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Digital Transformation of Youth Workers

2020-3-TR01-KA105-0971172020Youth mobilityfinalized
Countries: TR|MK|ES|HU|PT|FR|IT|HR · Grant: €23,591
Open and distance learningICT - new technologies - digital competencesYouth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Objectives

Use of Information and Communications Technologies in Youth Work 2019-2027 In EU Youth Strategy; - Creating and disseminating practical tools for quality Youth work, - Supporting the capacity of non-governmental organizations with capacity building in recognition, innovation and youth; - Support for the development of joint learning and evidence in the field of Digital Youth Work, as well as the development of skills of youth workers and financing of youth work in this field. In addition, the necessity of inclusion and use of information and communications Technologies to support the political participation of young people in youth work is clearly stated in the "Empowering young people and building their resilience: A new EU Youth Strategy" paper. In the light of this information, the use of ICTs in youth work, planning, implementation and dissemination activities has become a necessity together with the newly developed Erasmus + Online Form system within this context, the development of project activities with partners, planning and implementation of mobility programs and training programs. In addition to accelerating the processes in reporting, the development of ICT competencies for youth organizations is of great importance. With the use of Information and Communications Technologies, increasing the participants knowledge prior to the training activities and implementing e-learning activities targeting the preparation process of the participants task-related and intercultural issues and increase on the internet-based e-learning activities shows the importance of ICT Technologies in this field. In addition to this, follow-up of the activities realized after the realization of the project activities, blog applications and cloud systems facilitate the follow-up of the processes of the participants and contribute to the effective execution of information sharing from the beginning to the end of the project. In the framework of Erasmus + Virtual Exchanges platform which is being piloted by Erasmus + Program, our association works in cooperation with ACSESO Spain partner who implement activities within this program. In this context, due to the necessity of e-learning platforms and its geographical location within the framework of e-learning, the support of the young people who have difficulties in participating in the Erasmus + mobility programs due to their limitations may be overcame together with the Information and Communications Technologies. With our project, we aim to support the participation of youth workers in the information technologies of young people and to provide information about the use of internet tools in the stages of development, preparation and implementation of the projects they organize, to increase the capacity of their youth work and to expand the use of ICT tools in the projects they are implementing. In addition, within the scope of our project, our Spanish partner ACSESO will provide information about Erasmus + Virtual Exchanges program and the competences of the participants will be improved in detail about the e-learning tools. The objectives of our project are; - To inform youth workers about the use of IT and increasing their competences - To ensure that youth workers use the ICT tools effectively in the planning, execution, implementation and follow-up phases of projects - To ensure that youth workers have the competences to organize new e-learning tools and create an e-learning plan. - To increase the diversity of e-learning programs implemented for young people with fewer opportunities and to improve their competences in this context. - To promote Erasmus + Youth, European Solidarity Corps and Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges among youth workers

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