[HREA] "Coyote" - new magazine on youth and training in Europe

"Coyote" - the new magazine on Youth, training & Europe

HRE list readers may be interested to know of this new magazine which has
just gone on-line: 

http://www.coe.fr/youth/english/Coyote/issue00/contents.htm

What is it?

Across Europe in youth work a growing number of people work as trainers,
for associations or services or independently. Often they work in contact
with only a limited circle of colleagues. With the increasing prominence
of youth worker training and the rising need for trainers, also the wish
to share information, ideas and opinions about training concepts,
methodologies and realities is expressed more and more often.  The
European Commission and the Council of Europe are concerned about this
situation and decided to take a step in responding to it. So Coyote, the
magazine on "youth ­ training ­ Europe" was created. 

An exchange about training concepts and opinions becomes even more
important in a European setting, where knowledge and sensitivity about
vastly different realities is required. Strengthening networking among
trainers is one of the initiatives promoted by the partnership between the
Council of Europe and the European Commission in the youth field. As one
of the tools of this co-operation, Coyote is addressed to trainers, youth
workers and others interested in issues around training and youth work all
over Europe. The magazine aims to provide a forum to share some of the
issues that trainers face in their work. It also wants to inform about
current developments in this field, especially at European level, and thus
to promote the value of European level training for youth workers. 

A vast range of subjects comes to mind when thinking about issues of
relevance for training: Working in an international team ­ how is that
different from working in a national team? How to make the links between
international training and local practice? Supervision for trainers, Using
games in intercultural learning, The challenge of explaining terminology
used in international youth work, Training challenges and specificities in
working with disadvantaged young people, Training via Internet: what are
the possibilities? When is a trainer a "trainer"?  When do people learn-
what is learning? Values in training and training aims, The use of
simulations in training, How do you measure training results? The cultural
dimension in training methodology in multicultural meetings ... and many,
many more. 

In every issue Coyote deals with some issues related to training. Most
articles are written by trainers from different parts of Europe and having
different experiences. Besides, some articles are written by people who do
not work in the field of youth worker training but in areas related to
youth, training or education. Some others will present the perspective of
the institutions on relevant current developments. 

Besides the thematic articles, series under the headings of Marker (which
deals with one specific training issue in each edition), Coyote Meets
Trainers and Training Methodologies form the regular backbone of this
magazine. Under Flipchart readers can put up and find announcements
related to training, such as upcoming events, new publications, inquiries,
new ideas etc. 

After the publication of the first experimental issue of Coyote, no. 0,
this July, Coyote will next come out in November of this year. From the
year 2000 on, it should be issued 3 times yearly (in February, June and
November). Coyote is available on the website of the Youth Directorate at
http://www.coe.fr/youth/english/Coyote/issue00/contents.htm

We hope that Coyote will give you new insights into some of the diverse
realities, concepts and practices of youth worker training on this
continent. If you have an idea for a particular subject that you would
like to write about, or if you have further questions about Coyote, please
contact us! 

greetings

Mark Taylor
Freelance trainer and writer
Brazaville@aol.com



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