Becoming a social entrepreneur

Project organizer: ANGES

The first round of the training course will take place between 14th and 21st June 2024 in Leiria, Portugal.

The aim of the project: promote social cohesion, democracy, and human rights among youth, and nurture a generation of informed and responsible young people who actively contribute to their communities and society.

Objectives of the course:

Empower youth workers on European values and intergenerational.
Empower youth workers with new working practices.
Foster European cooperation.

Working language: English

Number of participants: 28

Participating countries: Czech Republic, Greece, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Malta, Spain, Italy, Slovakia

Participant requirements:

20 - 55 years old
Experience in working with youth;
With knowledge/experience in non-formal education and/or in volunteering practices, especially in inter-generational scope.
Availability to participate in the project (if for any reason a participant is not able to participate in any activity, there will be moments of information transfer so that these youth workers are aware of what was worked on in the session(s) in which they were not present);
Motivated to participate in the project and to share with their peers (and we will do everything to increase this motivation);
With minimum English language competences (when necessary, we will provide language development sessions for youth workers to participate and benefit from the project fully).

Important info:

Accommodation, meals, and the program throughout the project are fully reimbursed according to the rules of the Erasmus + program through the project organizer.

Travel costs will be reimbursed to the participant for up to 1080€.

Each participant is individually responsible for the planning and implementation of the trip. Extremely important: The participant must keep the travel document to and from the destination and hand it over / send it to the project organizer according to his instructions.

Insurance: Travel insurance is NOT paid by the organization or subsequently reimbursed. Each participant MUST take out health insurance, which is valid in Portugal (e.g. European Health Insurance Card).

YOUTHCAP (Training course)

Let's promote social cohesion, democracy, and human rights!

/14.-21.06.2024/ Leiria, Portugal