🌍🎓 European Solidarity Corps Training Course in Slovakia 🇸🇰 Strengthening Quality and Impact in Volunteering Actions Through TOSCA ✨

About the Training
European Solidarity Corps TOSCA is a capacity-building training course designed for organisations actively involved in ESC Volunteering Actions. The training focuses on quality, impact, project design, programme rules, and peer learning, combining an obligatory online preparatory phase with a residential training in Slovakia.

What is TOSCA about?
🧭 Strengthening organisational capacity in ESC volunteering
🧠 Deepening understanding of quality criteria and impact
🛠️ Improving project design and implementation skills
📘 Clarifying programme rules, priorities, and procedures
🤝 Building a supportive European community of ESC organisations
🌱 Encouraging reflection, learning, and organisational development

Training Structure
💻 Mandatory online preparatory module: 7 April 2026 at 14:30 CET
🏡 Residential training course: 20–24 April 2026
📍 Host country: Slovakia

Objectives and Learning Benefits
🎯 Foster commitment to ESC quality standards
🎯 Build competences for high-quality volunteering projects
🎯 Support understanding of formal programme structures and rules
🎯 Address real challenges faced by organisations
🎯 Strengthen peer learning and cooperation between organisations

Who is this training for?
👥 Organisations involved in ESC Volunteering Actions
🏷️ Organisations holding a Quality Label for Volunteering
🧩 Staff members with a key role in project quality, impact, and learning
📚 Professionals committed to improving learning opportunities for volunteers

Working Language
🗣️ English

Organiser
🏛️ NIVAM – National Agency
🤝 Co-organiser: SALTO European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre

Contact Person
📧 Adam Laták – adam.latak@nivam.sk
📞 +421 908 678 813

Important Notes on Costs
💶 Participation fee varies by country and is covered by participating National Agencies
🏠 Accommodation and food are organised and covered by the hosting National Agency unless stated otherwise
✈️ Travel reimbursement depends on your National Agency or SALTO

Application Deadline
📅 8 March 2026

Selection Date
📅 20 March 2026

Training Overview
🔗 http://trainings.salto-youth.net/14382

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