Matthias has been a member of AEGEE (European Students' Forum) since 2002 and of the German scouting movement for much longer. He has been involved mainly in fund-raising and managing small and larger scale projects. He was selected to the board of his local AEGEE branch, again with main responsibility of raising funds and financial management.

Matthias studied industrial and medical engineering, he currently works as a management consultant.

The YIP-ies will enjoy a week dedicated to fundamentals of both institutional and commercial fund-raising!

The training module will make participants more familiar with the basic instruments needed for successful financing for their projects including application writing, budgeting and reporting.

Very practical and case-based, participants will learn to identify their key stakeholders for Fund-Raising and to develop strategies for the funding of their projects.

A key element will be the exchange of practices in fund-raising that the diverse group of participants has made.

Morning sessions will focus on theory and exchange of practice, whereas in the afternoon sessions, we will be more practical and meet local community members to learn their FR stories and to put FR into practice.

The training course aims at empowering participants to successfully fund raise for their individual, group or community projects they are currently engaged or will be engaged in the future!