When: May 2018 – February 2019 Aim: To promote volunteerism and link art and intercultural learning for the empowerment and self-development of young people. Volunteer’s Tasks: To plan and run the “Handicraft” Club twice a month for the young people aged 13-30 from Gyumri and Shirak region, to support in organizational activities of “Intercultural Club” and “Friday’s Cafe”, to plan, prepare and run promotional activities about volunteering called “Volunteering Month with YIC”, to organize a photo exhibition, an open air movie screenings and presentation of their culture, food, dances and so on, to design YIC’s monthly newsletter.  ...

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When: May 10-18, 2018 Where: Gyumri, Shirak region Aim: To empower 28 European Voluntary Service Mentors, to improve the quality of EVS projects through building capacities of EVS Hosting organizations and equipping EVS Mentors with vital methods to support and guide the volunteers towards the development of competences for future employment. Description: Gyumri “Youth Initiative Centre” NGO (Armenia) in cooperation with ”Bremanger commune ” (Norway) is hosting a 7 days training course on mentoring in the framework of “Erasmus+” programme. The training course hosted participants from  Armenia, Norway, Greece, Poland, Romania, the Russian F...

NAME: LANGUAGE AND CULTURAL CHALLENGE! PLACE: Szeged, Hungary DURATION: July 15 - August 15, 2018 HOSTING ORGANIZATION: “Talentum” foundation AIM: To develop local youth’s cultural sensitivity, increase self-esteem and improve language skills. WHO CAN PARTICIPATE: The program is for 18-30 years old, initiative, motivated young people with conversational level of English. The experience of working with youth will be an asset. TO APPLY you need to send your Europass CV and a motivation letter in English to evs.sending@yic.am email address. APPLICATION DEADLINE is May 25th. More details about the project can be found in the info pack. In c...

TITLE: OUTDOOR L.O.V.E. (LABORATORY OF VARIOUS EMOTIONS) PLACE: Atskuri, Georgia DATES: July 12-22, 2018 Main objectives of the project Becoming more aware about Emotional Intelligence as a crucial transversal competence both for personal and social well-being as well as successful tool for working with young people in youth work context and promoting their empowerment Exploring and reflecting on own (participant’s) emotional intelligence skills through real-life situations of interacting with others during the training and experiencing different challenges during the 2 days Hike in mountains Identifying competency gaps in applying emotional intellig...

TITLE: “Connect the Dots” PLACE: Gyumri, Armenia DATES: May 10 -18, 2018 The Training Course is aimed at fostering cooperation between 24 representatives of EVS Organizations from Armenia, Germany, Estonia, Czech Republic, Poland, Georgia, The Netherlands, Moldova, Russian Federation, Italy, Spain and Belarus aiming at increased quality and innovation in EVS through the exchange of good practices. The working language of the training course is ENGLISH. Applicants should be at least 18 years old, EVS support people, EVS coordinators, EVS Mentors/Tutors and have experience in youth work. PARTICIPATION FEE: 25 EUR To apply for the project, plea...