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Call for trainers: Summer Training Course for Young Patients Advocates - Leadership Programme 2017 - Deadline 28.02.2017

Data: 08/02/2017

Call for Trainers: Summer Training Course for Young Patients Advocates – Leadership Programme 2017

European Patients Forum (EPF) is looking for 2

Application deadline: 28.02.2017


Description


The purpose and nature of this programme is to support, through high-quality training and coaching, young patients advocates or representatives of young patients advocates who have the motivation to learn more about the advocacy and maximise their leadership potentials in real environment.

Specifically, the programme targets around 40 (forty) young patients advocates (ages 18 – 30) from EU Members States and the Western Balkan countries who have either the EU official candidate or potential candidate country status: - Employee or volunteer of a patient organisation - Patient with a chronic and/or lifelong illness/condition who is affiliated with a patient organisation - Patient with a chronic and/or lifelong illness/condition who is not affiliated with a patient organization.

• To foster participants’ future engagement in public awareness and advocacy efforts in their respective countries;
• To strengthen participants’ strategic communication and advocacy skills;
• To increase participants’ knowledge about the key attributes of patients’ advocacy organisation led in an accountable and transparent manner;
• To increase confidence and provide a simulative learning environment for participants to fully embrace their role as patients’ advocates;
• Overall aim of the Summer Leadership Programme 2017: To contribute in building capacities of young patients/their representatives to involve in patient organisations and advocacy work in their respective countries in a meaningful way.

Specific objectives:
For more information and application, please consult the following link.

Requested trainer profile
• Qualitative criteria 1:
Relevance of the training experience and expertise of the proposed team to the Youth Leadership & Advocacy, including their assigned roles - 25 points;
• Qualitative criteria 2: Understanding of the nature and purpose of this service in terms of Youth Patient Advocacy in the current EU public healthcare, and patient discrimination context - 25 points;
• Qualitative criteria 3: Relevance, feasibility and quality of the detailed methodology proposed, including the work plan - 25 points;
• Criteria 4: Financial offer - price - 25 points.

Working conditions
The maximum contract price is EUR 12.000 including fees, administrative overheads and VAT. The total duration of the assignment is around 8-9 months with the flexible worktime schedule, starting in March 2017. The training event wil take place from 3rd to 5th July in Vienna. The minimum total number of days for the service is 30. Travel and subsistence costs linked to travel will be covered in addition to the above-mentioned value.

For more information and submission of technical and financial offers, please consult the following link.

Team composition
The training methodology shall take into consideration the different natures of participants who take part in the training course, namely their general and professional background, current level of knowledge and further aspirations to develop their leadership potentials. The proposed methodology should reflect these differences. The proposed training will also attempt to strike a balance between theoretical frameworks and the practical aspects through the follow-up phase (ex.: follow-up etc.).

For more information about the specific tasks and deliverables, please consult the following link.

Application & selection procedure

Apply no later than: 28.02.2017

How to apply:
Please consult the following link.

The submission/application form can be found on the above link.

The full application should be submitted to Selena Imerovic on [email protected].

You will be informed about the selection by: 10.03.2017.


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