The International Federation of Hard of Hearing Young People IFHOHYP is an international non-governmental federation for national and regional youth organizations that are dedicated to hard of hearing young people throughout the world and is independent of sex, race, religion, nationality and politics.
www.ifhohyp.org  

"Training for facilitators for inclusion"
Run in cooperation with the Council of Europe, Strasbourg, 15-22 November 2009
                       
 Participation fee to the Council of Europe is only 50 for participants from
IFHOHYP member organisations
 Participants  travel expenses are reimbursed by IFHOHYP from the Council of
Europe grant, with deduction of the participation fee.
? Accommodation and meals during the session are provided by the European
Youth Centre Strasbourg.
 
Want to know how to deal with people & groups in your projects and at work? How to facilitate a meeting or to run an effective workshop? How to improve teamwork and solve conflicts in the team? How to speak in public? Finally, do you want to explore the ways of making your work with hard of hearing (and not only) people more inclusive and productive?
 
Then this study session is for you!
 
Here you can acquire skills in facilitation (communication, teamwork, conflict management, human rights education, public speaking) that will be very useful for you in your NGO work as well as in your life, studies and career.
 
What is facilitation?
Facilitation in general is the art of making it easier for a group of people to learn, to come to common conclusion, or to reach an objective. Facilitation differs from training or leadership, because facilitator does not force anything on the group. He or she just sets general rules and guards that communication in group is balanced and productive.
 
Specific themes concerning hard of hearing youth are also included in the programme of the Study Session. With the help of these newly acquired skills participants will be able work towards the inclusion of hard of hearing young people in their communities.
 
So if you are motivated to work with this common goal in mind with and for hard of hearing young people, you are the person we are looking for! The language of the Study Session is (spoken) English, but we made our Study Session as accessible as possible with a speech-to-text service and assistive hearing technologies.
See the Call with more information + the application form to the Study Session attached. If you want to participate in the Study Session, please fill in the application and send it by the 27th of September to This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it We extended the deadline upon request of our members.
If you have any questions concerning the Study Session, contact the team at the same address.
Also feel free to spread the information to your young hard of hearing contacts and those working with hard of hearing youth!
Sincerely yours,
The Study Session Team

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Lianne de Jonge
IFHOHYP Secretary
Website: www.ifhohyp.org