Training for active Trainers in Euro-Mediterranean youth work 2004-2006A joint effort for further quality training in Euro-Mediterranean youth work by the Council of Europe and the European CommissionBackgroundBackdrop against which this training for trainers is set: - a real need for qualified trainers in the field of Euro-Mediterranean co-operation for the activities of the Council of Europe and the European Commission;
- the need to strengthen the quality of the support given to national agencies and co-ordinators in the Euro-Med Youth programme, and also to the other organisations active in Euro-Med training;
- a sustained effort by the Euro-Med Salto Resource Centre and the Partnership to build on the youth activities and experiences in the Euro-Med area in order to take advantage of the added value and knock-on effect of the skills developed;
- the effort to guarantee and assume the specificities of Euro-Med training;
- the lack in the Meda countries of adequate training possibilities for trainers that meet the requirements of the Euro-Med Youth programme;
- the need to take into account the different educational approaches and training “schools” by trying to develop specific Euro-Med approaches.
The trainers selected to attend the course must be involved in national or regional training courses, for Salto or other organisations involved in Euro-Med projects, in order to contribute to the qualitative development of the Euro-Med Youth activities.
Placed in the context of non-formal education and its role in youth work, the course will cover the priority themes of the training activities of the Euro-Med Youth Programme and the Council of Europe. This training for trainers is part of a process of synergy and complementarity between the different partners involved in the project that includes the production of the T-Kit on Euro-Med Youth work, the Euro-Med Salto Resource Centre Training bag and other European Commission and Council of Europe activities.
Aims and objectives of the training:The aim of this training course, organised in co-operation with the Euro-Med Salto Resource Centre, is to develop and strengthen the know-how and skills of 30 trainers involved in projects in the Euro-Mediterranean region. Specific objectives:- To maintain and develop the quality and quantity of the training courses organised in the Euro-Med Youth field;
- to develop and reinforce the trainers’ capacities to contribute to activities organised by youth organisations within the framework of the Euro-Med Youth Programme;
- to contribute to the development of a Euro-Med network of skilled trainers who share common values and experiences;
- to create bonds between trainers and multipliers in the Euro-Med Youth network (e.g. the Salto Euro-Med training courses) and those in the Euro-Med Youth Partnership;
- to identify and analyse the specificities of training in the Euro-Med Youth context;
- to set up an informal network of skilled trainers in the Euro-Med Youth context, including the priority themes of the European Commission’s Euro-Med Youth Programme;
- to lay the foundations for the future development of a trainer and multiplier training strategy in the Euro-Med context.
Results expected:After the training course the participants should be able: - to present the Euro-Med Youth programme and describe how it works
- to develop and present a training proposal
- to understand the prevailing educational and pedagogic systems in the Euro-Med context
- to make a critical analysis of training tools and techniques
- to create and adapt their own training methods and techniques
- to understand and learn from the intercultural situations peculiar to the Euro-Med context
- to explain and help participants to understand their intercultural learning process
- to propose a critical analysis of the socio-political context of the Euro-Med programme, including its historical, cultural, religious and sociological dimensions (and the political framework initiated by the Barcelona Declaration and the subsequent action)
- to analyse their profiles as trainers
- to contribute to the work of a multicultural training team
- to adapt their pedagogic attitudes to the Euro-Med public and context
- to present and defend a training project in the framework of action 5 of the Euro-Med Youth programme or the like
- to devise, elaborate on and develop priority themes for Council of Europe and European Commission training activities, in the fields of human rights, racism and cultural diversity, women’s rights, participation and citizenship and the environment, for example
- to understand and help others understand the learning processes involved in non-formal education
- to make evaluations and put their findings to good use
- to use and teach others to use the Euro-Med T-Kit and Training Bag and contribute to their development and adaptation.
The training will take place in five phases- an initial training seminar (November 2004),
- a practical phase,
- a consolidation and development seminar (September 2005),
- a second “optional” practical phase and
- an evaluation and follow-up seminar (November 2006).
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