[ALBSA-Info] Fwd: CfA: COE Training of Trainers for SEE Europe, 5-15.11.2002, Budapest

[Agron Alibali]

> From: "Craig Zelizer"
> <czelizer at conflicttransformation.org>
> 
> Training for Trainers Working in South East Europe"
> European Youth Centre Budapest, 5 - 15 November 2002
> 
> DJ/TFT-CE (2002) 1 eng
> 
> D o w n l o a d :
> Presentation and Application Form [PDF file]
> 
> PRESENTATION OF THE COURSE
> 
> Training within the Directorate of Youth and Sport
> 
> During recent years, training has become an
> increasingly important
> instrument to pursue the aims and principles of the
> Council of Europe's
> youth policy. Similarly, within youth movements and
> institutions, it is
> nowadays acknowledged that the ever-growing
> complexity and diversity of
> youth work requires competent and motivated
> volunteers or staff members to
> secure quality and a maximisation of results. For
> those active in youth
> work, on a volunteer or remunerated basis,
> temporarily or permanently, the
> commitment put into and the experience acquired in
> youth work can be better
> valued in other professional circles if accompanied
> by training.
> 
> The Directorate of Youth and Sport has acquired an
> undisputed reputation for
> and expertise in developing educational approaches
> and materials suitable to
> both formal and non-formal contexts as well as to
> different cultural
> environments. Its work with multipliers and its
> long-term training programme
> have all contributed to the development of youth
> leaders and projects that
> make their impact first and foremost at grass-roots
> level while being
> remarkably European.
> 
> Training and non-formal education activities form
> the backbone of youth
> work. While its non-formal nature gives it
> credibility, flexibility and
> increased relevance to the young people's needs, its
> status and quality can
> only improve with an increase in the number of
> qualified and trained youth
> workers and trainers working in the field.
> 
> The training activities of the Directorate of Youth
> and Sport are aimed at
> young people and youth workers who are in a position
> to act as "multipliers"
> for a socio-educational philosophy based on
> participation, pluralistic
> democracy, intercultural learning and human rights
> as a basis for an open
> and just European society for all. These courses act
> in complementarity to
> previous training and experiences among participants
> and aim to promote
> youth participation at European level. The results
> of these courses can thus
> be used all over Europe by young people in their
> associations' work and
> adapted to the needs of individual situations. These
> courses are also run in
> co-operation with the European Youth Forum.
> 
> Why a "Training for Trainers working in South East
> Europe"?
> 
> "Training for Trainers working in South East Europe"
> complements the other
> training offer of the Directorate of Youth and Sport
> by allowing
> participants to not only benefit from, but also be
> in the position to
> themselves run, training programmes with an
> intercultural dimension.
> Experience has shown that some specificities exist
> in the field of training
> when working in the countries of South East Europe.
> 
> The growing number of applications received from the
> region for the regular
> training courses of the Directorate of Youth and
> Sport demonstrates the need
> for an international training programme focusing on
> youth in the region.
> This course will address some of these demands by
> preparing young people to
> confidently and competently plan and run regional
> and international youth
> activities.
> The experience acquired during the educational
> activities such as Training
> for Trainers working in Central and Eastern Europe
> (2000), Long Term
> Training Courses for youth leaders and youth workers
> carrying out projects
> with young people in South East Europe (2000/2001),
> and in the Caucasus
> (2001/2002) reveals that focused efforts in these
> regions should be based on
> the development of quality projects and project
> leadership. On the other
> hand there is significant demand for trainers and
> multipliers who, at
> national, regional and European level, are competent
> to youth activities
> with an intercultural dimension.
> 
> The course "Training for Trainers working in South
> East Europe" is relevant
> for youth organisations and other youth work
> institutions who need to have
> competent and autonomous trainers capable of
> delivering the training their
> membership needs. Building on the accumulated
> experience of non-formal
> education and youth work, the training course is
> participant-centred and
> aims at developing participants' knowledge, skills,
> competencies and
> attitudes in training on topics such as
> intercultural learning, human rights
> education, youth participation, conflict
> transformation, citizenship, etc.
> This training course will encourage the participants
> to develop their
> critical thinking, creativity, communication,
> ability to deal with
> conflicts, team work, and responsibility in training
> contexts.
> 
> For the Directorate of Youth and Sport it is also an
> investment in the
> quality of the activities it promotes or supports
> such as other training
> courses and study sessions, as well the educational
> activities and pilot
> projects supported by the European Youth Foundation.
> All these activities
> demand teams that feel competent and confident to
> plan and deliver an
> educational programme.
> 
> Aims and objectives of the course
> 
> The main aim of this course is to enable
> participants - within the framework
> of their youth organisation or associations - to
> competently prepare, run
> and evaluate youth training activities with
> intercultural dimension in South
> East Europe.
> 
> Objectives:
> 
> o To provide a complementary European training to
> trainers, youth leaders
> and youth workers involved in running European or
> international educational
> activities in South East Europe;
> 
> o To increase participants' knowledge and awareness
> about the values
> underpinning European non-formal educational youth
> activities;
> 
> o To provide basic insight into different concepts
> of training in non-formal
> education;
> 
> o To support participants in assessing their own
> training needs and in
> learning from their own experiences;
> 
> o To support participants in assessing the
> specificities of youth training
> in South East Europe and in developing distinct
> training approaches;
> 
> o To increase the participants' competence and
> motivation to introduce and
> deal with intercultural learning in youth
> activities;
> 
> o To provide essential skills for the trainer in
> running non-formal
> educational activities with multicultural youth
> groups (e.g. group dynamics,
> evaluation, programme design, communication,
> conflict management);
> 
> o To raise participants' professional awareness
> concerning quality criteria
> and principles, professional ethics and values in
> training;
> 
> o To generally contribute to the improvement of the
> quality and number of
> trainers involved in European training activities in
> and concerning South
> East Europe.
> 
> Methodology and Programme
> 
> The course will give participants the opportunity to
> experience, and reflect
> upon, being both a trainee and a trainer. The entire
> course is designed as a
> mutual learning situation, where participants can
> compare their approaches
> to training and trans-national youth work.
> Contributions from experts in the
> training field will establish a theoretical
> framework and common reference
> point for learning and communication. Multicultural
> groups of participants,
> with the assistance of the course team, will
> prepare, run and evaluate a
> training workshop for the other participants. A
> diversity of working methods
> will be used. Special attention will be given to
> discussion and the
> development of new training strategies and
> methodologies appropriate for
> youth training in South East Europe. The previous
> experience of the
> participants, as well as of the preparatory team,
> will be the starting point
> of the learning process.
> 
> The programme of the course, inter alia, will
> include:
> 
> · analysis of the role of training and the trainer
> within youth work in
> South East Europe
> · introduction to and reflection about different
> concepts of training
> · the role of intercultural learning in training
> · reflections on Europe, ethics and values in youth
> training
> · skills training for trainers, e.g. using and
> developing different methods
> and methodologies
> · understanding group dynamics, planning, organising
> and evaluating training
> activities
> · the role of training young people in building
> civil society in South
> Eastern European and in contributing to European
> co-operation.
> 
> These elements will be looked at in view of the
> specificity of training in
> the context of particular South East European
> countries and regions.
> 
> Languages
> 
> English is foreseen as the working language of the
> course. However, in order
> to better adapt the course to the actual language
> needs of participants, all
> candidates are requested to state in their
> application forms all the
> languages in which they are able to work. Candidates
> must have sufficient
> understanding of English in order to comprehend and
> complete this
> application form without assistance from another
> person.
> 
> Participants' Profile
> 
> o Trainers, youth leaders, youth workers (members of
> INGYOs, NYCs or other
> youth organisations, governmental youth
> institutions, youth projects and
> NGOs working for youth) and other occasional youth
> trainers who are, or will
> be, responsible for one or several training
> activities with a South East
> European and/or international dimension in South
> East Europe during the
> years 2002 and/or 2003;
> o Trainers and/or team members in European youth
> programmes who wish to gain
> training skills for international or intercultural
> programmes addressing the
> SEE region foreseen for the years 2002 and/or 2003;
> 
> Priority will be given to applicants working in
> and/or coming from countries
> in South East Europe.
> 
> In general candidates should:
> 
> o be aged between 18 and 30 (exceptions may by made
> on the basis of
> justification);
> o be actively involved in youth work, while
> preparing to take on
> responsibilities in the field of training with an
> European / international /
> intercultural dimension (in or with young people
> from the SEE region);
> o have some initial experience in the field of
> training with an national/
> regional dimension;
> o be well informed about their organisation,
> institution or service and be
> prepared to explain to the other participants about
> the training activities
> in which they have been involved;
> o be able to work in English;
> o be in the position to act as a trainer after the
> course;
> o be committed to attend for the full duration of
> the course and be
> supported by a sending organisation, institution or
> service.
> 
> Preparatory team
> 
> The programme of the course is designed and
> conducted by a multicultural
> team of experienced trainers active within the
> Directorate of Youth and
> Sport. It will be composed of educational staff of
> the Directorate of Youth
> and Sport, externally contracted trainers and
> members of the pool of
> trainers of the European Yiuth Forum. The will be
> supported by other experts
> where necessary.
> 
> Application, procedure and selection of participants
> 
> All candidates must apply using the enclosed
> application form. Applications
> should be sent to the European Youth Centre,
> Budapest together with a letter
> of support from their sending organisation.
> 
> The preparatory team will select 30 participants on
> the basis of the profile
> outlined above. It will try as far as possible to
> respect the organisations'
> priorities, but will also strive to ensure a balance
> between gender,
> geographical regions, different types of
> experiences, cultural backgrounds
> and organisations, institutions or projects. The
> motivation and perceived
> training needs of the individual participant are
> among the criteria taken
> into consideration during the selection process.
> 
> Candidates will be informed, by the beginning of
> October 2002, as to whether
> they have been accepted or put on the waiting list.
> Accepted candidates will
> receive the course documentation at that time.
> Refused candidates will be
> notified in due course.
> 
> The sending organisations and their successful
> applicants are reminded that
> once a candidate has been placed on the final list,
> they must make every
> effort to attend for the full duration of the
> course. If, for any
> exceptional reason, they are unable to take up the
> offer of a place, they
> must inform the Directorate of Youth and Sport
> immediately. Replacements,
> but not necessarily candidates from the same
> organisation, will be taken
> from the waiting list.
> 
> Deadline for applications
> 
> The application form must be sent to the EYC
> Budapest by 10 September 2002.
> 
> Financial and practical conditions of participation
> 
> Travel expenses
> Travel expenses and visa costs are reimbursed (upon
> presentation of the
> relevant receipts) according to the rules of the
> Council of Europe. Only
> participants who attend the entire training course
> can be reimbursed.
> Payment will be made either by bank transfer after
> the course, or at the end
> of the course in cash (in Euros).
> 
> Accommodation
> Board and lodging are provided and paid for by the
> Council of Europe at the
> European Youth Centre Budapest.
> 
> Enrolment fee
> An enrolment fee of 54 Euros is payable by each
> participant. This amount
> will be deducted from the amount to be reimbursed
> for travel expenses or
> paid at the EYCB during the course.
> 
> Compensation for cost of living for young workers
> and young unemployed
> people
> The Directorate of Youth and Sport operates a system
> of compensation for
> cost of living for young workers who are obliged to
> take unpaid leave in
> order to attend one of its activities, and for young
> unemployed people.
> Further details will be sent at a later stage to
> those participants who have
> been accepted.
> 
> Other EYC Training Courses
> 
> If you are interested in a training course in
> international youth work, but
> your profile does not fully correspond to the
> requirements of this course,
> please note that the Directorate of Youth and Sport
> organises other training
> courses, such as
> 
> o Training for Working in International Youth
> Structures
> o Training for Trainers
> o National and regional training courses in human
> rights education with
> young people
> o Assistance Programme training courses
> o Training courses within the framework of the
> partnership of Council of
> Europe (Directorate of Youth and Sport) and the
> European Commission.
> 
> Further information about these courses can be
> obtained from the Directorate
> of Youth and Sport Secretariat (www.eycb.coe.int).
> 
> Council of Europe Directorate of Youth and Sport
> 
> European Youth Centre Strasbourg
> 30, rue Pierre de Coubertin
> F - 67000 Strasbourg, France
> Tel: +33 3 88 41 23 00
> Fax: +33 3 88 41 27 77/78
> http://www.coe.int/T/E/Cultural_Co-operation/Youth/
> 
> European Youth Centre Budapest
> H-1024 Budapest,
> Zivatar utca 1-3, HUNGARY
> Tel: +36 1 438 10 30
> Fax: +36 1 212 40 76
> eycb.secretariat at coe.int
> http://www.eycb.coe.int
> 
> 
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