Project "From North to South: exchange of Good Practices in Youth Work" is KA2 exchange of good practice strategic partnership project. This project will last for 7 months and will enable partners Italy, Spain, Sweden, Lithuania and Latvia to share good practices in the field of youth work. Aim of the project is: To share Northern and Southern best practices in the field of youth work and provide youth worker with competencies needed for daily youth work. Objectives: 1 To show unique features of Northern youth work traditions; 2 To share best practices of youth work applied to unprivileged youth (NEETs, ROMA, refugees, young offenders); 3 To share the Don Bosco experience and its Preventive System; 4 To develop participants competencies based on Lithuanian youth worker certification system; 5 Develop an understanding of quality youth work integral with European youth work values (diversity, rule of law, democracy, tolerance and other); 6 To create youth work support system for quality international youth work in the partner countries; 7 To create space for the cooperation of participants and ensure the quality of future Erasmus + projects; Activities of the project: We plan to implement 2 educational activities in the framework of the project. Firstly, a 5 day Study visit in Italy "Study visit: youth work in Italy starting from Don Bosco" which will gather 23 participants from 5 project countries. Secondly, a Training course "Grass-roots youth work - training on competencies of youth work, forms and methodologies of youth work" in Lithuania. It will be a 7-day training course providing youth workers, youth leaders and civil servant competencies needed for daily youth work activities.
Share best practices from Northern and Southern Europe in the field of youth work and equip youth workers with the necessary skills. Objectives: 1. Show the uniqueness of the Northern European Youth Work traditions; 2. Sharing best practices of youth work applied to disadvantaged youth (NEET, ROM, refugees, juvenile delinquents); 3. Sharing the experience of Don Bosco and his Preventive System; 4. Develop participants' competencies based on the Lithuanian youth worker certification system; 5. Develop an understanding of quality youth work, an integral part of the values of European youth work (diversity, rule of law, democracy, tolerance, and others); 6. Establish a youth work support system for quality international youth work in partner countries; 7. Create space for the cooperation of participants and ensure the quality of future Erasmus+ projects; The KA2 project had many aims and objectives, but after the online partner evaluation meetings and the collection of data from associated partners and participants, we can state that the project objectives have been achieved.
The project idea was born in the summer of 2019 and the partner organizations ensured that it was transformed into an Erasmus plus proposal ready for the deadline of October 2019. The drafting instead of this project report in 2022, brings with it the aftermath of the period pandemic and the still current war in Ukraine and shows how Youth work now lives in a changing context where confrontation, memory, and cooperation are fundamental, further strengthening the value and relevance of the initial design idea. The partners needed a "room" where they could share approaches and methodologies applied to youth work in their respective countries. It is known to most that Youth work differs greatly between European countries, with characteristics also linked to the socio-educational and historical-cultural background and traditions. Thus, themes and topics covered, practices and approaches used, provided learning opportunities for partners and participants. The partners used this project to strengthen their role in their local networks, emerging as actors who carry out quality youth work and are invited to political discussions on youth issues.