Training of Trainers for European YOUTH in ACTION Projects 2

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Activity organised by SALTO
National Agency
Summary The major aim of this training course is to train trainers who have the competences and the motivation to contribute to the improvement of the quality of projects within the Youth in Action Programme of the European Union.
Activity date 2011-10-07 - 2012-07-04
Activity type Training course
Target group Trainers
and facilitators
For participants from Austria, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey, Croatia
Group size 24
Venue place, venue country United Kingdom, Belgium, Bulgaria
Details This Training of Trainers lasts a year and consists of
• three residential seminars
• an international training project you design and run with some other participants
• ongoing e-learning
• ongoing mentoring with one of the course trainers as your mentor
• learning commitments

The dates for the three residential seminars are:
1st seminar 7-16 October 2011 in the United Kingdom
2nd seminar 20-29 January 2012 in the Flemish speaking community of Belgium
3rd seminar 26 June - 4 July 2012 in Bulgaria

Specific objectives with respect to the trainees of the training course are to further develop and improve the following competences of participants:
• The competence to plan educational activities in line with the values and purposes of the Youth in Action Programme.
• The competence to plan educational activities in line with the values and purposes of the Youth in Action Programme.
• The competence to develop and make explicit an educational approach which incorporates the key-concepts, values and consolidated practice of non-formal education.
• The competence to direct one´s own learning (Learning to Learn)
• The competence to deal with ambiguity and change.
• The competence to understand and facilitate learning of others.
• The competence to design, implement and evaluate training programmes.
• The competence to co-operate in international teams of trainers/facilitators.


Methodology and Structure of the course
The course is designed to give participants the opportunity to experience, and reflect upon, being a trainee and a trainer. It is designed as a mutual learning process where participants can learn from each other and from the experiences they encounter during the course. Due to its long-term character, the course is designed in such a way that the three seminars are only ONE of the aspects shaping the learning process of participants. Acting as a responsible self-directed learner is a key feature of ToT.

Participants have to be recruited and paid for by one of the National Agencies for the YOUTH IN ACTION programme, usually the one the participant lives in.

Participants are expected
• To have been already involved at least three times in a team of trainers designing, implementing and evaluating a training course in the framework of Non-Formal Education.
• To have had international experience in the youth work field with a function of responsibility (not only as a participant) – organising international youth projects, leading a youth exchange, mentoring EVS volunteers, etc.
• To have the potential and need to develop training competences and act after the course as a trainer for European Youth in Action projects and/or for training courses organised by the National Agencies of the Youth in Action programme.
• To show initiative and willingness to self-direct their own learning process.
• To be prepared to reflect on and question their own beliefs and approaches as trainers.
• To be able to run training courses in English.

Further information can be found at www.salto-youth.net/ToT
Costs Participation fees need to be checked with the National Agency (NA) of your country. Being selected by your NA, expenses for accommodation and travel will be covered by the NAs.
Working language English
Organizer SALTO Training and Cooperation RC on behalf of the participating NAs
Organizer's profile/framework of activity
Deadline 2011-05-31
Date of selection 2011-06-30