European Citizenship Training Courses (EC TCs)

Aim of the training courses on European Citizenship

"The training courses on European Citizenship aim 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".

Objectives of the training courses on European Citizenship

• 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 (make clear, make explicit) the connection between European Citizenship, Human Rights, Democracy and ICL and the underlying values.