ERASMUS+ In service training course: Courage project (Ennis, Ireland)

1. Course fee: 480 Includes course materials and cultural visits.
Accommodation & Subsistence: 800
Five days in a single room at Treacys West County Hotel and Leisure Centre including all
meals 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 programme
countries can take part and must apply before
1st February 2017
Course PIC number: 947682629
Contact your National Agency (NA) for more information
IMPORTANT:
You must register your organisation on the European Commission Authentication
Service (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
Signing up to:
Gert Larsen
International Coordinator
Albertslund, Denmark
Gert.larsen@albertslund.dk
+45 20129048
In-Service Training Course
COURAGE
Creating Opportunities and Understanding
foR Avoiding and preventinG Exclusion
PIC number: 947682629
The COURAGE is a three year programme of research and
development integrating educational, youth, sports and other
leisure activities. The project consists of five partners from
Denmark, Portugal, Ireland, Lithuania and Norway. It ad-
dresses the exclusion of young people from social, educa-
tional, cultural and economic opportunities associated with
full citizenship as a serious issue in Europe. Varying degrees
of co-operation with related agencies and with varying and
often inadequate ressources for training and support.
www.eucourage.eu
16/04 - 20/04 - 2018
Ennis, Ireland

2. COURAGE objectives
Our ultimate goal is to improve life
chances across the whole Euro-
pean area of the project’s ultimate
beneficiaries – young people “at
risk” from:
social disengagement; educa-
tional exclusion and under-attain-
ment; becoming long-term NEETs
(Not in Education, Training or Em-
ployment); experiencing lasting
disadvantage in labour markets;
being unable to exercise their full
rights as EU citizens. The immedi-
ate target groups for our findings and products are youth and community workers, school
leaders 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 and
thousands of young people whose life-chances will benefit during and after the life-time of
the project from our target groups’ enhanced knowledge and competence.
Training course objectives
l To inform about the findings and experiences from the COURAGE
project
l To exchange experience in how to prevent Early School Leaving
and 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 the
European and international dimension in their future projects and
action plans for their local activities
l Demonstrating and sharing the best practice between COURAGE
partners and the course participants.
Course activities
The course is prepared with a variety of
activities, including participants active
participation.
“Ice-breaking” activities
Plenary sessions
Questions and answers with board mem-
bers and invited guests/speakers
Meet Arsenal in Community
Participants presentations
Project case studies
Café innovation activity
School/institution visits
COURAGE marketplace – an opportunity
for delegates to present and share own
experiences 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 County
Conference & Leisure Centre. It is just a 10-minute walk from Ennis town centre, Treacys
West County Hotel and Leisure Centre offers modern rooms with free WiFi, a 22-metre
pool 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.
http://treacyswestcounty.com/
https://www.facebook.com/eucourage/