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Dear friends,

Workcamps have central place in the activities of SCI, and camp leaders, or coordinators, or teamers are in the center of them, in their turn. With this training, we aim to develop leadership capacities of SCI activists and prepare them for their role in international volunteer workcamps and youth exchanges. The training will include theoretical info and practical exercises, simulations and games. International group of participants will provide a chance to see in practice, how international group is developing, communicating, working together (on the training sessions), and of course having fun.

Special attention in the training program will be paid to self-organization of the group, do’s and don’t’s for getting the self-organization work, and to activities and links with local community during the workcamp or youth exchange.

The training course is organized by SVIT-Ukraine with financial support of Council of Europe, European Youth Foundation. The program will be prepared and run by international prep-team of trainers and activists from different SCI branches.

The training will take place in the neighborhood of city of Sevastopol, Crimea, May 1st to 8th, famous for its nature, sea, and great spirit. Working language of the training course will be English.

Participants:

The training is targeted at activists of SCI branches, groups and partner organizations, who will be leading international volunteer workcamps or youth exchanges during the summer 2009, who already have experience of participating to a workcamp as a volunteer.

All costs concerning meals and accommodation as well as the program and materials will be fully covered for the whole duration of the training. The participation fee for CIS participants is 25 Euros, for ‘new’ EU countries (Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania etc.) is 35 Euro, and for ‘old’ EU countries and Switzerland – 50 Euro. Travel costs will be reimbursed 70% up to a maximum of:

- 100 Euro for CIS

- 250 Euro for ‘new’ EU countries

- 350 Euro for ‘old’ EU countries and Switzerland

The program will include the following topics:

Role and place of workcamps in SCI
Responsibilities of different sides involved in a workcamp
Leadership and group-dynamics, decision-making in the group
Intercultural communication and learning in a workcamp
Practical arrangements
Self-organization of the group, delegating responsibilities
Contact and activities with local community in international workcamp
Conflicts and emergency situations, how to prevent and solve

The application forms should be sent by email to the prep-team: info@svit-ukraine.org. The application deadline is April 1st, 2009. For more information please contact the prep-team at info@svit-ukraine.org .

Looking forward to welcome you in Ukraine,

Prep-team

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