IKIGAI is an educational programme developed with EduEra NGO (Slovakia) and Coobra (Austria) whose aim is to create the profile of a 2.0 youth worker/educator equipped with multiple tools to develop skills adaptable to contextual needs, being able to use FACILITATION, GRAPHIC TOOLS, COACHING APPROACH, AND MENTORSHIP SKILLS.
We expect that all youth workers involved in the project will have been able to employ coaching approach and graphic facilitation techniques to empower young people, with a specific focus on youth empowerment, and implement these techniques in follow-up activities.
IKIGAI will be based on a wide mix of non-formal education methods to explore coaching approach, graphic tools, and youth empowerment. Activites will be in English. The training team will be made by MarCus Vrecer (Austria), Petra Papierníková (Slovakia), and Evelyn De Luca (Italy).
Objectives
Develop skills to support youth empowerment in the role of trainers, educators, and leaders with the use of coaching and graphic tools, implementing local activities, and working on community support and empowerment.
Prototype an innovative youth work approach for educators, youth workers, facilitators, and mentors that is based on multidisciplinarity.
Develop coaching approach and graphic facilitation skills necessary to meet the needs of their target audience, to engage, and communicate effectively.
Participants profile
Participants from IKIGAI are expected to be active and with at least some experience in working with young people, as facilitators, youth workers, trainers, educators, mentors, youth leaders, community leaders, etc. They need to have a good command of the English language, and motivated to commit to the Training Course and to the local activities afterwords.
Costs
The maximum TRAVEL COST reimbursement is based on the distance calculator supported by the European Union. We will NOT reimburse the amounts that get over the maximum budget for each participant, or the tickets that did not receive previous APPROVAL from the Italian NGO.
For the TRAVEL, according to the restrictions of the E+ Programme, we can
only refund if:
- Your travel route is from your hometown to the venue in Italy and back (check for exceptional cases with the coordinator);
- You have chosen reasonable and economic means of transportation (e.g. APEX or student fares for flight tickets, cheap airlines, 2nd class trains);
- Your travel dates are according to the programme (2 days before OR after the project dates is allowed, but lodging during these days is on your own expenses);
- You have a receipt or invoice for the cost of your plane ticket and the boarding cards or the train/bus tickets. Tickets with dates longer than 1 day after/before the dates of the training will NOT be reimbursed, if not agreed previously with the coordinator. If you would like to stay longer in Italy, you can book flights up to 1 day before/after arrival/departure of the TC.
BOARD, LODGING, and PROGRAMME costs will be provided and paid 100% by grant from the Italian Erasmus+ National Agency.
3 meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and 2 coffee breaks will be provided.
For the management and the implementation of the activities, we will ask each participant for a symbolic solidarity fee for the participation in the project, that will be of 50€ each.
