️ When: 27-26 March (including travel days)
Where: Le Lude, France
No. of expected participants: 12-15 young people from EU countries (18-30 yo)
Summary
This week-long programme will train participants to become work camp leaders. We aim to support young people develop skills and learn about group facilitation, interculturality and sustainable practices…in the context of international workcamps!
Training content
Group facilitation skills include organising daily life, understanding group dynamics, dealing with conflicts and collective/ individual needs, reflecting on responsibilities and attitudes of a group leader.
Interculturality is also a central topic within any international workcamp. We propose to explore and understand the interest (and the beauty!) and challenges of intercultural exchanges and how to navigate tensions emerging from this exchange.
Our focus on sustainability is going to be about food and how to implement ecological practices on our workcamps. We would also like to create a space to reflect on ways of raising awareness about other ecological issues on workcamps. All this will help us to develop a peace building culture, because intercultural learning, sustainability and living in a group can be effective ways of building peace in its larger meaning.
Profile of participants
- Between 18 and 30 years old
- Resident in a EU country or one of the Programme Countries of the Erasmus+ programme
- With a good conversational level of English. Speaking French is not required.
- Interested by interculturality, sustainability and group facilitation
- Willing to lead/facilitate a workcamp with Concordia or with your local organization
- Can commit to the whole duration of the training
Organisation & Financial Conditions
The exchange is coordinated by Concordia Normandie Maine.
Accommodation, food, local transportation and activity costs are covered by Concordia Normandie-Maine through the Erasmus+ programme.
Travel costs are reimbursed up to a certain amount, depending on the country the participant is traveling from. The reimbursable amount is decided with the Erasmus+ Distance Calculator.
We will encourage participants to purchase green ways of transportation (bus, train, carpool, hitchhiking) as much as possible. Reach out if you need help finding an green option. The choice of transportation will also be a criteria in the selection of participants.
Contact
Pauline DUAULT – cdv.normandie-maine@concordia.fr
Volunteer Coordinator & Project Officer @ Concordia Normandie-Maine
