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With this tool you can schedual meetings with your volunter/s and they can choose the date when you give them option

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Doodle is the fastest and easiest way to schedule anything - from meetings to the next great collaboration.

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International youth projects benefit most those with fewer opportunities

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International youth projects benefit most those with fewer opportunities

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SALTO-YOUTH - Publications: Get Inspired

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We and others offer a range of manuals and publications to help you provide (international) opportunities for socially excluded young people in an educationally sound way.

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This is a free online tool to help you prepare for your volunteering project abroad.

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Example of communication with volunteers during COVID-19 and earthquakes in Croatia

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COnflict ManagEment for Actors in EVS Projects

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Online and offline tool for reflection, planining...

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THE PROJECT

About Us

The Heart Of Reflection is a project co-funded by European Commission under Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. It was implemented by 3 partner organisations from Portugal and Croatia: Posejdon, Produções Fixe and Ha Moment.

Our History

This was a 16 month project focusing on developing 3 products with the focus on 'reflecting and debriefing'. During the process, a 4th product was born: a web app, to facilitate the use of the tool for self-reflection. Adaptation needed due to COVID-19 pandemic and how that affected our international work.
The tools passed by several stages starting by research, ideation, planning, creating, testing, improving and adapting towards the final result, following the methodology of Design Thinking.

Our Team

A consortium build by a NGO, a cooperative and a social company from Croatia and Portugal have engaged together to develop this project. Inside the team we had educators/ facilitators/ trainers, designers, project managers and youth workers. All with different backgrounds from Sociology, to Education, that were the perfect match to achieve the results planned.

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The Heart of Reflection - From Self-Reflection to big groups Reflection and debriefing

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THE PROJECT The Heart Of Reflection is a project co-funded by European Commission under Erasmus+: Youth in Action Programme. It was implemented by 3 partner organisations from Portugal and Croatia: Posejdon, Produções Fixe and Ha Moment. This was a 16 month project focusing on developing 3 products with the focus on 'reflecting and debriefing'.

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The book is divided into two parts: 1. Food for thought, tips and information for peace educators. 2. Educational activities that you can run with children, young people or other group leaders and peer educators.

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Many youth organisations and youth work services work actively and focus on dealing with conflicts of different kinds. Nevertheless, these often lack resources, relevant information and methods for their daily educational work.

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Coyote is a magazine about important issues in and around youth work in Europe and beyond published by the EU-CoE youth partnership.

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Advanced Training for Trainers in Europe (ATTE) is a part-time programme for trainers active in training youth multipliers. ATTE was implemented successfully as a pilot course from November 2001 to October 2003, involving 30 trainers from 21 countries, it is innovative in its approach,...

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For trainers and youth workers committed to work for the inclusion of all.

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Advanced Training for Trainers in Europe (ATTE) is a part-time programme for trainers active in training youth multipliers. ATTE was implemented successfully as a pilot course from November 2001 to October 2003, involving 30 trainers from 21 countries, it is innovative in its approach,...

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Intercultural learning is an educational approach that can lead to social transformation, so that people from different cultural backgrounds can develop positive relations based on the values and principles of human rights and on seeing cultural differences as positive things.

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For trainers and other youth dealing with intercultural issues.

Intercultural learning is an important topic for the priorities of both the European Commission and the Council of Europe, and of their partnership in the field of youth.

Intercultural learning is an educational approach that can lead to social transformation, so that people from different cultural backgrounds can develop positive relations based on the values and principles of human rights and on seeing cultural differences as positive things. It is a form of political and social education that needs to pay attention not only to intercultural relations, but also to different understandings of culture and diversity, power relations, distribution of resources, political and social context, human rights, discrimination, history and daily interactions among different groups.

This T-Kit was developed for the context of youth work and non-formal education with young people, both of which support the personal development, social integration and active citizenship of young people. Educators and youth workers have an important role in addressing intercultural learning in their work with young people. They can stimulate young people's learning in their daily lives, so that they can question and extend their perception, develop competences to interact positively with people from different cultural backgrounds and embrace the values of diversity, equality and dignity. In today's Europe, these values and skills are fundamental for young people and for society as a whole in order to continue building peace and mutual understanding.
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For trainers and other youth dealing with intercultural issues. Intercultural learning is an important topic for the priorities of both the European Commission and the Council of Europe, and of their partnership in the field of youth.

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How to be a mentor in Euromed EVS projects

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How to be a mentor in Euromed EVS projects

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 Mentor’s Guide- European Voluntary Service

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 Mentor’s Guide- European Voluntary Service

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Document consist of diverse tools categorised by mentorship phases

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RELATIONSHP BUILDING TOOLS METHODS APPROACHES BLOB TREE. SHORT DESCRIPTION. PURPOSE/WAY TO USE IT. LINK TO THE TOOL (IF AVAILABLE). Checking the feelings of the mentee about the process in the specific time period. It can be used in individual and group mentoring. Safe sharing of the feelings and ...

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Publication refers to mentorship in youth work but it has clear presentation of different mentorship phases

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MENTORSHIP JOURNEY STEP BY STEP. SOUTH EAST EUROPEAN YOUTH NETWORK. This guide is created and produced by South East European Youth Network as result of Methodology Development Hub activity of the Erasmus+ project "Youth Work in Progress". The publication is composed and edited by facilitator and ex ...

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This is a short google form questionnaire that we use with our volunteers every week - to have a quick tool to check if everything is fine or what is going on and needs our attention.

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Self assessment of wellbeing can be used as a starting point for further discussions and gaining insight in volunteers wellbeing

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My 52-card deck features gorgeous illustrations. Inside you’ll find gentle yet powerful reminders to help you care for and appreciate yourself at the deepest level. Cards contain messages that can be used at the end of mentoring meeting especially if there is a need for positive closing.

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It's high time you gave yourself a healthy dose of self-love.

The fact is you deserve it. You are a magnificent, radiant being. You are divine. And you are awesome. The sooner you start embracing that and treating yourself accordingly, the sooner your life will begin to unfold with compassion, purpose, ease, health and vitality.

My 52-card deck features gorgeous illustrations by artist Lori Portka. Inside you'll find gentle yet powerful reminders to help you care for and appreciate yourself at the deepest level.

Let these love notes guide you back home when you lose your way and remind you to:

Choose love-extend your love to all beings, especially yourself.

Nourish yourself-choose healthy, wholesome foods prepared with love.

Notice the blessings-when we take stock of our blessings, we receive more of them.

Be gentle with yourself-you are precious.

Accept yourself unconditionally-let go of who you think you should be and fall madly in love with who you are.

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It's high time you gave yourself a healthy dose of self-love. The fact is, you deserve it. My 52-card deck features gorgeous illustrations by artist Lori Portka. Inside you'll find gentle yet powerful reminders to help you care for and appreciate yourself at the deepest level.

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5 different artists with different art styles created a set of 160 illustrations representing 40 feelings in 4 different painting styles. And 96 illustrations of needs in digital design. Together with the cards, comes also a manual in which you can find some suggestions of how to use the cards. ​The tool was tested during several workshops in Poland and Germany. It can be used to talk about volunteers emotions or needs.

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The aim of "The colours of feelings and needs" is to support people in acquiring and developing the ability to identify, express, interpret and reflect upon their own feelings and needs.

We equip practitioners: as educators, trainers and youth workers - with an innovative tool in the form of illustrated cards of feelings and needs.

By offering the set of cards which consists of 4 different painting styles we offer the tool which may reach a much wider public, each painting style is a different language of communication.
Everyone can find their own card.

The first part of the project - research, consisted of collecting visual expressions of feelings coming from different cultural backgrounds and minority groups of young people. We have analysed literature, social media and made workshops.

Based on the research outcomes 5 different artists with different art styles created a set of 160 illustrations representing 40 feelings in 4 different painting styles. And 96 illustrations of needs in digital design.

Cards were tested during several workshops in Poland and Germany.

The project was co-financed by Erasmus+ Program and hosted by ARTE EGO Foundation in Poland and GrenzKultur / Cabuwazi in Germany.

My paintings are abstract, however, are based on reality.
I give great importance to the form and aesthetics of my work.
I paint according to classic definitions of beauty where I am looking for visual balance.

The peace will not be boring, that dynamism will not become Chaos, the rhythm will not change into monotony.

These paintings are just surfaces covered with colourful blots with different textures. The surface is somewhere divided more, somewhere less, something emerges from the darkness, something dies in the light.

My name is Paweł Hulpowski Szulz, and I am the artist living currently in Lublin, Poland.

Through the social campaign, I have asked 40 different people to make selfies expressing one of 40 feelings.

Selfie captures face as a reflection in a mirror, this makes the portrait of a feeling more a feeling than a person. Out of these selfies, I painted 40 oil portraits on wood.

Behind those portraits are real feelings of real people. Each of them is a different journey. I was surprised by the process of painting.

My name is Dagna Gmitrowicz, and I am the artist fascinated by the nature and beauty of people, currently living in Berlin. www.dagna.space

Those 40 big format acrylic paintings on paper are the metaphors of feelings. Nature in a context of civilization.

In my work animals are the actors representing feelings. Additionally, there is an allegory of the poker deck, we can´t always control the intensity or timing of our feelings but we can decide how to play them...
I have chosen 8 specials playing card: 4 AceFeelings and 4 JokerFeelings.

I used mix-media, the ideal way to explain Feelings, where Feeling is not a solid piece. I can see each of them like a big mosaic integrated from many small pieces. I have used a highly glossy pepper on wich inks, acryls, oil pastel and all pieces of old paper are exposed to more immediate ageing and deterioration, thereby showing the vulnerable and delicate face of feelings.

I'm Hector, I come from Gijón, Asturias (North-West Spain).

https://hectorgrafiko.wixsite.com/caricaturist/

The biggest discovery turned out to be a whole range of feelings - their weight, gradation, warmth and cold, brightness and darkness.
The feelings that are an invisible part of our lives. They are so obvious that we completely stopped seeing them, hearing, feeling.

Will my interpretation correspond with someone on the other side of the table?
Senses and feelings are intertwined. The perception of the world by a man with feelings is like a meadow overgrown with dozens or hundreds of species of grass essay and flowers. Sensitive to the gentlest breeze, hot sun, the first drops of rain carrying a saving relief. Or a violent summer storm, and a downpour that all rife into a dry thread carrying a cleansing. And in winter, feelings hide under a thick layer of snow or deep underground. They flow with the current of the river, some fight and force themselves to flow against it.

My name is Piotr Borzęcki, I am the painter and pottery artist, currently living in small-town Srtyków in Poland.

For the representation of these 96 needs, made with a graphic tablet, I had to study the importance of colours and shapes. It is like a game of colours and shapes, lights and shadows, fullness and emptiness.

The representations are mostly figurative, there is a lot of inspiration of human being, there is a reference to nature, plants, flowers and branches.

I'm Ester Vescovi, an Italian artist residing in Bergamo (Italy).

https://www.instagram.com/vescoviester/

The goals of this project were accomplished in several stages of research. First, we delineated the 40 most common/known feelings. We wanted a universal view of the most familiar feelings, which is why we distributed a questionnaire online to anyone willing to participate, though we prioritized replies from youth. We received over 200 responses from participants from a wide range of countries.

Next, we organized a set of workshops for young people from Poland and Germany who belong to different social and cultural backgrounds. The workshops were run by our trainers who created a safe and supportive environment to help participants connect with their feelings and express them visually.
To ensure our research results had a more international and universal aspect, we organized an open social media call for anyone who wanted to join us in visually expressing their feelings and publishing it online on our social media pages. Simultaneously, we did a detailed literature analysis of the most current resources on the topic of the project. We consulted projects and magazines, as well as online resources where people published their own representations of targeted feelings and those of famous artists, which were all free to use by the public.
Finally, the final results of our research, i.e. the images we collected from the workshops, social media call and literature review, were used by the artists to create a set of 160 cards visually depicting the 40 most common emotions called "The Colors of Feelings and Needs".

How do you feel?"
"How would you express it with colours?"
Choose a pencil, grab a pastel, dip the pinsel.
Draw your inner world, follow the strokes of your emotions.
With this invitation, I approached people all around Europe collecting visual expressions of feelings for the research phase of this project.
I talked and painted with people from various backgrounds, in different contexts, from pop-up stations in public spaces to smoky empty bars, during an ecological demonstration or individual sessions on Skype.
The result is a huge collection of pictures that shows the diversity of our emotional vocabularies as well as the common threads of our visual imagination.
My name is Lorena Terzi, I am a youth worker based in Berlin, where I mix circus, art and storytelling to foster personal development and community building.

My name is Magdalena Malinowska. I am a CNVC Certified Trainer sharing Nonviolent Communication through trainings for non-governmental organisations, companies and individuals interested in creating peaceful relations (personal and professional). I live in Sweden and Poland. www.empathiceurope.com

My name is Marta Brzezińska-Hubert and I'm a trainer and a sociologist linking research with practice, based in Warsaw. I am passionate for intercultural education, personal growth and innovative learning approaches. As I believe that the ability to recognise and express own feelings and needs is a key for empowerment and successful communication, I was happy to be part of this project and to invite young people to connect with their emotions and visualise them.

Tatjana Glogovac is a strong believer in the power of humanistic education and approaching every person she works with as a special and unique human being. She has a BA and MA in English Language and Literature Teaching and another MA in Humanistic Sciences in Philology (Erasmus Mundus scholarship), where she wrote her thesis about cognitive biases in education.

She has been an English teacher for over 8 years and a writer for over 6, writing mainly educational articles about personal and professional self-development. https://tatjanaglogovac.com/

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We share with you 256 cards illustrating feelings and needs referring to Marshal Rosenberg list. Cards are painted in 5 different styles: abstract, portraits, fantasy, illustration and digital art. Project co-financed by Erasmus + Youth managed by Arte Ego Foundation & Grenz Kultur CABUWAZI.

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Cards can be used by mentors as selfsameness and as a tool for planing own professional development

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A survey of MBE counselors and experts showed that there are no standardized instruments for determining the potential of immigrants. Furthermore, many of the existing procedures are not entirely suitable: They are often "language-heavy" and therefore difficult to understand for immigrants and cannot be applied on an intercultural basis. The newly developed competence cards are customized to both the immigrants' and the counselors' needs. They are flexible, practically-oriented, visualize competences and are compatible with other counseling offices.

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Wir arbeiten an einer Reform der Weiterbildung, damit Kompetenzen von Geringqualifizierten aufgedeckt, entwickelt und anerkannt werden, um ihre Beschäftigungschancen zu erhöhen.

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Over the last two years, the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the bodies responsible for immigration advice service for adults (Arbeiterwohlfahrt (worker's welfare), Deutscher Caritasverband (German Caritas Association), Paritätischer Gesamtverband (General Association for Equality), Deutsches Rotes Kreuz (German Red Cross), Diakonie (social welfare organization of protestant churches), Zentralwohlfahrtsstelle der Juden in Deutschland (Central Welfare Office for Jews in Germany), Bund der Vertriebenen (Association for Displaced Persons)) have developed competence cards for potential analysis in MBE counseling which can be used at the counseling offices.

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Diverse associative card decks can be used for planing, reflecting, evaluating, introducing each other..

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88 Cards about Nature and Humans

88 picture cards painted by naturalist Christian Gronau depict a broad span of Earth´s natural environments. Some seem documentary, others almost mythical, some serious, others funny. HABITAT (Latin for "he, she, it resides") invites us to playfully find connections and networks within our surroundings. The cards don´t give answers, they stimulate questions about the interconnectedness of all things.
Author: Christian Gronau

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88 picture cards painted by naturalist Christian Gronau depict a broad span of Earth´s natural environments. Some seem documentary, others almost mythical, some serious, others funny. HABITAT (Latin for "he, she, it resides") invites us to playfully find connections and networks within our surroundings.

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This box contains visuals for 33 emotions and 50 different human states + a booklet with suggestions and instructions. It can be used in reflecting on mentoring meeting, past week or volunteering project in general...

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Asocijativne karte Emocije i stanja vizualne umjetnice Ivane Pipal izrazito su korisne u savladavanju i shvaćanju vlastitih emocija kako kod djece tako i kod odraslih. Asocijativne karte rezultat su suradnje Ivane Pipal s idejama psihoterapeuta s kojima je maštala o interaktivnoj primjeni njenih vizuala i spajanju njihovih praksi.

Ova kutija sadrži vizual za 33 emocije i 50 različitih ljudskih stanja + knjižicu s prijedlozima i uputama koje je napisala psihologinja Dea Ajduković. Karte mogu koristiti svi, na razne kreativne načine.

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Asocijativne karte Emocije i stanja / Planetopija - knjižara za duh, um i tijelo

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Asocijativne karte Emocije i stanja vizualne umjetnice Ivane Pipal izrazito su korisne u savladavanju i shvaćanju vlastitih emocija kako kod djece tako i kod odraslih. Asocijativne karte rezultat su suradnje Ivane Pipal s idejama psihoterapeuta s kojima je maštala o interaktivnoj primjeni njenih vizuala i spajanju njihovih praksi.

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This is a tool for planing but also reflection on how things are at this moment. It contains 160 cards that present possible goals and priorities arranged in 10 categories: body; family; friendship/sociability; leisure; love; meaning; money; mood; self and work. Instructions offer six exercises for using cards: pyramid off needs; priority planner; choosing a priority; steps to fulfilment. The cards can be displayed, photographed or kept close to hand as a reminder of the path ahead.

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Product description

This is a tool for helping us focus on what we need to be fulfilled so that we can direct our energies and thoughts most effectively.
It can be hard to decide what we really want to achieve in our lives; our ambitions are often scattered, diverse and difficult to pin down.

This is a tool for helping us focus on what we need to be fulfilled so that we can direct our energies and thoughts most effectively. It contains 160 cards detailing our most common ambitions and longings, along with instructions on how to reflect on our goals, arrange them in a logical order of priorities and, where necessary, weigh up trade-offs. Using the cards will help us to reveal our true purpose. The cards can be displayed, photographed or kept close to hand as a reminder of the path ahead.

This is a simple-seeming but ingenious psychological tool for converting hunches and dreams into a realisable future.
160 cards + 20 page booklet | 159 x 118 x 21mm |

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What Do I Really Want To Achieve? - Card Set | The School of Life

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This is a tool for helping us focus on what we need to be fulfilled so that we can direct our energies and thoughts most effectively.

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Document written for volunteers about professional stress they might encounter during volunteering service. It can be useful for mentors to refresh own knowledge on the topic or to get inspired with question which they can ask volunteers. Also it can be given to volunteer to read and then to discuss it during mentoring meeting.

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For trainers and young people interested and/or involved in international voluntary service activities and projects.

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T-kit 5: International voluntary service
For trainers and young people interested and/or involved in international voluntary service activities and projects. 1. View the entire issue 5 in a single PDF File 2. Download T-Kit 5 chapter by chapter to avoid long delays
Published by the Council of Europe and the European Commission.

Reproduction of texts and pictures is authorised provided the source and author are quoted.
The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily express the official view of the European Commission or Council of Europe, their member states or the organisations co-operating with the institutions.

To receive further information about Partnership projects, please contact the Partnership Secretariat.

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T-Kit 5: International Voluntary Service - Youth Partnership - pjp-eu.coe.int

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A self-reflection and learning tool for ESC (EVS) volunteers

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EVS Learning Notebook Spain (online version)

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Here you can find more information about who are young people with fewer opportunities

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One2One Supporting learning face to face

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One2One Supporting learning face to face

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Coordinating International Volunteers - A practical guide for organisations and youth workers to support volunteers

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Coordinating International Volunteers_A practical guide for organisations and youth workers to support volunteers

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Explore their culture to help them explore yours

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Explore their culture to help them explore yours

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Explore culture of the country volunteer is coming from, and introduce them to yours. I have the habit to always invite volunteers to my home for holydays. This can make them feel like they belong to new surrounding but in some cases also as a way to explore and adapt to culture. Learning the culture can sometimes be challenging so opening up can help them to open up. Seeing a smile on volunteers faces after/while experiencing first Christmas can give you strength in future mentoring work or help you to solve some future problems or just to remind you why are you mentor <3

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Share your personal story (if you have experience) to the volunteers, or introduce them to other stories so they can feel understand, supported and more close to you as a mentor. Here is one of many stories our previous volunteer Evin did with ESC volunteers through podcast series. The volunteers can definitely learn something while watching/listening to other experiences.

Find more videos here: https://www.youtube.com/@mrezaudrugazagor6341/videos

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Marija Ratković | Stories of European Solidarity Corps Volunteers

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Riseinquality.eu - an online learning platform for volunteers

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Riseinquality.eu - an online learning platform for volunteers

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I was interested in exploring a page that we as an organization recently were suggested via email. It is mainly a tool for volunteers themselves, but a lot of tools/tasks, etc. You can share with your volunteers or just use tools from the site itself (such as cleaning schedules if volunteers have a problem with it - I definitely will use it)

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Get ready to make your volunteering experience unique

Volunteering projects abroad are an incredible occasion to learn and to grow as a person. Many skills can be strengthened and the European Solidarity Corps is the best place to do it since some people are dedicated to support you during the whole process.

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Why such a platform?

Volunteering within the frame of the European Solidarity Corps programme is a great commitment, from both you the participant and the organisations that host you.

It can be complex to understand all the information at the beginning of your project, and sometimes hosting organisations have less time available to complete all the tutoring tasks perfectly.

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This platform will provide answers to your questions, and enable you to read through all the information at your own pace, or to revisit some topics during your volunteering.

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Icing on the cake: additional information from the project partners has been added!

It's Never Too Early to Start Learning

Joining a volunteering project is an important choice in each person's life. It means investing our own time to contribute to a better world for sure, but also to grow personal and acquire skills that will be useful in the future, whatever it is!

Join us for a learning experience to get the best from your European Solidarity Corps Experience!

Getting to know your hosting organisation as well as your new environment are two key elements to facilitate your integration process and optimize your life abroad but also your participation in the activities

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My volunteering from a practical point of view

Knowing what the administrative rules of the European Solidarity Corps are, how to organise your daily life and how to organise your volunteering activities ensures a high tranquillity in your life!

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Any question or advice?

Copyright - Pistes-Solidaires - 2022

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein

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Get ready to make your volunteering experience unique Volunteering projects abroad are an incredible occasion to learn and to grow as a person. Many skills can be strengthened and the European Solidarity Corps is the best place to do it since some people are dedicated to support you during the whole process.

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Future me is a great tool that was presented to me on one of Erasmus+ projects I took a part of. I started to use it with last volunteers as a tool to help them go through a difficult period. With this tool they can write future self a letter so they can realize the learning process they went thought, also they will manage to see their personal growth in just few months/weeks. You can also ask them to write letter on paper if they prefer to write old fashion way - by hand. However, if you decide to use web page, they can set up a date in which they will receive their letter to email.

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FutureMe: Write a Letter to your Future Self

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Write a letter to the future and read the public (but anonymous) letters from others. FutureMe has been delivering letters to the future for millions of people since 2002.

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The Toolkit includes practical guidance for developing 8 different soft skills together with overall advice on how to use each soft skill section. The 8 soft skills are as follows:

Positive Attitude

Communication

Adaptability

Time & Energy Management

Work Ethic

Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking

Teamwork

Leadership

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The project's Toolkit aims to allow young people such as you to develop "soft skills" - the transferable skills that complement technical and academic skills. The Toolkit is mainly intended for young people who are already involved in some kind of activity or project, such as study, youth volunteering projects, work experience or employability training. By trying out techniques, you can increase your level of the skills and gain in self-confidence.

What does the Toolkit include?
The Toolkit includes practical guidance for developing 8 different soft skills together with overall advice on how to use each soft skill section. The 8 soft skills are as follows:

Positive Attitude

Communication

Adaptability

Time & Energy Management

Work Ethic

Problem Solving & Analytical Thinking

Teamwork

Leadership

Each Toolkit section has been piloted by young people and practitioners to determine its effectiveness and usefulness . The piloting took place across each partner country throughout the summer of 2019. The Toolkits are now available to download in the 6 partner languages.

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The project's Toolkit aims to allow young people such as you to develop "soft skills" - the transferable skills that complement technical and academic skills. The Toolkit is mainly intended for young people who are already involved in some kind of activity or project, such as study, youth volunteering projects, work experience or employability training.

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Mentor in volunteering activities - online course - videos

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Mentor in volunteering activities - online course - videos

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Mentor in volunteering activities - online course - videos

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Go to http://thecourses.eu to find out more about the tools and the elements offered in the course. --The project ONLINE TRAINING COURSES FOR E+ YOUTH WORKER...

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Many civil society organisations depend on the voluntary work of their members and supporters. Nevertheless, rarely any of those organisations has approached volunteers and their work systematically, and with knowledge and practice of volunteer management.

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Croatian only!
Osim teorijskih uvida u važne teme i alate kojima se možete služiti tijekom mentoriranja, priručnik sadrži i zadatke o kojima možete promišljati. Vjerujemo da će onima koji već jesu mentori, ali i onima koji to tek žele postati, ovaj priručnik biti dobar izvor informacija za razumijevanje mentorske uloge i ostvarivanje kvalitetnog mentorstva

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Digital recognition of skills and achievements. https://www.badgecraft.eu