TICTAC - Multilateral Training Course to Support Quality in Action 4.3 of the Youth in Action Programme

What is TICTAC?
The TICTAC Training Course (TC) is built around long-term strategic planning and project cycle. The course covers all the actions of the Youth in Action programme with a special focus on the activities under Action 4.3 as support measures when building a strategic planning and a tool for quality improvement of youth projects.

For whom?
The TICTAC TC is designed for youth workers and youth leaders:

• who have experienced an international event/activity (not necessarily under the YiA)
• who are beginners in action 4.3 / 3.1 "Networking and training activities"
• coming from organisations that have the will to develop action 4.3 projects within a long term strategy.

When?
During the current period, the TICTAC 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.

• TICTAC-TR in Turkey (10-16 March 2012) including participants from Turkey, Austria, the Flemish and French speaking communities of Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.

The overall aim of the TICTAC TC is:
To develop participants' competences for implementing Action 4.3 projects, as support measures in an organization's long term strategy.

The specific objectives of the course are:

• To promote the YiA Programme as an Educational Tool;
• To explore the YiA Programme with a special focus on the aims of Action 4.3 and its activities;
• To understand the role of Action 4.3 projects within a long term strategy;
• To simulate the first steps of organising an Action 4.3 project within an international team;
• To develop participant's competences in Planning Non Formal Education and InterculturalLearning Processes;
• To promote Youth Participation and European Citizenship as key elements when designing a YiA Project;

TICTAC and Youthpass
Implementation of Youthpass within TICTAC TC has a double dimension: participants not only assess their own learning outcomes, but also learn how to implement Youthpass in their own projects. This space for self-assessment is also linked with the concrete application of their new competences in their own realities through building a learning diary and a personal action plan.

Who run TICTAC?
The SALTO Training and Co-operation RC co-ordinates and monitors TICTAC TCs on behalf of the network of YiA National Agencies. The TCsare hosted by the NAs and are implemented by a trainers pool consisting of 4 European trainers: Jo Claeys, Gulesin Nemutlu, Ana da Silva, and Denis Morel.