Coaches go to Berlin!

Coaches from four European countries, representing six youth

organisations and a local municipality office are meeting in Berlin

in the first week of February to discuss a possible future

cooperation. Their work is to accompany young people in their

initiatives so that they could develop their skills to the full

potential.At the end of such a journey there usually is a completed

project meaning some unique experiences of young team members topped

with new skills and boosted self esteem. What is even better,

additional benefits go to someone who needed help (a project target

group). Of course it does not happen over a night. Our coaches first

met two years ago at a training course in Brussels. Back in their

realities, they realised that the world is getting smaller and the

future of the youth, predicted as „on the move“, is being paved by

rising unemployment. One day you wake up in an Italian bed and the

otherday you may wish to finish (and get paid for) your virtual

expert work 762 km north, in the birthplace of a poet Milan Kundera

and a writer Bohumil Hrabal. Bollocks, you think? Well, it is

definitelly better to discuss that in person. So good luck

Annamaria, Eike, Margita, Vojta, Anna, Samuel and Roxanne. We hope

that coaching will, sooner or later, get to our couch!

The feasibility visit of the international team of coaches is hosted

by Margita Weiler and Kulturpark 3000 e.V. and is funded by the

Youth in Action. This European programme supports non formal

education and participation of young people. The visit from 6th –

8th February, 2013 is taking place at Premarts.