Request for collaboration on giving & organizing workshops... and making money with them!

I've developed a series of workshops that won the NetD@ys logo, a price by the EU's Directorate General for Education and Culture.  They were developed by Sven AERTS, former YEE board member and were developed as a result of the 2002 YEE reboot effort when YEE's board had completely collapsed.  Sven AERTS is the 38th Youth Trainer in the Salto Youth Trainer Database.  Salto is the ngo that is managing a.o. the Youth Trainer Database for the European Commission.

The TrainingsCourses - workshops that won the price:

1. TC on Virtual Offices and Knowledge Management for Youth Organizations
2. TC on Developing a Youth Policy in Adult Organizations
3. TC on Developing and Coaching Young Environmental Leadership

 

These workshops interlink and I'm looking forward to organize them together to make money.

Remuneration is according to the Salto remuneration guidelines.  Have a look how this looks in a spreadsheet and how much money you can make with it as that depends on the salaries of second grade education in your country.  Salaries of second grade education teachers are the reference for the salaries of Youth Trainers.

1. TC on Virtual Offices and Knowledge Management for Youth Organizations - Lecture: 50 € - TC=9 days
2. TC Making Virtual Offices for your Organisation and Members
3. TC on Developing a Youth Policy in Adult Organizations
4. TC on Developing and Coaching Young Environmental Leadership
5. TC on Developing and Coaching Young Leadership
6. TC on Making money as a Youth Trainer

Meeting with Roza Otounbaïeva, President of Kyrgyzstan EUX.TV EUX.tv

Who knew kyrgyzstan has a female president? I didn't but I immediately became a fan.

Our world leaders come together these days at the UN for the 66th time. I like glancing through what some leaders say as there are some good hints in for where to aim my leadership workshops offers towards.

I'm impressed by the leadership of this lady-president and the points she puts on the table: retrieving stolen funds from corrupt people, the importance of youth, embracing new technologies, climate change, ... way to go Ms OTOUNBIEVA.

All we have to do now is to find out where the heck is kyrgyzstan again :)

For example at the:

http://gadebate.un.org/66/kyrgyzstan

"KYRGYZSTAN CALLS ON UN TO DEVELOP STANDARDS TO HELP RETRIEVE FUNDS STOLEN FROM PUBLIC"

New York, Sep 22 2011 10:10PM

The United Nations should develop clear standards and procedures to help countries retrieve public funds that have been embezzled by dictators and kleptocrats, Kyrgyzstan’s President Roza Otunbaeva told world leaders gathered for the General Assembly’s annual general debate today.

“National wealth of the people of Kyrgyzstan, as well as of the people of many other countries in recent decades, has been plundered by corrupt and criminal rulers, with billions of dollars being siphoned off outside the country,” she <"http://gadebate.un.org/66/kyrgyzstan">said.

Speaking on the second day of the debate, Ms. Otunbaeva stressed that “dictators should be held accountable for their crimes against their own people and should not be welcomed and provided refuge abroad.”

Creating UN standards on the return of stolen public funds is a matter of justice as well as finances, she noted.

“This is not about settling personal accounts or politically motivated harassment. This is, above all, about delivering justice and ending impunity.”

Kyrgyz voters are scheduled to go to the polls on 30 October for presidential elections, just over a year after the Central Asian country experienced deadly clashes between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks that killed hundreds of people and displaced an estimated 375,000 others.

The elections are part of a transitional programme established in the wake of the departure of then president Kurmanbek Bakiyev after a violent uprising against his rule in April last year.

Today Ms. Otunbaeva noted that she hoped the ballot next month would “establish a tradition of peaceful transfer of power,” in line with both the constitution and the interests of the people.”

But she also stresses supporting youth and new technologies.

Meeting with Roza Otounbaïeva, President of Kyrgyzstan EUX.TV EUX.tv

Open letter to Salto - Toy, managing a.o. the database of quality youth Trainers on behalf of EU institutions

This is an open letter to support the youth trainers in the Salto-Toy Database, to give them please a discussion group/mailing-list and a wiki tool to allow them to communicate with one another and organize themselves, draft a common statement and send it out with the authority invested in them on e.g. moments of despicable violation of Human Rights to Youth.
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Salto and the North African New Generation Calls for Democratic

Dear All,

look at this below: 

Subject: UNICEF CALLS ON SYRIA TO INVESTIGATE REPORTED KILLINGS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH

live ammunition ... demonstrators ... left at least 30 children dead.

Come on... we like in THE top database of EU Youth Trainers managed by Salto ?

What are we doing?

These revolutions are also taking place at universities, high-schools, etc.  

They deserve help to go talk to these law-enforcement people, not to overshoot their missions: all they have to do is channel the energy, keep law and order ... that doesn't mean to get all personally involved, beat people up nor shoot at them.  Who are they? The president? They have to solve the president's or the gvt's problem? No... otherwise they'd be the president, the ministry of x, with the accompanying salaries, ... and they don't have these salaries and it's not in their contracts.  It certainly doesn't say: solve all problems of this country.  All it says is: help keep law and order.  Order so that eventually old things that have to be improved get improved.  And if that means, people coming on the street and tell a certain people to get lost... just to channel that energy.  Allow these people to come on the streets if need be in a safe way, prevent traffic from being surprised by people walking on streets, preventing vandalism to shops of local little business people ...

We can use our ethical and moral force we can derive from our status of Youth Trainers in the EU database if we want to ... we can also choose to sit and do nothing.

Salto is still not allowing us to be in a discussion group where we can talk to each other if need calls for it.  Salto-Youth Toy: "The sky is the limit". Really? 

"The SALTO-YOUTH Resource Centres provide practical online tools for your youth work and training". Really? 

Well, this is the second time I wrote to all of you.  I need a discussion group. I've reported this several times to salto Tony GEUDENS.

As well as some calls to send out a message on behalf of Salto or the Trainders in the Salto / Toy database on moments of absolutely disgusting and overwhelming cases of non-respect of Human Rights of Youngsters.

What are you going to say to an EU-level comissionar, person working at the EU or something when you meet them at one of your events? "... I'm  a youth trainer from the top EU Youth Trainer database managed by Salto ... and what do I do with all what's going on e.g. in North Africa and their call for liberty there and the youth involved there? And even talking to adults that have to deal with youth there at this moment? ... Ow... I did nothing.  Not even support a letter of support in behalf of all of us.  Let alone get over there... look for a budget and get over there.  Because I'm the best in Youth Training and Youth Strategy Leadership Development that Europe has to offer?

If you don't sink through the floor of shame, these people from the comission will...

So... what are we going to to about this?

Am I the only one that has to write again an email to Salto?  They're simply going to expell me from the database as a dissident... that's all.

Salto gets money because we are in that salto-toy database.  They get money, partially or even for a big part, because of us, thanks to us.  Least they could to is to provide us the tools so we can unleash the forces we have in ourselves... or give us the liberty to do so on their behalf if they don't know how to do it or don't know how to do it.

To me it's simple: I'm supporting youngsters at the Google Summer's of Code and stuff like that.... I'm all for it to set-up a discussion group on groups.google.com 

Google started as a youth/university project .. now they just have a whole lot of money to it ... but that basic mentality is still present and can be called upon.  Further I don't know any organization that is throwing that much ICT tools and programs that fast and keeps adding functionalities and integrate all these tools that fast as any other.  Frankly, I hardly see the point in trying to keep up with them.

Looking forward to your reactions.

Sven AERTS

Trainer nr 38 in the Salto - Toy database

More: 

Doors Of Dreams: https://sites.google.com/site/graffitifund/hot-news-1/yeswecansprayitloud

Printing your own money, taking your own destiny into your own to hands, because it is your damn right, a sustainable money for all: https://sites.google.com/site/yeeseniors/news/a1co2e-dukaattofundraiselink-upwiththeuninternationalyearforchemistry

http://svenaertseuyouthtrainernr38.blogspot.com

Begin forwarded message:

From: UNNews

Date: Tue 31 May 2011 21:10:03 GMT+02:00

To: 

Subject: UNICEF CALLS ON SYRIA TO INVESTIGATE REPORTED KILLINGS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH

Reply-To: unnews@un.org

UNICEF CALLS ON SYRIA TO INVESTIGATE REPORTED KILLINGS OF CHILDREN

New York, May 31 2011  3:10PM

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) today called on the Syrian Government to investigate reports of torture and killing of children and said all parties to the fighting in the Middle East country must “spare civilians, particularly children and women.”

According to media reports casualties among civilians protesting against the government have been high.  UNICEF said it had received, but could not independently confirm, information that the use of live ammunition against demonstrators has reportedly left at least 30 children dead.

“While UNICEF cannot verify the reported cases and events, we are particularly disturbed by the recent video images of children who were arbitrarily detained and suffered torture or ill-treatment during their detention, leading in some cases to their death,” the agency said in a <"http://www.unicef.org/media/media_58707.html">statement.

“We call on the Government to thoroughly investigate these reports and ensure that perpetrators of such horrific acts are identified and brought to justice.”

Stressing that UNICEF calls for immediate efforts by all sides to spare civilians, the agency added that “as party to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Syria has an obligation to ensure children’s right to life, to freedom of expression, to freedom of peaceful assembly, and to protection from violence, exploitation and abuse. These rights must be upheld at all times.”

Last week the UN said it was awaiting a response from the Syrian Government to a request for access for a human rights team to enter the country in June to investigate the recent violence.

The assessment mission, which will be headed by Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang, is set to begin on 6 June after first visiting neighbouring countries, according to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).

Rupert Colville, a spokesperson for OHCHR, said last week that the Office remains “deeply concerned” about the situation on the ground, where security forces have clashed with protesters in a number of towns and cities.

May 31 2011  3:10PM

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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
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
    

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.

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
    2. 

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 Program	Partial Program	Limited Program	No program
Austria			x
Australia	x
Belgium		x
Canada	x
Chile				x
Czech Republic			x
Denmark	x
Germany		x
Greece				x
Hungary			x
Iceland			x
Ireland		x
Italy			x
Korea			x
Malta			x
Mexico		x
Netherlands		x
Norway	x
South Africa		x
Spain			x
Slovenia			x
Swizterland			x
United Kingdom		x

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]

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonformal_learning#Different_Countries_Approaches

OECD Recognition for Non-Formal and Informal Learning home:http://www.oecd.org/document/25/0,3343,en_2649_39263238_37136921_1_1_1_37455,00&&en-USS_01DBC.html

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