Paul Kloosterman

Trainer background

Current occupation

free lance trainer and writer

Work experience

Work experience:

Youth worker on a local level 1977 – 1984
Different organisations

Consultant trainer 1984 – 1999
St. Spectrum – regional organisation
in the field of social work, youth work
and community development

Free-lance trainer/consultant/writer 1994 – 2010
Training/ consultancy/ development

Publications:

• ‘Anders omgaan met jongens’ (another way of dealing with boys) about gender-specific approach of boys and young men 1994 – Spectrum
• ‘ Intercultural Learning in a Euro regional project’ result of a pilot project on the Dutch - German border with disadvantaged youngsters – 1996 – Spectrum
• ‘Take 5’ about a multilateral long term theatre project with disadvantaged youngsters 1997 – Spectrum ISBN90-803156-6-4
• ‘Kijken in andermans keuken’ looking back on 10 years of youth exchanges within the Youth for Europe programme – 1999 – NIZW (Netherlands Institute for Care and Welfare)
• ‘Get Going’ about the result of a two year research project on motivation of youngsters that drop out from education and work – 2002 – SWP – ISBN 90-6665 483 (co-author)
• ‘Jongleren, leerroute voor het motiveren van jongeren’ – training manual for professionals working with disadvantaged youngsters with motivational problems – 2002 –PSW
• Development of a CD Rom on Evaluation for the British Council in the framework of the Action 5 Training and Co-operation Plan of the YOUTH program – 2003 Focussing on Evaluation in Training
• T-Kit on ‘Evaluation’ – Partnership Council of Europe/ European Commission 2007 Target group for this publication are youth workers working in international projects.
• ‘No Offence’ – Salto booklet in international youth projects with young (ex) offenders and those at risk of offending. 2008
• Different articles on Learning2Learn, gender issues, intercultural learning, communication etc.
* Youthpass Guide - co-author 2008
* Facilitators' Handbook on Learning to Learn 2010

Main projects from 2003 – 2008

• Long term Training of Trainers for European Youth projects – Interkulturelles Zentrum Vienna/National Agancies of the YOUTH Programme – involvement as trainer in six editions of this training course in the framework of the YOUTH programme 2001 – 2010 One year international training course with three residential seminars – a project phase – and ongoing e-learning.
• ATTE – Advanced training for trainers in Europe – a two years training program for experienced trainers in Europe aiming to increase the quality of European training programs – within the framework of the partnership agreement between the European Commission and the Council of Europe 2002 – 2003 Five residential seminars, two project phases and ongoing e-learning. Involved as trainer and responsible for e-learning.
• Motivation Project – a two years research project in co-operation with the University of Leiden on motivational problems of disadvantaged youngsters. Elements: research in five institutes/ literature research/ training courses/ implementation of projects. As a result of the project a book has been published and a training manual for professionals, working with these youngsters. Training projects are carried out at the moment 2001 – 2004 Involved as trainer/ responsible for implementation and advisor of projects/ developer of training modules/ co-author of book ‘Get Going’
• Training of Multipliers – Training programme developed for the National Agencies of the YOUTH programme 2001 – 2008. Long-term training course (two residential seminars
* L2L project - a 2 year Grundtvig project on the Learning to Learn competence. Combination of research and practice. 2008 - 2010

Educational pathway

Social Pedagogical Studies 1973 – 1977
SPO Middeloo Amersfoort

Cultural Management 1991 – 1992
Hogeschool Utrecht

Long-term training against social exclusion 1995 – 1996
European Commission/Council of Europe

Several training courses on marketing, management, training methodologies, computer software etc.