Welcome to the T-Kit Series Some of you may wonder : what does “T-Kit” mean ? Well, we had two things in mind when introducing it : the simpler solution has to do with the full English title of this series : “training-kit”. The second one has more to do with the way it sounds : “ticket” something we all need when travelling somewhere. In a similar way, we would like this series to serve youth workers and trainers as their ticket to go and discover new ideas.

In each of the T-Kits, the reader finds a combination of theoretical and practical contents to help youth workers, youth organisations and trainers in their day-to-day work with young people. T-Kits are written by groups of experienced trainers and specialists from around Europe. These authors are selected by the Partnership Programme to contribute through their different cultural, professional and organisational backgrounds and profiles.

We hope that we succeed in presenting consolidated high-quality publications while recognising the diversity of approaches across Europe to each subject. The T-Kits are produced in the framework of the Partnership Agreement on European Youth Worker Training, a joint programme of the Council of Europe and the European Commission. The Partnership also publishes a bi-annual magazine for youth trainers called “Coyote” and maintains a dynamic web site at www.training-youth.net. To find out more about the Partnership Programme, and get the latest news and updates, visit the web site or write to the Partnership Secretariat at info@training-youth.net.

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