European Animators For Youth Erasmus Project

Project Title

European Animators For Youth

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: EU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses; International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Project Summary

European Animators for Youth project aims to reinforce knowledge, skills and competences for animators in the field of youth at European level. Each country has his own rules, usages and habits. there is no harmonisation between members countries, Animators from one country are not qualified in others members states. This is totally not in accordance with the European policy of recognition of competences, transparency and does not support mobility of the animators at European level. By identifying the Knowledge, Skills and Competences required in the 27/28 countries of the European
Union, extracting the core KSC present in all countries, adding the most important issues raised in some countries, Adding the transversal skills (which are often forgotten in the national competences recognition frameworks), we deliver an European Curriculum for European Animators suitable for all EU countries.
Of course we also design and deliver an online training course at EU level including the essential root KSC, transversal and personal skills which are essential to manage groups of youngsters which is an essential priority in the country of application.
At the end of the project, the European Framework will be delivered, allowing all countries to implement it in their national competences framework. Of course the team will lobby the national and European organisations (such ESCO for example) to foster the recognition.
The training will be designed by group of competences including Knowledge and Skills ready to use in day to day practices for learners whatever they have a direct contact or not with certification authorities. This will open for them large doors to enter or to enhance their abilities to do this job/occupation/activity as volunteers or as employees.
Validation of KSC using EQF and ECVET will be enhanced to allow mobility of individuals and facilitate recognition in all countries with transparency, comparability of competences.
This training will support to fulfill the “official recognition” of diplomas existing in the members countries at the end of the project, The official recognition of the Europan Animator Certificate issued by the members gathered in a Zone of Mutual Trust, enlarged with certifictiong organisations in the different countries will lead to be recognised as an European Standard. The objective is also to set up an European working grop working with CEN (European Center for Normalisation) to be recognised as an EU Norm in the future. (It is the process which have been used to issue an EU Norm for ICT jobs in cooperation with CEN.
By this the quality of youth work will be develloped and promoted also for interpersonal and transversal skills.
The objective to issue an e-learning training which will be maintained after the end of the project, support the objective to give access to enhancement of competences everywhere in Europe, even for people far from training organisations, they will be able to be trained then to continue with valiation of their competences in organisations of their countries who validate those dplomas. All the partners will spread out and engage dialog with certificating organisations.
European Qualification Framework uses 8 reference levels based on learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and competencies. This approach promotes a better balance between market needs and training provided. It facilitates the validation of training and non-formal and informal education. Finally, it facilitates the transfer and use of qualifications across countries and different education and training systems.
The great advantage of this approach is that the EU framework focuses on learning outcomes and not on the course mostly defined in terms of duration. It allows learners to more easily describe their general level of competence to European recruiters, promoting their mobility and employability.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 175985 Eur

Project Coordinator

COMMUNE DE CARBON-BLANC & Country: FR

Project Partners

• STADT BOCHUM
• AUX COULEURS DU DEBA
• BUSINESS TRAINING SA
• CIAPE – CENTRO ITALIANO PER L’APPRENDIMENTO PERMANENTE