If you are part of one, and you are:
>> curious to find out how other SEs work in Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, and Poland;
>> ready to be a fellow and travel to one of these countries to exchange challenges and strengths in terms of management and expert work within your SE;
>> motivated for further development of your activities and open to acquiring new knowledge and experience,
This international shadowing program is just for you!
The program aims to meet and offer common learning spaces for 48 trainees and adult learners, among which 24 social enterprises and 24 representatives of SEs, who are interested in innovative tools and methods for personal job development and social inclusion from Italy, Bulgaria, Greece, and Poland.
Each shadowing program will be conducted by 1 local SE, hosting 1 fellow representative of a foreign SE - within 6 days between July and October 2022.
APPLY FOR A FELLOW up to: June 20, 2022
Local program coordinators are:
> In Italy: PRISM Impresa Sociale
> In Greece: Athens Lifelong Learning Institute
> In Bulgaria: Bulgarian Center for Not-for-Profit Law (BCNL)
> In Poland: University of Lodz
The shadowing program is part of our SE-HUBS - Co-creating Hubs for Social Enterprises project. Learn more about SE-HUBS from here:
https://se-hubs.eu/ ***
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS:
To apply for the shadowing program, the applicant fellow shall simultaneously meet the following 4 main criteria:
1) The applicant is a trainer or teacher of a disadvantaged group (target group of the SE) or is a staff manager of SE personnel.
2) The applicant speaks English.
3) The applicant can travel and participate in a 6-day shadowing program in Bulgaria/Italy/Greece/Poland between July and October, 2022.
4) The applicant has a strong motivation for further professional development and is open to acquiring new knowledge and experience.
The application will be accepted for consideration if the official representative of the SE nominating the applicant has completed and sent the application form by June 20, 2022.
A social enterprise can nominate more than 1 applicant from its team.
Important: Preferences will be given to the applicants who have participated in the "HUMAN CAPITAL - The most important resource for any social enterprise", organized by the program coordinators.
Important: At the time of application, the applicant must give prior consent that if he/she is selected as a fellow, he/she must have a valid travel certificate and will comply with all current anti-epidemic measures adopted in each of the four countries.
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LOGISTICS, RIGHTS AND COMMITMENTS OF THE FELLOW
Each SE representative selected as a fellow:
>> shall attend a 6-day shadowing program in a foreign host organization (in Italy/Greece/Bulgaria/Poland) between July and October 2022;
>> shall sign an agreement for participation in the program.
Important: All travel expenses and accommodation of the fellow will be fully covered on the basis of the signed agreement.
Attention: Each of the 4 countries (Italy, Greece, Bulgaria and Poland) can send up to 6 local fellows to participate in the shadowing program.
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If you have any questions, please, do not hesitate to email us:
aylin@bcnl.org, contact person: Aylin Yumerova, BCNL