Interested in being a leader on a Youth Exchange???

A Training Course for Beginners in Youth Exchanges is taking place in Greece from 4^th -8^th November 2009.

This training course is called a ‘BTM’ which stands for Bilateral, Trilateral and Multilateral Exchanges.

Target Group: Youth workers, working directly with young people and who are interested in setting up international youth exchange projects. Participants should have little or no experience is planning and delivering youth exchanges.

There will be 30 youth workers from around Europe (Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Liechtenstein Netherlands, Poland and Spain) present, and Ireland will have place for 3 Irish youth workers on the training course.(One person per organisation)

Aims and Objectives:

The main goal is to develop the necessary skills and knowledge to develop youth exchanges. There is plenty of added value in sharing experiences and making the most of the opportunity to try to find partners

Costs:

Travel Costs to the BTM Training Course are covered by Léargas and Training & Accommodation costs are covered by the Greek National Agency however; there is a €50 participation fee payable by selected participants/ organisations.

All selected applicants must attend the full duration of the programme and a preparatory meeting in Dublin

Applications must be completed on-line at http://www.salto-youth.net/find-a-training/1468.html

Application Deadline to apply on line is 24^th August 09.

For further information, please feel free to contact me on the numbers or e-mail below.

Trisha Dalton

Project Officer

Youth Work Service

Tel: 01 8731411

Fax: 01 8731316

E-mail: pdalton@leargas.ie