EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP TRAINING COURSE IN FRENCH LANGUAGE

!!!ATTENTION: - DIFFERENT DEADLINES AND APPLICATION PROCEDURES!!!! - APPLICATION FORMS TO BE FILLED IN FRENCH !! * Candidates from YiA Programme Countries should apply on line (see below) by 15.06.2008. * Candidates from the regions of South East Europa and Eastern Europe and Caucasus should apply on line by the 257h of May on this address : http://www.youth-partnership.net/youth-partnership/training/French_EC_TC_2008. This training course on European Citizenship in French is proposed by the French National Agency of YiA Programme, taking the opportunity of the French Presidency of European Council, and will follow the same curriculum than the EC TCs in English, developped by a pool of trainers, in the frame of the Youth Partnership between European Commission and Youth and Sport Directorate of Council of Europe, translated in French by the French National Agency. The team of French speaking trainers will be intercultural (one Italian, one Catalan, one French) Aim of the training course The training course on European Citizenship aims to support the professional development of youth workers and youth leaders by extending their critical understanding of European Citizenship, exploring and experiencing its potential and by enabling them to recognise and integrate European Citizenship in their youth work. Objectives The training course puts into practice priority 1 (European Citizenship) of the Youth in Action programme, by aiming to: • To critically explore the meaning, relevance and implications of European citizenship in youth work in all its dimensions; • To promote and facilitate the active use of programmes and structures in support of youth work on European Citizenship, including Youth in Action; • To experiment and explore the potential of European Citizenship for active democratic change in society; • To associate the participants with the current discourse on European Citizenship (its concepts, formal meanings and expressions) • To exemplify the connection between European Citizenship, Human Rights, Democracy and ICL and the underlying values.