YOUTH EXPRESS TRAINING COURSE
Youth Express
training course
Szigetmonostor - Hungary
8 - 16 May 2023
Overview
Youth Express is a training course that will involve 25 participants from 8 different countries: Finland, Spain, Hungary, Romania, Turkey, Greece, Poland and Italy.
The project will be held from the 8th to the 16th of May 2023 at the Regatta Hotel at Szigetmonostor, which is located on the Danubian Szentendre island.
What is it about?
The project is based on non-formal methods and it uses arts and mindful activities as tools for learning and connection. It carries a strong emotional and therapeutic load.
There will be space for everyone to open up, and share.
It focuses on exploring creativity, and creative collaboration and aims to strengthen internal and external connections.
Throughout the week we will have debates, presentations, performances, music, free-movement and other art and self-expression-related activities, as well as Activity Labs where we will develop and deliver new non-formal activities in groups.
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Schedule
Day 1
Arrivals and introductions
Day 2
Team building, creative collaboration
Day 3
Music and mindfulness
Day 4
Performing arts, body movement
Day 5
Visual and community arts
Day 6
Activity Labs
Day 7
Piloting
Day 8
Reflection and evaluation
Day 9
Departures
Participant profile
Mainly Young people (18+) and young adults, but also older generations if they have the motivation and willingness.
-Youth workers, educators, teachers, social workers
-Artists who lead workshops for young people
-Young people who are interested in art and self-expression-related approaches and in becoming youth workers
-As long as you have the necessary motivation, you can describe it in the application form, and you will be considered regardless of your background or work experience.
Furthermore,
This project is for you if you:
-are willing to actively participate throughout the whole project, and take part in the development and delivery of new experimental non-formal, art and self expression related activities, and are willing to take part in the dissemination activities after the project.
-don’t mind intense days filled with activities from the morning till the night.
-are willing to try meditation
-are interested in arts and self-expression and willing to try body movement and improvisation activities
-would like to learn about creativity and collaboration.
-are opened to let go and experience strong emotional waves.
-want to get to know yourself better.
-don't mind to sit on the ground
Application Form
If you are interested, please fill the application form
until the 5th of April 2023. (Extended)
(Each applicant will be notified by the middle of April.)
Good to know
Costs:
The project is 100% free.*
*-The meals and accommodation are fully covered.
-You will have to buy your tickets yourself and will have to aim to find the cheapest travel solution.
In two months after the project we will reimburse your tickets up to a limit, in return for your travel receipts and boarding passes. Green travel means that you will have to avoid plane travel.
Country No. of participants Max. Travel budget Green travel
Finland....................... 3 ............................ 275 EUR ....................
Spain.......................... 3 ............................ 275 EUR ....................
Greece........................ 3 ............................ 275 EUR ....................
Romania..................... 3 ............................ 320 EUR ....................
Italy ........................... 3 ............................ 275 EUR ....................
Poland........................ 3 ............................. 210 EUR ....................
Turkey........................ 3 ............................. 275 EUR ....................
Hungary..................... 4 ............................... 23 EUR ....................
Requirements for participation:
-Participants with special needs and fewer opportunities
are welcomed
-You DO NOT have to be a student
-You will have to have some kind of insurance for the days
you will spend in Hungary (Either European insurance card, or any other travel insurance)
Responsibilities:
-Active participation.
-Taking part in dissemination activities.
-Saving, and sending us all your travel documents.
-Filling out an online questionnaire about the training.
When these conditions are fulfilled, you will become eligible to receive your travel reimbursement.
About Us
We are a group of enthusiastic youthworker, who are deeply engaged with arts and their use for community and personal development.
We believe that we can contribute to a better-functioning society by merging our specialities and interests with arts,
non-formal education and international projects.
Trainer
Hi, my name is Gergely Zsori, I will carry the main responsibilities as a trainer related to this project. I'm a youth worker with over 10 years of experience in Erasmus+, transnational project coordination, and training. I use arts, self-expression and mindfulness-related informal methods to encourage the liberation of oneself and foster personal and professional development. I studied the social, psychological and therapeutic effects and the conscious use of music and arts for mental hygienic and personal development. Currently, I'm working on my master's thesis to become a certified complex art therapist.
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