training. \nHow to apply? \nFill pit the Application Form and send it to Mirna on: coordination.sciaustria@gmail.com. All those accepted will later receive a detailed infosheet (incl. info on how to get to the venue\, how to book your travels\, more info about the agenda of the project). First deadline for applying is 20 February 2022. \nContact \nIf you have any questions regarding the project and your application\, don’t hesitate to contact Thomas\nthomas.schallhart@buwa-kollektiv.de or Judith judith.sander@buwa-kollektiv.de\nWe are looking forward to your application  URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/the-gender-effect/ LOCATION:LA CITTÀ DELL’UTOPIA\, Via Valeriano\, 3f\, Roma\, Roma\, 00145\, Italy CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/The-Gender-Effect-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Servizio Civile Internazionale Italia":MAILTO:formazione.sci.italia@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220330 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220407 DTSTAMP:20220120T121437Z CREATED:20220120T121437Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220120T121437Z UID:2277-1648598400-1649289599@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Learning Lab(oratory) Training Course (30.03-6.04.2022\, Poland) DESCRIPTION:Learning Lab(oratory): quality non-formal education in the digital world\nThe idea\n \n\nWith the Learning Lab(oratory) project\, we aim to improve the quality of non-formal and informal learning aspects of volunteering activities in our organisations\, in both physical and online formats.\n\n \n\nWe are a partnership of 9 organisations: SCI Austria\, CVS Bulgaria\, SCI Belgium\, SCI Germany\, CID North Macedonia\, SCI Poland\, Para Onde? Portugal\, VCV Serbia\, Zavod Voluntariat – SCI Slovenia.\n\n \n\nWhy do we do it?\n\n \n\n we all want to maintain a high quality of our non-formal activities (workshops\, webinars\, workcamps…);\n for this\, we need to ensure constant training of less experienced volunteers and activists;\n our organisations are learning how to adapt to the new world of digital education and volunteering;\n we want to better include persons with fewer opportunities in our activities – also through the new online formats.\n\n \nThe activities\n \n\nThe project has 5 main components:\n\n \n\n Learning Lab(oratory) Training Course (30.03-6.04.2022\, Poland) on organising and running high-quality learning activities in both in-person and online environments.\n Three thematic webinars (4-6.2022) on inclusion\, digital learning and impact measurement.\n Learning Lab(oratory) Pro Training Course (7-14.07.2022\, Bulgaria) – getting more in-depth on the topics of inclusion and new tools and trends in learning and development.\n Practice time (4-9.2022) – organising learning activities on a local level.\n Publishing resources for educators (9-10.2022) – Facilitator’s Cards and Infographic for Inclusion.\n\n \nJoin our free training course on quality learning!\n \n\nWe are ready to invite you to join a one-week training course “Learning Lab(oratory)”\, which will take place between 30.03 and 6.04.2022 in Poznań\, Poland.\n\n \n\n Are you interested in non-formal education?\n Are you willing to develop your facilitation skills?\n Do you want to learn more about how to provide high-quality non-formal activities (workshops\, webinars\, workcamps\, training courses…)?\n Are you motivated to explore more about online facilitation and digital tools?\n Are you committed to organising more inclusive educational events?\n Are you a resident of Austria\, Bulgaria\, Belgium\, Germany\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Portugal\, Serbia or Slovenia?\n Are you ready to meet amazing people from 9 countries\, make new friendships and get inspired by their ideas and projects?\n Would you like to combine city and nature\, staying a week at the lakeside with an all-year ski slope and thermal baths\, yet just 3 km from the charming Poznań Old Town?\n And all this with no or little cost?!\n\n \n\nIf your answers are “Yes\, this is me!”\, then…\n\n \n\n… we have an offer for you!! 🙂\n\n \n\nRead our call for participants and apply for the course .\n\n \n\nDeadline for applications: 13.02.2022\, 23:59 CET.\n\n \nThe resources\n \n\nWe are working on 2 resources for educators and volunteer coordinators that will support high-quality\, inclusive learning processes in your projects.\n\n \n\n Facilitator’s Cards – a checklist on how to organise a good learning process. They will include important/key aspects of organising any learning process (from needs analysis to concrete activities and evaluation). Each card will tackle a different step of the process. There will be some useful information on the card topic\, and a possibility to write personal notes. The cards will be laminated and envisaged for multiple usage thanks to the wet-erasable technology used.\n Infographic on Inclusion – it will tackle the topic of how to make our non-formal learning activities more inclusive. It will collect and summarize the practical information and tips & tricks shared during the project activities and will give specific advice on how to equally include participants with fewer opportunities.\n\n \n\nWe will launch these resources during the Open Webinar in October 2022.\n\n \nThe team\n \n\nThe project coordinators are Gośka Tur (SCI Poland) and Natalie Jivkova (CVS Bulgaria). You can contact them at learning@poland.sci.ngo.\n\n \nThe donor\n \n\nOur project is co-funded by the European Union. We are very thankful for making our idea possible to realise thanks to this support!\n\n \n\nProject number 2021-1-PL01-KA153-YOU-000018791 URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/learning-laboratory-training-course-30-03-6-04-2022-poland/ LOCATION:Poznań\, Poland CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5.png ORGANIZER;CN="ONE WORLD ORGANIZATION - SCI POLAND":MAILTO:incoming@jedenswiat.org.pl END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220318 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220328 DTSTAMP:20220127T105238Z CREATED:20220127T105238Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220127T105238Z UID:2288-1647561600-1648425599@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:“Youth Has A Strategy”\, Seminar DESCRIPTION:18-27 th March 2022\, Diyarbakir\, Turkey\n \n\nNowadays\, we are worried about COVID-19 and its effects such as economic crisis\, psychological damage\, youth unemployment\, questions and reconsideration about the solidarity between countries and the future of the EU etc. While some people believe this situation will be the end of the European Union\, countries will be more nationalist and close their borders\, people will be more radicalised; we -as partner organisations and youth workers/leaders- believe on the contrary. At least\, we believe that the goals of “Youth Has a Strategy” are more important nowadays and we would like to contribute in the solidarity among youth workers from different countries.\n\n \n\nDuring the seminar\, there will be several methods used when participants can experience being a part of the Strategy in order to foster their emotional and rational understanding concerning this multi problem situation. Especially role plays\, forum theatre\, board games will provide them an opportunity to try them out being in different roles of a youth worker who work with young people with fewer opportunities. Participants can try out different tools and methods in a safe environment. Some examples for methods we will use during the seminar: individual work\, pair work\, small mixed group work\, national group work\, role plays\, field visit\, collage\, symbolise\, making definitions\, express a link between theory and practice\, drawings\, creating a ‘dreamland’\, insolent meal method etc.\n\n \nDuring the seminar we will engage in following questions: \n \n\n How can youth workers\, leaders contribute actively in solidarity and how can we be ‘a big international team’? What is the background of the Strategy in general?\n What are the characteristics of the multi problem situation regarding being a youth leader to contribute to the goals of the Strategy?\n Which methods can we use to achieve the goals of the Strategy and make it easily understandable for young people?\n How transnational youth projects supported by Erasmus + programme can support young people to create a holistic approach to reach the goals of the Strategy?\n\n \n30 participants from Austria\, Portugal\, Poland\, Romania\, Spain\, Estonia\, Italy\, Turkey and Greece. The seminar will be implemented in Diyarbakir\, Turkey on the 18-27 th March 2022! (18 th is arrival and 27 th is departure). \n \nEveryone who comes to this seminar should… \n \n\n● be motivated and interested in the topic\n\n \n\n● committed to participate in group discussions\n\n \n\n● bring ideas for seminar\n\n \n\n● have sufficient English language skills (spoken and written);\n\n \n\n● be committed to spreading their new skills and competences to their sending branches/organisation\n\n \nFinancial Conditions: \n \nThis Project is funded by the Erasmus+. That means that the participation is free of charge! Travel expenses will be reimbursed: We cover your travel cost according to Erasmus+ distance calculator rules and the maximum for each participant that can be reimbursed is the depending of the country of departure as follow:\nGreece and Romania : maximum 275 €\nAustria\, Estonia\, Poland and Italy: maximum 360 €\nSpain: maximum 530 €\nPortugal: maximum 820 €\nTravel expenses will be paid according to your travel documents/bills but cannot be paid more than maximum travel costs. \n \nAccommodation: \n \nAll participants will stay in the guest house of Youth and Change Association in the city centre of Diyarbakir. You can find more details in the facebook page:\nhttps://www.facebook.com/diyarbakirguesthouse/?fref=ts\nYou will have Wi-Fi in the guest house. \n \n\nArrival to the project venue: We will pick up all participants from Diyarbakir airport and that’s why it’s very important to know your arrival times. Please send your travel tickets to umutsuvari@gmail.com\n\n \nApplication & Deadline \n \n\nIn order to apply please send us an email at umutsuvari@gmail.com and he will get back to you as soon as possible.\nContact: Umut Suvari\, Gsm: +905368906334\n\n \nSee you soon 😀 URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/youth-has-a-strategy-seminar/ LOCATION:Youth and Change Association Guest House\, Diyarbakir\, Mimar Sinan Cd.\, Yenişehir\, Yenişehir/Diyarbakır\, 21100\, Turkey CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/IMG-20220121-WA0011.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Youth and Change Association":MAILTO:genclikvedegisim@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220306 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220314 DTSTAMP:20211216T120349Z CREATED:20211216T120349Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211216T120349Z UID:2235-1646524800-1647215999@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:We wish you a peaceful journey with MOVE:Mobility of Volunteering? Eco-friendly! DESCRIPTION:Seminar: Landing and Spreading\n6th to 13th March 2022\, Mutters near Innsbruck\, Austria\nCall for applications\nThe project\nInternational peace and volunteer work is rooted in face-to-face exchange of people from different regions and backgrounds. Regular trainings\, seminars and volunteer camps where youth workers and young people can exchange experiences and ideas\, form the basis of this. The need for personal exchange comes along with a greater need for travel and transportation. \nCurrently\, many of the travel distances are covered by airplane. This contributes massively to the climate crisis and to increasing social inequality. Besides\, the restrictions imposed by COVID19 have forced us to take a more urgent look at alternative forms of mobility. Among all the challenges\, this also offers an opportunity to reflect on lessons learned regarding mobility in international peace work during the pandemic. \nThe Project MOVE makes mobility a peace issue and considers the acute need to raise awareness and to promote\ncritical reflection of current mobility choices in international volunteer projects and peace activities. Its main objectives are: \n\nto enhance the knowledge\, skills and competences of youth workers on the main topics\,\nto equip them with tools to make their activities ecologically and socially more sustainable\, and\nto create ideas and follow-up plans for innovative climate-friendly projects.\n\nThe project consists of four parts. This call for applications comprises the last two parts (Activity 2 and follow up)\, the “Landing and Spreading” Seminar near Innsbruck 06.-13. March 2022\, and a Follow-up Period to finalise the project outputs and start implementing new project ideas. \nDuring the training\, participants from peace/volunteering organisations from 17 countries gathered in Nuremberg in\nSeptember 2021 to learn about the intersections of mobility\, climate justice and peace work. They created and shared tools and ideas for activism\, education and structural change regarding the topic. Between the training and the seminar\, the training participants are implementing workshop ideas ‘On the MOVE’. They gather content and feedback for a toolkit on sustainable mobility and localise the topics discussed at the training – including running local or online workshops on travel guidelines. \nNow we are looking for applications and participants for the second activity of the project\, the “Landing and Spreading” seminar near to Innsbruck. There\, we will discuss more topics connected to global sustainable mobility\, such as e.g. gender and mobility. Part of the seminar will be to discuss the outcomes of the ‘On the Move’ period and to gather more information for a toolkit on sustainable mobility for volunteering organisations. The toolkit will be developed at this seminar. The seminar also gives space to connect to other international organisations and get information about their ways of sustainable travel. These activities will be held in English language. \nThe Venue\nThe seminar will take place in the youth house “Jungscharhaus Mutters”: https://innsbruck.jungschar.at/jungschar\nhaus/. It is located near Innsbruck\, Austria\, well connected to public transport and close to the mountains. \nThe Team\nThe seminar will be facilitated by an experience team of trainers/facilitators of SCI Germany and SCI Austria. Simon*\, Jakob\, Noah Marschner\, Esther Wawerda and Sophia Schmid will be part of the facilitating team (for some days). \nAims\n*Understand the link between (global) mobility\, climate justice and international peace work\n*Empower and train active volunteers\, camp coordinators and seminar facilitators to advocate for sustainable means of transportation and implement local actions with their sending organisations\n*Enhance networking capabilities\, create & share tools and ideas for local activism and campaigning\n*Initiate structural change regarding mobility within SCI and partners\n*Create a toolkit about sustainable mobility and a draft for a sustainable international travel policy \nTopics\n*Local and global impacts of global mobility on resources\, climate change and social justice\n*Structures behind global mobility (acceleration\, economic growth\, global inequalities)\n*Economic and political approaches to sustainable global mobility and their critique\n*Peace work\, mobility and its climate impacts\n*Approaches to a more climate-friendly peace work\, lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic\n*Ideas/inspiration for local workshops and new projects including Project Management\n*Travel Policies of different international organisations \nOutcome\n*Mobility Toolkit – contents: NFE methods about global mobility\, climate justice and peace\, background knowledge to develop guidelines for sustainable projects\, examples for sustainable approaches in peace and youth work\n*Draft for a sustainable international travel policy\n*Ideas and networks for new international cooperation in the field of sustainable global Mobility \nMethods\nWe’re going to use a broad variety of non-formal education methods\, such as world cafe\, snowball discussions\, re-\nsearch\, silent exhibition\, simulation games\, theatre\, visual harvesting\, arts\, energizers\, role games\, team building ac-\ntivities and more. There will also be project visits to local initiatives. \nFollow up (non-residential)\nParticipants implement their own projects and workshop about the projects topic. They will also finish their work on\nthe Toolkit and the Travel Policy draft. \nParticipants Profile\nEveryone who comes to this seminar should… \n\nbe vaccinated against Covid 19 or recovered (obligation)\nhave experience in international peace work\nideally be an active member and be involved in the process and decision structures of their sending organisation;\nallow time and ideas for both the seminar and the finalisation phase;\nideally be motivated to participate actively in the production of the outputs;\nbe committed to abstain from flying and travel to the events via overland route instead;\nbring ideas for own workshops;\nhave sufficient English language skills (spoken and written);\nbe committed to spreading their new skills and competences to their sending branches/organisation\, e.g. via a workshop or a camp coordinator training.\n\nParticipants who already participated in the MOVE training (09/2021 in Nürnberg) will be given priority\, but we are\nalso very much looking forward to meeting new people. \nPlease note that there will be opportunities to visit Innsbruck\, but that this is not a “getting to know the region” pro-\nject. On some days the seminar also foresees evening sessions. \nLogistics\, financial conditions and sustainability\nSimple life: The seminar will take place in a seminar house with simple living conditions. You will sleep in a room\nshared with few other people. \nMoney\, money\, money: We can cover all essential costs of the program (including vegan food\, travel costs up to a maximum amount per distance (maximum travel reimbursement amounts: 10-99 km = 20 Euro\, 100-499 km = 180 Euro\, 500-1999 km = 275 Euro\, 2000-2999 km = 360 Euro)\, visa costs\, accommodation and seminar) through a European project grant by Erasmus+. Your sending organisation might ask for a small participation fee. The costs will be reimbursed to you after submission of a complete expenditure summary and original receipts after project completion. \nSustainable food: The food we provide will be vegan. This is not just a practical decision\, but also an ideological one: SCI believes in the values of sustainability and climate justice – and if we want to contribute to a more peaceful planet\, we need to give up on industrialized animal agriculture and its destructive effects on our planet. We will also take care of the food ourselves so that’s a good opportunity to share food from your region \nSustainable travels?: This is also why we ask you to come to this seminar through more sustainable means of transport rather than flying (e.g. by train or bus)\, if somehow possible. Innsbruck is easy to reach with (night) trains and busses from many places. We will give you more guidance on how you can reach the venue once you are accepted to the seminar. \nHow to apply\nPlease send your application for the Landing and Spreading Seminar via this application form until 16.01.2022. After we accept your application\, you will receive a detailed infosheet. \nCovid19 Regulations\nPlease be advised that due to the pandemic and related measures\, there may be changes. We ask you not to book\nyour trip before we have informed you that the training will take place at the planned location. We will let you know\nabout this about four weeks before the seminar starts. For the protection of all participants on site\, we will only accept participants who are fully vaccinated with one vaccine accepted by the Austrian government and the last dose (second or third) is not older than 270 days: \nBioNtech/Pfizer Comirnaty/BNT162b2/Tozinameran\nAstraZeneca\nModerna\nSinopharm / BIBP (Beijing Bio-Institute of Biological Products Co-Ltd.)\nSinovac-CoronaVac Vaccine\nJohnson/Janssen + a second dose with another vaccine from one of the above \nIf you’re recovered you need a Covid-19 recovery certificate. This is valid until 6month (180days) after your positive pcr test. After 6 month you need one vaccination shot with one of the vaccines\, mentioned above. This is valid 270 days after the vaccination\, then you need a second dose. \nWe will also ask you to bring your own supply of FFP2 masks and a certificate of a negative Covid19 rapid test result no older than 48 hours (no exceptions). If the current situation in March forces us to do so\, we will either do it online on the same days or postpone this seminar to another date and will inform you immediately. Upon confirmation\, you are responsible to ensure that your trip complies with the latest recommendations of the health authorities regarding the spread of Covid19. For Austria\, the regulations of the government agency apply. \nWe are looking forward to your application \nThe coordinating team – Britta\, Esther\, Sophia\, Noah\, Mirna & Simon* \nFor any questions contact: simon.jakob@sci-d.de URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/we-wish-you-a-peaceful-journey-with-movemobility-of-volunteering-eco-friendly/ LOCATION:Jungscharhaus Mutters\, Riedgasse 9\, Innsbruck\, Tirol\, 6020\, Austria CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/move2.png ORGANIZER;CN="SCI Deutschland":MAILTO:info@sci-d.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220305 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220307 DTSTAMP:20220214T100036Z CREATED:20220214T100036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220214T100036Z UID:2352-1646438400-1646611199@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Pre-departure Training [online] DESCRIPTION:During our online pre-departure training you will learn more about our volunteer engagement\, the workcamps and long-term work. Moreover\, you will also get to know our values ​​and goals.  We deal with challenges in  international workcamps or long-term assignments and will offer you various workshops on topics such as interculturality\, conflict resolution\, non-violent communication\, group dynamics\, cultural prejudices / stereotypes\, racism\, colonialism\, gender and much more. In addition\, volunteers will report on their experience in the field\, and will give you valuable tips. \nOur first training will take place online together with SCI Schweiz: \n\n05/06 März 2021 (online\, Zoom)\n\nAre you interested in participating? Contact Mirna: longterm.sciaustria@gmail.com  URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/pre-departure-training-online/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/PREDEPARTURE-TRAINING_ONLINE-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="SCI Swizerland":MAILTO:info@scich.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211203 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211210 DTSTAMP:20211123T090831Z CREATED:20210920T122511Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211123T090831Z UID:2014-1638489600-1639094399@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Seminar "Be your country?!" from 3 to 10 December in Austria [Call for participants] DESCRIPTION:Be your country?! \n\n\n \nDeconstructing culture in youth work and non-formal education \n\n\n \nInternational seminar\, 3-9 December 2021 \n\n\n \nONLINE \n\n\n \nBackground of the seminar \n\n\n \nIn youth and volunteering projects\, we gather international groups of young people to foster mutual understanding and a culture of peace. Intercultural learning is our specialty! \n\n\n \nBut we have the feeling that sometimes our understanding of culture is quite limited\, static and oldfashioned:  By “culture” and “cultural exchange” we often mean exchange of people from different nationalities – and we emphasize this by making jokes about national identities\, asking participants to bring food from “their country”\, talk about “their country”\, etc. We usually don’t reflect that participants might have diverse approaches to how they feel about “their country”. We often lack an understanding for cultural nuances that go beyond nation states (class\, race\, gender\, age\, urban/rural\, sexual orientation\, subcultures\, etc.). \n\n\n \nWith this seminar\, we want to provide a space for youth workers and staff from volunteering organisations around Europe to critically reflect about their own practices of culturalization in non-formal education programs\, energizers\, support and training structures and free time activities. We will guide the seminar using techniques and approaches from antidiscrimination\, antiracism and critical whiteness. \n\n\n \nSome of the questions and topics we would like to explore include: \n\n\n \n\n\nWhat do we personally and our organisations mean when we say „culture“? What effect does this understanding of culture have on our participants? \n\n\nWhat is the role of national cultures in international youth projects – and how does this relate to nationalism\, nationbuilding\, pan-Europeanism and internationalism? \n\n\nHow can we deconstruct and play with the definition of „culture“ that our participants bring with them to our youth projects? \n\n\nWhat non-formal education methods can we share or create that have critical or constructive approaches to culture? What can be progressive alternatives to an „international evening“ and to talking about “cultural shocks” solely from a national perspective? \n\n\nHow does the setup of Erasmus+ programs reinforce certain notions of culture in our projects? \n\n\nHow can we challenge existing cultures within our projects and our societies (e.g. patriarchy\, heteronormativity\, white supremacy\, militarism) in order to create a culture of peace? \n\n\n\n\n \nA manual will be the outcome \n\n\n \nThe results of the seminar will be critical guidelines for youth and volunteering organisations as well as a collection of methods that stimulate critical or altenative views on „culture“. These results will be collected in a manual co-created by the participants. \n\n\n \nCOVID-19 \n\n\n \n This seminar was supposed to take place physically in Austria\, but due to a COVID-19 lockdown in Austria we are moving it online. The seminar will consist of daily 3 hours video calls from 13:30-17:00 CET (with 30 min break inbetween). There will be individual assignments to do between the sessions\, which you can schedule individually. The two facilitators\, Simon* and Thomas\, will make sure to make the seminar exciting\, fun and interactive despite it being online. \n\n\n \nWhat you need \n\n\n \n\n\nA device with webcam and microphone (best is a laptop or computer)\, maybe a headset \n\n\na good internet connection that works with video calls (possibly we could support you with getting a better connection for the duration of the project) \n\n\ninstalled and newly updated Zoom application on your device \n\n\nMotivation: It is crucial for us that you are motivated to participate throughout the whole project\, that you are not missing on any day of the project. \n\n\n\n\n \nParticipant’s profile \n\n\n \nThe project aims to gather 30 participants  (up to 2 per partner organisation). The participants will be youth workers\, trainers as well as staff\, activists\, camp coordinators and active volunteers from volunteerig organisations. All participants selected for this project should meet the following criteria \n\n\n \n\n\nbe 18 years old or older \n\n\nbe able to work in English \n\n\nbe interested in the seminar topics and have a strong motivation to act as a multiplier \n\n\nAble to attend for the full duration of the seminar \n\n\n\n\n \nWe explicitly encourage participants of all classes\, educational backgrounds\, genders\, sexual  orientations\, abilities and ethnic backgrounds to apply. \n\n\n \nHow to apply? \n\n\n \nWe are looking for two participants with the residence in Austria. You can apply by filling out the Call for participants_Be Your Country?!  and sending it to us at: coordination.sciaustria@gmail.com \n\n\n\nContact \n\n\n\nIf you have any questions regarding the project and your application\, don’t hesitate to contact Thomas at thomas.schallhart@gmx.at. \n\n\n\nWe are looking forward to your application 🙂 \n\n\n\nThe coordinating team \n\n\n\nSimon*\, Thomas and the SCI Austria team URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/seminar-be-your-country-from-3-to-12-december-in-austria-call-for-participants/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Be-your-country1-3-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211130 DTSTAMP:20211015T144700Z CREATED:20211014T082755Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211015T144700Z UID:2090-1637452800-1638230399@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Training Course "Youth Without Borders" [21-29 November\, Diyarbakir\, Turkey] DESCRIPTION:Training activity 1: 21-29 November 2021\, Diyarbakir\, Turkey \n\n\n\nThe training “Youth Without Borders” aims to train youth workers\, youth leaders and activists to refelct upon positive (brain drain) and negative sides of migration and gain knowledge on how to deal with challenges resulting from migration as well as how to use opportunities in the society where they currently live. By encouraging youth workers to facilitate their organizations and local communities to understand the issues surrounding migration\, this project hopes to create a wave of collaborations between and among partner organizations as well as with other civil society players\, local authorities\, job market stakeholders and other supportive mechanisms in their local communities to the benefit of better inclusion/integration mechanisms across Europe. \n\n\n\nThe training consists of two parts. This call for applications comprises the first training course which will be implemented in Diyarbakir\, Turkey\, from 21 until 29 of November 2021! The second training course will take place in Vienna\, Austria\, from 1st until 8th of May 2022. The training will gather 25 participants from Austria\, Portugal\, Greece\, Italy and Spain and Turkey. \n  \n\n\n\nDuring the Tranings we will engage in following topics: \n  \n\n\n\n\n\nDifferent political approaches towards refugees and immigrants in EU countires \n\n\nHow to improve intercultural competences of youth workers in order to support young migrants and refugees to find their way into the local communities; \n\n\nHow to engage people in local communities to understand the reasons why someone has to become asylum seeker or immigrant – fight against xenophobia\, intolerance\, fear from unknown; \n\n\nHow can we support refugees and migrants through youth work activities and integrate them successfully into the new local communities culturally\, economically\, socially\, etc. \n\n\n\n\n \nMethods \n  \n\n\n \nDuring both training courses we’re going to use a broad variety of non-formal education methods\, such as theatrical performances\, simulation games and various team building games and especially technological games such as kahoot\, flipped classroom\, Word Cloud Generator\, QR Codes etc. We will focus on group work and discussions and will have various outdoor activities\, quizzes\, debates and field visits. \n  \n\n\n\nFinancial Conditions \n  \n\n\n\nThis Project is funded by the Erasmus+. That means that the participation is free of charge! Travel expenses will be reimbursed: We cover your travel cost according to Erasmus+ distance calculator rules and the maximum for each participant that can be reimbursed is the depending of the country of departure as follow: Greece: maximum 275 € Austria and Italy: maximum 360 € Spain: maximum 530 € Portugal: maximum 820 € Travel expenses will be paid according to your travel documents/bills but cannot be paid more than maximum travel costs. \n  \n Accommodation & Food \n  \n\n\n\nAll participants will stay in the guest house of Youth and Change Association in the city-centre of Diyarbakir. You can find more details about the accomodation in the facebook page: Diyarbakir Guest House | Facebook The food will be provided by our team in the guest house. If you have any speacial diet please let us know. You will have Wi-Fi in the guest house. \n  \n\n\n\nEveryone who comes to this seminar should… \n  \n\n\n\n\nbe motivated and interested in the topic\ncommitted to participate in group discussions\nideally be willing to attend (not mandatory\, but recommended) both trainings\nbring ideas for trainings\nhave sufficient English language skills (spoken and written);\nbe committed to spreading their new skills and competences to their sending branches/organisation\n\n\n\n\nApplication & Deadline \n  \n\n\n\nIn order to apply please send us an email with motivation letter at coordination.sciaustria@gmail.com and we will get back to you as soon as possible. \n\n\n\nFirst application deadline is 7.11.2021. URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/training-course-youth-has-no-borders-21-29-november-diyarbakir-turkey/ LOCATION:Youth and Change Association Guest House\, Diyarbakir\, Mimar Sinan Cd.\, Yenişehir\, Yenişehir/Diyarbakır\, 21100\, Turkey CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/raise-your-employability-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Youth and Change Association":MAILTO:genclikvedegisim@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211128 DTSTAMP:20210924T102117Z CREATED:20210924T102117Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T102117Z UID:2035-1637452800-1638057599@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Seminar "COVID-19 Lesson learned" from 21 to 27 November 2021 in Madrid (Spain) DESCRIPTION:COVID 19-lessons learned\nInternational Youth work after the pandemic\nInternational seminar\, 21-27 November 2021 in Madrid (Spain)\nAbout the Project\nService Civil International and the partners of the project “COVID-19 – Lessons learned” are organizations\nthat make international exchanges of volunteers and young people one of their main methods. In doing so\, we aim to create intercultural connections\, international solidarity and a culture of peace and non-violence. The COVID-19 pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges for the movement. Neither travel nor physical meetings were possible. And the world is in a health crisis that poses enormous economic\, political and social challenges to which the international youth and volunteer movement must actively respond. \nYoung people with fewer opportunities are particularly affected by this crisis: young people with chronic illnesses who are directly affected by the health risk\, many young people losing their jobs or unable to find one\, with LGBT+ young people isolated at home with families who do not accept their identities\, young people with dysfunctional families locked at home. \nAt the same time\, reactions to the crisis\, especially within the EU\, have been very national and local\, with borders that have been open for decades closed and with international volunteering and youth exchanges being literally impossible in the ways we have done so far. As we believe in our goals and approaches\, we are working overtime to find new solutions\, such as international online volunteering\, local volunteer actions\, etc. \nWe need spaces to exchange these solutions\, to exchange ideas\, and to find new ways of doing it. We need spaces to exchange these solutions\, to increase their quantity and quality. Therefore\, SCI Madrid and SCI Germany have joined forces and are inviting you to join our seminar: COVID 19 – lessons learned. We hope that\, after almost a year of experiences and adaptations\, we will be able to exchange experiences\, ideas and good practices\, learning from each other and creating new common strategies. \nOur objective\n• To gather lessons learned and best practices on how to translate our work and goals to a situation where physical distance is necessary and travel is impossible.\n• To create new and creative ways of international volunteering and youth work.\n• Evaluate currently developed approaches\, such as digital volunteer camps\n• To better understand how to use non-formal education in a digital environment\n• Learn from others what local emergency volunteering initiatives have been created\n• Analyse how the crisis influences long-term volunteering projects abroad\n• Understand the social consequences of the closing of borders and how we as youth and volunteer organisations can contribute to international solidarity in this context.\n• Analyse how we can contribute to the fight against new conspiracy theories and misinformation spread on social media among young people\n• Assess how the crisis is connected to issues we have been working on for decades such as exclusion\, racism\, sexism\, ecology and climate\, etc.\n• Networking \nOutcome\nThe results of the seminar will be a manual for youth and volunteering organisations with guidelines on risk management\, volunteer management during crises situations\, best practices and digital facilitation tips. \nCOVID-19 during the Seminar\nAt this point\, we assume that it will be possible to organize the seminar in-person in Spain in November. We will ask all participants to be vaccinated\, recovered and/or tested (depending on the rules in Spain at that point). We will have a hygiene concept for the group during the seminar and will follow all regulations by the authorities. Should there be another lockdown\, we will consider to do the seminar online on the same dates. \nParticipant’s profile\nThe project aims to gather 20 participants (up to 2 per partner organization). The participants will be youth workers\, trainers as well as staff\, activists\, camp coordinators and active volunteers from volunteering organizations. All participants selected for this project should meet the following criteria: \n• be 18 years old or older\n• be able to work in English\n• be interested in the seminar topics and have a strong motivation to act as a multiplier\n• Able to attend for the full duration of the seminar• If somehow possible and feasible\, be committed to come to the seminar without flying\, and to travel instead by overland route. \nWe explicitly encourage participants of all classes\, educational backgrounds\, genders\, sexual orientations\, abilities and ethnic backgrounds to apply. \nLogistics\, financial conditions and sustainability \nSimple life: The seminar will take place in a seminar house with simple living conditions. You will sleep in a room shared with few other people. \nMoney\, money\, money: We can cover all essential costs of the program (including food\, travel costs up to a maximum amount per country\, visa costs\, accommodation and seminar) through a European project grant by Erasmus+. Your sending organisation might ask for a small participation fee. \nSustainable food: In the application form you can tell us if you have any allergies or intolerances. The same applies if you are vegan or vegetarian. We will adapt the food to your needs. \nSustainable travels?: This is also why we ask you to come to this seminar through more sustainable means of transport rather than flying (e.g. by train or bus)\, if somehow possible. We will give you more guidance on how you can reach the venue\, once you are accepted to the seminar. \nHow to apply?\nRegistrations can be made directly via the following link: https://forms.gle/3pccbPphaxKJbCcWA \nAll those who are accepted will subsequently receive a detailed information sheet (including information on how to get to the venue\, how to book their travel and further information on the project program).\nFirst deadline for applying is 04 October 2021. \nContact\nIf you have any questions regarding the project and your application\, don’t hesitate to contact Anna & the SCI team: oficina@ongsci.org. \nWe are looking forward to your application 🙂 \nDeclaration and commitment\nI am fully aware that my participation in this activity is an investment of the organisers (in terms of logistics\, finances\, time and personal involvement of all people engaged) in my personal learning experience. \n1. I declare that the information provided in my application is true and I commit myself to participate actively in the whole duration of the project.\n2. I promise to share the experiences gained in the course with other people from my sending organisation and/ or other people in my professional/ private / volunteer environment;\n3. I promise to implement learned experience at the local level;\n4. I commit to attending the seminar in full\, with no late arrival and early departure or leaving sessions; I read and understood text of the declaration. URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/seminar-covid-19-lesson-learned-from-21-to-27-november-2021-in-madrid-spain/ LOCATION:Roma CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Green-National-Pancake-Day-Instagram-Post.png ORGANIZER;CN="SCI Deutschland":MAILTO:info@sci-d.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211004 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211012 DTSTAMP:20210816T101548Z CREATED:20210816T101548Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T101548Z UID:1957-1633305600-1633996799@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Call for participants // International Training Course for youth workers „RutAlternativa“ DESCRIPTION:This international training course aims at enabling youth workers to train their peers\, colleagues and young people in their cities to become creators and organizers of educational walking tours which aim to explore the different realities of a place and to tell alternative stories about it. \nEducational walking tours are (mainly volunteers-based) organized guided walks through a city or a neighborhood\, with the purpose of presenting individuals and groups the experiences of those living in a certain place\, through their unique perspective: these walks take place in many cities around the world\, and they have different purposes\, such as bringing locals close to the cultures and traditions of migrants in their cities\, raising awareness on the life conditions of urban homeless persons\, and so on. \nAny topic can be involved in educational walking tours: climate change\, social movements\, youth cultures\, biodiversity\, urban gardens\, cultural diversity\, gentrification are just some of the areas that can be covered!\nTarget groups of these tours can be locals\, visitors\, persons belonging to a specific group\, ie. certain professionals who are interested in getting to know more about a certain issue\, or even members of local authorities and decision-makers. \nThe phases of the project are:\n● the international training course (6 working days) in Novi Sad\, Serbia\, where participants will learn about the methodology of educational walking tours;\n● a follow-up one-day training which participants to the international training will organize for their peers in their organizations/cities -so that they will learn the basics of this methodology and be able to create their own educational walking tours;\n● pilot walking tours in each city (preparation\, promotion\, implementation\, evaluation) organized by the international training course participants with the support of the partner organizations;\n● a final e-publication on educational walking tours\, created using inputs and tools from the TC as well as from the participants’ direct experiences and the routes they created in their cities. \nThe main aims of the project\, and specifically this training course\, are:\n● Support the involved organizations in creating educational walking tours that can introduce resident and visitors to relevant places and issues through first-hand contact and experience\, in order to increase their knowledge and understanding of a certain places’ history\, culture and current issues;\n● train participants in becoming multipliers (training others in their communities and organizations) of educational walking tours methodology;\n● create at least one itinerary of an educational walking route per partner organization. \nThe participants may be youth workers\, social workers\, youth mentors\, coaches of youth initiatives and other youth projects\, volunteer coordinators\, trainers\, facilitators\, activists.\nAll potential participants applying for this project should meet the following criteria: \n● be 18 years old or older\n● be able to work in English\n● be interested in the Training course topics and have a strong motivation to act as a multiplier\n● be able to attend for the full duration (October 4th-11th)\n● when feasible\, be committed to come to the seminar without flying\, and to travel instead by overland route (bus\, train..).\nWe explicitly encourage participants of all social backgrounds\, genders\, sexual orientations\, abilities and ethnic backgrounds to apply. \nHow to apply: \nBefore applying\, read the Call for participants carefully\, and fill in the application form you will find in the call by August 31st.\nAll applicants will receive a confirmation that their application was received and about our final decision after August 31st\, as soon as we receive a feedback from your sending organization.\nAll those accepted will later receive a detailed infosheet (incl. info on how to get to the venue\, how to book your travels\, more info about the agenda of the project). \nThese are the project partners\, and all participants are required to come through these sending organizations:\n● Volonterski centar Vojvodine (Serbia)\n● GAIA Kosovo (Kosovo)\n● Nešto više (Bosnia and Herzegovina)\n● Volonterski Centar Zagreb (Croatia)\n● Zavod voluntariat (Slovenia)\n● ADP Zip (Montenegro)\n● PVN (Albania) ● Sci Switzerland: 2 participants.\n● Sci Austria\n● SCI Germany ● Youth and Change (Turkey) \nWe are looking forward to your applications! URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/call-for-participants-international-training-course-for-youth-workers-rutalternativa/ LOCATION:Novi Sad\, Serbia CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/rutalternativa-IG-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Volonterski centar Vojvodine":MAILTO:vcvoffice@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210924 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211001 DTSTAMP:20210716T100930Z CREATED:20210716T100930Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210716T100930Z UID:1907-1632441600-1633046399@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Klima jenseits von Klassismus DESCRIPTION:Internationales Seminar für Aktivist*innen und Jugendarbeiter*innen\, 24.-30.09.2021\, Sonthofen\nHintergrund des Projekts\nUm die Klimakrise zu überwinden\, brauchen wir große soziale Bewegungen\, die einen massiven Wandel in der Art und Weise fordern\, wie wir Wirtschaft und Politik betreiben. Und obwohl die Klimabewegung seit 2019 stark gewachsen ist\, ist sie immer noch zu klein\, um wirklich etwas zu verändern. Eine große Anzahl von Menschen muss aktiver Teil der Bewegung werden\, was bedeutet\, dass sich die Klimabewegung öffnen muss. \nArme und Jugendliche aus der Arbeiterklasse sind in der Klimabewegung stark unterrepräsentiert. Die Klimabewegung in Europa wird überwiegend von Menschen geführt wird\, die meist aus der Mittelschicht kommen\, weiß sind und eine Hochschulausbildung haben. Dabei sind wirtschaftlich schwache Menschen und Menschen aus der Arbeiterklasse diejenigen\, die am meisten von den Auswirkungen der Klimakrise betroffen sind\, sowohl in der Gegenwart als auch in der Zukunft und sowohl global als auch national – z.B. sind es Arbeiter*innen\, die durch den Übergang zu erneuerbaren Energien ihre Arbeitsplätze verlieren. \nAber wie können wir die Bewegung für soziale und Klimagerechtigkeit stärker zusammenbringen? Was sind die Gründe dafür\, dass sich arme Menschen und Menschen aus der Arbeiterklasse in der Klimabewegung nicht wohlfühlen? Wie hängt das alles mit dem Kapitalismus zusammen? Und wie können wir diese Strukturen verändern\, um inklusiver zu werden? \nDer SCI und andere internationale Freiwilligendienstorganisationen stehen vor ähnlichen Herausforderungen wie die Klimabewegung: Die meisten Menschen\, die beim SCI internationale Freiwilligendienste leisten\, kommen aus dem akademischen und bürgerlichen Milieu\, während es immer das Ziel von SCI war\, Menschen unterschiedlicher Herkunft zusammenzubringen. Wie können wir das ändern? \nMehrere Organisationen und Aktivengruppen in ganz Europa\, sowohl in der Klima- als auch in der internationalen Freiwilligendienstbewegung\, haben damit begonnen\, ihre Strukturen zu verändern\, um in Bezug auf die Schichtzugehörigkeit inklusiver zu werden. Diese strukturellen Veränderungen und Werkzeuge müssen gemeinsam genutzt werden. \nDas Projekt\nVom 24.-30. September 2021 führen wir ein siebentägiges internationales Seminar zum Thema mit 25 Teilnehmenden aus elf EU-Ländern in Sonthofen/Bayern durch. \nDas Koordinierungsteam besteht aus Britta\, Mira\, Simon*\, Thomas und dem Team von SCI Deutschland. \nErwartete Ergebnisse\nEin Online-Handbuch für Organisationen\, die mit jungen Menschen zu Klimathemen arbeiten\, wird während des Seminars auf der Grundlage unserer Sitzungen und Erkenntnisse erstellt. Wir werden Methoden\, Best Practices und Richtlinien für Jugendarbeiter*innen und Aktivist*innen hinzufügen. \nWir laden auch dich dazu ein\, das Thema Klassismus in der Klimabewegung zu verbreiten\, indem du Workshops vor oder nach dem Seminar organisierst und Diskussionen zu diesem Thema in deinem lokalen Klimakontext beginnst. Wir werden dir Werkzeuge an die Hand geben\, wie du einen solchen Workshop organisieren kannst. \nCOVID19\nZum jetzigen Zeitpunkt gehen wir davon aus\, dass es möglich sein wird\, das Seminar im September persönlich in Deutschland zu organisieren. Wir werden alle Teilnehmenden bitten\, entweder geimpft oder genesen zu sein oder einen COVID19-Test zu machen. Wir werden ein Hygienekonzept für die Gruppe während des Seminars haben und alle Vorschriften der deutschen Behörden befolgen. Sollte es zu einer weiteren Sperrung kommen\, werden wir überlegen\, das Seminar zum selben Termin online durchzuführen. \nWer kann am Seminar teilnehmen?\nMitarbeiter*innen der Jugendarbeit\, Aktivist*innen und Freiwillige aus Freiwilligenorganisationen\, aus der Klimabewegung und aus Gewerkschaften. Alle Teilnehmenden\, die für dieses Projekt ausgewählt werden\, sollten die folgenden Kriterien erfüllen: \n\n18 Jahre alt oder älter sein\nsie sollten in der Lage sein\, auf Englisch zu arbeiten\nsich für die Seminarthemen (Klimagerechtigkeit und Klassismus) interessieren und eine starke Motivation haben\, als Multiplikator*innen zu wirken\nin der Lage sein\, über die gesamte Dauer des Seminars teilzunehmen\nIdealerweise sind sie aktiv in der Jugendarbeit und in der Lage\, Entscheidungen ihrer Entsendeorganisationen zu beeinflussen und haben Erfahrung im Bereich Freiwilligenarbeit\, Frieden und/oder Klimagerechtigkeit\nWenn irgendwie möglich und machbar\, sollten sie sich verpflichten\, ohne Flugreise zum Seminar zu kommen und stattdessen auf dem Landweg anzureisen.\n\nWir ermutigen ausdrücklich Teilnehmende aller Schichten\, Bildungshintergründe\, Geschlechter\, sexuellen Orientierungen\, Fähigkeiten und ethnischen Hintergründe\, sich zu bewerben. \nLogistik\, finanzielle Bedingungen und Nachhaltigkeit\nEinfaches Leben: Das Seminar findet in einem Seminarhaus mit einfachen Lebensverhältnissen statt. Die Teilnehmenden werden in einem Zimmer schlafen\, das sie sich mit wenigen anderen Personen teilen. \nMoney\, Money\, Money: Wir können alle wesentlichen Kosten des Programms (u.a. Verpflegung\, Reisekosten bis zu einem Höchstbetrag pro Land\, Visakosten\, Unterkunft und Seminar) durch einen europäischen Projektzuschuss von Erasmus+ abdecken. Die Entsendeorganisation kann eine kleine Teilnahmegebühr verlangen. \nNachhaltiges Essen: Das Essen\, das wir zur Verfügung stellen\, wird vegan sein. Dies ist nicht nur eine praktische Entscheidung\, sondern auch eine ideologische: Der SCI glaubt an die Werte der Nachhaltigkeit und Klimagerechtigkeit – und wenn wir zu einem friedlicheren Planeten beitragen wollen\, müssen wir auf die industrialisierte Tierhaltung und ihre zerstörerischen Auswirkungen auf unseren Planeten verzichten. \nNachhaltiges Reisen?: Das ist auch der Grund\, warum wir darum bitten\, zu diesem Seminar mit nachhaltigeren Transportmitteln anzureisen\, anstatt zu fliegen (z.B. mit der Bahn oder dem Bus)\, wenn es irgendwie möglich ist. Wir werden den Teilnehmenden weitere Hinweise geben\, wie sie den Veranstaltungsort erreichen können\, sobald sie zum Seminar zugelassen sind. \nWie kann man sich bewerben?\nZur Bewerbung führt dieses Anmeldeformular. Erster Anmeldeschluss ist der 27. Juli 2021. \nKontakt\nFragen zum Projekt und zur Bewerbung beantwortet Britta unter britta.lang-azizi@sci-d.de. URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/klima-jenseits-von-klassismus/ LOCATION:Roma CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/climate_Seminar.png ORGANIZER;CN="SCI Deutschland":MAILTO:info@sci-d.de END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210914 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210924 DTSTAMP:20210816T102039Z CREATED:20210816T102039Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210816T102039Z UID:1962-1631577600-1632441599@www.sciaustria.org SUMMARY:Visual Storytelling from A to Z DESCRIPTION:About the project \nThe project “Visual storytelling from A to Z” aims at bringing self-awareness at the participants\, on their own identity and perception as human beings\, not as objects of stereotypes based on their gender. This issue is very common in young people\, raised in environments filled with thoughts like masculinity is for boys and emotions are for girls. \nThe youth needs to raise their gender literacy to achieve better self-understanding and confidence. Now in the era of technology\, young people spend more time online\, where many issues are projected in the web showing the need of raising the media literacy in young people. The world of media and social networks is becoming more and more visual\, so the need to distinguish between the good and bad examples of media provocations is pretty urgent too. \nBy this project we are willing to promote gender diversity and by transferring understanding on common fundamental values of our society to reach young people and to contribute to the prevention of violent radicalization based on gender. \nThe program of the training activity is organized in building up thematic modules to provide new information\, enhance knowledge and develop the skills of participants\, and enable participants to share in a safe and creative environment. The program also includes meetings with experts on visual arts as well as visiting several associations who will share their own practises and who are experts in the field of gender equality and will further contribute to the learning and development process. \nThe program of the training is organized in several modules like “raising gender literacy”\, “raising visual arts skills” or “visual stories become real” where the participants will be provided with new information to enhance their knowledge and develop their skills. We will work on creating a safe space where everyone feels comfortable sharing personal experiences and situations as well as feel free to unleash their creativity. The program also foresees the visit of professionals of visual arts to the centre where the training will take place in addition to meet workers from different associations in Sofia working on practices related to gender equality. \nWe will integrate in the working methods of this training those of experiencial learning and non-formal and informal learning to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and skills in a series of activities meant to be enriching and entertaining where participants will feel prone to contribute\, share ideas\, discuss\, and have fun altogether. We have devised this training for participants regardless of their level of expertise on the Gender topic to generate an space of exchange among participants that will lead to peer-to-peer learning. Our main objective is to get them involved to continue spreading the word in their local communities about gender equality. \n\nInteractive presentations\, working in small groups\, debates\, ice-breaking games\, energizers\, sharing experiences\, group and self reflections\, and other methods will be used to encourage the inclusion of all participants in the activities. \nThe participants we aim to reach with the project are young people\, activists and youth workers who want to learn more about visual arts\, how to use creative techniques on raising awareness on gender related topics and how to adapt them for an everyday work within their local realities. All of them will be given a Youthpass certificate as proof of their participation and contribution to the project. \nAs a product of the project\, we envisage to gather several photographies related to the topic of gender equality. \nCall for participants – Deadline to apply: 15/08/2021 \nThe project “Visual storytelling from A to Z”\,  2019-2-BG01-KA105-062826\n is supported by Erasmus+ Programme\, under KA1\, Youth workers mobility URL:https://www.sciaustria.org/event/visual-storytelling-from-a-to-z/ LOCATION:Roma CATEGORIES:Trainings & Seminare,Upcoming events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.sciaustria.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/visual-storytelling-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="CVS Bulgaria":MAILTO:office@cvs-bg.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR