InfoPack - Peer Learning Training in Slovenia

Invitation to the Peer Learning Training: "Strengthening Women's Networks" 🌍

We are delighted to invite you to our transformative 4-day Peer Learning Training from 11.2. 2026 to 15.2.2026 hosted by Zavod Veles Slovenia! This intensive exchange is a core activity of our Erasmus+ project, LeadHERship: Strengthening Women's Networks.

Join us for an opportunity to deepen your expertise, share your unique skills, and collaboratively develop innovative approaches for empowering women in rural communities.

🎯 Aims and Content of the Peer Learning Training

This training is designed to foster innovation transfer and capacity building across our partner organisations.

The primary aims are to:

1. Spread Innovative Methods: Exchange little-known and cutting-edge practices, tools, and approaches used by educators in women's empowerment.

2. Facilitate Peer Exchange: Engage in practical application, discussion, and reflection to deepen your understanding of diverse methods and explore how to adopt them in your local educational work.

3. Explore Specific Topics: Dedicate one day to a focused mini-workshop led by a Zavod Veles collaborator, delving into a topic or method of mutual interest to all participants.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the training, you will achieve:

• Increased Knowledge about innovative methodologies for women’s empowerment.

• Practical Skills in facilitating exercises and practices.

• Skills to create inclusive, welcoming, and nourishing spaces.

• Deeper understanding of how to access feminine energy in a women’s circle.

• Enhanced awareness of cultural differences and diversity within our respective countries.

👥 Who Should Participate?

We are looking for women educators, staff, and collaborators who are actively engaged in women’s education in their respective organisations and local communities. Each partner organization is invited to send three participants.

Who Benefits?

• Participants (Educators): You will directly benefit through increased knowledge, practical skills, and a strong professional network.

• Partner Organizations: Will benefit from the innovation transfer, enhanced capacity, and a larger pool of skilled trainers ready to implement new methods.

• Local Women (Learners): The ultimate beneficiaries are the local women in our respective rural areas who will participate in the local activities (Objective 2) led by you, the newly trained educators, thereby gaining the benefits of the learned methods, tools, and practices.

🔗 How This Activity Reaches Project Objectives

This training is instrumental in achieving two key project objectives:

1. Objective 1 (Capacity Building): This activity directly involves 9 adult education trainers in peer learning to acquire innovative and less well-known methodologies in women’s empowerment. These learnings will be immediately applied in local workshops and later shared with more colleagues, boosting the internal capacity of all three organizations.

2. Objective 4 (Networking and Collaboration): The intense 4-day residential setting promotes deeper networking, builds strong personal relationships among the participating educators, and lays the groundwork for sustained future collaboration between the partner organizations.

INFORMATION ABOUT THE VENUE SUNNY HILL

SLOVENE ISTRA, Sunny Hills of Istra, Topolovec 29, 6272 Gračišče, Slovenia

The Istrian peninsula was known to Romans as the terra magica. It's name is derived from the Histri, an Illyrian tribe that lived in the region. Romans described them as pirates who were hard to conquer due to the difficulty of navigating their territory.

Nowadays Slovene Istra is popular for its natural beauties, small coastal towns as well as hidden jewels of the hinterland. The mild sub-Mediterranean climate offers perfect conditions to grow wine, olives and truffles. During your visit, we might have opportunity to discover some of the hidden treasures of Istria.

ACCOMMODATION

We will use Sunny Hill accommodation that has everything you need for a comfortable stay. You will sleep in shared rooms.

COSMETIC PRODUCTS

Please bring only environmentally friendly cosmetics (soaps and shampoos) as we reuse the water from the bathrooms in our garden. In case you can't find such products, you can use ours.

FOOD

The kitchen team cooks vegetarian food, prepared with love using local, and when possible, organically produced ingredients. We invite non-alcohol policy to the event.

TRAVEL

The travel costs for this event are covered by the EU grant up to a maximum amount that depends on the distance you travel.

ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TIME

Arrival day is Tuesay, Feb 10th. There will be dinner at 19:00 and an informal first gathering of those participants who have already arrived. The first session starts on the next morning, March 11th.

If you arrive with a delay, please inform us via phone call or whatsapp: +386 68 642 009 or +386 41 959 403.

Departure day is Wednesday, Feb 16nd. The event will end on the evening 15st of Feb with a celebration. Please leave your room on the departure day until 12 PM. Our team will inform you where to put your luggage in case you leave later that day.

✅ Preparation and Follow-Up

Your involvement extends beyond the 4 days in Slovenia:

• Preparation: Your interests and expertise will be collected via a questionnaire. A preparatory online meeting will be held for introductions, content overview, and logistics.

• Networking: A social media group will be established for continuous peer support and networking.

• Follow-Up: Six weeks after the training, we will meet for an online session to share the results of your initial experimentation with the new practices in your local context.

• Evaluation: Results will be formally evaluated after four months via an online questionnaire.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Sunny Hills of Istria for this enriching and empowering experience!

Project Code: 2025-1-SK01-KA210-ADU-000365757

Project Title: LeadHERship: Strengthening Women’s Networks

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