BTM - Multilateral Training Course for Newcomers in Youth in Action, Action 1.1

Youth exchanges are standard activities of a long tradition within European and international youth work. Several possibilites to support youth exchanges are existing at national, European, and international level.

One possibility to support youth exchanges is Action 1.1 of the Youth in Action programme. Several indicators are recommended to meet the quality aspects of Action 1.1 and to be successful during the application process and the implementation of the project. The main aim of BTM is to support youth workers to achieve the expected quality standards. 

On an annual basis, the SALTO Training and Co-operation RC co-ordinates and monitors several BTM training courses for ca. 200 youth workers from all over Europe. The training courses are hosted by the NAs and are implemented by a trainers pool consisting of 6 European trainers: Elizabeth Kasa, Gerald Dowden, Nerijus Kriauciunas, Marta Piszczek, Jo Claeys, and Evi Koutsospirou.

On the right one can find the statistical results of the BTMs in 2008-9, a short promotional sheet explaining what is BTM and a more detailed information pack for future participants of BTM.

During the current period, the BTM training courses listed below are planned to take place. The NAs will recruit and select the participants; please check the details when you click on the relevant course. 

• BTM-LU in Luxemburg (13-17 October 2010) including participants from Luxemburg, Austria, the Flemish speaking community of Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland and Switzerland.
• BTM-FR1 in France (1-5 December 2010) including participants from France, the Flemish speaking community of Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Malta, Poland, Romania, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
• BTM-LA in Latvia (23-27 February 2011) including participants from Latvia, the Flemish speaking community of Belgium, the French speaking community of Belgium, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
• BTM-FR2 in France (13-17 April 2011) including participants from France, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Switzerland.
• BTM-UK in the United Kingdom (May 2011) including participants from the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Germany, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain and Turkey.
• BTM-IT in Italy (8-12 June 2011) including participants from Italy, the Flemish speaking community of Belgium, the French speaking community of Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Norway, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.