Educational Practitioners Tool Fair VII – Poland

Deadline: 10 September, 2012
Open to : Educational Practitioners in European youth field (youth workers, leaders, project managers etc) coming from Youth in Action Programme countries and Neighbouring Partner Countries which you can see HERE.
Venue : Pułtusk Castle, 60 km from the capital of Poland – Warsaw, from 19 to 23 November

Description

The Polish National Agency of the Youth in Action Programme and SALTOs (National Agency) are the organizers of the 7th edition of the Tool Fair which gives you possibility to experience a unique combination of “laboratory” and “market” and to discover tools for learning developed under the Youth in Action programme. The 7th Tool Fair takes place in Poland.
The Tool Fair VII will put a special stress on the education paradigm between formal and non-formal education and also on the future EU programme for young people. Thus, you will have an exceptional possibility to take part in an event combining the atmosphere of a 16th century renaissance castle hosting the Tool Fair VII with the tools that will help shape the EU youth policy of tomorrow.
Aim of the seminar
The Tool Fair VII aims to contribute not only to the learning outcomes of each individual participant but also to the quality of tools and learning processes at European level, complementing the SALTO-YOUTH Toolbox for Training and Youth Work (http://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toolbox) and various publications, in coherence with the European Training Strategy.

Eligibility

Educational practitioners in European youth field: trainers, youth workers and youth leaders, youth project managers, NA representatives, youth policy makers etc active in the youth field in general and more specifically within the Youth in Action Programme. We welcome participants who have created a tool for learning and/or are willing to share and further develop their tools –together with colleagues- during the Tool Fair.
This year we also invite those who realize projects in the frame of the Lifelong Learning Programme using methods of non-formal education. Such a trans-sectoral approach will result in exciting mutual learning effects and will for sure constitute a source of great inspiration for all participants involved.
Eligible Countries 
Programme Countries
27 Member States of the European Union
Participating countries of the EFTA members of the EEA: Iceland, Liechtenstein,Norway and Switzerland
Candidate countries for accession to the European Union: Turkey, Croatia
Neighbouring Partner Countries
South East Europe: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Kosovo (under UNSC Resolution 1244/1999).
Eastern Europe and Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Russian Federation, Ukraine.
Mediterranean Partner Countries: Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Authority of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Syria, Tunisia.

Costs

• Board and lodging will be provided and paid by the organizers.
• Participants coming from Programme Countries: travel costs can be covered by your National Agency according to their own rules (please check before applying).
• Participants coming from MEDA, EECA and SEE countries: travel and visa costs will be covered by the organizers/respective SALTO.
• Any insurance, especially medical, is a private responsibility of each participant.

Application

Please apply online through SALTO website not later than 10 September 2012. Your National Agency/SALTO will make a pre-selection. (Application form). For more detailed information see this document.
If you have any questions which might concern you please ask the contact person: Dominika Jagiełło via e-mail: djagiello@frse.org.pl
or phone: 0048224631431
The official website