The pandemic affects everyone, everywhere. But it threatens some more than others: young refugees, migrant workers and those with poor access to health care, education, housing and work are especially susceptible as this crisis deepens inequalities, exclusion and discrimination and compromises social inclusion efforts. On the other hand we notice a great surge in youth digital participation as many start going to online spaces and platforms for education, entertainment, interaction and civic activism. Opportunities are bigger than ever. But so too are the risks and dilemmas that come with it (e.g. online safety and protection, prevalence of disinformation, harmful websites etc.). With loss of many face to face communication, periodic gatherings and constant contact with our young people, youth work seems to be in limbo. Times are swiftly changing at the moment. However, our belief that youth-workers are absolute heroes will never change. This context gave birth to our 8-day international training course "Digital Youth Work for Social Inclusion" which will take place in Yerevan, Armenia from 8-15 December 2020. The project will bring together 32 youth workers and youth leaders from 4 countries (Germany, Armenia, Georgia and Italy). MAIN AIM OF THE PROJECT: The main aim of this training course is to equip and empower youth workers and youth leaders to use digital youth work to create online platforms for intercultural dialogue and support inclusion of migrants and refugees. OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS: The project has 3 objectives and 12 targets: >>Objective #1: Prepare youth workers to become agents for Social Inclusion: - Enhance competences and increase knowledge related to work on diversity, intercultural learning and intercultural dialogue. - Explore cultural differences between different European countries and to what extent this impacts the inclusion/exclusion of migrants and refugees in different societies; - Develop tools, activities and sustainable strategies to unlock the potential of young people as actors of inclusion and change on a local level. - Share good practices related to youth work, inclusion and active participation. >>Objective #2: Prepare youth workers for digital youth work: - Map, analyze and share on good practices in online youth work that can be transferred and adopted across Europe. - Enhance digital skills of youth workers and the uptake of Information and communications technology (ICT) practices of organizations engaging in youth work. - Learn how to safeguard online - Learn to use digital tools and activities “e-tivities” (e.g. forums, assignments, games, etc.) - Learn to engage social media, online groups and digital storytelling. >>Objective #3: Engage and transform the online realm: - Establishing online intercultural learning and social inclusion platforms. - Create web based toolbox (e.g. web-page) capturing best practices, tools and methodologies of online youth work supporting social inclusion. - Acknowledge the Erasmus+ Programme as a tool for intercultural learning, digital youth work and inclusion. The training course will be facilitated by experienced trainers in social inclusion and digital youth work, using methods of non-formal education. It will include input sessions, experience-exchange sessions, reflection-groups and discussions. The working methods will be interactive and diverse in order to ensure a balance between offline and online, theory and practice and between information and application. Trainers will aim to use the resource of the participants as much as possible. Participants will be encouraged to share their knowledge, ideas and questions related to the topic. Taking into account the diversity of the participants in terms of culture and working experience, the methods will provide an effective group communication and will allow all participants to fulfill their expectations and needs through a progressive and valuable intercultural learning experience. This training will have strong focus on results and concrete use of learning products. Participants will be supported and guided as they develop the web based toolbox and initiate online intercultural learning and social inclusion platforms.