2013 – 2nd Edition within the Training Cycle: “Facing Europe 2020: Advanced Training in Key Competences for Youth Workers in Non-formal Education”, Weimar, GERMANY, 20th – 29th July 2013

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Between the 20th and the 29th of July CULTURE GOES EUROPE- Soziokulturelle Initiative
Erfurt e.V. (CGE Erfurt e.V.) in cooperation with “Plattform Generation Europa” (Austria),
and the European Youth Education Centre Weimar conducted following project: „Facing
Europe 2020: Advanced Training in Key Competences for Youth Workers”. Participants were
more than 30 volunteers and representatives of NGOs from 13 countries.
After the successful implementation of the 1st Edition of the Training Circle, which took
place from 11th – 20th of December 2012 in Weimar, Germany, CGE Erfurt e.V. is going to
implement the 2nd Edition within the YiA programme in July 2013.

The project is a comprehensive training on competences, relevant for European Youth Work
in the beginning of the 21st century as:

  • The competence to plan educational activities in line with the values and purposes of
    the Youth in Action Programme.
  • The competence to develop and make explicit an educational approach which
    incorporates the key-concepts, values and consolidated practice of non-formal
    education.
  • The competence to direct one´s own learning (Learning to Learn)
  • The competence to deal with ambiguity and change.
  • The competence to understand and facilitate learning of others.
  • The competence to design, implement and evaluate training programmes.
  • The competence to co-operate in international teams of trainers/facilitators.

Issues to focus on are amongst others:

  • “Gender”, “Inclusion” & “Cultural Diversity”
  • “Citizenship Education” & “Active Youth Participation”
  • “Leadership”, “Youth mobility” & “Entrepreneurship Education”

Here you can find training material of the training course: [link]

Impressions by a participant after the TC:

“Ladies and gentlemen,

Being the last but hopefully not the worst participant to write on this e-wall, I’d like you to
close your eyes and imagine the picture I’ll paint to your brain…
A tired young person is being dragged through several airports until finally reaching home,
after 36 hours. Then, two minutes later he left for work, facing the boss who was shouting:
You are late!

Upon debriefing his situation with his imaginary steaming group after a 4-hour shift, he
concluded that being sick during the summer is clearly a form of social injustice, because not
possessing the key competences of eating and drinking made him a disadvantaged youngster.
He also had to learn sign-language instantly, as his swollen throat left him unable to voice his
opinion to the society. The weather outside was more than 40 degrees, so he was looking for a
creative open space to have an oxygen break and reflect.

After clarifying his aims and objectives for the next day, the young man went to sleep with his
TEDdy bear and his princess Naommie, thinking that on waking up he would feel marvellous…

– Actually not –

*The story above may or may not be related to reality.”

Antonis Stylianou, Zypern

The following organisations are involved in the project:

  • Plattform Generation Europa (Austria)
  • BalkanKids Foundation (Bulgaria)
  • RAPLECTION (Croatia)
  • European Social Forum Cyprus (Cyprus)
  • CEFRO-Conseil, échanges, formation (France)
  • CGE Erfurt e.V. (Germany)
  • ENVIRONMENTAL GROUP OF KESSARIANI (Greece)
  • YOUTHNET HELLAS (Greece)
  • EURO-NET (Italy)
  • Associazione Work in Progress – W.I.P (Italy)
  • Baltic Regional fund (Baltijas Reģionālais fonds) (Latvia)
  • Jaunuoliu dienos centras / Youth Day Care Centre (Lithuania)
  • Dínamo – Associação de Dinamização Sócio-Cultural (Portugal)
  • Geoclube – Associação Juvenil de Ciência, Natureza e Aventura (Portugal)
  • Regional Voluntary Centre (Romania)
  • Volunteers for Ideas and Projects – VIP (Romania)
  • DEMÀ (Associació Departament d’Estudis dels Medis Actuals) (Spain)
  • EUROPEAN CROSSROADS (Spain)
  • Verein Naturkultur (Switzerland)
  • Kırşehir Youth Culture, Art and Environment Protection Center (Turkey)

The project is planned as a longterm process including in the first, second and third round as
well as an evaluation meeting only program countries (EU27, EFTA + pre-accession)
following in 2014 and 2015 the inclusion of SEE (South Eastern Europe) and EECA (Eastern
Europe and Caucasus); depending on the future developments considering the discussions
about the future of any Youth programme under the EC.

The project is funded by the Youth in Action programme of the European Union