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Additional Trainings During Volunteer Service
In its commitment to institutionalize quality training, the Peace Corps has implemented a training system that provides trainees and volunteers with continuous opportunities to examine their commitment to Peace Corps service while increasing their technical and cross-cultural skills.Over the two-year Volunteer term of service, there are usually four training events. The titles and objectives for those trainings are as follows:
The number, length, and design of these trainings will be adapted to country-specific needs and conditions. The key to the training system is that training events are integrated and interrelated, from the pre-departure orientation through the end of service, and are planned, implemented, and evaluated cooperatively by the training staff, Peace Corps staff, and Volunteers.
- Pre-Service Training
Objective: To provide trainees with solid technical, language, and cross-cultural knowledge for living and working in Mauritania.
- In-Service Training
Objective: To provide an opportunity for Volunteers to upgrade their technical, language, and project development skills while sharing their experiences and reaffirming their commitment after having served for three to six months.
- Mid-Term Reconnect
Objective: To assist Volunteers in reviewing their first year, reassessing their personal and project objectives, and planning for their second year of service.
- Close Of Service Conference
Objective: To prepare Volunteers for the future after Peace Corps service and to review Volunteers' respective projects and personal experiences.
Schedule
Event Date COS March 30-April1, 2003 MTR ???, 2003 IST ???, 2003 PST July-September 2003