"<< Objectives >>The main idea of this Training course is to equip youth workers with competences in facilitation ( including intercultural facilitation) and to equip youth educators with innovative tools in order for young people to fully benefit from youth work, realising their potential, developing both hard and soft skills and to be empowered to take active role in addressing social and societal issues. Training course objectives:-to support youth workers in their competence assessment and self-reflection regarding their professional development -To develop essential facilitation competences-to train the youth worker’s competences in a safe training environment;-to equip youth workers with a toolbox of up-to-date holistic and engaging learning methods-to build a necessary set of competences for adequate use of NFE methods for youth empowerment at local level- To discover diverse facilitation techniques and tools for inclusive youth work-to build youth workers’ competences in self expression (considering the use of voice, intonation, body language, gestures, positioning, use of space, mimics, graphics etc.) and about own communication patterns in various (learning) settings-To develop graphic facilitation skills-to promote networking and cooperation between youth workers and support follow-up initiativesAfter the training course we expect participants to become more confident with their facilitation style as well as become more skilled in the usage of non-formal education methodology and tools. We expect participants to utilise the skills and knowledge they learnt in creating engaging, participative and inspiring learning spaces for young people where they as youth workers serve as guides and skilled facilitators rather than using direct approach. We expect participants to learn how to use the variety of facilitation tools during lessons, lectures, meetings, sessions, training activities they organize – giving more freedom and responsibility to learners); besides that we expect participants become more confident in their self-presentation as youth educators as well as become advocates for non-formal learning.<< Implementation >>Title: Facilitation 4 FutureType: Training courseDates: 11-18 June, 2022Venue: Den Haag, NetherlandsCountries: Netherlands, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, Lithuania, Romania, France,Spain, LatviaNumber of participants: 24Number of trainers: 2Total amount of participants and team: 27Working language: EnglishThe profile of participants: youth educators, youth workers, career councellors, youth leaders, youth trainers, Structure: -Preparatory activities ( online preparation by trainers, offline preparation by partners)- Training course - mobility of youth workers 11-18 June 2022-Follow-Up activities ( online module, local follow-up activities, evaluation of follow-up and impact assessment). This training will offer insight into: a)development of facilitation competences of youth workers b) NFE and its principles, c) foundations of learning, d) theories behind learning, e) ways to structure debriefing,f) SMART objectives g) skills building in facilitation (active listening, usage of various facilitation techniques, giving and receiving feedback, giving instructions, asking powerful questions etc.) h) self-presentation skills (body language and voice) i)self-assessment as youth workers, using the ETS Competence Model for youth Workers All the methods will be equally accessible for everyone’s participation and will be adjusted to the learning needs and styles. The education will be based on the experiential learning meaning that the participants will be learning by doing, and later will reflect on the experience.<< Results >>Impact in terms of quantity:1. “27"" participants trained how to facilitate the group learning process in youth work activities and apply it to localcommunity,2. Every partner's organisation involve a different number of young people: from 20 up to 65. If we take an averageamount of 30 young people 8 organisations we will reach a number of 240 young people.3. ""135 persons via informal communication between each other - If each youth worker will share the ideas and key principles of intercultural facilitation with at least 5 of his / her colleagues we could reach at least ""135"" educators 4. “8” organisations from different geographical regions of Europe involved in cooperation and followup.5. 8 new methods on NFE created by participants when practicing their facilitation skills Some of the impacts in terms of quality:On participants ( youth educators, youth workers):-learner-centered approach towards youth work -raised awareness on intercultural facilitation -raised motivation to continue doing youth workempowerment to develop new inclusion tools -raised awareness about personal facilitation style as well as self-expression -raised quality of the youth work -more qualitative approach towards young people from different minority groups (especially cultural)-raised level of self-confidence -raised level of presentation skills -development of intercultural competences-more engaging and inspiring youth work practice-raised creative condfidence -more conscious and sustainable approach in youth work sphere-increased motivation and satisfaction from the work they doOn Organisations: - Increased capacity to operate at EU/international level:- Improved management skills and internationalisation strategies;- Reinforced cooperation with partners from other countries;- Increased quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and follow up of EU/international projects;- Improved qualifications of youth workers, volunteer group leaders;- Improved processes of recognition and validation of competences gained during learning periods abroad;- More effective activities for the benefit of local communities, improved youth work methods and practices to activelyinvolve young people.-Open to synergies with organisations active in different social, educational and employment fields;- Improved quality of the activities they provide- Raised capacity in implementing NFE activities in a qualitative way"