Open Call for Participants: Community Organizers Training Programme 2026
Project: CivicLink: Advancing Civic Integration in Prague
Prague | April – October 2026
Are you passionate about civic life in Prague? Whether you are mobilizing neighbors, advocating for local change, or creating spaces for public engagement, we want to help you grow and connect with other like-minded people.
Join our Community Organizers Training—a 40-hour capacity-building journey designed for those ready to deepen their practice and amplify their impact.
Read more and apply via Open Call
Workshops Overview
Community Organizing
Facilitator: Vendula Veronesi
This workshop explores how community organizing works in practice within the Czech civil society context. Through guided reflection, discussion, and hands-on exercises, participants deepen their understanding of key principles such as relational work, trust-building, mobilization, and shared responsibility. The session includes personal reflection on participants’ own roles and motivations, work with practical tools such as community mapping, and space for peer exchange. A follow-up peer session provides structured support for discussing real challenges and opportunities for collaboration.
Intercultural Competences
Facilitator: Dana Moree
Participants will work on identity development and cultural differences through methods based on experiential pedagogy. Using concrete situations and exercises, they will reflect on real cases from practice. In the second part of the workshop, participants will focus on looking for possible solutions to these situations through facilitated discussion and supervision.
Bridging, Othering, and Belonging
Facilitator: Natallia Allen, Mónica Márquez Bobadilla
This session focuses on defining and reflecting on the concepts of bridging, othering, and belonging and how they can help us better connect with each other. The workshop supports participants in designing community organizing activities that foster connection and belonging across differences.
Co-creation and Facilitation Methods
Facilitator: Václav Kovář
This interactive workshop explores how intercultural communities can work together in participatory and inclusive ways. Participants learn what co-creation means in community organizing and how facilitation supports collaboration, decision-making, and shared responsibility. Through practical exercises and group simulations, they experience methods such as asset mapping, World Café, retrospective, and participatory decision-making. The session focuses on structuring group processes clearly, ensuring all voices are heard, and sharing power transparently to build trust and equity.
Communication Skills in Intercultural Context
Facilitator: Václav Kovář
In this session, participants gain basic knowledge and skills in stage presence techniques through short frontal presentations combined with practical training. The session covers the foundations of stage presence, including non-verbal communication (posture and gesture), verbal expression, and working with space and technical equipment. It also addresses nervousness and self-confidence, working with the public, gaining and maintaining attention, managing conflict, and adapting presentations to different contexts, with emphasis on intercultural interactions. Participants will also work on presentation structure and practical techniques for smooth delivery.
Fundraising and Projects
Facilitator: Marie Bednářová
This session builds on participants’ work and focuses on practical fundraising skills. It begins with an overview of fundraising possibilities and continues with developing a clear case for seeking support from potential donors. Participants present their first pitch and receive feedback from the group. They also work on shaping fundraising arguments for different communication channels and leave with a clearer understanding of how to approach donors and articulate their case for support.
This Project has been supported by the European Philanthropic Initiative for Migration (EPIM), a collaborative initiative of the Network of European Foundations (NEF). The mini grants are supported by Česka spořitelna a.s.