This document announces a 4-day seminar hosted by the European Peer Training Organisation from October 19-24, 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. The seminar will support 30 youth volunteers and peer educators in developing and improving the quality of their peer education projects. Participants will receive coaching, share best practices, and the project demonstrating the highest quality standards will receive an additional coaching session. The deadline to apply is September 5th and selected participants must pay a 100 ECO fee to cover expenses. Travel costs will be partially reimbursed. The goal is to help participants strengthen their peer education work and networks.

1. Come and show what you got at
EPTO PEER FORUM
“Quality in Peer Education”
19-24 October 2014
European Youth Centre, Budapest
This activity is made possible thanks to the generous support
of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe
and the ERASMUS + programme of the European Union
CALL FOR
PARTICIPANTS

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A place to improve your own peer education
project and be inspired by others.
A moment to reflect on quality peer education
projects as well as on strategies for long term
success and impact.
A space to showcase peer training approaches
and to exchange methods and good practices.
The European Peer Training Organisation (EPTO)
is pleased to invite youth volunteers, as well as
peer trainers and social workers from the youth
sector, to explore further and acquire more skills in
quality peer education and project implementation
to participate in the Peer Forum dedicated to
“Quality in peer education” organised as part of
the project “Cultivating capacities for quality peer
training”.
OUR CONTEXT
In EPTO, we believe in the power of peer education
as a tool to empower youth as actors in social
transformation and to contribute to the creation of
inclusive societies ensuring the well-being of all.
In the context of the promotion Campaign
“Together We Learn-Together We Change” (www.
peertraining.eu) promoting peer education and
youth activism in Europe, we started a formal
discussion about increasing the impact of peer
education.
Now, our aim is to improve the quality of peer
training within and beyond the EPTO network.
By reviewing EPTO’s pedagogical programmes,
updating materials, integrating new relevant
approaches, extracting quality standards of
delivery and testing out new seminar formats, we
will cultivate capacities of EPTO’s peer trainers and
new potential trainees and partners, to foster and
mainstream quality in peer education.
WHAT’S THE OBJECTIVE?
A 4-day seminar gathering 30 participants
trained during the previous activities delivered by
EPTO as well as representatives of youth-serving
organisations willing to implement quality peer
education projects. The seminar will be dedicated
to coaching and supporting youth and youth
workers in the implementation and development
of their own peer education project.
HOW WILL WE WORK?
Only 10 existing peer education projects will be
selected. Each project will have to be represented
by minimum 2, maximum 4 people coming from
the same organisation/informal group.
6 professional trainers and coaches will support
and accompany participants in the development
of their own quality peer education projects.
The main goals of this forum are:
• To increase participants skills in project
development and implementation;
• To increase participants ability to mainstream
quality and sustainability into their projects;
• To provide coaching and support in the
development of quality peer education
projects;
• To open a reflexion on what is quality in peer
education;
• To share good practices and be inspired by
other initiatives;
• To help participants evaluating existing peer
education projects.
We will achieve above mentioned goals by
informative and interactive sessions, working
groups and practice, peer lead activities and
discussions, coaching and support, participants’
reflections and evaluations.
COME
IMPROVE YOUR SKILLS
INCREASE THE QUALITY OF YOUR PEER
EDUCATION PROJECTS AND...
MAYBE WIN A PRIZE
At the end of the seminar, participants
will proceed to a selection of the best
project accordingly to pre-defined
quality standards. The project achieving
the higher level of quality will be
awarded with
a 1-day additional coaching session in
your local environment with their own
youth group or organisation
...and for the other participants, we
guarantee many good surprises!

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WHAT’S YOUR BENEFIT?
• You will improve existing projects using
peer education;
• You will get to know what quality peer
education is and how it can look like;
• You will develop leadership capacities and
ability to implement local peer education
projects tackling various issues;
• You will learn from EPTO’s experience
working with peer education for over 17
years;
• You can network during the seminar and
find new partners for future projects;
• You will be able to deliver quality
peer education projects and thereby
participate in the recognition of peer
education!
• You will win a prize ;-)
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
When: 19-24.10.2014
You are expected to arrive on October 19th
before 6 p.m. and to leave on November 24th
after 10 a.m. Events days will be from October
20th
to October 23th
2014.
Where: European Youth Centre, Budapest
http://www.eycb.coe.int/
Language: The working language will
be English. However, considering the
European spectrum amongst participants,
other languages could be understood and
translated if necessary.
CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION
The seminar targets young people and
professionals working with peer education
who are looking for tools to develop and
implement an existing project.
Applicants are asked to:
• Be aged between 16 and 30 years old
( some places will be available for
participants over 30)
• Be involved in a youth-serving organisation
or informal group
• Have an existing peer education project
or a clear and realistic idea of one to bring
and work on during the seminar
Each project has to be represented at
the seminar by minimum 2, maximum 4
participants form the same organisation/
informal group.
We are looking for 30 participants from the
following countries:
Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands,
Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovak Republic,
Italy, Poland, Denmark, Romania, Albania,
Armenia, Cyprus, Georgia, Malta, Russian
Federation, Turkey, Montenegro, Iceland,
Greece, Lithuania, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, United Kingdom, Estonia and
Ireland.
You want to apply but your country is not
represented? Please contact us!
PARTICIPATION FEES AND EXPENSES:
We require a participation fee of 100 ECO
per organisation or informal group. Each
organisation of informal group is asked to
send between 2 and 4 participants who will
work together on the development of their
peer education project.
The fee is helping covering seminar, food and
accommodation expenses.
To calculate this fee, we use an alternative
currency system to give equal access to
people with different living standards.

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100 ECO is equivalent to:
Country Euro
(rounded)
Participation
fee in Euro
with discount*
Belgium 100 80
Luxembourg 100 80
France 119 95
Netherlands 109 87
Germany 100 80
Slovenia 81 65
Hungary 90 72
Slovak Republic 90 72
Italy 109 87
Poland 81 65
Denmark 133 106
Romania 57 46
Albania 48 38
Armenia 66 53
Cyprus 90 72
Georgia 76 61
Malta 90 72
Russian Federation 86 69
Turkey 81 65
Montenegro 76 61
Iceland 138 110
Greece 90 72
Lithuania 76 61
Bosnia & Herzegovina 62 50
Bulgaria 62 50
United Kingdom 143 114
Estonia 81 65
Ireland 119 95
*EPTO members receive a 20% discount on the
participation fee. EPTO has recently introduced
a membership structure to create ownership on
both sides and provide its members with concrete
benefits. For more information on the EPTO
membership, go to www.epto.org.
These amounts are calculated assuming Belgium
100 ECO = 100€, in reference to “Youth in Action
guide 2013” – Volunteer’s allowance per month of
voluntary service abroad.
TRAVEL COSTS:
EPTO, thanks the support of the European
Youth foundation of the Council of Europe
as well as the ERASMUS + programme of
the European Union, will cover 80% of your
travel costs, which will be reimbursed after
the seminar. The remaining 20% will be on
your own costs.
Country Euro (rounded)
Belgium 200
Luxembourg 200
France 200
Netherlands 180
Germany 250
Slovenia 180
Hungary 125
Slovak Republic 125
Italy 200
Poland 200
Denmark 200
Romania 225
Albania 300
Armenia 400
Cyprus 250
Georgia 350
Malta 300
Russian Federation 350
Turkey 350
Montenegro 400
Iceland 550
Greece 250
Lithuania 250
Bosnia & Herzegovina 250
Bulgaria 250
United Kingdom 250
Estonia 275
Ireland 275

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APPLICATION DEADLINE AND PROCESS:
The deadline for application is on Friday,
September 5th at 12:00 pm. Responses will
be provided on Friday, September 12th the
latest. After your acceptance we will ask
you to transfer the participation fee upfront,
in order to finalise your application. You will
then receive an information package with the
specifics for the event.
Please note that you have to fill in one single
application form per project. Therefore
your application has to contain personal
information of each project leader willing to
attend the Peer Forum (minimum 2, maximum
4 people per project).
Since the Peer Forum aims at supporting and
coaching the implementation of quality peer
education project, you will have to provide a
description of your project in the application
form.
After the selection of participants, you will be
asked to provide a 2-minute video presenting
your project. This video will be diffused on
our website and Facebook page. All technical
information will be provided after the selection
of participants.
Please apply by filling in the online application
form: http://bit.ly/1nn8hXa
For any questions about the event or EPTO,
please contact: cathy@epto.org