Opportunity to participate in the training course “intercultural communication”
Within the framework of the project “National Integration Centre” of the project “National Integration Centre” implemented by the Society Integration Fund (SIF), a training course “Intercultural Communication” (Level I) is organised to raise the intercultural communication skills of public administrations, municipalities and their institutions, as well as non-governmental organisations who are working or in the future in their work with third-country nationals.
Third-country nationals within the scope of this project shall be stateless persons and those foreigners who are not nationals of Member States of the European Union, European Economic Area or Swiss Confederation who have arrived in Latvia for the last five years and are legally resident in the territory of Latvia.
SIF has developed a training programme “intercultural communication” in cooperation with experts, which has been helping professionals in various sectors for several years to work and communicate with foreigners who have arrived with a goal of longer or shorter periods of residence and living in Latvia. In the course of the development of the training programme, an analysis of the latest research and scientific literature has been carried out, the experience and recommendations of third-country nationals have been heard, the experience and recommendations of public administration, local government and NGOs have taken place, taking into account the in-depth interviews. As a result, the training course created allows to look at the ongoing immigration processes through a deep personal sense of sense, while providing information on the most topical trends in the immigration process in Latvia and promoting the creation of practical skills, tolerance and valuable experience with third-country nationals.
The knowledge and skills acquired during training will enrich all professional skills and competences and will be useful in both work and day-to-day contact with people of different nationalities!
VENUE AND TIME
The level of training is four full days divided into two blocks of two days each. The training will be held in Riga region and Latgale region. Students from all Latvia may be interested in applying for training. The training sites will be clarified and will be carried out outside of regional centres. Membership is mandatory in all four days.
The training will take place:
| 1) Latgale region | 06.01 - 07.01 and 20.01-21.01.2015 (place for 20 participants) |
| 2) in the region of Riga | 08.01 - 09.01 and 22.01-23.01.2015 (place for 20 participants) |
TRAINING TARGET GROUP
Employees of public administrations, local governments and their institutions, as well as representatives of non-governmental organisations who are engaged in working with third-country nationals or who might be working with this target group in the near future. The training process calls for experts to be invited to address the issues of education, employment, health, safety, interests and civic participation of third-country nationals.
TOPICS AND METHODS OF THE TRAINING PROGRAMME
The training cycle consists of two workshops, each of which will last four full days (30 academic hours). A certificate of participation will be issued at the conclusion of the training.
The training is structured in 4 thematic blocks:
- Knowledge of “cultural sensitive professional activity”
- “Context of intercultural communication and cultural dialogue”
- “Cultural competencies and difference training (Diversity Training)”
- “Profesionālās Development perspektīvas”
The following methods will be used in the learning process: theoretical and practical lessons, discussions based on the shared needs of the group members and focus on the exchange of experience of the same actors and networking between representatives of various sectoral groups and geographical regions. Meeting with the target group representative, using different video views and interactive games.
SELECTION OF PARTICIPANTS
Within the framework of the project, “intercultural communication” will be an opportunity to participate in a total of 40 representatives of public administration, local governments, their institutions and representatives of non-governmental organisations from all Latvia.
The participants of the training will be selected in accordance with the tender procedures, assessing the information indicated in the questionnaire, regarding the knowledge of the potential participant in intercultural communication and direct contact with third-country nationals.
Priority will be given to representatives of public administrations, municipalities and their institutions, as well AS NGOs, who are directly involved in providing services to third-country nationals and who have the least experience in intercultural communication, providing as wide a range of institutions and organisations as possible.
COSTS, LOGIN AND CONTACT INFORMATION
The costs of educational materials, catering and staying in place of training outside Riga or other large Latvian cities are covered from the organisers' side (a specific training site will be specified). The participants' accommodation will be in two-room rooms. As far as possible, transport will be organised.
Period of application for training sending a registration questionnaire electronically to e-mail address nic@sif.lv is 28 November 2014.
The approval/rejection of the participation will be sent electronically no later than 17 December.
Contact person: Sandija Auermane, consultant for training activities of the project “National Integration Centre”, sandija.auermane@sif.lv, tel. 371 66102339.
Project is financed from the European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals (75%) and the State Budget of Latvia (25%)