{"id":84925,"date":"2026-07-16T09:43:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/project\/foraus-impact-academy-training-and-empowerment-of-young-volunteers\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T09:43:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T07:43:51","slug":"foraus-impact-academy-training-and-empowerment-of-young-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/project\/foraus-impact-academy-training-and-empowerment-of-young-volunteers\/","title":{"rendered":"foraus impact academy: training and empowerment of young volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<span>In order to address global challenges, foraus wants to be a platform for young thought leaders to publish evidence-based, high-quality content with constructive policy recommendations and to organize thought-provoking events. Our think tank empowers and enables young people to have the greatest possible impact on foreign policy with their ideas. Having a large impact and fulfilling the aforementioned functions requires skills and experiences that volunteers and members have the opportunity to acquire at foraus. This is where the <\/span><b>foraus impact academy<\/b><span> sets in.<\/span>\n\n<span>The impact academy is a <\/span><b>skill-boosting and knowledge transfer program provided by foraus<\/b><span> and addressed to volunteers active within the network, to association members as well as to external young people interested in acquiring foreign policy skills against a contribution fee.<\/span>\n\n<span>Within foraus, a large pool of expert knowledge is available within more senior volunteers, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foraus.ch\/people\/\"><span>the board and review board as well as the forever community<\/span><\/a><span>. The impact academy is thought to<\/span><b> bridge generations<\/b><span> within foraus by sharing best practices and knowledge within the community.\u00a0<\/span>\n\n<b>Course<\/b> <b>materials from these sessions<\/b><span> are part of a continually extended foraus knowledge repository, which will be launched in summer 2023.<\/span>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/black.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-51174 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/black-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr \/>\n\nThe <strong>Impact Academy <\/strong>project is supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ernst-goehner-stiftung.ch\/index.php\/de\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ernst G\u00f6hner Foundation<\/a>.\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ernst-goehner-stiftung.ch\/index.php\/de\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-51168 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/EGS_Schriftzug_schwarz-300x29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"29\" \/><\/a>\n\n<hr \/>\n\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/New-Faces.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-51171 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/New-Faces.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Impressions from the Impact Academy Workshops on Moderation and Project Management at the 2023 foraus Spring Retreat.<\/em>\r\n\r\n<ul>\n \t<li><span>\u2026 by providing a member\u2019s advantage unique to foraus<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by offering an economically good deal: cost-effective membership at foraus enables rich offer of workshops\n<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by showing how foraus can enable you to acquire skills useful beyond foraus itself<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by providing them free access to valuable trainings and materials<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by better preparing them for their roles and by helping them acquire skills useful beyond foraus<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by speeding up the learning process<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by deliberately connecting more and less senior volunteers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>|<ul>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by raising quality standards for our outputs<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by increasing the effectiveness of volunteer hours invested<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by engaging volunteers and members regularly<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by showing external stakeholders that foraus can host trainings on a variety of topics<\/span><\/li>\n \t<li aria-level=\"1\"><span>\u2026 by sharing already existing knowledge within the organisation with its members<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":82680,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"project-status":[1835],"custom-themes":[],"class_list":["post-84925","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project-status-past"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/84925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project-status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project-status?post=84925"},{"taxonomy":"custom-themes","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foraus.ch\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/custom-themes?post=84925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}