Long-term training programme

LONG-TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME

“Facilitating groups & leading teams”

At a professional and personal level I learned many things about experiential learning, about team work, about processing the experience. I became much more confident in myself, my inclinations, I found a stronger balance among my feelings, my fears, challenges, and the capacity to“enter the processes” that I am involved in.

Participant

Via Experientia has been organising courses on experiential learning all over Europe since 1998.

We have developed this Long – Term Training Programme based on our experience with experiential, process-oriented programmes and reflective practice.

Working together in the Via Experientia partnership for many years provides us with a rich history of shared training experiences and learning journeys.

This encourages us to continue our discoveries and share our findings in personal and professional development by increasing adult educators, trainers and managers’access to professional training courses on experiential education methodology.

Our current focus is to empower participants to develop and use a reflective approach in their work – in education, management and other fields.

THIS PROGRAMME IS OPEN FOR:

Educators
Managers
Trainers
working with teams and groups in different sectors of business, education (both formal and non-formal), training, personal or human resource development.

Namely I feel more confident and authentic, and I feel capable of using feedback, challenge and motivate groups

Participant

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4 ESSENTIAL PILLARS OF THE LONG-TERM PROGRAMME

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
SKILLS and COMPETENCIES
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
REFLECTIVE APPROACH

13TH Edition of LONG TERM TRAINING PROGRAMME in 2024

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OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME

To empower participants to facilitate and lead individual and group processes
To support participants to enhance their authentic style in facilitating groups and leading teams
To train participants in facilitation and leading skills, such as: reflecting, active listening, mirroring, giving and receiving feedback etc.
To introduce the concept of reflective practice
To develop inner readiness to facilitate groups and lead teams
To familiarise the participants with process-oriented experiential learning concept and practice, history and current developments

The experience in this course taught me to live “here and now” more often, to observe myself in different work and life situations and understand the way my reactions and behaviour affect other people around me

Participant

CONTENT

I course: 4-10 April, 2024 in ITALY

Profound personal experience for exploring group processes
How do groups function? How do I function in a group?
Theoretical concepts on group and team dynamics
Introduction of reflective approach and inner readiness
Formulating own personal learning objectives

II course: 10-15 JUNE, 2024 in Belgium

Experimenting with group and team facilitation within the group
Different group phenomena: influence on different group members and practical implications to the facilitators of groups and teams
Preparation for own coached practice

Coached practice

Participants’ practice in their own working environment
Individual coaching will be provided.

III course: 21-26 September, 2024 in LITHUANIA

Reflection on own practice – peer coaching
Developing feedback and coaching skills
Deepening facilitation and leadership concepts
Formulating own grounded theory
Acknowledging own learnings
Looking at the future – follow up possibilities

*The mentioned dates are full programme days, travel days are not included.

**It is important to emphasize that participants are invited to commit themselves for the full duration of the course, including the preparation and delivery of an experiential learning practice.

PRICES & COSTS

PARTICIPATION FEE

	Participants from non-profit organisations	Participants from profit organisations
If registration fee is paid by the 1st of December, 2023	€ 3.000	€ 4.900
If registration fee is paid by the 16th of February, 2024	€ 3.300	€ 5.300

– The registration fee is counted as 30% of the total participation fee.
– Registration fee is not refundable.
– Participation fee can be paid in parts, but it needs to be agreed individually.

ACCOMODATION AND FOOD

The price* of accommodation and food during international courses:
I course in Italy: approximately 480€ (7 days)
II course in Belgium: approximately €480 (6 days)
III course in Lithuania: approximately €450 (6 days)

*The price is a subject to change, depending on the prices of service providers, but we always put efforts to keep the price as low as possible.

APPLY

APPLICATION PROCEDURE

1. to apply online at www.viaexperientia.net or ask us at training@viaexperientia.net to send you an application form. Please return your application to training@viaexperientia.net.
2. to transfer 30% of the participation fee to the following account by the deadline shown in “Prices & costs” section:
KITOKIE PROJEKTAI
IBAN: LT89 7044 0600 0780 2728
SWIFT: CBVILT2X
SEB BANK AB, VILNIUS
Please indicate in the subject field of money transfer – “Long-term training programme”

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SCHOLARSHIP

If the fee is the only reason withholding you from participating, while you think you could gain a lot from the course, you can apply for a scholarship.

The purpose of Via Experientia Scholarship Fund is to encourage the participation of people living or working in Europe who are involved in group facilitation and team leadership, but who cannot afford to attend the Via experientia long-term training programme and who would benefit by taking part.

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Contact Us

For additional information please contact the closest partner organisation or by e-mail: training@viaexperientia.net