9-14/3/2016 - Training Course "The Power of Non Formal Education 2016" (Portugal)

Improving the impact of Non Formal Education (NFE), principles and methods in creating empowerment opportunities for young people as real actors of the society. Experiencing Portuguese culture through interactions and partnerships with a local community.

Why this Training Course?
- To stimulate the participants to feel and reflect about the power of non-formal education (NFE) by experimenting different kind of non-formal educational methods.
- To analyze the role and reception of NFE in our different countries within a common Europe.
- To discover and debate the European strategy of NFE.
- To fight against the growing consuming approaches towards young people in the non-formal education field.
- To explore meanings, roles and complementarities of different educational approaches and methods (formal, non-formal, informal).
- To reconsider daily youth work practices.
- To understand the principles of program building and NFE within Youth in Action.
- To experience Portuguese culture through increased involvement in the training of local communities.

The program lasts for four full days will arrival day 9th of March 2016 and departure day on 14th of March 2016.

This Training Course is for 30 participants from Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme countries Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom

It is recommended for: Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Project managers, Youth Policy Makers.

Participants should be at least 18 years old and should have a good level of English.

The program of the training course is available below in the Downloads section. The Participants' Information Pack will be send to the participants after the selection.

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