TRY II: Televised Revolution Youth (Transnational Youth Initiative)

Project summary

Project TRY II: Televised Revolution Youth is a transnational youth initiative, implemented by young activists associated with the 4YOUth Foundation for Supporting Youth Initiatives operating in the Warsaw agglomeration (Poland), a youth organization operating in Valencia (Spain) and the surrounding area and the youth organization Hawila Project set up in Copenhagen (Denmark). The aim of the project is to provide participants with a comprehensive set of skills that will allow them to independently create a series of high quality documentary videos, promoting social entrepreneurship and non-profit activities among young people, and good practices in three partner countries. As part of the project, the youth will take part in an intensive course run by professional filmmakers (including director, editor, cameraman, sound engineer and reporter), as well as in numerous meetings with experienced social activists, changemakers and representatives of non-governmental organizations. Meetings will be not only an inspiration for creating valuable film materials, but also a source of practical knowledge on a wide range of local, pan-European and global phenomena and problems (including unequal distribution of food and food waste, malnutrition, imbalanced social stratification, environmental pollution and lack of respect for nature, climate change, migrations and cultural diversity, problems of young parents and seniors) and alternative ways of solving them. They will also provide an opportunity for mutual exchange of experiences as well as inspiration and encouragement to undertake their own social activities. Project participants will intensively use modern technologies and audio-visual equipment and learn the art of presentation. By conducting planned activities they will also practice their foreign language skills and develop a range of core competences - including ability to work in a team and solve problems together, interpersonal communication, logical thinking, creativity and perceptiveness. They will also participate in the training of participatory and deliberative decision-making techniques. After completing the international part of the project, the participants will prepare, implement and document local actions related to the subject of the project. They will also organize shows of videos they have created, to which they will invite representatives of involved organizations, local communities and local governments. Thanks to their participation in the project, participants will receive skills that increase their chances on the labor market, realize the impact of their own activities on various phenomena occurring at the pan-European and global scale, as well as the powerful impact of documentary film as a tool for social change. In turn, partner organizations will tighten their cooperation, significantly develop their international network of contacts, as well as gain inspiration and ideas for expanding into completely new fields of cooperation. The films created by the participants will be published on open internet platforms and will be repeatedly used for educational purposes by partner organizations and all interested parties.