SALTO TC Image Building for Inclusion Groups 2008
A Training Course for youth workers working with young people with fewer opportunities - about how European Youth in Action projects can be used as a tool to improve the image of different inclusion groups.
- Find the outcomes of this Training Course on ImageBuilding on the TC Image Outcomes page
- Have a look at the funny 2min video compiled by a participant. The theme of the TC Image was 'SuperHeroes': the participants were students at the SuperHeroAcademy and learned to fight exclusion and negative images of inclusion groups..
The SALTO Inclusion Resource Centre organised this 'TC Image' in co-operation with the Hungarian National Agency of the Youth in Action programme.
Dates & Venue
Aims
The SALTO TC Image aims to to train youth workers to use (inter)national (Youth in Action) youth projects to build a positive image for the groups of "young people with fewer opportunities" they are working with
In order to reach this aim, SALTO Inclusion put forward the following provisional objectives for its TC Image (under construction):
- bring together youth workers that are working with young people with fewer opportunities, to give them an opportunity to exchange about their working practices,
- inventorise the 'not so good' images that different inclusion groups have in different countries, and analyse the possible reasons for this (e.g. homework, collect concrete situations/media clippings, etc)
- analyze how stereotypes & prejudice function (input about existing experiments regarding changing stereotypes and positive imagebuilding) and apply it to 'young people with fewer opportunities' (Best/Worst practices from participants regarding imagebuilding)
- make the links between these experiments and (inter)national youth (in Action) projects: what can be used of an international project to change people's opinions/attitudes/ideas
- how to get your youth projects positively into the media ~ visibility & dissemination & exploitation of the project
- leading to more concrete action plans ~ how to set up a campaign/promo actions/influence people's opinions and images of others
- to be further developed by the trainers' team
SALTO Inclusion commits itself to the Inclusion Quality Charter for this course. The course will be built up around the European Key Comptences and participants will receive a Youth Pass at the end of the training course.
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Target Group
There will be places for 25 participants on the SALTO TC Image, selected according to the criteria below:
- directly working with young people with fewer opportunities - this can be anybody working with young people, volunteer or paid, professionals or peers, working in big youth organizations/structures or with informal groups...
- having the interest and the possibility within their organization (green light from their hierarchy/colleagues!) to set up European projects and cooperation activities after the course to improve the image of the groups they are working with.
- having a good working knowledge of (international :-) English, the working language of the course
- available to actively attend the full duration of the course
- willing to participate into a follow-up questionnaire 3-6 months after the training course
- Participants should be resident in one of the 31 Youth in Action programme countries or Switzerland - your NA should support your participation (and travel costs).
NOTE: young people with fewer opportunities = those that are at disadvantage compared to their peers because of social or economic problems, low education level, discrimination or exclusion, disability, geographical disadvantage etc. Some examples: ethnic minorities, ex-offenders, youth with immigrant background, young people with a disability, gay bi & lesbians,...
Applications for Interested Candidate Participants that fit the criteria above was done via the SALTO online application form. DEADLINE for Applications for participants was 1 AUGUST 2008. Selection results are posted online.
Team of Trainers
The SALTO TC Image will be run by 3 experienced trainers (1 training-editor) with the following background
Tony Geudens of the SALTO-Inclusion Resource Centre, together with Csilla Szabo from the Hungarian NA, will co-ordinate and manage this course.
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Methodology
Since learning by doing is one of the most efficient ways of learning, the course concept will be conceived in a way that allows active participation and exchange between participants. It will be built on participants' own experience, from real life or simulations, and work on concrete projects for the future. The training course will also draw upon the experience from external practitioners and lecturers on topics related to rural youth issues and/or the Youth in Action programme. The methods used are non-formal learning-based methods.
Programme Elements
To be fine-tuned with the trainers team - find an updated version of the programme closer to the training course. Read the programme here.
- Getting to know each other's reality and the youth & inclusion work done in different countries and contexts - exchange of good practices
- Analyse the challenges young people are facing with regards to reputation, stereotypes and prejudice - and possible ways of dealing with them
- analyze how stereotypes & prejudice function (input about existing experiments regarding changing stereotypes and positive imagebuilding) and apply it to 'young people with fewer opportunities' (Best/Worst practices from participants regarding imagebuilding)
- make the links between these experiments and (inter)national youth (in Action) projects: what can be used of an international project to change people's opinions/attitudes/ideas
- how to get your youth projects positively into the media ~ visibility & dissemination & exploitation of the project
- leading to more concrete action plans ~ how to set up a campaign/promo actions/influence people's opinions and images of others
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Costs & Practicalities
- Participants from Youth in Action programme country (27 EU countries + Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein & Turkey) - the sending National Agency pays for their travel costs (and does the pre-selection online)
- A participation fee of 50 Euro is payable to SALTO Inclusion upon arrival at the course (in cash, in Euro) - you will receive a proof of payment for this (in case you want to claim it back from your organisation).
- Programme costs, local travel (airport-venue), food and accommodation (in double rooms) are covered for all participants by the Hungarian NA for the duration of the training course
- Working Language: (international) English
Youth workers from minority groups or with a disability are encouraged to apply!
Application and Selection Procedure
- Applications for Candidate Participants was done via the SALTO online application form www.salto-youth.net/applicationonline/193.html - DEADLINE for applications for PARTICIPANTS was 1 AUGUST 2008
- The National Agencies of the European Youth in Action programme pre-select the candidates from their country and SALTO allocates the final places according to availability and keeping in mind the balance of the group (gender, experience, background,...) by 15 August 2008 and inform all applicants and NAs.
- The selection results are online
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Author: Tony Geudens / Contact: / Last modified: 2010-03-12
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