CALL FOR HOSTING NAs 20092010

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CALL FOR HOSTING NAs 2009-2010
Advanced Training On Quality
Add quality to your next youth exchange
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A few figures...

• Initiated by NA FR NA UK in 2004
• 14 TCs took place from 2004 till the end of
  2008
• 9 NAs involved in 2004 to 31 NAs now
• 338 (very) satisfied participants
• An ATOQ trainers pool of 5 experienced
• trainers

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Aim

• To offer methods and tools in non-formal
  learning in order to improve the QUALITY of
  future youth exchanges

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Objectives

• To deepen knowledge, skills and attitudes in
  order to better set up a youth exchange
• To evaluate the youth workers previous
  international youth exchange experience and its
  impact on participants
• To reflect on the content of a youth exchange
  intercultural learning, active participation of
  young people, impact, partnerships, evaluation
  and follow up
• To promote the concept of citizenship in a youth
  exchange
• To find ways how to use the methods learned in
  the daily reality and youth work in general
• ATOQ also provides an opportunity to meet
  possible partners to share good quality methods
  in future exchanges and spread the quality on to
  others

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• The Participants
• Profile
• Voluntary and professional youth workers, working
  directly with youngsters
• Experience as a team-member in, at least, 1
  international youth exchange and plan to organise
  another
• At least 18 years old
• Good level of English
• The Group
• Approx. 30 participants
• Multilateral (min. 8 countries)

The ATOQ trainers pool Each ATOQ is delivered by
3 trainers from the ATOQ pool Clement Dupuis
FR http//trainers.salto-youth.net/ClementDupuis/
Elizabeth Kasa RO/EE http//trainers.salto-youth.n
et/ElizabethKasa/ Marta Piszczek PL Wim
Vogelaere BE Sylvain Abrial FR
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The programme
This programme can be adapted when needed. It is
evaluated on a yearly basis.
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The impact
ATOQ is an excellent tool for youth workers
concerned with quality in youth exchanges. Ana
Videira Action 4.3 Project officer in the
Portuguese National Agency This training
course is a great opportunity for youth workers
to reflect on their practice in leading European
youth exchanges. For the French National Agency,
developing ATOQ was very important in order to
have a training course which targets more
experienced youth workers, beside offers more
appropriate for beginners (like BTM). Agnès
Erhmann Action 4.3 Project officer in the French
National Agency The ATOQ has now made a strong
reputation for itself, with both NA
representatives and participating youth workers
recommending the course to their colleagues.
Marie-Noëlle Ouellet Action 1.1 Project officer
in the UK National Agency Turkish participants
have already started to use the knowledge, skills
and techniques that they gained in ATOQ, in
training courses given at national level and in
Action 1.1 projects that they work as promoters.
We will continue to send participants to ATOQs 
to provide a domino effect to increase the
quality of the youth exchanges that will take
place in future Handan Boyar Action 1.1
Project officer in the Turkish National Agency
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The support

• A clear documentation
• Documents, with all information needed about the
  course, have been created to make the
  communication easy and the cooperation fruitful
• Host NA Pack
• Trainers Pack
• Participants Pack
• Handout Pack
• Letter for sending NAs
• Youthpass
• Pre-activity for participants

ATOQ Coordination In order to facilitate the
organisation of the different ATOQs and the
planning of future ATOQs, both NA and trainers
side have created a coordinator. For 2008 From
NA side Paavo Pyykkonen (NA FI) Paavo.Pyykkonen_at_c
imo.fi From Trainers side Wim
Vogelaere wim.vogelaere_at_skynet.be
ATOQ is supported by a steering group of NAs who
follows and evaluates the TC Estonia, Finland,
France, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal,
Turkey, United Kingdom
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ATOQ in 2008-2009

• ATOQ Netherlands 13-18 Feb 2008
• ATOQ Estonia /France 7-13 Apr2008
• ATOQ Belgium-FR / UK Sept 30Oct 5 2008
• ATOQ Germany February 2009
• We are looking for hosts for 2009-2010.
• Please contact paavo.pyykkonen_at_cimo.fi