Thursday, December 16, 2010

Organize a workshop/lecture on becoming an EU recognized Youth Trainer in the Salto Youth Trainer Database

  1. TITLE: Workshop/lecture on becoming an EU recognized Youth Trainer in the Salto Youth Trainer Database Bookmark and Share
  2. INTRO
    1. The event will be coached by one or more trainers from the Youth Trainer database managed by Salto.  Salto manages this trainer database with youth trainers for several EU organizations s.a. the Council of Europe and the Commission to provide them with quality youth trainers and specialists.
    2. In this workshop, participants will be introduced to what Salto is, the EU Youth Policy, the link between formal and non-formal education, prepare a profile to put into the Salto Youth Trainer Database, learn to work with some toolkits, e.g. 
      1. spreadsheet to develop a quotation for when they'd be hired to animate a trainingscourse or event
  3. HISTORY/BACKGROUND
    1. I'm registered as youth trainer nr. 38 in the Salto Database.  I've been fortunate to find out about these resources as a youngster, which made me a better person and I want to share all what I've learned with all youth so they can also link-up with these opportunities and it is a way for me to support the EU and International Youth Policy.
      1. Sven AERTS, Post Grad. Eng. and Youth Leadership Developer as per Salto Youth Trainer Database
        1. www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/find-a-trainer/38.html
        2. http://be.linkedin.com/in/svenaerts
  4. WHY YOU SHOULD ORGANIZE AND OFFER THESE WORKSHOPS/LECTURES TO YOUR MEMBERS
    1. Bring your most experienced members to the highest level and be taken up in the database of EU youth trainers managed by Salto.
    2. Opportunity for YOUR ORGANISATION to demonstrate leadership and promote itself via this network to the top Non Governmental Organisations, Governmental Organisations and companies.
    3. Opportunity for YOUR ORGANISATION's members to network, to participate, receive and give top trainings during Leadership Workshops by Salto.
    4. Bringing together the best of the best from your organization will boost YOUR ORGANISATION with the results and actions that they develop there for YOUR ORGANISATION and themselves.
    5. Flying along strong wings s.a. SALTO Youth Trainer database is a sensible, logical and demonstrates common management sense.
    6. Great references that can bring credibility to your organization.
  5. VERIFIABLE RESULTS
    1. Additional revenues for your top-members, YOUR ORGANISATION and YOUR ORGANISATION's members co-organizing the workshops at top-level.
    2. Open up more YOUR ORGANISATION's local groups and reach out even more
    3. More people will know YOUR ORGANISATION in more countries and sectors
    4. More satisfaction with the YOUR ORGANISATION's members
    5. YOUR ORGANISATION's members will have had the possibility to experience the UN first hand, what it means to link up with such a UN International Year: get the facts from the fiction.
    6. YOUR ORGANISATION's members will have opportunities to:
      1. open space techniques, 
      2. the link between formal and non-formal education, 
      3. a space for experimenting, acquiring and mastering skills that can be taught in formal education situations but need to be mastered in non-formal education situations
      4. network for friendship and professional life
      5. learn to think in time
      6. receive coaching
      7. earn money
      8. travel / taste the cocktail of international trainingscourses combi holidays - the pleasure of active holidays
      9. learn working in Virtual Spaces over the internet in International Teams
      10. balance virtual space working and real world working
  6. TARGET GROUP
    1. YOUR ORGANIZATION's most experienced members
  7. RESOURCES REQUIREMENTS
    1. Announcement on the YOUR ORGANIZATION's website and media of the initiative and draft menu of choices
    2. Mandate from YOUR ORGANIZATION
      1. to raise funds and resources
      2. to reach out
    3. Involvement from YOUR ORGANISATION's management
    4. Kick-start event
      1. Hosting taken care for by YOUR ORGANIZATION
      2. 2 to 4 Beamers. 1 per subgroup
      3. 1 Flip-over board
      4. Wifi internet connection
      5. Everbody should bring their wifi-laptops
      6. 100% downpayment cf. COSTPRICE
      7. Salto Youth Trainer from Belgium: ok
        1. Sven AERTS,  Post Grad. Eng. and Youth Leadership Developer as per Salto Youth Trainer Database 
          1. www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/find-a-trainer/38.html
          2. http://be.linkedin.com/in/svenaerts
  8. DURATION/AGENDA
    1. Lecture of 30' or workshop of 1 day
    2. Agenda
      1. Lecture on history of Youth Policy,  EU Youth Policy, Salto, link between formal and non-formal education
      2. Fill-out your profile in the database for Salto Youth Trainers
      3. Set-up a Virtual Space to work-out things.  
        1. Train the trainers in how this works.
      4. Work out your experiences and workshops in your Virtual Space
      5. Learn to work with Template spreadsheet for Quotations for Lectures/Workshops according to the Salto Trainersfee logic
      6. Present the results to the YOUR ORGANISATION's board
      7. Reach out
    3. Dates have to be determined by YOUR ORGANISATION
      1. workhops have special links to the years 2010-11-12
        1. - the 2010-11 UN International Year of Youth
        2. - the 2011 UN International Year of The Forest
        3. - the 2011 UN International Year for People of African Descent
        4. - the 2011 Antwerp European Capital of Youth
        5. - the 2011 EUROPEAN YEAR of Volunteering / To reward and recognise volunteering activities
        6. - the 2012 United Nations International Year of Co-operatives
        7. - the 2012 year to celebrate the first 5 yrs of Emission Trading System
  9. COSTPRICE
    1. Lecture max 2h: € 80.86
    2. Workshop of 1 day 
      1. needs preparation = 0,5 day
      2. wrap-up, document and feedback = 0,5 day
      3. Total = 2 days @ € 323.46/trainer.day to € 555.46/trainer.day including € 232 per diem (Trainer = Salto and YOUR ORGANISATION's co-organizers)
      4. Details in this spreadsheet which are according to the Salto directives and therefore can probably be paid back via the Belgian or EU Youth Programs and eventually sponsorship as a second resort.
      5. http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/trainerfees
        1. Fees can probably be obtained from filling in an application form with your Ministry responsible for Youth, in the framework of youth trainings or directly at the DG for Education / Youth In Action funding program or similar.
        2. Can be obtained via sponsoring, must be included in the budget.
        3. Consider 2 trainers from Salto
        4. Complemented by a series of trainers from YOUR ORGANISATION. I think those that are involved in the organization get remunerated according to the Salto Youth trainerfees standard: http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/trainerfees
    3. Payment conditions: 100% upfront
  10. ORDER FORM FOR ORGANIZERS AND CO-ORGANIZERS
    1. ORGANIZERS: Simple email 
      1. confirming ordering the workshop/lecture mentioning its title
      2. Transfer of the downpayment on my account:
        1. Account Sven AERTS: 611-5196180-57
        2. Deutsche Bank IBAN nummer: BE09 6115 1961 8057
        3. BIC-nummer Deutsche Bank-Belgium: BDCHBE22
    2. CO-ORGANIZERS: Simple email referring to the Title, explaining
      1. Who you are
      2. What you want to do/what you will bring to the group
        1. Engagement in time
          1. Months/year
          2. Days/week
          3. Hours/day
      3. Your background e.g. www.linkedin.com profile
  11. PARTICIPATION FORM
    1. Simple email referring to the Title
      1. Who you are
      2. What you want to do/what you will bring to the group
        1. Do you have time to prepare prior to coming to the event
        2. Do you have time to feedback after to coming to the event, create some spill-over
      3. Your background e.g. www.linkedin.com profile
      4. Sending the downpayment to the organizing organization's account
  12. ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
    1. Sven AERTS  Post Grad. Eng. and Youth Leadership Developer as per Salto Youth Trainer Database  Salto is the organization managing on behalf of several EU institutions a.o. a database with quality Youth Trainers.
      1. http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/find-a-trainer/38.html
      2. http://be.linkedin.com/in/svenaerts
  13. DRAFT MENU OF CHOICES TO LINK UP WITH/SUGGESTED LINKS
    1. - the 2010-11 UN International Year of Youth
    2. - the 2011 UN International Year of The Forest
    3. - the 2011 UN International Year for People of African Descent
    4. - the 2011 Antwerp European Capital of Youth
    5. - the 2011 EUROPEAN YEAR of Volunteering / To reward and recognise volunteering activities
    6. - the 2012 United Nations International Year of Co-operatives
    7. - the 2012 year to celebrate the first 5 yrs of Emission Trading System
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Organize a workshop/lecture: "Youth Holidays, engaged, international, 100% costs paid for and 75% of the travel costs covered"

  1. TITLE
    1. Youth Holidays, engaged, international, 100% costs paid for and 75% of the travel costs covered.
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  2. INTRO
    1. The EU and many other governments agree that giving youth space, time and resources to develop themselves is important and actively promote the link between formal an non-formal education.  
    2. The EU and the Ministries of Youth have budgets available for youth organizations that want to work around a same topic in the form of a trainingscourse or workshop.   100% Of the costs for food and hosting are often paid for and upto 75% of the travel costs covered on the condition 3 youth organisations team up for a joint workshop.
    3. Experienced youngsters can apply for a status as EU Youth trainers in the Salto Database of Youth Trainers.
    4. This lecture/workshop offer participants an overview and time to link-up with the most important youth resources available to them.
    5. The event will be coached by one or more trainers from the Youth Trainer database managed by Salto.  Salto manages this trainer database with youth trainers for several EU organizations s.a. the Council of Europe and the Commission to provide them with quality youth trainers and specialists.
  3. HISTORY/BACKGROUND
    1. I'm registered youth trainer nr. 38 in the Salto Database.  I've been fortunate to find out about these resources as a youngster, which made me a better person and I want to share all what I've learned with all youth so they can also link-up with these opportunities and it is a way for me to support the EU and International Youth Policy.
      1. Sven AERTS, Post Grad. Eng. and Youth Leadership Developer as per Salto Youth Trainer Database
        1. www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/find-a-trainer/38.html
        2. http://be.linkedin.com/in/svenaerts
  4. WHY YOU SHOULD ORGANIZE AND OFFER THESE WORKSHOPS/LECTURES TO YOUR MEMBERS
    1. It will make your organisation usefull for your members.
    2. It allows your members to jump further with the public money that's available for them.
    3. Youngsters need their own space where they can experiment with skills, develop their skills, get introduced in new skills s.a. open space, open space on the internet, working internationally over Virtual Offices, develop leadership skills, organize and get out, meet with peers internationally, open up their view on the world, meet with peers that have a completely different culture, different way of looking at things, etc. become world citizens.
    4. Offer a platform to your top members where they can link-up with peer internationally and take stuff to a next level.  YOUR ORGANISATION will benefit from this and if it doesn't bring these resources to its members, it will likely drown empty and will be taken over by youth organizations that do.
    5. Flying along strong wings s.a. the EU and UN Youth policy is  a sensible, logical and demonstrates common management sense.
  5. VERIFIABLE RESULTS
    1. Additional revenues and resources for YOUR ORGANISATION and YOUR ORGANISATION's members co-organizing the workshop
    2. Free or near to free participation for YOUR ORGANISATION's members in a leadership workshop and city-trip, where 75% of the Travel costs might be paid back and hosting is taken care of at 100%.
    3. Open up more YOUR ORGANISATION's local groups and reach out even more
    4. More people will know YOUR ORGANISATION in more countries and sectors
    5. More satisfaction with the YOUR ORGANISATION's members
    6. YOUR ORGANISATION's members will have opportunities to:
      1. acquire insights in their own functioning, 
      2. functioning in a group, 
      3. group dynamics, 
      4. open space techniques, 
      5. the link between formal and non-formal education, 
      6. a space for experimenting, acquiring and mastering skills that can be taught in formal education situations but need to be mastered in non-formal education situations
      7. network for friendship and professional life
      8. learn to think in time
      9. receive coaching
      10. earn money
      11. travel / taste the cocktail of international trainingscourses combi holidays - the pleasure of active holidays
      12. acquire management experience and acquire management and team-management skills, different types of management styles
      13. learn developing a steering panel 
      14. learn working with GANTT Charts
      15. learn working in Virtual Spaces over the internet in International Teams
      16. balance virtual space working and real world working
  6. TARGET GROUP
    1. YOUR ORGANISATION's members, both new-comers as more experienced
    2. Candidate members, to become YOUR ORGANISATION's members
    3. Youth all over the planet who need YOUR ORGANISATION's most
    4. EU and UN level to hear from you
    5. Sponsors to hear from you, be interested to promote themselves via your international activities
  7. RESOURCES REQUIREMENTS
    1. Announcement on the YOUR ORGANISATION's website and media of the initiative and draft menu of choices
    2. Mandate from YOUR ORGANISATION
      1. to raise funds and resources
      2. to reach out
    3. Involvement from YOUR ORGANISATION's management
    4. in case you choose for a lecture:
      1. Hosting by YOUR ORGANISATION's member organization
      2. Beamer
      3. Payment condition: 100% downpayment cf. COSTPRICE
    5. In case you choose for a 1 or 2 day workshop.
      1. Hosting by YOUR ORGANISATION's member organization
      2. 2 to 4 Beamers. 1 per subgroup
      3. 4 Flip-over boards for brainstorming/group sessions. 1 per subgroup.
      4. Wifi internet connection
      5. Multi-functional space for open space workshops involving group meetings and presentation and split-up in subgroups.
      6. Payment condition: 50% downpayment cf. COSTPRICE
      7. Salto Youth Trainer from Belgium: ok
        1. Sven AERTS,  Post Grad. Eng. and Youth Leadership Developer as per Salto Youth Trainer Database 
          1. www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/find-a-trainer/38.html
          2. http://be.linkedin.com/in/svenaerts
  8. DURATION/AGENDA
    1. Case 1: lecture - can vary from 30' to 1 hour
    2. Case 2: workshop - can vary from 1 to 2 days
      1. Agenda
        1. Lecture
        2. Set-up a Virtual Space to work-out things.  
          1. Train the trainers in how this works.
        3. Brainstorm
          1. Using a salto brainstorming template and technique
        4. Search on the web for interesting projects from experienced youngsters/youth organizations to team-up with.
        5. Select dates
        6. Develop a Plan of Action, budget, timeline, resource and time requirements
        7. Present the results to the YOUR ORGANIZATION's board
        8. Reach out to your members and present the trainingscourses/holidays you invite them to participate in.
      2. Cost-price / Value - eventually to be paid back later when sponsorship funds have arrived.
        1. workshop = 1 to 2 days (examply is for 2 days workshop)
        2. workshop of 1 day requires preparation of 1/4 day and wrap-up, document and feedback = 1/4 day = 1,5 days total work
        3. worshop of 2 days requires preparation of 1/2 day and wrap-up, document and feedback = 1/2 day = 3 days total
        4. Total = 2 days @ 215,64 €/day + per diem (e.g. Belgium 232 €/day is refunded by the EU Youth Policy) = € 1,574.92/trainer or without per diems € 646.92/trainer (trainer = trainer from Salto database and from your country and YOUR ORGANIZATION's co-organizers)
          1. More: 
            1. skype Sven AERTS
            2. This Quotation Spreadsheet
        5. This can probably be paid back via your national or EU Youth Program funds and eventually sponsorship as a second resort.
        6. Payment conditions: 50% upfront, 50% after obtaining the funds.
    3. Dates have to be determined by YOUR ORGANISATION
      1. workhop can have special links to the years 
        1. - the 2010-11 UN International Year of Youth
        2. - the 2011 UN International Year of The Forest
        3. - the 2015-25 UN International Decade for People of African Descent
        4. - the European Capital of Youth
        5. - the European Green Capital
        6. - the European Capitals of Culture
        7. ...
  9. COSTPRICE
    1. According to the Salto directives
      1. http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/trainerfees
      2. This Quotation Spreadsheet
        1. More: skype Sven AERTS
        2. Costs can probably be obtained from filling out an application form with your Ministry responsible for Youth, in the framework of youth trainings or directly at the DG for Education / Youth In Action funding program or similar.
        3. Can be obtained via sponsoring, must be included in the budget.
        4. Consider 2 trainers from Salto
        5. Complemented by a series of trainers from YOUR ORGANISATION. I think those that are involved in the organization get remunerated according to the Salto Youth trainerfees standard: http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/trainerfees
      3. Payment conditions: 50% upfront, 50% after obtaining the funds
  10. ORDER FORM FOR ORGANIZERS AND CO-ORGANIZERS
    1. ORGANIZERS: Simple email 
      1. confirming ordering the workshop/lecture mentioning its title
      2. Transfer of the downpayment on my account:
        1. Account Sven AERTS: 611-5196180-57
        2. Deutsche Bank IBAN nummer: BE09 6115 1961 8057
        3. BIC-nummer Deutsche Bank-Belgium: BDCHBE22
    2. CO-ORGANIZERS: Simple email referring to the Title, explaining
      1. Who you are
      2. What you want to do/what you will bring to the group
        1. Engagement in time
          1. Months/year
          2. Days/week
          3. Hours/day
      3. Your background e.g. www.linkedin.com profile
  11. PARTICIPATION FORM
    1. Simple email referring to the Title
      1. Who you are
      2. What you want to do/what you will bring to the group
        1. Do you have time to prepare prior to coming to the event
        2. Do you have time to feedback after to coming to the event, create some spill-over
      3. Your background e.g. www.linkedin.com profile
      4. Sending the downpayment to the organizing organization's account
  12. ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
    1. Sven AERTS  Post Grad. Eng. and Youth Leadership Developer as per Salto Youth Trainer Database  Salto is the organization managing on behalf of several EU institutions a.o. a database with quality Youth Trainers.
      1. http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/find-a-trainer/38.html
      2. http://be.linkedin.com/in/svenaerts
  13. DRAFT MENU OF CHOICES TO LINK UP WITH/SUGGESTED LINKS
    1. Cf www.un.org/en/events/observances
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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Workshop and platform on taking-up non-formal education experiences and their evaluation into formal education evaluation

 

If you're interested in collaborating in creating a platform and workshops on  taking-up non-formal education experiences and their evaluation into formal education evaluation, please let me know.



Many countries within the developed world are suffering from declining birth rates, ageing workforces and skill shortages. To address these issues within their labour markets, both the OCED and EU have been acknowledging and focusing on the processes of formal recognition for both non-formal and informal learning. This recognition states that all learning is of value and that non-formal and informal learning are equivalent to formal learning.
This validation or measuring the value of lifelong learning requires a process whereby individuals have their overall skills they have acquired formally acknowledged. This would require systematic documentation for non-formal learning within the workplace or youth organisations, coupled with recognition within the relevant industry for this form of non-formal learning. Moreover, within higher education or universities that non-formal learning is accepted as a formal knowledge within the relevant specialist field. Both the UK and Australia higher education institutions and universities now accept and grant non-formal learning as credit towards a qualification.
Cedefop - "Centre Européen pour le Développement de la Formation Professionnelle" -has created European guidelines to provide validation to a broad range of learning experiences, thereby aiding transparency and comparability across its national borders. The broad framework for achieving this certification across both non-formal and informal learning is outlined in the Cedefop European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning; Routes from learning to certification. [15]
Cedefop also provides a forum for debate and exchanges of ideas on these and related topics.

Different Countries Approaches [edit]

There are different approaches to validation between OCED and EU countries, with countries adopting different measures. The EU, as noted above, through the Cepofd released European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning in 2009 to standardise validation throughout the EU. Within the OCED countries, the picture is more mixed.
Countries with the existence of recognition for non-formal and informal learning (Feutrie, 2007)[16]
Full ProgramPartial ProgramLimited ProgramNo program
Austriax
Australiax
Belgiumx
Canadax
Chilex
Czech Republicx
Denmarkx
Germanyx
Greecex
Hungaryx
Icelandx
Irelandx
Italyx
Koreax
Maltax
Mexicox
Netherlandsx
Norwayx
South Africax
Spainx
Sloveniax
Swizterlandx
United Kingdomx

The Future [edit]

With increasing demand for a highly skilled workforce and the movement towards an knowledge economy, recognition of non-formal and informal learning shall become important tools as governments adapt to these demands. This is linked to the ‘lifelong learning for all’ agenda of the OECD, that is reshaping how we learn to better match the needs of the 21st century knowledge economies and open societies.

Suggested Links [edit]

Directorate General for Education and Culture on Valuing learning outside formal education and training:http://ec.europa.eu/education/lifelong-learning-policy/doc52_en.htm
Cedefop European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning:http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/publications/5059.aspx
Conclusions of The Council of the European Union May 2004:http://ec.europa.eu/education/policies/2010/doc/validation2004_en.pdf
Department of Education, Education and Workplace Relations, Australia Government. Country Report:http://www.dest.gov.au/sectors/training_skills/publications_resources/profiles/the_recognition_of_non_formal_informal_learning_aus.htm
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