Intercultural Mediation as a Tool for Integration and Social Inclusion of Young (Vulnerable) People
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Intercultural Mediation as a Tool for Integration and Social Inclusion of Young (Vulnerable) People

 

We highly recommend this online learning opportunity offered via SALTO website!

 

E-learning

24-26 February 2021 | online, Germany

Through this online training you will learn how to actively intervene in social dialogue and promote positive interaction. You will be trained on how to be a good Mediator, the power of Intercultural Mediation, culture and conflict.

Free Training Course: Intercultural Mediation as a Tool for Integration and Social Inclusion of Young (Vulnerable) People

Are a youth worker, an adult trainer or a community educator with or without migrant background and is your aim:

  • To enhance your training capacity in order to support the inclusion of local and migrant/refugee youth?
  • To be empowered and equipped with skills and knowledge in order to become a young mediator who reaches out young people at risk of marginalisation and radicalisation and acts as a multiplier of inclusion?
  • To learn how to use intercultural mediation as a tool for integration and social inclusion by intervening actively in the social dialogue and by promoting a positive interaction based on active and effective listening?
  •  To build your own self-confidence to work in blended learning environments?

Jugend- & Kulturprojekt e.V., a non-profit association that designs and implements educational activities based on non-formal learning methods, digital tools and online learning, gives you the opportunity within the framework of “PRIORITY- Promoting Open and Resilient Societies for Youth” Erasmus+ project, to take part in the free online training course entitled “Intercultural Mediation as a Tool for Integration and Social Inclusion of Young People”.

Training Course’s Topics

During this free 3-day online training workshop, which is provided in English and is based on the learning by doing training method, the following topics will be covered:

Module 1: How to be a good Mediator: non-formal education and the difference between formal and non-formal education. The role of a youth worker in social integration and inclusion. Qualities and competences a mediator should possess in the 21st century in order to support and promote inclusion and social integration successfully.

Module 2: The power of Intercultural Mediation: the meaning of intercultural mediation and its importance in preventing marginalisation and radicalisation of young people. Role-playing as a tool for inclusion.

Module 3: Culture and Conflict: the meaning of interculturality and of cultural shock, developing intercultural sensitivity in six steps, enhancing intercultural competences, obstacles to intercultural communication, using positive intercultural approaches by knowing the main sensitive areas and values and by reducing the impact of negative stereotypes.

Furthermore, participants will have access to additional learning resources through the website of PRIORITY’s project, that will support their deeper knowledge on the above-mentioned topics.

 

Read more and sign up: https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/intercultural-mediation-as-a-tool-for-integration-and-social-inclusion-of-young-vulnerable-people.9102/

This publication has been prepared within SENBS project No. 2020- 1-EE01-KA204-077999. The content of this publication is the sole responsibility of the project coordinator and may not always reflect the views of the European Commission or the National Agency.

A web-based training course for social business advisors
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A web-based training course for social business advisors

This training material is set as a self-study course. Learnes – business advisors – can apply for new skills to provide appropriate advice to social entrepreneurs.

This is a web-based training course, which contains 12 modules:

Module 1: Understanding Social Entrepreneurship

Module 2: Role of Business Advisors

Module 3: Structures for the Development of Social Enterprises

Module 4: Operational Requirements for A Social Enterprise

Module 5: Social Enterprise Sustainability

Module 6: Managing and Governing Social Enterprises

Module 7: Financing and Accounting Social Enterprises

Module 8: Business Advisor Professional and Personal Development

Module 9: Business Advocacy and Counseling Social Enterprises

Module 10: Communication with Social Entrepreneurs

Module 11: Business Advising Tools, Equipment and Material

Module 12: Consulting Toolkit

 

The training course and other materials were devised by SESBA project. SESBA (Social Enterprise Skills for Business Advisers) is an EU funded project under Erasmus+ strategic partnerships, aimed at

  • enhancing the profile of business advisors in order to better respond to the field of social entrepreneurship.
  • developing new training practices and consulting techniques
  • cultivating new practical advisory skills by business advisors in order to be able to encourage attributes of social entrepreneurship.

The consortium of a project was made up of seven partners from Greece, Italy, Malta, Bulgaria, Estonia and Ireland. The coordinator is Olympic Training & Consulting LTD from Greece. Militos Consulting is the Greek partner, Programa Integra is the Italian partner, Acrosslimits is the Maltese partner, Agricultural University of Plovdiv is the Bulgarian partner, QUIN-Estonia is the Estonian Partner and Limeric Institute of Technology is the Irish Partner.

This training course is available for free on the project website in five (5) languages (EN, BG, ES, EL, and IT).

 

A toolkit for social business advisors
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A toolkit for social business advisors

This toolkit is for social business advisors or potential business advisors to improve the quality of the consulting and reach the additional value of consulting session. This toolkit is adapted to the social business advisors specially and contains 8 advisory techniques for groups of social entrepreneurs.

It presents alternative advisory techniques and guidance, that when successfully implemented in real life environments, help to support business advisors in providing effective consulting sessions to social enterprises.

The direct target group of the project are the business advisors, whilst the indirect target group are all potential or existing social entrepreneurs and local societies, stakeholders, chambers and policy makers.

The toolkit and other materials were devised by SESBA project. SESBA (Social Enterprise Skills for Business Advisers) is an EU funded project under Erasmus+ strategic partnerships, aimed at

  • enhancing the profile of business advisors in order to better respond to the field of social entrepreneurship.
  • developing new training practices and consulting techniques
  • cultivating new practical advisory skills by business advisors in order to be able to encourage attributes of social entrepreneurship.

The consortium of a project was made up of seven partners from Greece, Italy, Malta, Bulgaria, Estonia and Ireland. The coordinator is Olympic Training & Consulting LTD from Greece. Militos Consulting is the Greek partner, Programa Integra is the Italian partner, Acrosslimits is the Maltese partner, Agricultural University of Plovdiv is the Bulgarian partner, QUIN-Estonia is the Estonian Partner and Limeric Institute of Technology is the Irish Partner.

 

This toolkit is available for free on the project website in five (5) languages (EN, BG, ES, EL, and IT).

Direct link to the toolkit:  http://sesbaproject.eu/images/sesbaproject/files/SESBA_O3_Techniques_toolkit_FINAL_soseditsf.pdf.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Social Innovation in Focus
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Massive Open Online Course (MOOC): Social Innovation in Focus

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)  for future social innovators is a tool developed within “Tomorrow’s Land” project and to be used in order to explore the challenges and solution of future and present communities. Joint project of the MOOC is based on learning approach that combines theory, inspiration, practice, self-reflection and discussion with peers. It is designed as a journey, where learner has a destination to reach: collect ideas, skills and tools to foster social innovation idea.

The course consists of 7 Modules: 2 introductory paths that help in preparing for the “journey”, understand the context and explore the Tomorrow’s Land Map, and 5 main paths dedicated to exploring a specific aspects and competences that social innovators need to have in a backpack:

Module 1 | Welcome to Tomorrow´s Land – to understand the concept of social innovation in Tomorrow’s Land, Define personal view on social innovation and goals for participating in this training activity.

Module 2 | The Explorer Guide Intro – to consult the Tomorrow’s Land Map, refine own social innovation idea, that relates to any of 8 important “regions” of Tomorrow’s Land, define and select skills to improve, thinking about 5 profiles of social innovator: “Creative thinker”, “Connector”, “Implementer”, Catalyst for Change” and “Techie” >>>

Module 3 | Creative Thinker Path
Module 4 | Implementer Path
Module 5 | Connector Path
Module 6 | Catalyst for Change Path
Module 7 | Techie Path

Activities of the course aren’t scheduled, so one can take a time to explore, search for more and get inspired by specific themes. The resources can be used for individual learning, as well as for organising training activities within a group. All materials are now available in English, but soon other languages will be added for more people being engaged and facilitate from the course.  It is completely free of charge and at the end of the course Certificate of Accomplishment is available for the whole course or only one or few specific modules of interest. Certificate will be released to anyone who has successfully completed the course by correctly answering at least 60% of the questions of the quiz.

The goal of Tomorrow’s Land project is to develop the next generation of social innovators fully capable of influencing and contributing to the development of a better, more inclusive and innovative society. In order to do so, Tomorrow’s Land will deliver a high quality MOOC to support the development of key knowledge and competences required for the future social innovators to succeed.

To know more, take a look on:

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)  

(Pilot version of the online course is available until 2nd of June. Afterwards some improvements and more language options are planned to be implemented)

Project information

Strategic Foresight of Tomorrow’s Land

“Tomorrow’s Land” Project partners

Acumen Social Entrepreneurship course
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Online Course: Social Entrepreneurship 101

This is a free Acumen course which lasts for 4 weeks. This course is especially made for people approaching the social entrepreneurship sector for the first time.

In this course you’ll learn to apply entrepreneurial skills to social problems and design lasting solutions.

Designed for anyone approaching social entrepreneurship for the first time, this interactive learning experience will give you an overview of the sector. It will help you explore pathways for initial engagement with social enterprises and uncover your relevant passions and skills.

By the end of this course, you’ll have found a concrete way to contribute to a social enterprise OR you’ll be engaged in early stage ideation for your own venture. Specifically, you’ll begin to identify a problem you care about, understand the considerations needed for impact and financial sustainability, and learn about how various social entrepreneurs have thought about scale.

This Course Is For You If:

  • You want to figure out ways to get involved in social entrepreneurship
  • You’re looking for ideas to add more meaning to your life and career
  • You have a burning desire to do good in ways that are smart and effective
  • You’re eager to lend your skills and talents to solve a social problems

Check the details and add it to your agenda. 

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Acumen Course
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Online Course about Lean Startup Principles for Social Impact

If you want to know more about lean AND social impact this might just be the course for you.

It is a free online course from Acumen and it is an 4-week course inspired by the Lean Launchpad Class pioneered by Steve Blank. In this course you will learn how to test, validate, and adapt your vision of change to ensure you’re creating the greatest impact and investing your time in something that truly meets your stakeholder’s and customer’s needs.

This course is appropriate for anyone who wants to try out lean methodologies to start a new enterprise or building a new program or initiative within an existing organization. The lean approach relies on validated learning, experimentation, and iterative product releases to shorten product development cycles, measure progress, and gain valuable customer feedback. In an environment where the majority of startups fail, lean principles aim to give startups a better chance of success by helping entrepreneurs learn more quickly what works and discard what doesn’t.

Check the details and add it to your agenda. 

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