May 2015

TPO ORGANIZED FIRST TRAINING FOR YOUTH CALLED
"PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT"

On the basis of the needs of young people in the project "ICDE" TPO Foundation created a new manual called "Personal and professional development - manual for young people". I order to assist young people to acquire additional

knowledge and skills relating to leadership, communication, employment and other important issues for young people, TPO Foundation organized the first two-day training for young people in Sarajevo on May 30 and 31, 2015.

The two-day training was conducted by the authors of manual, Dr. Amra Delić, neuropsychiatric and psychotherapist, long-time activist in the fields of human rights and volunteerism and Džejna

Bajramović, B.Sc. a successful manager with a long career in leadership positions. Participants were students and young people from various non-governmental organizations and political BH parties.

The training consisted of two parts, the first day presented a module on personal development where participants had an opportunity to present and exchange experiences through exercises and opinions on personal characteristics and to study on the promotion of personal resources, building self-confidence, optimism, faith in self and self-motivation and other important topics of personal development. On the second day of training

participants had the chance to learn about professional development, expectations of employers as well as the skills required to create their own profile in the business world with the aim to strengthen their potentials, skills and competences to become useful and productive members of society. At the end of the training, participants received the manuals and certificates for successful completion of two-day training.