Course fee: � 480 Includes course materials and cultural visits.Accommodation & Subsistence: � 800Five days in a single room at Treacys West County Hotel and Leisure Centre including allmeals and a social & cultural evening.Total payment: � 1280

Funding:Our course is regarded as an In-service Training Course under the new Erasmus+program.Teachers, school leaders, youth workers and voluntary staff from primary and secondary,upper secondary and vocational education, as well as sports clubs in the programmecountries can take part and must apply before1st February 2017Course PIC number: 947682629Contact your National Agency (NA) for more information

IMPORTANT:You must register your organisation on the European Commission AuthenticationService (ECAS) and you need a PIC code before applying for Erasmus+ funding.Find a step-by-step guide to register your organisation on ECAS and PIC:http://ec.europa.eu/education/participants/portal/desktop/en/organisations/register.html

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Gert Larsen

International CoordinatorAlbertslund, DenmarkGert.larsen@albertslund.dk+45 20129048

In-Service Training Course

COURAGECreating Opportunities and Understanding

foR Avoiding and preventinG Exclusion

PIC number: 947682629

The COURAGE is a three year programme of research anddevelopment integrating educational, youth, sports and otherleisure activities. The project consists of five partners fromDenmark, Portugal, Ireland, Lithuania and Norway. It ad-dresses the exclusion of young people from social, educa-tional, cultural and economic opportunities associated withfull citizenship as a serious issue in Europe. Varying degreesof co-operation with related agencies and with varying andoften inadequate ressources for training and support.

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COURAGE objectives

Our ultimate goal is to improve lifechances across the whole Euro-pean area of the project’s ultimatebeneficiaries – young people “atrisk” from:social disengagement; educa-tional exclusion and under-attain-ment; becoming long-term NEETs(Not in Education, Training or Em-ployment); experiencing lastingdisadvantage in labour markets;being unable to exercise their fullrights as EU citizens. The immedi-ate target groups for our findings and products are youth and community workers, schoolleaders and teachers, trainers, and coaches, working with young people in varying de-grees of co-operation with related agencies and with varying and often inadequate re-sources for training and support. Our ultimate beneficiaries are the many hundreds andthousands of young people whose life-chances will benefit during and after the life-time ofthe project from our target groups’ enhanced knowledge and competence.

Training course objectives

l To inform about the findings and experiences from the COURAGEproject

l To exchange experience in how to prevent Early School Leavingand encourage to after-compulsory-education

l To explore, develop and evaluate the “best practice” from a num-ber of European teachers, trainers, principals and policy makers

l Encourage and motivate the course participants to include theEuropean and international dimension in their future projects andaction plans for their local activities

l Demonstrating and sharing the best practice between COURAGEpartners and the course participants.

Course activities

The course is prepared with a variety ofactivities, including participants activeparticipation.“Ice-breaking” activitiesPlenary sessionsQuestions and answers with board mem-bers and invited guests/speakersMeet Arsenal in CommunityParticipants presentationsProject case studiesCafé innovation activitySchool/institution visitsCOURAGE marketplace – an opportunityfor delegates to present and share ownexperiences and details of home institutions and culture.The training event will offer cultural events based on Irish culture.

Conference venue

The second COURAGE training course will take place at the Treacys West CountyConference & Leisure Centre. It is just a 10-minute walk from Ennis town centre, TreacysWest County Hotel and Leisure Centre offers modern rooms with free WiFi, a 22-metrepool and a gym. Ennis is a convenient location in relation to Shannon airport (25 min)and Dublin airport (2.5 hours) with good train and bus transfers from Dublin to Ennis.

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