European Citizenship

Together with the Partnership on Youth, the SALTO Training and Co-operation Resource Centre currently organises network trainings on European Citizenship in support of quality and sustainability of youth work in Europe.

These trainings are based on extensive experience shared by the Council of Europe and the European Commission, which goes back as far as 2001. Below you can download and enjoy reports of all institutional trainings and seminars on European Citizenship, as far as they exist. We have also included links for further information, where available. But first, let’s have a look at the current generation of network trainings!

Here is the aim of these trainings:

The series of network training courses on European Citizenship aims to support the professional development of youth workers and youth leaders by extending their critical understanding of European Citizenship, exploring and experiencing its potential and by enabling them to recognise and integrate European Citizenship in their youth work.

The objectives of the trainings are:

• To critically explore the meaning relevance and implications European citizenship in youth work in all its dimensions;
• To promote and facilitate the active use of programmes and structures in support of youth work on European Citizenship, including the Youth in Action programme;
• To experiment and explore the potential of European Citizenship for active democratic change in society;
• To associate the participants with the current discourse on European Citizenship (its concepts, formal meanings and expressions);
• To exemplify the connection between European Citizenship, Human Rights, Democracy and ICL and the underlying values.

The trainings are organised for interested persons who:

• have experience in developing and managing directly a project with and for young people;
• have organised or co-organised at least one youth project with an international dimension;
• are committed and motivated to work directly with young people on issues related to European Citizenship;
• are supported by their organisation in their current and future work;
• have a general knowledge and understanding of youth and youth work realities in their contexts;
• are motivated to undergo training and able to attend the course for its full duration;
• are able to work in English, and
• are resident in a member state of the Council of Europe or in another country signatory to the European Cultural Convention.

If you like, you can now happily dive deep into the history of these trainings!

Curriculum Development

The first curriculum (pdf) was developed by the so-called «Quality and Curriculum Development Group» in 2000 and 2001, the second curriculum (pdf) was developed by a team of three consultants in 2007 and 2008.

2001-2003

Pilot activities

European Citizenship in Youth Work
Pilot courses, duration of 10 days

2001: Report (zip) | More Info
2002: Report (zip) | More Info
2003: Report (zip) | More Info

Impact Study of these 3 courses
2001-2003: Impact Study | More Info

Modules on European Citizenship: 1

2004-2005: More info in chronological order here and here.

1 — Citizenship in Europe: Report | More Info
2 — Concepts and Visions: Report | More Info
3 — Youth Participation: Report | More Info
4 — Diversity & ICL: Report | More Info
5 — Institutions and Politics: Report | More Info
6 — Human Rights: Report | More Info

Evaluation report of the first set of three modules (pdf).
Evaluation report of the second set of three modules (pdf).

Seminar on European Citizenship

2005: Report | More Info

Modules on European Citizenship: 2

2006: More info here.

1 — Institutions and Politics: Report | More Info
2 — Visions and Concepts: Report | More Info
3 — Citizenship: Report | More Info
4 — Intercultural Learning: Report | More Info
5 — Human Rights: Report | More Info
6 — Youth Participation: Report | More Info

Training Courses on European Citizenship

2007-2008: More info here.

1 — United Kingdom | 2 — Turkey | 3 — Denmark
4 — Germany | 5 — Hungary | 6 — Poland | 7 — Italy

An overview of the evaluation of these training courses is available here.

2008-2009: More info here.

1 — France | 2 — Iceland | 3 — Spain
4 — Belgium | 5 — Romania | 6 — United Kingdom

More information on how to apply for this current generation of training courses will be available soon. Watch this space, or subscribe by email for further information.

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