European Solidarity Corps: TOSCA – online training and support for organisations active in the volunteering actions in the European Solidarity Corps
Training Course / 28 March – 8 April 2022 | Online, Finland
The online training activity aims to support and build up the capacities of organisations that actively participate in volunteering actions of the European Solidarity Corps, in order to ensure quality and impact in the respective projects.
Objectives and benefits of the training course
● Foster understanding, awareness and commitment to core quality criteria of the European Solidarity Corps
● Build up competences on how to design and implement European Solidarity Corps projects with a view to quality
● Ensure clarity and support on how the programme works formally: opportunities, guidelines,
structures, priorities, rules, and procedures
● Give space to participants and their organisations to express burning issues and needs and offer support where possible
● Foster a supportive community of organisations involved in the European Solidarity Corps
● Awaken the learner within
Methodology
You are invited to take part in a multidimensional online training, during which not only you, but your entire organization may benefit. The training consists of individual and group work and encourages the involvement of other members of your organization. Training tasks will be distributed over two weeks: asynchronous activities, placed on the moodle platform – HOP, and synchronous -real-time online meetings on the ZOOM platform (4 mandatory sessions and 2 optional sessions open to members of your organisation).
We are looking for participants (together with other members of their organisations) who:
● are involved in the Volunteering Actions in European Solidarity Corps Programme
● are connected to organisations/institutions holding a Quality Label for Volunteering
● have a crucial role in and commitment to:
- providing conditions for high quality activities
- ensuring a positive impact of Volunteering Activities within their community
- creating learning opportunities within the organisation and for volunteers
the other members of participants organisation are motivated to increase the quality of the projects
Team
The concept of the TOSCA is based on the experience of the network of National Agencies and established by a pool of trainers with the support of Resource Centres.
The activity will be facilitated by three experienced trainers:
- Sabrina Apitz (Germany)
- Agne Rapalaite (Lithuania)
- MarCus Vrecer (Austria)
Programme
The activity takes place:
- Monday March 28 at 10:00 – 13:30 CET
- Wednesday March 30 at 10:00 – 13:30 CET
- Thursday March 31 at 10:00 – 13:30 CET
- Monday April 4 at 10:00 – 13:30 CET
- Thursday April 7 at 10:00 – 13:30 CET
- Friday April 8 at 10:00 – 13:30 CET
Please, find the program attached.
Available downloads: TOSCA-FLOW Finland.pdf
More information at: SALTO