Mentoring is an essential pillar for creating meaningful and impactful European Solidarity Corps (ESC) volunteering projects. If you are engaged in an organisation already labelled by the European Solidarity Corps and want to enhance your mentoring skills, this 5-day training course in vibrant Nantes, France is tailor-made for you! ๐ซ๐ท
๐ฅ This training is open to:
- New mentors with little or no previous experience
- Experienced mentors seeking to refresh and exchange practices
- Future mentors who want to confidently support volunteersโ journeys
๐ The course is based on the Competence Framework for ESC mentors, developed by SALTO ESC and National Agencies through the โMentoring under Constructionโ project. It aims to build a strong mentoring community, sharing innovative tools and good practices.
๐๏ธ The training runs over 5 days, starting Monday afternoon and ending Friday at midday. Full attendance is mandatory to get the most out of the learning experience.
๐ฏ Key learning goals:
- Deepen understanding of the ESC mentorโs role and responsibilities ๐ค
- Strengthen skills to support volunteer integration, wellbeing, and conflict resolution ๐งฉ
- Promote inclusion and awareness of ESCโs core values ๐
- Support the recognition and valorisation of volunteersโ learning outcomes ๐
- Exchange practical mentoring tools, methods, and insights ๐ ๏ธ
โ This course focuses on the pedagogical side of mentoring โ administrative and management tools will not be covered.
Eligible Countries for Application
๐ฆ๐น Austria, ๐ง๐ช Belgium-DE, ๐ง๐ช Belgium-FL, ๐ง๐ช Belgium-FR, ๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria, ๐ญ๐ท Croatia, ๐จ๐พ Cyprus, ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic, ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark, ๐ช๐ช Estonia, ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland, ๐ซ๐ท France, ๐ฉ๐ช Germany, ๐ฌ๐ท Greece, ๐ญ๐บ Hungary, ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland, ๐ฎ๐ช Ireland, ๐ฎ๐น Italy, ๐ฑ๐ป Latvia, ๐ฑ๐ฎ Liechtenstein, ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania, ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg, ๐ฒ๐น Malta, ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands, ๐ณ๐ด Norway, ๐ต๐ฑ Poland, ๐ต๐น Portugal, ๐ฒ๐ฐ North Macedonia, ๐ท๐ด Romania, ๐ท๐ธ Serbia, ๐ธ๐ฐ Slovakia, ๐ธ๐ฎ Slovenia, ๐ช๐ธ Spain, ๐ธ๐ช Sweden, ๐จ๐ญ Switzerland, ๐น๐ท Tรผrkiye, plus Partner Countries Neighbouring the EU: ๐ฆ๐ฑ Albania, ๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria, ๐ฆ๐ฒ Armenia, ๐ฆ๐ฟ Azerbaijan, ๐ง๐พ Belarus, ๐ง๐ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina, ๐ช๐ฌ Egypt, ๐ฌ๐ช Georgia, ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel, ๐ฏ๐ด Jordan, ๐ฝ๐ฐ Kosovo, ๐ฑ๐ง Lebanon, ๐ฑ๐พ Libya, ๐ฒ๐ฉ Moldova, ๐ฒ๐ช Montenegro, ๐ฒ๐ฆ Morocco, ๐ต๐ธ Palestine, ๐ท๐บ Russian Federation, ๐ธ๐พ Syria, ๐น๐ณ Tunisia, ๐บ๐ฆ Ukraine





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