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European youth mobility academy

2019-1-LT02-KA105-0063502019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: LT|ES|LV|UK|EE|NO|IT|MK|PT|DK · Grant: €23,286
EU Citizenship, EU awareness and DemocracyYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)International cooperation, international relations, development cooperation

Objectives

Our international partner network wants to strengthen the capacity of partner staff and local networks to initiate, implement international youth mobility projects. The competition for Erasmus + grants is very high in all project countries and it is becoming more difficult for membership based organization to develop high quality projects which would get funded. Partners network has a common need to gain competencies which would allow membership based organizations to access Erasmus + funding opportunities. This project is a part of Klaipėda European youth capital 2021 preparation. Aim of the training course: To develop project development and management competencies of beginner youth workers and youth leaders, who want to implement international youth projects. Objectives: 1. Provide knowledge how to use youth projects as a tool for daily youth work and involvement of young people; 2. Gain practical project development, project management and implementation skills; 3. Develop understanding of quality criteria in European mobility projects: intercultural learning, active participation of young people, equal partnership, non-formal education; 4. Learn how to promotion of European values of freedom, tolerance and respect of universal human rights through international youth mobility projects; 5. Develop future Erasmus + youth mobility projects. During the TC we will balance between hards skills on project development and application writing and soft skills, learning how to work with youth: basic principles of youth work, youth work philosophy and methodologies, youth age psychology. The basics in youth work are essential for beginner youth workers to understand how to use project as tool for education of young people. Project relevance to the Erasmus+ program: Training course will support learners gaining competencies needed to design and implement international youth projects, provide personal development of participants, increase quality of their work and employability in the European labor market and beyond. Improve participants ability to communicate and work in foreign language. The training course aims to develop future quality mobility projects in the field of youth, it will create opportunities for young people to participate in international activities.

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