# Youth Trainers Academy

> Facilitating learning for organisational growth


## Posts

- [Call for Participants YTA 2025](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2025/08/28/call-for-participants-yta-2025/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your organisation if you find it relevant# Extended DL to apply 28th of September 2025 23:00 CEST# Dates: 22nd of November – 1st of December# Place: Vilnius, Lithuania# Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Here is a call to you, our future educators, learning designers and community leaders! Where learning never stops, career growth knows no bounds! We’re thrilled to introduce the next edition of our Train-the-Trainer Program, a perfect fusion of career development and educational excellence: Youth Trainers Academy 2025. This year, we will deliver challenges to the ones willing to […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2024](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2024/09/04/call-for-participants-yta-2024/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your organisation if you find it relevant# DL to apply 16th of October 2024 23:00 CEST# Dates: 30th of November – 9th of December# Place: Vilnius, Lithuania# Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Here is a call to you, our future educators, learning designers and community leaders! Where learning never stops, career growth knows no bounds! We’re thrilled to introduce the next edition of our Train-the-Trainer Program, a perfect fusion of career development and educational excellence: Youth Trainers Academy 2024. Imagine a program that doesn’t just teach you – it propels you […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2024 Spring](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2024/02/25/call-for-participants-yta-2024-spring/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your organisation if you find it relevant# Extended DL to apply 25th of March 2024 23:00 CEST# Dates: 11th of May – 20th May# Place: Sofia, Bulgaria# Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Here is a call to you, our future educators, learning designers and community leaders! In our world where learning never stops and career growth knows no bounds, we’re thrilled to introduce our Train-the-Trainer Program, a perfect fusion of career development and educational excellence: Youth Trainers Academy 2024 Spring edition. Imagine a program that doesn’t just teach you – it […]
- [YTA 2023 – Complementary Information](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2023/12/28/yta-2023-complementary-information/): This page gathers the program overview, the learning objectives of the sessions and workshops held during the event. Program Overview Here is the program overview: SESSIONS DURATION SESSIONS DURATION Onboarding 6H Design Academy 4H Trainer’s Attitude 2H Activity Management 4H Adult Learning 2H Emotions in Learning 4H Building Inclusive Experiences 4H Immersive Learning Experience 4H Process Facilitation 4H Training Delivery 8H Group Dynamics for Trainers 4H Delivery Practice 3H Learning Space Design 4H Training Follow-up 4H Training Design 8H Trainer’s Career Path 4H WORKSHOPS DURATION     Amusement in Training 2nd Edition – D&D 2H Introduction to Calligraphy 2H Everyday […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2023](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2023/09/05/call-for-participants-yta-2023/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your organisation if you find it relevant# DL to apply 10th of October 2023 23:00 CEST# Dates:  18th of November – 27th November# Place: Vilnius, Lithuania# Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org After a very crowded late summer, here is our open call! The 21st century brought an education concept to maturation: learner-centred education which focuses on 3 key aspects about the learner:– First, each learner is seen as being unique in meaningful ways;– Second, each learner is seen as having unbounded potential that will unfold at its own pace and in […]
- [YTA's Code of Conduct](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2023/09/05/youth-trainers-academys-code-of-conduct/): Preamble This code of conduct has been created for all parties directly involved in YTA program. It aims to formulate the parameters of behaviour: to be in accordance with the principles and values of the program; to create a comfortable and safe learning environment, and atmosphere for all participants of every cultural background; to achieve the best outcomes for the learning experience. Each participant to the YTA program is expected to take responsibility for themselves, and to act in accordance with principles and values presented bellow. Values of Youth Trainers Academy At YTA we value: Mastery: whether one becomes a […]
- [YTA 2021 - Complementary Information](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2022/12/17/yta-2021-complementary-information/): This page gathers the program overview, the learning objectives of the sessions and workshops held during the event. Program Overview Here is the program overview: SESSIONS DURATION SESSIONS DURATION Onboarding 6H Design Academy 4H Trainer’s Attitude 2H Activity Management 4H Adult Learning 2H Emotions in Learning 4H Public Narrative 4H Immersive Learning Experience 4H Process Facilitation 4H Training Delivery 8H Group Dynamics for Trainers 4H Delivery Practice 3H Learning Space Design 4H Training Follow-up 4H Training Design 8H Trainer’s Career Path 4H WORKSHOPS DURATION     Asking Powerfull Questions 2H Effective Meetings 2H Getting Comfortable with Sketching 2H Improvisation 2H […]
- [YTA 2022 - Complementary Information](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2022/12/17/yta-2022-complementary-information/): This page gathers the program overview, the learning objectives of the sessions and workshops held during the event. Program Overview Here is the program overview: SESSIONS DURATION SESSIONS DURATION Onboarding 6H Design Academy 4H Trainer’s Attitude 2H Activity Management 4H Adult Learning 2H Emotions in Learning 4H Inclusive Training 4H Immersive Learning Experience 4H Process Facilitation 4H Training Delivery 8H Group Dynamics for Trainers 4H Delivery Practice 3H Learning Space Design 4H Training Follow-up 4H Training Design 8H Trainer’s Career Path 4H WORKSHOPS DURATION     Amusement in Training 2H Introduction to Sketching 2H Networking 101 2H Training cultures in […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2022](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2022/08/20/call-for-participants-yta-2022/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your NGO if you find it relevant# DL to apply 14th September 2022 23:00 CEST# Dates:  19th of November – 28th November# Place: Vilnius, Lithuania# Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org The 21st century brought an education concept to maturation: learner-centered learning. Coupled with technological advances, this innovation makes learner-centered learning possible on an unprecedented scale. At the same time, these advances create new demands that make this fresher approach increasingly necessary, as we all witnessed throughout the Covid acute crisis. Educators, trainers, learning designers can play a key role to support the […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2021](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2021/08/02/call-for-participants-yta-2021/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your NGO if you find it relevant # DL to apply 12th September 2021 23:00 CEST # Dates:  27th of November – 6th December # Place: Vilnius, Lithuania # Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org 2021 onward, the new normal! From the pandemic, we learnt that we had to find alternative ways to engage with learners when face-to-face encounters are not possible.  Connection is what we all craved for; connection to self, to others, to our surrounding and our crafts. Trainers can play a key roles as connectors to a more rooted self, […]
- [Open Call for YTA 2021 Online](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2021/04/22/open-call-for-yta-2021-online/): # Please forward to members within, and friends outside of, your organisation if you find it relevant to them # New DL to apply 16th of May 2021 23:00 CEST # Dates:  26th of June – 4th July # Place: Online # Send questions to: yta@zerogeneration.org In 2016, we were approached by an international organisation which wanted to train one of its teams. The aim was double: acquire some defined skills and develop their team cohesion. At Zero Generation we already had a lot of experience on learning design and capacity build. The big challenge was that the team was a […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2020](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2020/08/20/call-for-participants-yta-2020/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your NGO if you find it relevant # DL to apply 7th September 2020 23:00 CEST # Dates:  28th of November – 7th December # Place: Vilnius, Lithuania # Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org 2020, what an interesting year… It showed us that the best uses one can make of time, when all other elements are restricted, are to take care of self, others, to learn and the importance of connections in life. We learnt that we had to find alternative ways to engage with learners when face-to-face encounters are not […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2019](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2019/08/01/call-for-participants-yta-2019/): # Do forward to members within and friends outside your NGO if you find it relevant # DL to apply 25th August 2019 23:00 CET # Dates:  23rd of November – 2nd December # Place: Vilnius, Lithuania # Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Ever considered passing knowledge, skills, influencing attitude changes? Would you like to learn the craft which will engage your participants in sustainable personal growth? Would you want to become a Trainer? Would you join us? Keep on reading! ^^ The Youth Trainers Academy is a unique opportunity to develop yourself along like-minded fellow trainers’,from various backgrounds, and […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2018](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2018/08/24/call-for-participants-yta-2018/): # Do forward to members within and outside your NGO if you find it relevant # DL to apply 12th September 2018 23:00 CET # Dates:  1st – 10th December # Place: Vilnius, Lithuania # Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Ever considered passing knowledge, skills, influencing attitude changes? Would you like to learn the craft which will engage your participants in sustainable personal growth? Would you want to become a Trainer? Keep on reading! ^^ The Youth Trainers Academy is a unique opportunity to develop yourself along like-minded fellow trainers’,from various backgrounds, and connected with communities from several organisations === Where, […]
- [Call for Trainers YTA 2018](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2018/08/09/call-for-trainers-yta-2018/): # DL to apply 23rd of August 2018 23:00 CET Hello Trainers! Here is the Trainers’ call for YTA 2018. Here below you will find information related to: – General information about the event – Expectations towards YTA Trainers – How to apply – Selection criteria – and contact for questions Let’s go! 🙂 General Event Information * What: YTA 2018 * Dates for trainers: 28th November – 11th December 2018 * Dates for participants: 1st – 10th December 2018 * Organisation: Zero Generation * Place: Vilnius, Lithuania * Working time: 12 working days including pre/post YTA. * Accommodation and […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2017](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2017/08/14/call-for-participants-yta-2017/): # Do forward to members within your NGO if you find it relevant # DL to apply 6th September 2017 23:00 CET # Dates:  18th November – 27th November # Place: Vilnius, Lithuania # Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Ever wanted to become a Trainer? What if this call was the opportunity you were looking for? Keep on reading and let’s find out! The Youth Trainers Academy is a unique opportunity to develop yourself along like-minded fellow trainers’ community from several organisations and backgrounds. === Where, when and how much? === Dates of YTA 2017: 18th November – 27th November […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2016](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2016/08/24/call-for-participants-yta-2016/): # Do forward to members within your NGO if you find it relevant # DL to apply 6th September 2016 23:00 CET # Dates:  26th November – 05th December 2016 # Place: Vilnius, Lithuania # Send motivation letter to: yta@zerogeneration.org Ever wanted to become a Trainer? What if this call was the opportunity you were looking for? Keep on reading and let’s find out! The Youth Trainers Academy is a unique opportunity to develop yourself along like minded fellow trainers’ community from several organisations and backgrounds. === Where, when and how much? === Dates of YTA 2016: 26th November – […]
- [Call for Trainers YTA 2016](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2016/08/10/call-for-trainers-yta-2016/): # DL to apply 24th of August 2016 23:00 CET   Hello Trainers!   Here is the Trainers’ call for YTA 2016. Here below you will find information related to: – General information about the event – Expectations towards YTA Trainers – How to apply – Selection criterias – and who you can contact for questions   Let’s go! 🙂   ==== General Event Information ==== * What: YTA 2016 * Dates for trainers:  23th November – 6th December 2016 * Dates for participants:  26th November – 5th December 2016 * Organisation: Zero Generation * Place: Vilnius, Lithuania * Working […]
- [YTA 2015 Photo Gallery](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2016/07/30/yta-2015-photo-gallery/): [pe2-gallery album=”http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/105799035015042135820/albumid/1000000442135820?alt=rss&hl=en_US&kind=photo” ]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2015](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2015/10/05/call-for-participants-yta-2015/): The world keeps on moving at an unprecedented rate. Organisations are all looking for skilled people who will be keys in implementing innovative and creative ideas; employees, colleagues, members who can learn fast, acquire skills rapidly and implement them efficiently to support personal and organisation development in order to find solutions to any problem they’re facing. To be a master doesn’t happen instantly though. We are still in need of Soft Skills Trainers who’s main aim is to facilitate knowledge acquisition and transfer, skills mastery, even attitude change. Do you want to become a Trainer? What if this call was the opportunity you […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2014](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2014/09/19/call-for-participants-yta-2014/): In order to adapt, grow and develop in an ever changing world, organisations are all looking for skilled members who are keys in implementing innovative and creative ideas; members who can learn fast, acquire skills and implement them to support personal and organisation development, such as in the fiction illustrated below… As it is not yet possible to acquire skill sets that fast, we are still in need of Soft Skills Trainers who’s main aim is to facilitate knowledge acquisition and transfer, skills mastery, even attitude change. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUBdyntL2Ag Ever wanted to become a Trainer? What if this call was the […]
- [Call for Participants YTA 2013](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2013/09/17/call-for-participants-yta-2013/): In order to adapt, grow and develop in an ever changing world, organisations are all looking for skilled members who are key to develop innovative and creative ideas; members who can learn fast and acquire skills even faster. As it is not yet possible to acquire a skill that fast, we are still in need of Soft Skills Trainers who’s aim is to facilitate knowledge transfer. YTA is a unique opportunity to develop yourself along with like minded fellow from several organisations and backgrounds. Ever wanted to become a Trainer? What if this call was the opportunity you were looking […]
- [YTA 2011 Photo Gallery](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/2013/09/10/yta-2011-photo-gallery/): [easyrotator]erc_88_1352380780[/easyrotator]   If you are curious about the results recorded so far, please consult: YTA 2011 Impact Evaluation Document

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- [Youth Trainer Certification](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/event/youth-trainer-certification/): Overarching goals of the certification Develop a professional and ethic youth trainer attitude Improve on self-awareness and self regulation in your role as trainer (self-management). Develop the skills needed for training delivery and training program design Be able to evaluate and follow-up on an effective training program; Develop strategies and a personal network to independently continue development of  skills and knowledge related to the role of a trainer. Initiate and maintain a personal training portfolio and further trainer’s development actions. Certification requirements Attending the event is the beginning of the YTA certification process. To complete it, a participant should deliver […]
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- [Location](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/location/): As for the past few years, YTA 2019 will be organised in Vilnius. Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania and its largest city, with a population of 539,939 as of 2014. The city is located in the south-east part of Lithuania and is the second largest city of the Baltic states. The first known written record of Vilnius as the Lithuanian capital is known from Gediminas’ letters in 1323. Vilnius is known for its Old Town of beautiful architecture, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. Its Jewish influence until the 20th century has led to it being described as the […]
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- [Open Training Sessions](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/open-training-sessions/): If given the possibility to develop some soft skills, in your city and free of charge, would you take it? You are invited on Thursday 20/11/2014, by FDE, Hungarian umbrella organisation gathering Higher Education Student Organisations , and Zero Generation, together with International Youth Trainers are collaborating, to join the Open Training Sessions. From 13h30 untill 19h30, at a place to be defined in Budapest, you will have the opportunity to learn and practice soft-skills on one or two sessions of your choosing, in English, among the topics proposed.   Click the link subscribe to information mailing list for the Open Training Sessions. We will be there and […]
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- [Organisers](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/organisers/): The Youth Trainers Academy is a collaborative effort between Zero Generation and several Youth NGO partners: (AEGEE Academy, AEISEC Romania, BEST, BVMD, EFPSA, EGEA, EMSA, EPSA, ESN, ESTIEM, EUROAVIA, IAAS, IFMSA-NL, IFSA , IPSF, ISHA, Scoala de Valori and TraiNGO) Youth NGOs partnering with the project accept to integrate YTA Graduates into their Trainers Pool under conditions they undergo an internal recognition process. YTA Graduates are eligible to take part in and deliver at NGO partners training projects according to NGOs’ internal specifications and needs. Next to that, the graduates will be in contact with different philosophies, styles and types of training while being in an inter-organisational environment. YTA Graduates benefit […]
- [Event](https://youthtrainersacademy.com/event/): In Zero Generation, we believe that Non Formal Education is a learning path which supports the development of individuals. These soft skills training methods provide means for participants to improve their attitude at work, develop their skills and might even positively influence their future behaviour. We chose to provide an event which would be an opportunity to Youth NGO members to develop as Youth trainers. Through various learning methods, they’ll be able to practice trainers’ skills that will equip them to design and deliver quality training programme to their audience. The project “Youth Trainers Academy” emerged from the need for […]


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