Final report seminar EVS Italy May 2015

Seminar on how to improve the promotion of the EVS and EVS quality project implementation Rome, 26 – 30 May, 2015

Final report

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PROGRAMME Tuesday 26th May 7:30 / 8:45 9:00 / …

Coffee break … / 13:00

Arrivals

13:15 / 15:00 15:00 / 17:00

17:00 / 17:30 17:30 / 19:00 19:00 / 20:00 20:00 / 21:00 21:00 / 22:…

Welcome drink dinner Activities: ice breaking games and expectations

Wednesday 27th May Breakfast - Energizer - Welcome and program introduction from the Italian NA - Erasmus+ in a nutshell - World café: EVS and its features at 11:30 Debriefing and discussion Lunch and free time Erasmus+ news: quiz and answers from the Italian NA Coffee break Activity: Intercultural learning Free time dinner Intercultural evening: presentation of participants’ organization and local treats

Thursday 28th May

Friday 29th May

Breakfast - Energizer

Breakfast - Energizer

Saturday 30th May

- Workshops: peer to - Activity: Youth peer exchange of pass best practices

at 10:45 Activity: Conflict management Lunch and free time - Project evaluation: activities, Q&A, sharing

Transfer to Roma city center: walk and dinner out

at 10:30 Activity: Promotion of EVS projects Lunch and free time Activity: Promotion of EVS projects Coffee break Evaluation of the seminar Free time Dinner

Goodbyes

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Departures

1. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The overall aim of the international seminar has been to understand the real value of the EVS experience in terms of personal development, skills and ability development, competences acquired and to involve more youngsters to choose EVS as a valid opportunity to develop skills useful in their transversal learning process (formal and non formal learning).

The team and the national agency representatives agreed in saying that the general objectives have been met in relation to the understanding of the value of EVS and of the development of competences required for a good project implementation.

As some participants stated: The seminar was very productive because I met experienced organisations with whom I hope to make partnership in the future It was very useful because we shared good practices and concrete examples.

I learned a lot of new things, do I’m happy.

As for the promotion of the EVS the trainers team observed that this objective has been partly reached, as some participants commented that they had not the opportunity to deeply discussed new methods of promotion and sharing best practices.

I would have liked to have more focus on the promotion of EVS that was the main reason for my participation I joined the seminar mostly because of the part about dissemination/promotion of EVS. I felt this part wasn’t deep enough during the seminar and it could have been better explored For large majority of participants, the seminar was an opportunity to get more information. to understand how the programme works in practice and collect valuable good practices to apply back home.

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2. TARGET GROUP The group included 28 participants coming from 21 countries (both programme and partner countries from SEE and EEC). The group was quite differentiated in terms of experience. We had some participants with a very good level of experience in EVS and some others completely newcomers. For some participants this gap in experience was a challenge and for some others an opportunity. In general, the mutual exchange of experiences was identified by the participants in their evaluation as one of the very strong points of the course and a big source for learning.

I’m very satisfied. I liked the cooperation between newcomers and experienced participants.

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The level of experience in EVS in the group was to different. We spent too much time on basic features that for me weren’t new. Maybe next time the seminar could focus on a more specific group of participants.

The big cultural diversity and participants from partner countries had a very good impact on the group dynamics and the integration among them.

The particular richness for the learning process was the fact of having 6 ex-EVS volunteers in the group.

This has brought an added value in terms of “volunteer’s perspective” in the key reflections during the course.

In general, the participants were very resourceful and committed to active participation in the programme.

There were only two participant whose English level was less than needed to follow the seminar fully, but they were assisted by other participants using other languages and non verbal communication!

The learning environment was just perfect to implement our seminar.

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3. METHODOLOGY The participants appreciated the diversity of the methodology and the participative approach. The overall seminar methodology was based on experiential learning, sharing of experiences and peer learning.

The trainers team provided a variety of methods and tools that allowed individual reflection, groups sharing, and learning by doing.

The activities proposed were therefore well balanced and participants appreciated them very much.

The activity on conflict management was very useful. It showed us that communication is so important; sometimes we forget about it.

The thematic workshops were very useful because they permitted me to exchange practices on useful topics.

I found the workshop on “Supporting the volunteer” the most useful one, because it is closed to my job (teacher). It provided tools and techniques to approach the role of trainer in the future.

As the graphic here below shows, the average of participants’ appreciation of activities is 4,32

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Activities The activity on EVS promotion The activity on Youthpass and key competences The activity on project evaluation The activity on conflict management Thematic workshops The international evening The activity on intercultural learning The presentation of new tools for EVS and Erasmus+ The Word Cafe activity on EVS The introduction to Erasmus+ The activities for getting to know each other 0

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4. QUALITY OF THE COURSE ORGANISATION The venue of the CampusX is in our opinion an ideal location for organizing non formal learning international activities. The rooms and equipments are of outstanding quality, as well as the food and the accommodation.

The logistic support provided by the Italian National Agency, as well as the material given for the seminar implementation allowed an efficient implementation of the programme.

The only remark concerns the WIFI connection that didn’t work properly, affecting the implementation of some activities.

The participants appreciated the support and preparation they got before the course, with the information package, and the practical guidance on how to reach the venue. Some participants remarked that the shuttle bus to reach the venue did not function very well.

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5. TEAM The team work was evaluated very positively: from the first contact during the preparation process till the end of the seminar the trainers and NA representatives developed a very smooth and fast working communication and mutual cooperation. Fabiana Di Carlo and Ada Corasaniti participated in most of the activities, supporting the programme implementation when needed, and acting as resource person for participants.

The trainers, Luisa Pagano, Annamaria Papini, Alessandro Zuottolo worked together for the first time and in spite of the various experience backgrounds they managed to collaborate in a very cooperative and smooth way. They complemented each other in terms of styles, expertise and perspectives on EVS. According to participants’ evaluations, the trainers were efficient, available, friendly, professional, positive, smiling, welcoming.

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6. GENERAL CONCLUSIONS The seminar was very positive both from the team and participants perspective. However, for future activities we suggest to harmonise more the profile of participants. The big gap between experienced participants and newcomers did not allowed the trainers to deepen certain topics of interest for experienced participants.

A more homogeneous group of participants would allow the team to work toward more ambitious objectives providing space for learning and professional development.

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10. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS N. First name

Last name

Gender Country of Residence

Email

Organisation

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Fabio

Haxhiu

Male

volejbollisti@live.com

ACT for SOCIETY Center

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Marine

Tunyan

Female Armenia

mara.tunyan@gmail.com

KASA Swiss Humanitarian Foundation

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ELDIN

BULJUBASIC

Male

Bosnia and Herzegovina

eldinbuljubasic@gmail.com

NGO BH Youth

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Ernad Deni

Comaga

Male

Bosnia and Herzegovina

denibih@hotmail.com

Democratic Youth Movement

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Mia

Peretić

Female Croatia

mia.peretic@yihr.org

Youth Inititative for Human Rights Croatia

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MBAYE

MAME

Male

coordinateur@prevert31.org

MJC JACQUES PREVERT

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Lali

Omiadze

Female Georgia

laliomiadze@gmail.com

Bridge of Friendship kartlosi

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Sofia

Antera

Female Greece

sofiante9@gmail.com

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Valon

Nushi

Male

Kosovo

nushi.valon@gmail.com

Vasileva

Female

Macedonia, Former Yugoslav sofijazov@gmail.com Republic of

10 Margarita

Albania

France

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PEN - Peer Educators NEtwork Cultural Initiatives Development Formation

11 Daniel

Said

Male

Malta

diaslifeguard@gmail.com

12 Aleksandra

(Zekovic) Gligorovic

Female Montenegro

SOS telephone for women and aleksandragligorovic.mne@gmail.com children victims of violence Podgorica (SOS Podgorica)

13 Karolina

Szatkiewicz

Female Poland

szatkiewiczkarolina@gmail.com

Europejskie Forum Młodzieży

14 Diana

Cerqueira

Female Portugal

dianacerqueira.juventude@arcosv.pt

Associação Social Recreativa Juventude de Vila Fonche/Juventude

15 Bojan

Golubovic

Male

boki.golubovic@gmail.com

City of Nis Basketball Association

16 Ljiljana

Jovicin Blagojevic

Female Serbia

ljiljanans.informatika@gmail.com

Technical school "Mileva MaricEinstein"

17 Joana

Detoni

Female Slovak Republic

joana@kcaktivity.sk

Kulturne Centrum Aktivity

18 Nikola

Repiska

Female Slovak Republic

nikol.repiska@gmail.com

Mladiinfo Slovensko

19 Barbara

Muraus

Female Slovenia

barbara.muraus@indijanez.si

Kulturno društvo Mladinski center IndiJanez

20 Aurora

Félez

Female Spain

factoriacreativa@oceanoatlantico.org A.C.D Océano Atlántico

21 Marcos

Garcia

Male

marcosgarciagalonce@gmail.com

Serbia

Spain

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Emergency Response & Rescue Corps

DESES-3

22 Merve

Hoşgör

Female Turkey

mervehosgor@hotmail.com

Bodrum Dance Club Association

AVCI

Female Turkey

burcua87@gmail.com

Çanakkale Koza Gençlik Derneği

24 Tetiana

Lebukhorska

Female Ukraine

l.tetjanka@gmail.com

Chernivtsi Regional NGO "Bukovinian Agency for Regional Development"

25 Laura

Sanesi

Female Italy

laurasanesi86@gmail.com

Comune di Prato

26 Rachele

Cinerari

Female Italy

yelastazione@gmail.com

Associazione La Stazione

27 Francesco

Marano

Male

fmarano87@gmail.com

Giovani per l'Europa Onlus

28 Sanda

Bordei

Female Romania

sanda.bordei@yahoo.com

Colegiul Henri Coanda Bacau, Romania

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Cevriye Kübra Burcu

Italy

Trainers 1 2 3

Annamaria Alessandro Luisa

Papini Zuottolo Pagano

papini.annamaria@gmail.com alessandrozuottolo@gmail.com units@uniterzosettore.it

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