Training Course INFOPACK

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1 Training Course INFOPACK 1/8

2 THE PROJECT Summary: Following the growing devotion of young people to informatics, like internet and social networks instead of physical socialization makes physical support systems for youth like the Portuguese organization, the organization from UK, Italy, Bulgaria, Estonia and Germany see in Erasmus+ an opportunity to gather and reflect on one same question: Are young people turning away from personal contact because of our support systems? And shouldn t we innovate in these support systems? Thus, during a contact making seminar and a training course to be held in Fornos de Algodres, Portugal in September and November/December 2015, 2 and 4 participants from each country will, respectively, reflect and test methodologies to support online learning and young people through e-learning platforms. The contact making seminar will feature 13 youth workers - two per country, except for the host country which will have one extra element to facilitate activities and the training course project will gather 12 young participants (aged 20 to 30 years) and 13 youth workers. During the two events we will use non-formal education methodologies such as workshops, group work, pair work, focus groups, brainstorming in activities that will promote knowledge about e-learning platforms, their use and animation as well as potentiate reflection about how these tools may be useful for increasing employability of young people, etc. To sum up, this project, which has two international activities will result on six pilot online courses, based on a figure of e-tutor, that with these learnings we'll reach young people who have left traditional learning and support services for online training and support, creating a significant impact in strengthening the work of the organizations involved and its importance to the socio-cultural development of these young people. Specific Objectives: - Creation of new online tools that allow a working proximity with young people; - Develop learning methodologies using non formal education; - Share good practices on the use of e-learning methodologies between youth organisations; - Use online tools for non-formal education of young people through online non-formal learning courses; - Empower youth workers to the frequent us of online platforms to easier communication with youngsters; - Create an e-learning course linked to youth priorities of each partner; - Create an e-learning explanation system for each partner. 2/8

3 Dissemination and exploitation of results: - Products > Toolkit, Online Course, Online Brochure; - Evaluation > initial, continuous and final, formal and non-formal, quantitative and qualitative; - Certificates > Youthpass/Europass, Participation certificate. Learning Outcomes: - Increase knowledge about online tools which can be used to diminish the gap between youth work and youngsters; - Increase knowledge about Erasmus+ Programme; - Know new youth work methodologies, through practices sharing; - Know how international projects that foster physical social interaction work based on intercultural dialogue and non-formal learning strengthening. Venue: Fornos de Algodres is a municipality and a town in Portugal. The population in 2011 was 4,989, in an area of km². The municipality is located in Guarda District, Centro Region, Serra da Estrela Subregion. The municipal holiday is September 29. The seat of the municipality, Fornos de Algodres, is a historic town and boasts panoramic views of the upper Mondego river Valley and a nineteenth-century market with nearby winding cobbled streets as well as the Serra da Estrela, the highest mountain range in mainland Portugal. Cities nearby: Mangualde, Gouveia, Seia, Guarda, Viseu, Trancoso, Pinhel. Gastronomy: Queijo da Serra (hard cheese); requeijão (soft cheese). Maceira is a Portuguese parish of Fornos de Algodres municipality, with 8.06 km² and 229 inhabitants (2011). The Annual Festival in Honour of Our Lady of Miracles, takes place on September 8th. It has a senior retirement home, created and maintained by a local association. The windmill of Telhais was recovered. Weather: Check it out on 3/8

4 Travel Budget: Country Maximum per person (in Euros) Bulgaria 360 United Kingdom 275 Estonia 530 Italy 360 Germany 275 Useful Contacts: Hosting Organisation Telephone - (+351) Logistics Coordinator Mobile Phone (+351) National Emergency Number 112 Local Fire Department Telephone (+351) Local Republican National Guard (Police) Telephone (+351) Local Health Centre (+351) Portuguese National Agency for the Management of the Erasmus+ Programme - Youth in Action - (+351) Bulgarian Embassy (in Lisbon) Telephone (+351) United Kingdom Embassy (in Lisbon) Telephone (+351) Estonian Embassy (in Lisbon) Telephone (+351) Italian Embassy (in Lisbon) Telephone (+351) German Embassy (in Lisbon) Telephone (+351) Protection and Safety: - Security > one of the group participants should have first aid training, first aid kit will be available at all times, emergency contacts and procedures will be shared, Portuguese public law and order should be respected, norms and rules will also be establish by the whole group, etc.; - Insurance > all countries should request the EHIC - European Health Insurance Card for each participant; - Mentoring and Support > a safe and comfortable environment for learning will be provided. 4/8

5 THE PROMOTERS Hosting Organisation: APSRDHMaceira - Associação de Promoção Social Recreativa Desportiva e Humanitária de Maceira from Portugal has as its main area of work the intervention and improvement of social well-being and quality of life of the population through initiatives and endeavours that support childhood, youth and senior age, promoting social integration of the most disadvantaged groups and the development of the local territory. We work at a national level, with special focus in the municipality of Fornos de Algodres and other municipalities nearby. We have the following objectives: - Reinforcement and enlargement of the network of equipment and services that support childhood, youth and seniors as well as the wounded, those who are sick and citizens with disabilities.; - Promotion of social, cultural, recreational, environmental and humanitarian actions as well as sports, trainings, etc.; - Foster new opportunities in different fields, such as ICT Information and Communication Technologies, equal rights between men and women.; - Development of partnerships, protocols, agreements and others, with public and private entities in order to reinforce institutional capability for the implementation of projects and actions that allow professional qualification.; - Participation in diagnosis and research studies that contribute to interactive knowledge of the local reality to plan and execute initiatives for national and international projects. Address: Lugar do Serrado, n.º 1, Fornos de Algodres, Portugal Facebook: associacao.maceira@sapo.pt Sending Organisations: Association "Professional Forum for Education" from Bulgaria Greenlight Youth Club from United Kingdom SEIKLEJATE VENNASKOND from Estonia VulcanicaMente from Italy MainHeim e.v. from Germany 5/8

6 TC TRAINING COURSE Accommodation: Associação de Maceira Hostel Facebook: Telephone: (+351) Address: Lugar do Serrado, n.º 1, Fornos de Algodres, Portugal Multiple rooms, with gender division. Meals: All food restrictions/diets will be respected if there s prior information sent to the hosting organisation. Internet: The hostel provides free Wi-Fi. Travel details: The itinerary includes flights to/from Oporto/Porto city airport (IATA - International Air Transport Association Code is OPO) and preferably you should arrive to Portugal until 16:00(pm) and departure after 12:00(am). Transportation from the airport to the TC location and from the TC location to the airport will be provided by the hosting organisation. Important You can arrive earlier and leave later but the Portuguese hosting organisation will only pay for accommodation and meals during the activity days (including arrival and departure days). On the arrival day we will pick up the whole group of participants from Oporto s airport as soon as the last national group arrives (to Portugal) and on the departures day we will leave the whole group of participants in Oporto s airport as soon as the first national group leaves (from Portugal). 6/8

7 Reimbursement: It will be done by bank transfer after the TC after we receive by post mail all the necessary original travel documents (proofs of expenses, invoices, receipts, tickets, boarding passes, etc.) and the participant report is submitted. Important We can reimburse above your budget if others spend less money with their travels. Participants: You should select young participants with a minimum of 18 and preferably a maximum of 50 years old, who are youth workers, having worked with youngsters at a local level, that have influence on the internal training of their organisation, that may develop practices for the use of online tools inside their sending institutions, that can develop new international partnerships, who have a minimum ability for the use of ICT, who need to develop new methodologies for youth work to reinforce online youth guidance, who may implement online courses/explanations to local youth, bearing in mind that half of each national group should be composed of young people with fewer opportunities facing social and geographical obstacles as well as gender balance should be respected at all times. The total number of participants per country is 4. Preparation Information about Portuguese culture; Preparing contents about sending countries; TC Infopack; EHIC; Special Needs (medical and/or food related). What to Bring: Unblocked mobile phone (specially in case you want to have a Portuguese mobile card); Personal hygiene products; Bath towels; Hairdryer (optional); Personal Medicines/Pills; Flashlight; Raincoat/Wind coat; Umbrella; Warm/Comfortable clothes; Warm and Comfortable shoes (for walking/trekking); Flip-flops (for showers); Pyjama; Scarf/Bonnet/Gloves (optional); Typical food/drinks/music/clothes of each country (for intercultural night, since you will also have access to a kitchen if you want to cook something); Digital Camera (optional); Personal laptop. 7/8

8 Daily Programme: In attachment with this Infopack. NECESSARY DOCUMENTS - Participants Information - Travel Information - Travel tickets + Proofs of expenses - Identification Document - European Health Insurance Card - Presentations about countries 8/8