Youthpass for better quality in youth exchanges - Euroopa Noored
Youthpass for better quality in youth exchanges - Euroopa Noored
Youthpass for better quality in youth exchanges - Euroopa Noored
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About the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g courseThe idea of the tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g course“<strong>Youthpass</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>better</strong> <strong>quality</strong> <strong>in</strong><strong>youth</strong> <strong>exchanges</strong>” came from theconclusion that there is a greatneed and demand to develop themethodology and tools of theways of implementation of<strong>Youthpass</strong> <strong>in</strong> the “Youth <strong>in</strong>Action” programme.<strong>Youthpass</strong> became obligatorys<strong>in</strong>ce more than one year now;however, there is a risk that thefantastic recognition tool thathelps also to add greaterimportance to the non-<strong>for</strong>mallearn<strong>in</strong>g process dur<strong>in</strong>g theprojects <strong>in</strong> general, and <strong>youth</strong><strong>exchanges</strong> <strong>in</strong> particular, is notcompletely understood by manyorganisations that areimplement<strong>in</strong>g it.With the support of the resourcecentre SALTO Germany weproposed to set up a tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>gdedicated to organisations,deal<strong>in</strong>g with <strong>youth</strong> <strong>exchanges</strong>and that need to <strong>in</strong>crease theirknowledge on <strong>Youthpass</strong>:evaluate the exist<strong>in</strong>g experienceand ga<strong>in</strong> concrete tools <strong>in</strong> orderto put it <strong>in</strong>to practice dur<strong>in</strong>gtheir activities and to implementit not just as a diploma, but as am o t i v a t i n g s e l f - a c c e s s e drecognition tool.The tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g was led byexperienced <strong>Youthpass</strong> tra<strong>in</strong>ersfrom “Together” organisationnetwork, participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong><strong>Youthpass</strong> implementation s<strong>in</strong>ceits pilot experimental phase <strong>in</strong>2006, and cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g to useYo u t h p a s s d u r i n g t h e i ractivities.What is <strong>Youthpass</strong> ?<strong>Youthpass</strong> is a part of the European Commission’s strategy to foster the recognition of non-<strong>for</strong>mallearn<strong>in</strong>g. As a tool to visualise and to validate learn<strong>in</strong>g outcomes ga<strong>in</strong>ed <strong>in</strong> “Youth <strong>in</strong> Action”projects, it puts policy <strong>in</strong>to practice and practice <strong>in</strong>to policy: