PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME ON EUROPEAN YOUTH WORKER TRAINING

Background

The Partnership Programme between the European Commission and the Council of Europe is a training programme promoting common values such as human rights, pluralist democracy, active citizenship and European co-operation. Both institutions are active in the field of youth worker training in different ways and using different tools. The courses are run in co-operation with the SALTO TR RC and they will be implemented by the network of National Agencies of the Youth In Action The training courses on European Citizenship aim to support the professional development of youth workers and youth leaders by extending their critical understanding of European Citizenship, exploring and experiencing its potential and by enabling them to recognise and integrate European Citizenship in their youth work.


Objectives

Objectives of the training courses on European Citizenship
   - to critically explore the meaning relevance and implications European citizenship in youth work in all its dimensions
   - to promote and facilitate the active use of programmes and structures in support of youth work on European Citizenship, including the
     Youth in Action programme
   - to experiment and explore the potential of European Citizenship for active democratic change in society
   - to associate the participants with the current discourse on European Citizenship (its concepts, formal meanings and expressions)
   - to exemplify (make clear, make explicit) the connection between European Citizenship, Human Rights, Democracy and Iintercultural
     Learning and the underlying values


Eligibility

The course is intended to address individuals working with young people in a professional capacity on a paid or voluntary basis (e.g. youth workers, youth leaders, community and social workers, teachers)


Deadline: 24 November 2013

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