NGO Trainers’ Association (sTOP) is a non-governmental organisation uniting over 250 trainers and adult and young adult educators working for social change in Poland. We have more than 25 years of experience in training trainers and developing the qualifications of professional trainers.
Our mission is to support persons, organisations and local communities in building open, inclusive and lifelong learning societies. We support trainers and organisations acting for social change in their self-development and search for new solutions.
We deliver many activities in youth and adult education, especially in the training of trainers, educators and facilitators. Our experience in adult education is a result of many ToT courses, courses for facilitators and shorter workshops for experienced trainers that have undergone over 1200 persons. In recent years we have started activities focused on preparing trainers to work with special needs groups, which are at the risk of social exclusion like older people, blind/visually impaired people and people with low competencies.
We actively work on the quality of the learning process in non-formal education and the promotion of long-life learning. sTOP has created and developed a certification system supporting the development of trainers and educators as well as the quality of their educational activities
We participate in international projects. We support sharing information and experiences, promoting new trends, valuable sources of knowledge, ways and methods of coaching work, and modern technology in teaching adults. We are active in searching for innovations in training, education, and development in Poland and abroad. We implement projects financed from external resources and training to order specific groups, and we are a member of The European Association for the Education of Adults (EAEA).
We cooperate under diversified topic with partners across Europe in projects financed by Erasmus+, CERV, AMIF and other EU funds.
We share with our knowledge, 25 years of experience and expertise in adult and young adult education during training courses (via regular offer and upon request).
We are the Polish voice of Adult Education in Europe- we are a full member of European Association for the Education of Adults, Volonteurope network of organisations and more.
We offer job shadowing opportunities, teaching and training assignments under Erasmus+, facilitation and evaluation expertese.
We invite you to take a closer look at our organization, get to know our team, and check our educational experiences.
We are open to cooperation with European organizations.
