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Forming or Performing Seminar

Seminar on Methodologies of Training of and for Trainers in European Youth Work
















During the Stakeholders meeting in Budapest in June 2007, at the initiative of some of the trainers and members of "UNIQUE", the idea was born to organize a seminar to exchange and reflect on training of/for trainers methodologies.

The Forming or Performing Seminar on Methodologies of Training of and for Trainers in European Youth Work was held at the Wansee Forum, in Berlin, 26-30 March 2008, financed by the National Agencies of Austria, Germany and the Netherlands.

It has involved 32 practitioners, representatives of stakeholder groups/institutions (Trainers, Youth in Action National Agencies, SALTO-YOUTH RCs, Youth Partnership) interested in development of quality in Training of/for Trainers in the youth field in Europe.

According to the data provided by the participants, they had been involved in designing and running more than 60 different Training of/for trainers courses at regional, national and European levels. These activities were covering a whole variety of formats (short-term and long-term), levels (introductory-advanced), topic-specific trainings (human rights education, intercultural learning, experiential learning etc.) or generic To/fT courses.

The conclusions of the seminar are summarised in the "Herotic Document" ("Herotic" because it is a mixture of heroic in nature and exciting in scope). This document is not a final declaration, nor a consensus paper adopted at the seminar. It is rather the first step and contribution of the community of practitioners to a wider discussion about specificities and quality aspects in Training of/for Trainers in Europe. The contents of the document are based on the discussions, reflections and inputs during the seminar. Practically, it could finally serve as a source of inspiration and food for thought for all stakeholders when considering training trainers in Europe.

The "Herotic Document" can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.

 


The following downloads are available:

Herotic Document (1297.1 kB)
Final report of the "Forming or Performing" seminar 2008

Author: Udo Teichmann / Contact: / Last modified: 2008-07-02

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