Name of the project: Lord of volunteers
Date: 14thto 20th October 2017
Country/City:Czech Republic
What was the main topic of the event?
Grete Liis Kuurme –The main topic was the work in organizations as a volunteer, why and how you should do it, how to motivate yourself and others on this topic, share the knowledge with others in your home country or organization, how to be a good mentor, how to approach people on that subject, also showing that volunteer work can benefit you and others a lot in a fun and interesting way.
Aljona Vassiljeva – Volunteering. The reasons and purposes of volunteering, different types of volunteers, their tasks and motivation in NGO.
Eilika Trummar – Volunteer management
What was the biggest learning moments on the event for you?

Aljona Vassiljeva – Work on the meadow and workshop about collecting letters. Both times there were people who knew the back story, background, reasons why it all had to be done and people with a serious lack of information. It was a really good model of practically every big organization, where boss(es) don`t feel obligated to share information with other workers, and workers don`t understand why they`re supposed to do some tasks, which leads to conflicts and lost motivation.
Eilika Trummar – I’m very honest if saying that this was the TC I literally didn’t learn anything new.
Do you have any plans to continue active in the field? If yes, what?

Aljona Vassiljeva – I plan to continue as a volunteers` mentor in my organization.
Eilika Trummar – Yes, I work as a volunteer manager and continue my work.
Would you recommend it to your friends? I yes, why? If not, why not?

Aljona Vassiljeva – Yes, because it was pretty fresh view on the subject, sometimes from unexpected angles and the most important point is that we learned the biggest part through some exciting and creative activities and not through the series of boring lectures.
Eilika Trummar – I would recommend training courses and seminars generally for everyone. It’s a very good way to learn and make connections. Just this particular TC was not enough for me this time.

Aljona Vassiljeva – The leaders were great and atmosphere was amazing.
This Project was financed by European Commission’s Erasmus + Programme