Training and Co-operation Plans of the National Agencies for Youth in Action

NAs develop training strategies to implement the Youth in Action programme at a national level. Find more information here...

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The National Agencies (NAs)for the Youth in Action programme are responsible for the implementation of the programme at national level, they should support the development of youth work in Europe and the European co-operation in the youth filed. To support these objectives, the National Agencies have an instrument called Training and Co-operation Plan (TCP). The TCP is supporting the implementation of the NA work plans, set up annually by the NAs in negotiation with their national ministries and the European Commission.

The so called TCP officers of NAs meet once a year at the TCP Seminar to evaluate previous co-operation, to share good practise and to develop the European parts of the Training and Co-operation Plans (TCPs) together. Concrete results (training courses, seminars, events) are visible at SALTO's European Training Calendar; we welcome also NGOs to edit training offers to the calendar.

Because of a relatively high staff turn over within NAs, each TCP Seminar serves as well as a training of the TCP officers on e.g. how to set up strategies, how to co-operate at European level, etc. It is used to reflect on attitudes and develop needed competences of NA staff and other stakeholders involved, such as the SALTO-YOUTH RC staff.

Since 2001, the SALTO Training and Co-operation RC is in charge of implementing on an annual basis the TCP seminar in close co-operation with NA representatives and the Youth Unit of the European Commission.

Besides the above mentioned objectives, the TCP Seminar also contributes to the general development of the co-operation framework between the NAs - and with the SALTO-YOUTH RCs. During the TCP seminar in 2008, a European "working group on TCP" was founded in order to develop a so called "TCP Almanac" which should explain and further develop the co-operation framework between these stakeholders and thus also support a better transfer of knowledge from experienced to new TCP officers and SALTO staff. The SALTO Training and Co-operation RC is member of this working group.

The next seminar is planned from September 28th to 30th, 2009 in Budapest/ Hungary. Since 2005, the TCP seminars are facilated by the free lance trainer Jonathan Bowyer.

Author: Udo Teichmann / Contact: / Last modified: 2010-03-12

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