Safe space - Erasmus+ training course

Safe space - Erasmus+ training course

3. 10. 2022

Konsent will organize from October 3rd till 11th a course called Safe space - Erasmus+ training course.

 This training course is for you, if you:
:: Are a youth worker (trainer, coach, teacher, youth leader, organizer, volunteer, activist, social worker, youth NGOleader, etc.)
:: Resonate with the idea of the project, want to dive deeper into the topic of sexual harassment and are open
:: Want to pass forward what you learn during the training course e.g.: organizing an activity for youth, presenting the outcomes to your colleagues, friends or people in your surroundings
:: Are above 18 years old
:: Are resident in one of the project partnership countries: Czech Republic, Cyprus, Lithuania, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Belgium
:: Are able to work in English 
:: Will consider traveling options to the project by bus or train
>> Sexual harassment and its impact <<
These events happen all the time, during every camp or project, and for many reasons the victims, in majority girls, often do not speak up for themselves and the bystanders do not act upon it either. And thus the perpetrators are never confronted with the fact that their behavior has a terrible impact on somebody else’s well-being.
So far, youth workers are hardly ever trained to address incidents of harassment during a youth exchange, camp or free time activities. They are often not even aware that the participants of their program subject each other to sexual harassmet which results in the activities having more of a harfmul rather than empowering effect.
Research shows that experiencing sexual harassment has a significant negative impact on the victims’ life: their well-being, confidence, relationships, behaviors, career, identity. These incidents undermine the person's most basic need for safety.
The project aims to train youth workers in adopting tools and attitudes for:
>> primary prevention = creating conditions that prevent
>> incidents of sexual harassment, i.e. creating safe space
>> secondary prevention = providing care for the victim and the
>> bystanders of the incident, preventing secondary
>> victimization, dealing with the perpetrator
>> tertiary prevention = ensuring care for the group after the
>> incident, re-establishing safe space
The training course will involve techniques from:
>> Experiential learning (learning by doing),
>> Peer to peer learning (sharing our knowledge and experiences with each other),
>> Emotional intelligence based activities,
>> Embodied learning,
Nature based activities,
>> Other, e.g. positive psychology, poetry and arts, way of council, etc.
When is it?
The training course will take place in the Czech Republic, Statek Habří, 3 - 11 October 2022,
and it will involve 7 full program days and 2 traveling days. Full presence at the course, physical and mental, is required.
Arrival: 3rd October, Monday, afternoon
Departure: 11th October, Tuesday, morning
Our journey will begin before actually meeting in person in the Czech Republic. We will create a Facebook group to connect with each other.
After the training course your timely communication is required in order for us to easily evaluate the impact of the project.
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Application procedure and deadline:
If you want to participate in this training you have to fill in the application form available at this link and wait for the selection results:
https://forms.gle/6BJUX9mRRJdBodLv5
Once you apply, we will do our best to inform you as soon as possible about selection results. If you are selected to participate, we will contact you in order to arrange your travel to the Czech Republic. You will search for the travel itinerary and will send us the travel proposal. Once we confirm the proposed itinerary, you book your tickets. Do not book any travel tickets or insurance before we confirm your proposed itinerary.