🇵🇱 Erasmus+ Training Course in Poland 🧠 Myths and Realities of Learning and Facilitation 🏔️

Description

This training course is for youth workers, facilitators, beginner trainers (20+), who are willing to level up their practice by challenging the existing realities about learning and youth work and trying out new concepts and ideas.

The training course aims to introduce participants to the myths and realities of learning and the facilitating of learning in youth projects and provide a safe space for practising facilitation competence.

The intention of this training course is for participants to leave with a basic or improved knowledge about group dynamics and through practical tasks improved facilitation competences. The training course will offer participants the opportunity to experiment with and test the classical activities that take place in every training course - and receive feedback from the group and the trainers. During the learning experience participants will explore the most common myths and misconceptions concerning learning, they will engage with different methods of reflection on learning, explore different elements of emotional and physical learning spaces and challenge existing learning related concepts. It is intended that the participants will gain inspiration and motivation from fellow youth workers, trainers and facilitators, and recognise and embrace their own facilitation style. The training course will provide participants with a self-care toolbox of tips and recommendations for those involved in learning with ready to use unique activities and methods.

Workflow: There will be 3 working blocks daily, 90 minutes each. The last block of work will be dedicated to reflection. In the evenings there will be not obligatory, participants-led activities. We will be starting the day at 9:30 and finishing around 18:30/19:00. There will be 2 coffee breaks daily and a longer lunch break to recharge.

Applied methods of work: The training is based on non-formal education principles and combines methods such as group discussions and sharing, self-directed project work, case studies, interactive theoretical inputs, personal reflection, and own practice. We invite you to come with an open heart and mind, with questions about the group and yourself in the role of facilitator. During the training, we encourage experimentation, curiosity and mistakes without blame.

After the training course, you will have a chance to practise the skills you have gained by organising and delivering a workshop for at least 10 youths in your country.

Profile of participants: able to participate in the whole duration of the training (9-16.12.2026) minimum 20 years old actively involved in the activities of the sending organisation as a volunteer, employee, external expert, junior trainer, or facilitator are youth workers (volunteers or paid), facilitators, beginner trainers coming from Erasmus+ Programme Countries are curious and open to learn and reflect, also on own learning able to express freely in English as this will be the working language of the course who carefully read e-mails and documents sent to them and answer e-mails

Your guides for the learning journey will be Nik Paddison (MNE/UK) https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/nik-paddison.95/ and IYWT Guild and Paulina Drzał (PL)

Apply here: https://form.jotform.com/263065915803358

NOTE: In order to take part in the training, you need to be associated with a sending organisation, from a programme country, who holds a verified and valid OID number

Please, write your application in your own words, we would like to know and welcome you as you are, rather than read A.I generated, rephrased content of what we wrote. We are not here to evaluate neither your English grammar nor perfectly structured text. It can be a few sentences of what brings you to the training, what is your personal experience and what are you curious about to learn.

The training will take place at Kompleks Pilsko-Jontek (https://pilsko.org/), located in Korbielów, a small village in the Polish mountains (ca. 90 km from Kraków). The venue is in a remote location at the end of the village, surrounded by nature and away from the noise and distractions of everyday life. We have chosen this place intentionally to create a retreat-like atmosphere where participants can slow down, focus on the training, build meaningful connections and explore group dynamics. Participants will stay in shared double rooms with private bathrooms. The venue also offers a restaurant, an indoor swimming pool and a sauna, providing opportunities to relax and spend time together outside the training sessions.

Activity details

Activity type

Training Course

Activity dates

9-16 December 2026

Location

Korbielów, Poland

Application deadline

23 November 2026

Selection date

24 November 2026

Participants

26

Recommended for

Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders

Working language

English

Organiser

Costs

Participation fee

There is no participation fee.

Accommodation and food

Accommodation and full board is covered by Erasmus + grant.

Travel reimbursement

Standard travel: Distance 10 - 99 km: up to 28 € Distance 100 – 499 km: up to 211 € Distance 500 – 1999 km: up to 309 € Distance: 2000 – 2999 km: up to 395 € Green travel: Distance 10 - 99 km: up to 56 € Distance 100 – 499 km: up to 285 € Distance 500 – 1999 km: up to 417 € Distance: 2000 – 2999 km: up to 535 €

Looking for participants from

33 countries can apply. The activity takes place in Korbielów, Poland.