​Are you active in the spirit Don Bosco as an animator or trainer? 
Do you have experience as a trainer on a local level but want to expand your horizon? 
​You are interested in learning about working with international groups?​
​You want to develop your own training courses in an international environment? 

Are you free to travel to Vienna 27/10 - 02/11 2017 ?

‘Rise Up!’ is a 5-day European training course for (international) trainers, where you can meet people from over 10 European countries. The TC will focus on training basic and advanced competences of trainers. You will get input on intercultural learning processes, general training skills, DBYN’s educational style, safeguarding and conflict management. Additionally you get the chance to actively work in international groups and try new methods and approaches in a safe environment. Next to this you will be sharing your own experiences, work on leadership skills, reflect on intercultural learning processes and much more.  The TC takes at the Burg Wildegg near Vienna (AT). The training course will take place from the 27th of October until the 2nd of November 2017. 

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Programme

The TC focus on training basic and advanced competences of trainers. The participants will get input on intercultural learning processes, general training skills, DBYN’s educational style, safeguarding and conflict management. The participants will share experiences, best practices and through peer-to-peer learning receive feedback on each other’s approaches. Group reflection and individual guidance will be an important part of the TC since we see this as the ideal process to grow as a young trainer. The trainers will be using different non-formal methods like simulation games, role plays, active reviewing. Next to this the participants will be sharing their own experiences, work on leadership styles, reflect on intercultural learning processes…
 
As a faith-based organisation we also have a spiritual programme through the TC.  We start and end the day with a Salesian good morning/night, there is an optional daily morning mass, and a final mass at the end of the project. These are moments co-organised by the participants and our Salesian chaplain and aim to make a connection between the programme and the personal value-system of the participants.

Objectives

1. To train young volunteers to become trainers and facilitators of intercultural learning processes on local and international level.
2. To improve young people trainers’ competences.
3. To increase the number of trainers in DBYN’s pool of trainers.
4. To strengthen the training capacity of local organisations.

Profile participants

The participants of this TC are expected to be or become active as trainers in the sending organizations, by preference in international projects. ​After a review and evaluation, the participants will have the opportunity to apply to the Pool of Trainers of DBYN and other international organisations. In this way, we involve new junior trainers in the network and we can give young people an opportunity to build up international training experience.

• Have experience as educator on local level (can be one of following examples):
  • Volunteering experience as group leader in local activities
  • National trainers of animators, volunteers, young people
  • National trainers active in training of international volunteers
  • Volunteers returned from a European/international volunteering experience
• Interest to become an international trainer
• Being able to communicate and work in English
• Being open and motivated for an international experience
• Being able to act a multiplier within the local community after the activity
• Age 18-30

Costs

How to apply?

• The participants get 100% of their travel costs reimbursed up to a maximum.  The following table give the maximum travel cost for each country (100%).
• VISA costs are also 100% reimbursed.
• Currently the participation fee is calculated at € 90 per person.  If one or more of our participants cannot afford this, you can send a request to DBYN’s solidarity fund to pay for this.  We will see per application individually how high the support needs to be.

• This training course is open for participants from Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Slovakia and Spain.
• If you want to apply, please contact your national Don Bosco Youth-Net member organisation, as all applications run through them.

Venue

Burg Wildegg is a guesthaus from the "Katholischen Jungschar der Erzdiözese Wien". It has 66 Beds, different rooms for groupwork and a kitchen for self-cooking. 

More info: https://wien.jungschar.at/wildegg/