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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:

  • 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.

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.

Schedule

Event
Date
COS    March 30-April1, 2003    
MTR    ???, 2003    
IST???, 2003
PSTJuly-September 2003

 

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