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"While the wolf is not around"

2020-2-EL02-KA105-0060722020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: EL|IT|RO|HU|ES · Grant: €34,640
Labour market issues incl. career guidance / youth unemploymentEnvironment and climate changeEU Citizenship, EU awareness and Democracy

Objectives

In a Europe with so many economic problems and increased youth unemployment, young people have turned their attention to "green jobs", as this demand is growing year by year and thousands of innovating and prosperous jobs is expected to be created in the near future. Thus, young people who are interested in informal learning in relevant productive sectors of the global economy are increasing, especially in areas related to the protection of forests, prevention and treatment from fires and acceleration of the rehabilitation of the lands that are affected by natural and man-made causes. These, taking into account the official data and personal experiences in their countries that show that wildfires annually destroy thousands of hectares of forest and land, while one after another EU member states are more affected than ever by large fires in their forest ecosystem. Thus, overall, forests slowly slowly are disappearing and so the lungs of humanity, the supporting tool for a better quality of life for citizens, a key to maintaining biodiversity on the planet and with an important role in tackling the current bad and risky state of climate and ecology. The above critical and socially relevant topics for Europe where in the last decades, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of wildfires in its countries, compose the thematic areas of the project entitled "While the wolf is not around”, designed and prepared by them before the Exchange (figuratively for the project the "wolf" is the fire). They enter the realm of their interests and employ the youngsters as of high social and economic significance. This is the reason that they implement this mobility project as a Youth Exchange in the framework of the Erasmus+ programme and the Key Action 1 with the aim of satisfying their common needs and expectations to strengthen their ecological profile. Analytically, the following objectives are the objectives of the project: • Improvement and enhancement of the employability of young people and their career prospects in the field of the proper forest management, the avoidance of the deforestation, the continuation of the sustainability of water resources that increase our resilience to the hot and dry conditions created by the climate variability, continuation that only the forests ensure, generally in the protection against wildfires and the speeding up of their recovery • Development of their sense of initiative and entrepreneurship in the mentioned below ecological sectors and professional areas relevant to forest and environmental sciences which in theory and in practice are gradually evolving, expanding and interacting with various professional disciplines that are either the evolution of already existing professions, or completely new specializations. These “green work positions” require nowadays formal as well as informal and non-formal knowledge but substantial skills, attitudes and behaviors for the rational management of forest ecosystem, the prevention of forest fires’ breaking out that are resulted by the heat waves along with the strong winds and the low relative humidity, the exclusion and extinction of them, the observation, surveillance and watching of the environment, and for the raising of public awareness and the coordination of people’s activation with that of the competent formal entities and organisations and of their officials (i.e. firefighters) • Strengthening of the young participants' self-empowerment and self-esteem • Improvement of their linguistic Excellency in the foreign languages of their peers and their competences in use of English and of their mother tongue • Development of the skills and literacy on information and communication technology, critical thinking and sense of initiative of young participants for promoting European common fundamental ecological and environmental values in the conditions of drought intensification under global warming and human silliness through the use of digital and artistic working • Enhancement of their intercultural awareness as well as of their more active involvement and dynamic and substantial presence in society, in structures and activities for intercultural dialogue, social integration and solidarity • Increase of their motivation for taking part in future informal learning mobilities abroad. The long-term expectations are: • Development of staff, youth workers and professionals involved in education, training and youth in order to provide better quality of their work and activities in favour of young people, more attractive programmes in line with their needs and the expectations of young generation and more effective actions for the disadvantaged groups. • The recognition of the value of informal learning due to the strong interconnection with the labor market and society and its results as evidenced by the Europass and youthpass certificates.

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