Introduction to the training course

The training course Volunteer Boost is based on need of the NGOs from 9 European countries to get the necessary knowledge and skills for professional volunteer management. The project has two phases, first phase was organized between 6.10. – 14.10.2017 in Bartošovice, Czech Republic. The second phase will be dedicated for the evaluation of the progress of youth workers and volunteer coordinators. This project will provide the necessary tools and instruments to support volunteer management processes in 9 youth organisations (recruitment, assessment, monitoring, evaluation, motivation and recognition and certification of competencies developed through volunteering activities). The project is organized by the NGO Brno for you. The training course is led by the two highly experienced and professional trainers from Romania, Cosmin Catana and Sorin Berbecar.

Participating organizations:

· Brno for you (Czech Republic)
· Sdrujenie "Nadejda-CRD" (Bulgaria)
· Municipality of Karditsa (Greece)
· Fondazione Istituto Morcelliano (Italy)
· HEureka Generator (Poland)
· ASOCIATIA CURBA DE CULTURA (Romania)
· YOUTHFULLY YOURS SR (Slovakia)
· Örebro Kommun Gymnasieförvaltningen, Kommunala aktivitetsansvaret (Sweden)
TEATRO METAPHORA - ASSOCIACAO DE AMIGOS DAS ARTES (Portugal)

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7. DAY: Evaluation, Follow-up

Unfortunaltely this is the last day of the project, the last day in Bartošovice. We started the day with a small group session about European voluntary service,training courses and youth exchanged .Each participant had the opportunity to write down on a sheet of paper ideas about a future project that he/she would like to coordinate and participate.Then we continued the day with one last sessions about Follow up and dissemination .. We tried various methods of spreading the result of the projects – we spilt in groups about video recording, brochure and press release translated in several languages. After this we all completed the evaluation of the project and we have the chance to speak into circle what we like to bring home and to make some suggestions to the future projects. We ended the day with youthpass certificates awarding. It's a pitty that the time was so short and it was a really pleasure to meet and colaborate with all of you and we will really miss you

4. DAY: Make a research in Ostrava!

The group departed for Ostrava for a study visit and a bit of city exploration. We were separated in 5 teams and we were assigned to interview random local people from different ages groups, asking them 3 questions regarding volunteering to find out if they were familiar with the term or if they had volunteered by any chance. Each group had an extra different task like visiting a hospital, a local NGO etc. and ask if they need volunteers to cover their activities. Every unique group had different experiences and their own challenges. We also had free time to enjoy a decent cup of coffee. The bad weather didn’t distract our great mood and we continued enjoying our trip. Getting back to the venue, the majority was exhausted while other took the advantage of the free evening to play board games. Author of the article: Filipe (Portugal)

Summary of the training course

On 6/10/2017 33 people from 9 countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Greece, Italy, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia and Sweden) met in a castle in Bartošovice, Czech Republic. They came to participate in a training course “ Volunteer boost ” organised by a NGO “ Brno for you s.z. ” and co-funded by European Union under the frame of Erasmus+ programme. For 8 days participants dealt with topics related to volunteering and volunteer management, e.g. recruitment and selection of volunteers, conflict management, active listening and volunteer recognition. Main idea of the project was to build capacity for youth organisations in Europe working with, or involving volunteers in their daily work and activities by providing professional volunteer management competencies to their youth workers and trying to involve as many and as various organizations as possible. The project was facilitated by certified youth worker and experienced trainer Cosmin Catana and Project & Communic

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