Pablo Castiñeiras

Trainer background

Current occupation

Office Manager Voluntary Service University of Valladolid / Freelance trainer & consultant / Writer

Work experience

- Youth leader at international youth exchanges and camps.
- Trainer, resource person and consultant with experience at:
* Youth issues
* Organisational management
* (European) Citizenship & democracy
* Competences & validation of non-formal learning (Youthpass/Europass)
* Intercultural/interpersonal competences
* International mobility and socio-educational programmes, e.g. 'Youth in Action' programme (Youth exchanges, European Voluntary Service, Youthpass...)
* Volunteering
* Facilitation of learning and coaching
* New technologies (Internet, webs, blogging, social networks, collaborative working on-line)
- I have implemented my work for local, national and international organisations (e.g. Spanish National Agency for 'Youth in Action', YMCA, EFIL)
- Member of the European Youth Forum's Pool of Trainers and Facilitators

- Author of the book "EUROPAS: discovering new worlds" (www.europas.es)

Educational pathway

+ Certified technician on computer and ICT systems management. I can manage professionally all the technical and computer problems 'on-the-fly'.
+ Certified on youth leader and camp counsellor.
- Studies on Philosophy and Psychology.

+ European Voluntary Service in an International Youth Center in Hungary.

+ Some relevant international activities I have participated:

- "TALE" (Trainers for Active Learning in Europe) - Advanced Training for Trainers organised by Council of Europe, European Commission and European Youth Forum. Strasbourg, Berlin, Budapest and online phases (April 2009 - December 2010). More at http://youth-partnership-eu.coe.int/youth-partnership/training/trainingoftrainers.html

- TRAINING OF TRAINERS AND YOUTH WORKERS - Developing Educational Activities for Conflict Resolution. LIFE FOUNDATION. Oradea (12 days).

- "GET IN NET” Networking International Projects. SALTO Youth Initiatives & UK National Agency (4 days).

- “EFFECTIVE AND SENSITIVE INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION” -
SALTO Cultural Diversity & BRITISH COUNCIL Brussels (4days). Ideas for the booklet: http://www.salto-youth.net/download/1160/Booklet.pdf

- “DIFFERENCE MEETS TOLERANCE” Intercultural Learning as the educational concept for YOUTH programme activities - German National Agency & IKAB E.V. Bonn (6 days).

- INCLUSIÓN VIRTUAL FORUM - SALTO Inclusion.

- “TOOL FAIR I” - INJEP, SALTO Euromed, French & other National Agencies. Marly le Roi (4 days).

- “YOUTHPASS” - RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL LEARNING IN YOUTH IN ACTION" – Austrian National Agency & SALTO Training and Cooperation. Vienna (5 days).

- ”RECOGNITION OF NON-FORMAL EDUCATION AND THE PORTFOLIO FOR YOUTHWORKERS” - ARCI Catania. Nicolosi (6 days).

- “XL TRAINING OF TRAINERS AT EUROPEAN PROJECTS AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION" - EUROACCION, Spanish National Agency & Murcia Youth Institute. Calarreona (January - June 2007)

- "NON FORMAL EDUCATION GOES WWW" - Estonian National Agency . Tallin (3 days).

- “TOOL FAIR III” - SALTO EUROMED, Spanish National Agency, etc. Sta. Cruz de la Palma (4 days).

More references under request.