In the course of the project ‘Intercultural Tetris’ (‘Interkulturelles Tetris’), youth workers from the rural regions of Jura in France and Eastern Belgium want to strengthen the work with young people with a disadvantaged and/or migrant background. They are going to exchange their experience and views about their professional knowledge as well as their personal challenges, attitudes and methods. Based on these findings and by means of joint developed ideas, they shall work out a concept for intercultural youth work. The concept shall give politicians and donors, as well as youth workers in the field a general idea of the profession and the corresponding requirements. In this project, a training as well as an interactive platform, which is going to be developed, shall support youth workers from both regions. By means of this tool, they are able to learn about the latest developments in the work with young people with a disadvantaged background, and they may adapt their respective professional activities. Three animated films are going to be created during this project. On the platform, but also in the context of events for experts or for the general public as well as during negotiations with decision-makers, these short films shall give a quick and figurative general idea about specific applications of intercultural youth work. Therefore, the project contributes to the qualification of intercultural youth work in rural areas.
With the "Tetris intercultural" project, youth workers from the rural regions of Jura in France and East Belgium have strengthened youth work with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and/or with migration experience. They have analysed the challenges of their target group, trained their teams and developed professional attitudes and working methods in dealing with young people in an intercultural context. They have compiled all their experiences and reflections, the acquired specialist knowledge, case studies and recommendations for efficient intercultural work in a handbook. This handbook should serve to give politicians and funders, as well as youth workers on the field, an overview of youth work, its working methods and the appropriate framework conditions. During the project, the promoters have produced two documentaries and an animated film, which will provide a quick visual overview of the specificity of youth work specifically in an intercultural context during events for professionals or for a larger public, as well as during negotiations with decision-makers. The project thus contributes to the qualification of youth work.