The Training Event Concept
The Summer Academy aims to bring together 80 trainees from 40 National Committees, supported by a team of 12 trainers and 6 organisers as well as representatives of the International Office/Governing Body. Next to the two Meetings of the Board of National Committees, the Summer Academy is an excellent opportunity to share knowledge and get further inputs on how to improve the work of NCs.
The core of the EYP Summer Academy is a modular programme following different “tracks”. These tracks are Fundraising, Outreach & Inclusion, National Committee Management & Development and PR & Communications. Each track includes different modules, and participants will be able to follow a track through the whole training event or switch between the training modules of different tracks. The four major tracks will be accompanied by a fifth track, giving room for basic and advanced modules of the same training module, for training content that does not fit under the five major tracks as well as for topic-related and regional knowledge sharing spaces for National Committees.
The content of the different tracks is based on the needs analysis conducted with the National Committees before the Summer Academy in order to reflect their needs, as well as on the inputs received from the participants. Both basic and more advanced training modules are offered in the different tracks. Every training course includes a maximum number of 16 trainees. The trainees registered by the National Committees select their individual schedule beforehand in order to have the chance to prepare for the training.
Here is for example a draft schedule for one day: