2025. 09. 17

Empower Myself 2025

The non-profit organization TANDEM announces a 4-weekend training program for young people aged 14–16, who want to face the challenges of adult life with greater self-confidence. Participants can look forward to practical, playful, and experience-based weekends, during which they will get to know themselves better and acquire skills that will provide a solid foundation for entering the world of work.

The training is intended primarily for young people from socially disadvantaged backgrounds and children’s homes – for them, participation is free of charge.

The goal of the Empower Myself program is for young people to gain new skills and confidence, to navigate everyday life more easily, and to be prepared for further studies or entering the labor market. The program is designed for those living in situations where support is especially valuable – whether in a children’s home, in difficult financial circumstances, with illness in the family, or in foster care – and who need guidance in the following areas:

better understanding themselves,
how to use social media and the online world wisely,
how to manage money responsibly and what to watch out for in everyday situations,
becoming braver, more confident, and learning to believe in themselves.

What does the program offer?

Self-knowledge and career orientation – support in recognizing strengths and consciously planning the future
Personal development and self-confidence – more confident decision-making, strengthening personal values and motivations
Cooperation and responsibility in the community
Safe use of the internet, development of critical thinking
Experiential learning and knowledge applicable in everyday life
Basic financial literacy and practical experience to understand the challenges of daily life
Professional support and individual mentoring guidance

Program content:

4 weekend workshops (from Friday afternoon until early Sunday afternoon)
Playful, creative, experiential exercises and workshops led by experienced TANDEM trainers and experts, combined with individual mentoring

Dates:

October 24–26, 2025
November 21–23, 2025
December 12–14, 2025
January 16–18, 2026

Venue:
Mission Center Bethlehem, Jelka
Jamová 1246/27, 925 23 Jelka

Application deadline: October 12, 2025
Application form: https://forms.gle/yPxCQt7duMtJtVH96

More information:
Sikula Gábor
📞 +421 904 539 405
📧 sikula.gabor@tandemno.sk

kariérne poradenstvo

self awareness

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életpálya-tervezés

eSAT - The European youth Strategy delivered through Advanced Technologies

The new EU Youth Strategy urges young people to be architects of their own lives and contribute to positive change in society. It lays the base for young people to avoid poverty or social exclusion and benefit from EU education, employment, or training opportunities, yet many young Europeans still aren´t aware of those opportunities.

The Project eSAT´s main objective is to deliver the EU Youth Strategy to young in an engaging, exciting and understandable way, by developing a comic book. The 4 stories it comprises will be developed by 4 international teams of volunteers trained in visual
storytelling, on the topics: Engage, Connect, Empower, and fourth one chosen by the volunteers themselves. The comic book will be translated into the 4 project partners´ languages (Bulgarian, Hungarian, Romanian and Slovak) and it will be developed both in
print and in a digital format.

With the comic book at hand, the volunteers will be actively involved in its promotion, which will be integrated into the partners´ regular activities, to ensure its impact reaches their peers: young Europeans who aren´t aware of the message and opportunities the EU Youth Strategy delivers.

By implementing this project, the partners hope to empower young people to make a difference in this society by expanding and exploring the possibilities accessible to them, to increase their active citizenship, contributing to young people avoiding poverty or social exclusion while benefiting from EU education, employment, or training opportunities.

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oktatás

Organizers

Tóth Molnár Éva

trainer (maternity leave)

Sikula Gábor

Executive director, trainer