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DIGITAL YOU AND ME

2019-1-PL01-KA105-0628462019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: PL|IT|EE|MD|RU · Grant: €22,292.69
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)Civic engagement / responsible citizenshipICT - new technologies - digital competences

Objectives

DIGITAL YOU AND ME youth exchange is a project which brings together 40 people from 5 different countries: Moldova, Poland, Estonia, Russia and Italy in order to develop active citizenship using social media as main tool. The project will be implemented over a period of nine months including: preparation, Advance Planning Visit 01-06-2019-04-06-2019, the Youth Exchange (one mobility) from 1 to 8 of August 2019 and dissemination activities. GENERAL objective: To stimulate/increase active citizenship through the use of social media among 40 young people over the period of 7 days. SPECIFIC objectives: (a) To offer 40 young people over a period of 7 days the necessary knowledge and competences to use social media as a tool to become responsible (informed and active) citizens. (b) To provide 40 young people with a set of competences that support active citizenship (both at national and European level), over the period of 7 days (this objective is accordance with a specific objective of the Erasmus+ programme: improve the level of key competences and skills for young people as well as to promote democratic life in Europe). (c) To develop multicultural skills for 40 young people through specific activities and relations over the period of 7 days (this objective follows the line of one of the specific objectives of Erasmus+: enhance the international dimension of youth activities, in particular through the promotion of mobility and cooperation between stakeholders from Programme and Partner countries and international organisations). ACTIVITIES: (i) using social media tools: creating Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin and blogs; (ii) understanding the concept of active citizenship; (iii) creating a project for active citizenship using social media; (iv) discussions with experts in the field of social media; (v) meetings with authorities; (vi) intercultural activities. METHODS: the project will employ a variety of methods: brainstorming, group work, presentations, debates, role play, open space discussions, Q&As, etc. IMPACT:The impact of the project on participants is a significant in terms of learning outcomes: Young participants will acquire and improve the following skills and competences: They will develop new skills on how to use SOCIAL MEDIA: (a) they will operate with social media in order to develop specific contents; (b) they will learn to create and create different types of social media pages: Facebook, Twitter, blogs, events on different media; (c) they will learn how to increase audience on social media; (d) they will develop new skills in order to become active citizens; (e) young people will improve their English command. Young participants will acquire and improve SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE: (i) they will understand the concept of active citizenship; (ii) they will learn how social media can be used in order to become an active citizen; (iii) they will learn new things about other cultures. Participants will develop valuable ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOURS: [1] they will become more tolerant toward people from other countries and cultures. This project brings together young people from EU countries Estonia, Poland and Italy, but also Partner countries: Russia and Moldova. So the diversity is big and the impact on participants will be significant. [2] they will understand the specificities of other cultures and will develop specific attitudes in order to communicate with people from different cultures. [3] young people will include the participants with fewer opportunities (5) – they will be part of the group and will be integrated. So, participants will develop inclusive attitudes.

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