13-18/05/2018 - Εκπαιδευτικό Πρόγραμμα | ABC on Volunteering Mentorship (Πορτογαλία)

The idea of “ABC ON VOLUNTEERING MENTORSHIP, Training Course for newcomers!” comes from a detected problem in the “On Arrival” and “midterm” EVS Trainings evaluations around Europe. Most of the EVS mentors have a big mobility and not a long continuation in their role as mentors. Sometimes they are just volunteers with almost no link to the organization and no awareness about Erasmus+ program.

This situation make that the organizations have to change often the mentors, and they don’t have time, and sometimes knowledge about the competences required in an EVS mentor.

Most of them, already with experience, don’t know exactly which are their function, and many volunteer complain about the lack of support during their projects, not because their mentors are not nice people, just because are not prepared to help them in the learning process, Youthpass, conflict resolution, linguistic platform, etc.

“ABC on Volunteering mentorship in Erasmus+!” is an opportunity for volunteering hosting/sending organizations to train their mentors (or potential), offering the basic learning for mentoring volunteering project (preparation, implementation & follow up phases), aiming to develop their knowledge and skills to better support volunteers and learning process, under Erasmus+ programme.

During the TC participants will learn more about Erasmus + programme, roles of the different key stakeholders on a volunteering project, in special, the role of the mentor, the knowledge and skills needed, how to support the learning process, tips to solve problems, etc
Participants will reflect about their own work and will exchange experiences with each other, creating as an outcome a “support network” that will go on after the end of the TC.

This project is financed by the Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs or SALTO involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country.

Αναλυτικές πληροφορίες - Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής: salto-youth.net