The Joint Activity will take place at Campus Vesta on the 19^th and 20^th of May 2022 in Ranst (Belgium). Campus Vesta is a training centre for emergency services with more than 37 hectares (92 acres) that is used for training. We are also involved in multiple European projects because we believe strongly in international knowledge sharing.

The target audience

For this event, we are inviting two main groups: trainers and decision makers. Trainers are participants that have experience in training first responders. Generally, they also have some knowledge of CBRN.

Decision makers are (as the name suggests) the persons that can make decisions in the training centres. For example, decisions about working together with companies, decisions about membership to networks or decisions about the trainings that are used within a training centre.

The program

• 19th of May: Joint Train the Trainer with trainers and decision makers

Full day (including lunch and dinner)

• 20th of May: Train the trainer for trainers, policy meeting for decision makers.

Half day (including lunch)

The train the trainer

To get to know some of the contents of the train the trainer, a webinar was organised on the 8^th of March. You can find a recording of the webinar right here.

The contents of the webinar give a good overview of the MELODY curriculum. The MELODY curriculum is a training curriculum meant for first responders without any CBRN experience. It has a modular approach where the trainer can mix and match parts of the curriculum to fit their needs and target audience. The curriculum includes an e-learning, PowerPoint slides, scenarios to discuss and table top exercises.

The policy meeting

In the policy meeting, your input will be invaluable and you can connect with different decision makers from training centres all over Europe. The main goal of the policy meeting is to find out how training centres work together with industry, what their past experiences are like, and how they would like to collaborate in the future. By sharing these experiences, we can learn from each other and we can all benefit.

On top of that, it would help solidify the creation of a sustainable European network of training centres, by exploring how the eNOTICE network might assist training centres in this cooperation. Thus it is vital to know your thoughts and opinions on this. For more information about the policy meeting you can mail to olga.vybornova@uclouvain.be

Pre-registration

You can pre-register until the 8th of April via this link: https://forms.gle/bwH86XNk4UhyYu8b8

Reimbursement of costs

We understand that not all training centres might have the means to travel to Belgium. Therefore, we would like to offer you a reimbursement of costs to allow you to attend this event. We offer the following:

• 3 night at the hotel B-INN or Aldhem, including breakfast
• Lunch on the 19th and 20th of May
• Dinner on the 19th of May

On top of that, we offer reimbursement of travel costs (e.g. airplane or train) up to 200 euros per person.

What will not be reimbursed are:

• Travel costs above 200 euros per person
• Alcoholic beverages
• Lunch and dinner not provided by the projects
• Items taken from the mini bar at the hotel (or from other hotel facilities)
• Costs claimed without receipts or tickets

When you want to claim your costs, please make sure to keep all boarding passes, train and bus tickets, receipt and bills. Without these documents, your costs cannot be reimbursed.

Financial support

The reimbursement of costs is possible thanks to the financial support from Europe.

• eNOTICE: this project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement № EC-HORIZON2020-PR740521-eNOTICE
• MELODY: this project has received funding from the European Commision's Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs under programme ISFP-2017-AG-PROTECT grant No 814803

Contact details for questions

If you have any more questions about this Joint Activity, the content, logistics or anything else, please do not hesitate to contact us:

euprojects@campusvesta.be or

Maaike.vandevorst@campusvesta.be

You can also call:

+32473564563