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Listen to Listen

2019-1-LV02-KA105-0024722019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: LV|EL|SI|CZ|PT|RO|PL · Grant: €22,313
New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training coursesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Inclusion - equity

Objectives

We have identified as one of the main issues that generates exclusion that can lead to radicalization and even violent extremism among young people is the lack of listening. Poor listening leads to assumptions and misunderstandings. These lead to errors, ineffective decisions, and costly mistakes. On a personal level, poor listening leads to hurt feelings and a loss of team cohesion, therefore to exclusion. This deteriorates trust and weakens communication even further. Listening is an important component in how people judge communicative competence both in a professional context and in the social context. Moreover individual performance in an organisation is found to be directly related to listening ability or perceived listening effectiveness. The aim of the project "Listen to Listen" ir to develop the resources and competencies of youth workers in The Art of Listening in order to create profound and sustainable learning environments for supporting youth inclusion in personal, social and professional life. More specific objectives are as following: 1. To increase the knowledge related to social connectedness and professional inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities for 24 youth workers during the project period. 2. To enhance the skills in guiding and empowering through The Art of Listening young people with fewer opportunities on the path of professional inclusion and social connectedness for 24 youth workers, during the project period. 3. To increase the motivation of 24 youth workers to work with disadvantaged youth for their social and professional inclusion, during the project period. 4. To equip 24 youth workers with innovative and quality non-formal education methods and tools that foster the inclusion of youth with fewer opportunities, during the project period. 5. To provide youth organisations and youth workers with opportunities for cooperation and peer support, fostering quality improvements in European youth work.

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