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Community Catalysts Youth Training

2020-1-ES02-KA105-0149692020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: ES|TR|HU|UK|IT|HR · Grant: €3,760.4
Social entrepreneurship / social innovationEnvironment and climate changeInclusion - equity

Objectives

CONTEXT AND BACKGROUND Across Europe, young people are working on and leading eco-social projects, in order to address the challenges of the 21st century. However, young people often express that they need to improve their skills and abilities so that their projects can have a more transformative and lasting impact. OBJECTIVE AND ACTIVITIES The Community Catalysts Youth Training (CCYT) project responds directly to the demands of the youth expressed above. As such, the General Objective of this project is: Increase the capacities of young people to accompany and catalyze their individual projects to achieve lasting social and economic change in their communities and at a transnational scale. THE 4 MODULES AND THEIR SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES 1. SOCIAL 20 hours · Strengthen and integrate skills and practical tools in community resilience and communication for transformation, to stimulate reflection and the construction of community identity, purpose and goals. 2. ENVIRONMENT 20 hours · To deepen in frames of reference and tools in regenerative development, to regenerate our communities and territories (beyond sustainability because, at this point, sustaining the conditions of our environment is unfeasible. 3. ECONOMY 16 hours · Explore the field of social and solidarity economy, to strengthen and diversify our local economies and provide decent work for young people. 4. GOVERNANCE 8 hours · Train in frameworks and tools related to governance, to increase the participation and decision-making of young people in community processes and with local institutions

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