CFAs: Warming Up Training Course for Youth Workers and Educators

Based on discussions with partner organisations and current observations, they have identified the urgent need for a deeper understanding of climate change, the development of an appropriate mindset and the acquisition of practical skills to address the current crisis.

Objectives

• Knowledge: To increase participants’ and young people’s knowledge of climate change based on scientific facts.
• Attitude: Change attitudes towards climate change by seeing it as a threat to the whole planet and not just to humans, and promote a new relationship between humans and nature.
• Skills: Developing specific skills and providing appropriate tools that contribute to a positive impact on climate change.
• Main Objectives:
  • Combating the lack of knowledge and confusion between facts and misinformation or fake news about climate change and the climate crisis.
  • Raising awareness of the link between the daily choices and behaviours and their impact on climate change, emphasising the impact of individual choices on the environment.
  • Combating the prevailing sense of hopelessness among people, especially young people, particularly the belief that human action cannot bring about meaningful change.
  • Combating the increasing prevalence of climate-related depression, especially among the younger generation.
  • Providing a broader, global perspective on the challenges of climate change that transcends regional boundaries.
  • Encourage and improve international youth action to respond effectively to the climate crisis.
  • Restore the connection between humans and nature and promote understanding of the interdependence of humans and nature.
  • Challenging the perception that other global challenges are more immediate and critical than climate change.
  • Improving understanding of the links between climate change and other global challenges such as migration, social inequalities and more.

Benefits

• Participants will be reimbursed at the end of the training course after submission of all original travel documents, including return train, bus and shuttle tickets which must be sent by post if they are not digital:
  • Distance: 10-99 km:
    • Green travel (EUR): 56
    • Standard travel (EUR): 28
  • Distance: 100-499 km:
    • Green travel (EUR): 285
    • Standard travel (EUR): 211
  • Distance: 500-1999 km:
    • Green travel (EUR): 417
    • Standard travel (EUR): 309
  • Distance: 2000-2999 km:
    • Green travel (EUR): 535
    • Standard travel (EUR): 395
  • Distance: 3000-3999 km:
    • Green travel (EUR):  785
    • Standard travel (EUR): 580
  • Distance: 4000-7999 km:
    • Green travel (EUR): 1188
    • Standard travel (EUR): 1188
  • Distance: 8000 km and more:
    • Green travel (EUR): 1735
    • Standard travel (EUR): 1735

Eligibility Criteria

• Youth workers (minimum 18 years old) that:
  • are actively working with youngsters or aspiring people involved in social organisations or centers
  • have some basic knowledge of English
  • can commit to attending to the project for its full duration
  • are proactive and willing to learn more about the topic
  • residents in one the partner countries
  • They encourage the participation of participants with fewer opportunities. (Participants with fewer opportunities will be prioritised.)

For more information, visit DOPE.