📍 Location: Sportschule Hennef, Germany
📅 Dates: 1–6 April 2025 (6 weeks pre-training + 2 months post-training support)
📌 Application Deadline: 19 January 2025
📋 Selection Date: 3 February 2025

✨ About the Training Course
This training course aims to enhance the impact of Non-Formal Education (NFE) by immersing participants in the experiential learning process. Participants will reflect on NFE’s potential, its complementarity with formal education, and how to integrate its principles into daily practices, empowering young people to take active roles in society.

🌟 Objectives

  • Broaden the understanding of NFE’s impact in European contexts.
  • Explore the complementarity between formal and non-formal education.
  • Affirm the political dimension of NFE, empowering participants to promote active citizenship.
  • Reflect on daily practices and improve alignment between educational values and actions.

💡 Key Features
1️⃣ Pre-Training Immersion (6 weeks):

  • Weekly “NFE News” emails invite participants to reflect on NFE and share insights.
  • A private Facebook group fosters pre-training interaction.
  • Topics include perception of NFE, methods used, and national recognition.

2️⃣ During Training:

  • Experiencing: Engage in role plays, simulations, and other educational methods.
  • Reflecting: Examine methods, their impacts, and NFE’s potential and limits.
  • Transferring: Adapt methods to your reality to enhance youth work.
  • Sharing: Exchange perceptions, experiences, and solutions with peers.

3️⃣ Post-Training (2 months):

  • Trainers provide online mentorship for participants’ action plans.

🎯 Who Should Apply?

  • Target Group: Youth workers, trainers, youth leaders, project managers, volunteering mentors, and youth coaches.
  • Open to participants from Erasmus+ Youth Programme countries.
  • Must be proficient in English and committed to participating in all phases of the training.

🌍 Eligible Countries:
🇦🇹 Austria | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 🇫🇮 Finland | 🇫🇷 France | 🇩🇪 Germany | 🇬🇷 Greece | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 🇮🇹 Italy | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 🇲🇹 Malta | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 🇳🇴 Norway | 🇵🇱 Poland | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 🇷🇴 Romania | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 🇪🇸 Spain | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 🇹🇷 Türkiye

🏠 Costs

  • Participation Fee: Varies by country. Contact your National Agency for details.
  • Accommodation and Food: Covered by the hosting National Agency.
  • Travel Reimbursement: Contact your NA or SALTO for details on travel cost support.

⏳ How to Apply?

  1. Application Form: Apply Here
  2. Contact: For questions, email Inge Linne at linne@jfemail.de 

📣 Join us to enhance your NFE practices and empower young people across Europe! 🌟✨