Training quality products (TQP) 2003 Contents

• Learning Towards Global Citizenship by Luis Pinto
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• The Knot by Ronald Keersmaekers
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• Time Management for international trainers by Carina Stabauer
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• "From the idea to the action" by Davide Tonon
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• Action Training[1] by Denis Morel
  An innovative double training process toward youth community and youth workers: from a concept to the impacts.
  Active participation, empowerment, citizenship …
  Key words for our daily work as youth workers and/ or trainers in youth work. But how to design a new training process that can optimise those dimensions? Is it realistic in one training to work on two parallel processes at the same time,
  - one for youth workers/leaders, to promote concretely the active participation of young people in their work,
  - one for the young people being trained, to "live" this empowerment directly on the spot?
  It was the question of ENOA[2] when we decided to experiment this double process by creating our "Action Training" process. And after several experiences, it is working for sure, under certain conditions.
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• Emotions in training by Evija Samsonova
  The Training Quality Product deals with emotions as a part of training and learning. A training course brings together new people, different cultures and a new, unknown environment. From my experience, that can trigger many emotions. Therefore the question that arises is what is the role of emotions in training? How do emotions affect learning, and how to manage emotions in training? Considering that this aspect somehow tends to remain unspoken of in training, I try to bring it to the surface using case studies as well as theoretical backgrounds.
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• Inspiring change through training youth by Felix Nicolai
  Applying systemic thinking in non-formal education practice
  The emphasis put on skills based training in the field of non-formal education for youth workers has been an important aspect in the evolution of the sector over the last years. Therefore, the discussion and focus on the social and moreover political/systemic implications around training youth have shifted towards the more pragmatic and tangible field of skills and knowledge.
  The following work addresses the issue of the place of sustainable social change within and through the practice of non-formal education in Europe. Presenting a systemic approach to change within societies and individuals based on the theory of Spiral Dynamics, the essay addresses the reality of European training under this specific focus. The final part points out some workable improvements to (re-) integrate and to explicitly address these issues as possible quality criteria for youth worker training for the future.
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• Danger Zone by Giulio "Mac" Maistrelli
  Doubts, Impressions and Proposals on being a trainer at European Level.
  Even though the author of this paper is a European level trainer sincerely convinced about the relevance of training youth workers at European level, this short work focuses on some of the aspects of the current practice that - if not pondered adequately – can affect the effectiveness of the training activities. Themes are approached from a trainer's point of view, and the work itself should be considered as a contribution to the wider processes of "problem setting" and research which are affecting the training community lately. Comments and feedback are very much welcome.
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• Participation and active Citizenship in Europe by Mario d'Agostino
  In my Training Quality Product, I have tried to define the necessary elements to run a Training Course on Participation and Citizenship for Youth Workers. I have tried to define a common frame on participation taking as examples of good practice a project with disadvantaged young people at local level and a European training course in [email protected]Albania. In the TQP I have also designed a model in order to evaluate the participation process of young people in different contexts. This model can be used (as evaluation tool) by youth workers, trainers and institutions.
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• The Civil Sector and its role in Modern Democratic Society by Miriam Lexmann
  From Active Citizenship to a New Civil Identity.
  In my Power Point Presentation I am trying to widen the particular perspective of the NGO sector, very often used in training to a diverse perspective that may be employed when looking at the NGO sector or civil sector and its role within the context of a modern democratic society. I am specially focusing on the aspect of citizenship and the new meaning that the modern society has given to this cornerstone of democracy. The presentation provides the opportunity to discover the parallels that emerge from the clarification of the same phenomena as viewed from different angles.
  Every democratic society bases its welfare and development on three elements: the free market economy, represented by the business sector, the democratically elected public authority, represented by central and local government officials, and civil institutions, which primarily include non-governmental organisations, called the third sector. These three forces, which create the foundation of modern society, can fulfil their tasks only on the condition of mutual cooperation.
  It is not easy to give a precise statement of the field of activity of the civil sector or to define the nature of the organisations functioning in it, because they vary in different countries and in different cultural traditions. But we can define that the most important function of the entire organisation is to change people. In our, frequently dispersed society, NGOs stimulate social activity and integration. They give people a chance to be active in a group, to meet people with a similar opinion, and to find sense and value in the realisation of common goals. Non-governmental organisations are created by people for people, they provide a feeling of community and support for their members, render specialist services, and fight for the rights of various social groups. They also perform one more extremely important function – they formulate a feeling of civil identity. The third sector is the fundamental element of a civil society, the real heard of democracy.
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• Emotional Competencies by Peter Wicke
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• Intercultural learning and children by Ragnheidur Stefansdottir
  Should we be working on intercultural learning with children?
  When working as a trainer I have often been asked about children and intercultural learning. I have had difficulties answering questions like "Do young children have prejudice against other races?", "At what age are they able to have prejudice?" "At what age should we begin to teach children about tolerance and accepting other cultures?", "Which exercise should I use for 10-12 year olds?", "What kind of questions should I raise in the debriefing session?" After all these questions I got more and more interested in this topic. This paper is about a research that I did trying to find answers to those questions.
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• Evaluation and follow up in the Action Training by Silvia Volpi
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• Cataclisma by Simona Molari 
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• The Tutor Participant's Handbook by Sónia Breda
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• Interactive Youth Participation" - January 2003, Albania
  A training course for youth leaders and youth workersdeveloped and implemented by Bujana Hoti, Mario D'Agostino, Silvia Volpi, Sladjana Rakonjac and Vitalii Kyurkchu.
  The interactive report provides a comprehensive summary of the training course. It describes the context and background to the activity and also lists the people and institutions involved ("actors"). The aims and objectives and the methodology are summarised as well as the main programme elements and activities are described. Comments by the authors of the CD-ROM complement the document.
  The main purpose of the report can be summed up as follows:
  - To try and report innovatively on a training course on youth participation and active citizenship; 
  - To create a tool for youth workers and youth leaders; 
  To inspire trainers not involved in the course to plan similar youth activities that address the issue of youth participation and active citizenship.
  To receive the CD-ROM as well as the written version of the report with a detailed description of the activities and outcomes, please write to
  Silvia Volpi at [email protected] or Mario D'Agostino at [email protected]

 [1]Action Training = bi-dimensional training that aims to empower youth in their local reality as well as to train and motivate youth workers/youth leaders to empower youth.

[2]ENOA = European Network of Animation  www.enoa.de