INTERNATIONAL TRAINING COURSE:

REAL INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN YOUTH EXCHANGES

8 - 17 of July 2016
Training centre Daugirdiks, Lithuania

Background of idea:
Youth exchanges are one of the main, most demanded actions
supported by Erasmus+: youth in action programme. Intercultural
learning of young people is one of the main educational aspects within
youth exchanges. Quality of intercultural learning process very much
depends on the certain set of competencies group leaders should
posses.
However, very often we notice, that in real intercultural learning of
young people isnt supported and facilitated by group leaders, because
of lack of the competencies. Very often intercultural learning is limited by
presentations of participating cultures to each other, tasting national
foods, drinks, playing games, singing songs. Basically everything
what you can see on travel channel no need to organize a youth
exchange

Overall aim of the training course:

To reflect, explore and learn more about the topic of intercultural learning in
European youth work, particularly during youth exchanges supported by the Erasmus+
programme.
Objectives:
- To reflect critically about personal and cultural identity
- To better understand concepts which related to of the themes/topics of
intercultural learning (stereotyping, prejudice, inclusion and exclusion etc.)
- To gain a greater understanding of cultural diversity in different local and
national realities
- To develop intercultural competences related to working with topic of diversity
- To explore the qualities needed by young people to deal with diversity and
intercultural encounters in everyday life, and how to encourage these
- Explore the youth exchanges as a tool for improvement of intercultural
competence of young people
- To get inspired to carry out future international youth projects through Erasmus+
programme on the topics related to Cultural Diversity / Intercultural learning
- To develop competence of working with group dynamics and using it as a tool
for quality intercultural learning among young people
- To develop methodological competence of using various non-formal education
tools for supporting intercultural learning processes during international youth
exchanges.
- To develop ability of a group leader to encourage and promote intercultural
learning processes as a key factor for implementation of high quality youth exchanges. !

Wanted participants:
- youth leaders or youth workers who are directly working with young people
- youth workers / youth leaders who already acted as a group leader in an
international youth exchange and faced challenges in facilitation of intercultural
learning process
- those who are clearly stating the need (showing their solid motivation) to improve
intercultural competence and it's application in international youth exchanges
- those who are aiming to involve young people with fewer opportunities into their
educational activities

In other words if you ever acted as a group leader in a youth exchange and you have experienced:
- tensions and conflicts within international team of group leaders (while doing a youth exchange)
- lack of competence to mediate conflicts within international youth groups and transfer them into a learning experience
- lack of competence to facilitate a group dynamics process as a tool and base for quality intercultural learning
- understanding that intercultural learning is a "taste and dance" process (which is much more)
- not knowing an appropriate tools for supporting and provoking intercultural learning.

Additional criteria for participants selection:

- Able to participate in whole duration of the learning process.
- Committed to disseminate project results in their local realities.
- Opened for follow up of project: establishing a certain network of youth workers for sharing and exchanging information and
practises on quality intercultural learning in youth exchanges.
- Able to understand others talking and express themselves in English.

Additional DETAILS:
Date:

8-17th of July, 2016. You are expected to arrive to

Vilnius until 17:00 on 8th of July. 17th of July is a
departure day.

Participanting coutries:

Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia. In

total 29 youth workers.

Location:

Training centre Daugirdiks (www.daugirdiskes.lt),

in Lithuania

Financial aspects:

Lodging and boarding, program expenses will be

covered by the organizers from the grant received by
the Erasmus+ program. Travel cost will be
reimbursed according the Erasmus+ regulations by
the organizers. You will be asked to find cheapest
means of transport as we week to reimburse 100% of
your travel costs during the event.

If you are interested to take part in the event, please, fill in the attached application form not later than 27th of M ay,
2016 and send it to Martynas Stukas: martynasstukas@gm ail.com

If you have any questions related to content of the training course, please, contact Donatas Petkauskas:
donatas.petkauskas@gmail.com

Program of the training course: REAL INTERCULTURAL LEARNING IN YOUTH EXCHANGES

Day 1

15:00-18:30

10:00-13:30

Arrival of
participants

Ev

Day 2
Day 3
Introduction
to the
training
Group building
course:

Day 4
Intercultural
tensions in
participating
countries.

Expectations
Knowing the of
Theory on
place and
participants; group
accommodati
dynamics
on
Presenting
methodology

Deepening
knowledge
about
intercultiralit
y in other
countries

Logistical
issues
(reimbursem
ent,
participants
list)

Presentation
of
intercultural
competence

Getting to
know each
other

Socializing
evening

Learning 2
learn: setting
learning
objectives
and creating
learning plan

Presenting
group dynamic
stages and
needed
interventions
for support of
group
development in
youth
exchanges

Day 5
Working in
small groups reflecting your
own identity
(sharing
mandalas)

Principles of
non-formal
education
experiencing
practically

Day 6
Simulating
intercultural
learning

Day 7
Creating
cultural
profiles
according to
HOFSTEDE'S
cultural profile
Main theories theory
on Intercultural
learning
Working in
intercultural
teams

Day 8

Day 9
Day 10
Workshops run Evaluation of
by participants the training
on intercultural course
learning

Workshops run
by participants Evaluation of Dissemination
on intercultural running
of project
learning
workshops and results
working in
international
teams

Working with
Gathering
Youth pass
Experiencing youth with
learning
interculturality fewer
outcomes from
in Vilnius
opportunities Workshops run the workshops Closing of the
by participants conducted by training course
Designing
on intercultural participants
Creating
Free time in educational
learning
mandalas
Vilnius
activities to
Planning future
Group
identity topic
foster
cooperation Departure of
building
intercultural
ideas for future participants
learning
youth
competencies
exchanges
Reflection groups (using online learning badges) 18:30-19:00
Intercultural Real
Free
Movie night Dinner in town Free
Night in the
Farwell
sauna
Intercultural
forest
evening
evening
evening