Equilitri Romania
| After a long journey through Asia, Equilitri was introduced in Europe through a series of pilot training courses and workshops on various topics for several different target groups. The European Training Wave, the 2nd Phase of the Equilitri Strategy, started in Romania with a training course that borrowed the name of the personal development method itself. EquiliTRI was a course for youth workers from organisations active in the field of non-formal education and youth projects. The target group was formed of 18 youth workers (6 promoters from 6 countries). The project took place in Romania, in Sarata Monteoru in March 2012, with European Union funding. Equilitri Romania was the first full-length training course using the method. During the 9 days, the participants went through using the method and discovering how it can function in a non-governmental organisation environment, how it can help people improve their motivation, efficiency, communication, team-work, goal-setting skills. This project’s goal was to develop the capacity of the promoting organisations to motivate and improve their volunteers through Personal and Professional Development.The course also introduced a new method named Alternative Virtual Reality, a method based on recent ICT developments which stimulates participation, involvement and provides an alternative method of evaluation. The project offered the participants advanced HR tools for professional and personal development and key competencies in four major areas: time management, leadership and followship, planning and organizing, organisational communication skills.
The trainers were Teolin, from Romania, the author of the method, and Darko, from Macedonia.
Here are some thoughts from the participants:
Inese from Latvia: ‘’The training was great. Feel blessed that I had a chance to be here. Got knowledge that I will use in my life. I am thankful to the organizers for creating such an awesome training.’’
“In these days I learned a lot more about myself than in 4 years in college. Found out some things about myself and what I really want that I didn’t know before my participation in Equilitri.’’
“The best thing about Equilitri is that it offers you many tools which you can use to grow personally and professionally.’’
“The training focused both on personal and professional development providing me with tools necessary for a youth worker. Trainers and participants created a great environment for working on Equilitri.’’
“Very nice and interesting training. Gained lots, it definitely gives me a lot of luggage to use in life. The group is fantastic.”
Birte from Germany: “Equilitri is a great way to show young open-minded & encouraged people how to develop themselves & to give them to have a positive impact on other people. I had a great time with everyone walking this path.’’
“All that I expected from this training I actually received and not only – I got even more than expected. This seminar gave me an input, taught me how to manage my time, how to plan things and more. I really enjoyed this project, briefly – it`s AWESOME.’’
“In this training course I had a chance to look at myself and my life from a bit different point of view. I feel more inspired, self-confident and motivated to achieve my goals, which I see now more clearly. Teolin is an amazing trainer and great person. I think that everybody can learn a lot from him. Thank you for everything! ‘’
“I think that young people need to reflect their life through experiences & by living but now I understand that they can do it also through personal development systems like Equilitri. This new method helped a lot of people open up.’’
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 where should I go from here?
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Alex from Portugal:
Ognen from Germany:
Theodora from Greece:
Fernando from Portugal:
Laima from Latvia:
Dace from Latvia:
Ioannis from Greece:
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission.
