Following IFM-SEI’s strategic work plan, we want to continue our working group who will deal with some of the aspects from the Capacity Building area. We want to bring together a group of people who will support our member organisations to create group work and develop grassroots structures, and share good practices on group work and volunteering between member organisations (MOs).

We are looking for motivated young people from the different IFM-SEI regions to join the working group! The working group will lead the work on the Capacity Building area during the next two years and a half, until Congress 2022 (May, June or July 2022). The working group will meet online regularly, with the possibility that the members of the working group might have a face-to-face meeting in International Congress and Common Ground 2020.

Objectives of the group are:

• Support the development of IFM-SEI regional networks and structures with an autonomous, self-led approach
• Offer capacity building trainings for MOs based on their organisational needs
• Facilitate the creation of bilateral or multilateral partnerships between MOs
• Provide spaces and platforms for MOs to share their good practices and create spaces for collaborative problem solving
• Create a programme to bringing internationalism and IFM-SEI to a grassroots local level
• Improve the communications of IFM-SEI with MOs and external stakeholders

The main areas of strategic work plan that the working group will work on are:

• Establish self-led regional networks with strategic priorities
• Face-to-face regional meeting of each regional network
• Deliver capacity building training courses for member organisations with a global dimension
• Create new bilateral or multilateral partnerships between MOs through a partnerships platform and buddying system
• Create and implement tools for meaningful exchange between MOs
• Support to deliver a global summer camp, a global campaign, an  educational activity and a toolkit on bringing global to local
•Establish a communications platform for IFM-SEI member organisations to share and communicate between each other easier

There is also the possibility that the working group will develop other areas of work or projects on the topics of group work, volunteering and non-formal education if new ideas come up and there is a need/desire from member organisations.

 If you are interested in joining the working group, please fill the application form to join the group by Sunday 5 January 2020. Former group members are welcomed to join the working group again!

Please note that being able to communicate and work in English is a must for members of this working group, as the vast majority of the work will be done online and translation cannot be provided.