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TC Youth work inside - Youth workers´ fears

2019-3-AT02-KA105-0026142019Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: AT|RO|PT|LT|MK|IT|BE|EL · Grant: €14,920
Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)International cooperation, international relations, development cooperationNew innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Objectives

The main aim of this TC was recognizing and sharing Youth workers' fears and provide tools and methods to fight these (fear of the role, fear of communication, fear of failure, fear of project management,…) through empowerment of the specific competences. Participants had the chance to design and perform a workshop, practicing their learning and getting feedbacks from the trainers and colleagues. The programme of activities started by investigating the complexity of the role of a Youth Worker nowadays, focusing on ethics and values in Youth work and mainly on the fears (hidden and clear) and on the personal experiences of participants in their Youth work activities. The central part of the TC was directed to empower fundamental skills for overcoming these fears (not only those listed but even more emerging in the first day from the experiences of the participants- fear of failure and not to be creative enough). All these activities have had a balanced mix of theory and practice. Last part of the TC was about practicing: in groups, participants have been challenged in designing and in performing workshops, according to the inputs received in the previous days. The original objectives of the project were: 1. Provide youth workers a space of reflection on their role, experiences, values and fears; 2. Empower their competences in different areas of Youth Work (communication, management, empathy, relation skills,..) to face the main fears and overcome these. 3. Support participants in putting in practice the gained learnings, designing and performing small workshop activities as final task; 4. Strengthen participants and organizations competences and capability in youth work and international dimension and cooperation. 5. Facilitate the creation of partnership for further projects among the organisations (through the positive exchange among the organisations); 6. Enhance Non-Formal education methods and recognition of NFE learning.- Creation of outcomes to spread in order to contribute to Youth Workers empowerment.

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