Course fee: � 480 Includes course materials and cultural visits.Accommodation & Subsistence: � 800Five days in a single room at the Costa da Caparica Hotel including all mealsand 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

2/10 - 6/10 - 2017The Costa da Caparica, Lisbon, Portugal

The COURAGE project is a 3 years strategic partnerships fora youth programme of research and development undertakenby partnership of five institutions integrating educational,youth, sports and other leisure activities in Denmark, Portu-gal, Ireland, Lithuania and Norway. It addresses exclusion ofyoung people from social, educational, cultural and economicopportunities associated with a full citizenship – a seriousissue across Europe.

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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; educationalexclusion and under-attainment;becoming long-term NEETs (Not inEducation, Training or Employ-ment); experiencing lasting disad-vantage in labour markets; beingunable to exercise their full rightsas EU citizens. The immediate tar-get 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 participant activeparticipation.“Ice-breaking” activitiesPlenary sessionsQuestions and answers with boardmembers and invited guests/speakers:Meet Arsenal in Community and BenficaFoundation Participants presentationsCafé innovation activitySchool/institution visitsCOURAGE marketplace – an opportu-nity for delegates to present and shareown experiences and details of homeinstitutions and culture.The training event will offer cultural events based on Portugal culture.

Conference venue

The first COURAGE training course will take place at the Costa da Caparica Hotel. It hasa relaxing and carefree atmosphere and is located right on the sea, on the largest andmost popular beach in the Greater Lisbon region, the Costa da Caparica.Just 20 minutes from downtown Lisbon and the airport, it has 352 rooms spread over 7floors, equipped with air conditioning and private TV. The Costa da Caparica Hotel alsohas a spa, outdoor pool, two restaurants, Gym, a Kid’s Club for the youngest ones, 7conference rooms equipped with the latest sound and imaging technologies. Due to itslocation and characteristics, this is the ideal hotel to spend a dream vacation, to organizeyour work meetings, or even to perform those suprise civil ceremonies, cocktails or otherevents. http://caparicahotel.com/en

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