CONNECTOR 2016 - open call for facilitators

The application deadline for facilitators in CONNECTOR 2016 is extended until the 3rd of May!

You can apply as a facilitator for CONNECTOR 2016 by filling in the application form available HERE by 3rd of May.
If you want to apply as a participant, check the dedicated open call available HERE (deadline 3rd of May for Romanian participants and 8th of May for other countries).
More information about the event HERE!

 
Quick check list...

Do you know and implement a powerful and interactive method or instrument that can be used in learning activities and projects for young people and adults?

Do you master it well enough in order to teach other people how to use it in a two day workshop?

Can your workshop result in  a performance / practical activity  that can be performed in the community, in the last 2 days of CONNECTOR?

Are you available at the beginning of July to share it to learning practitioners from all over Europe?

If the answer is yes to all questions above... then you are the facilitator we are looking for!

What is CONNECTOR?

In a nutshell: THE learning experience. CONNECTOR is a space aiming to bring together practitioners passionate about learning in a participative and interactive manner with a focus on practical experience.  The five day event is based on sharing, learning and experimenting with day 1 focused on sharing, days 2&3 focused on learning and days 4&5 focused on experimenting in the local community the results of the learning days. More information about the event HERE.

CONNECTOR 2016 will be hosted in Bucharest, Romania, from 4th of July until 10th of July.

 
What is expected from the facilitators and types of learning activities

The facilitators are expected to deliver two day workshops (on the second and third day of the event - July 7th and 8th; each day has foreseen four 90 minutes working sessions) and support the participants in order to create a performance that will be shared within the local community in the last two days of the event (July 9th and 10th).

The workshop will focus on delivering a learning method or instrument with the following characteristics:
- it can be applied in various learning contexts (youth, adults, school, interconnected etc.)
- is participatory, creative and interactive
- is based on experiential activities
- contains clear learning objectives
- is innovative
- is transferable in order to be easily replicated by the participants in their communities
- can result in a performance / practical activity in the local community of Bucharest
 
Examples of such methods can be found in the film from last year’s CONNECTOR:

Participation conditions

The event aims to attract 15 facilitators proposing participatory learning activities. The selection of the facilitators will be done based on their experience in working with the respective method/tool and characteristics of the activities (as described above).

The costs for travel, meals, accommodation, working rooms and materials will be covered by the Erasmus+ National Agency in Romania. The transport costs will be reimbursed after the event (within 45 days after receiving the reimbursement request). Original documents will be requested for reimbursement (invoices, proof of payment, boarding cards etc.).

Deadline to submit the online application form is 22nd of April 2016. The results will be announced on the 29th of April 2016.

The deadline was extended until the 3rd of May. The results will be announced on the 10th of May 2016.

Erasmus+ National Agency in Romania reserves its right to select facilitators outside the above mentioned call by invitation only.

The selected methods and facilitators are the following: