​Project description

The Seminar on Safeguarding will be a two and a half day seminar, where 28 participants and 4 trainers will meet and exchange on practices and policies on safeguarding. Different sessions will provide opportunities and coaching by experts for participants to practice their skills and mindset.
The seminar will take place in October in Turin in Italy, the dates will be confirmed.

Objectives

The aim of the seminar is to make the participants more familiar with existing practices and policies about safeguarding. They will become more confident in taking an active role in protecting the young people in their youth work and their organisations.

1. ​Exchange about present thoughts, policy and practice about safeguarding.
2. Thinking about the youth work praxis, based on descriptions in ‘Dignity’.
3. Concluding priorities for the own youth work style and the own organisations.
4. Online safeguarding: risks, expertise and good practices. 
5. Developing common basis for policy on online safeguarding..
6. Developing a session on safeguarding to be used within the network and by all members.
7. Final reflection on the policy and practice on safeguarding in the different youth work organisations and the opportunities for change coming from the seminar.

Partners

Financial support

Profile of participants

Costs

Participants that work with youth or are connected with an organisation that works with youth.

• 16 – 30 years’ old
• Active English knowledge
• Interested in safeguarding practice and policy
• Interested in international exchange and experience
• With or without experience in safeguarding

• Travel is reimbursed up to a maximum
• € 80 participation fee
• VISA costs reimbursed
• Possibility to apply to DBYN's solidarity fund

PLEASE APPLY THROUGH YOUR LOCAL MEMBER ORGANISATION

Preliminary training programme

Venue

We will be hosted in ‘Ospiteria dell'Arsenale della Pace’ in Turin, Italy, a few minutes away from the Salesian Oratory where Don Bosco spent a lot of time of his life and the Basilica of Mary Help of Christians.
www.sermig.org/ospiteria