Non-formal Education in Youth and Community Work

To increase training and facilitation skills of professionals dealing with young people and enable them to develop their capacities for creation of non-formal learning environment and training courses for benefit of young people within partner organizations and local communities.

Topics covered by training:
– Non-formal education in youth and community work
– Experiential learning as a base for helping young people to develop
– Helping processes of learning (levels of changes)
– Communication skills necessary for effective youth facilitation and trainings
– Skills and principles of designing the training programs
– Setting up achievable goals and objectives in education
– Non-formal learning methods and activities
– Setting up non-formal learning environment
– Co-facilitationt

Expected learning outcomes:
– To better understand non-formal learning as useful tool for youth work
– To increase knowledge of non-formal experiential learning and develop training and facilitation skills
– To enable practice of professionals dealing with young people in creation of non-formal learning environemtns and development of useful programs of education
– To better understand the role of facilitators and traininers in youth work

Training course is mostly for youth workers, teachers, leaders, volunteers or for everybody who are interested in the topic, want to travel, learn and meet new people and cultures from the age of 25+.