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Accredited project in the field of youth

2021-1-DE04-KA151-YOU-0000040692021Mobility of young people for accredited organisationsfinalized
Countries: DE · Grant: €364,458

Objectives

COPERNICUS achieved objectives through the realization of the projects funded by the accreditation were the following: Objective 1: Social inclusion and digitalisation and youth work to tackle the digital skills gap of young people. Projects of the accreditation addressed digital methods, tools and platforms, and their unexplored potential in the youth sector. Especially, these projects explored the intersection between digitalisation and social inclusion of young people, reflecting especially on how digitalisation affects young people’s lives, and what the role of youth work and youth organizations can be in this respect. Through these projects COPERNICUS transmitted important knowledge to participants showing: -how new digital technologies can help us to tackle existing inequalities without leaving young people behind. -how to make accessible digital world to all young people and how young people can benefit of digital technologies and innovation. -Possible inequalities in the digital world and how to address them. -How digital tools can be used by youth organisations and youth workers to reach out to marginalised young people and creative new programmes and activities in the field of youth. Objective 2:Youth unemployment, youth entrepreneurship and skills gap. Today labour and business market is constantly changing due to controllable and uncontrollable factors (pandemic, war, inflation). This continues changing is worsening the possibilities of young people to find a proper job and to be entrepreneurial. For this reason, in the projects of the accreditation, COPERNICUS addressed the needs of youth workers to gain competences for raising the essential hard and soft skills of young people with the aim to provide youths with competences for their professional careers and at the same time to create employment and economic growth through young entrepreneurial initiatives. Objective 3: Human rights & Youth discrimination. Almost all projects of the accreditation touched directly or indirectly topics connected to youth inclusion, human rights and youth discrimination. Projects realized were designed to promote human rights, non-discrimination, social inclusion and peaceful conflict resolution in communities through the activities of youth workers and youth organizations. In these projects, COPERNICUS made understand the participants how youth workers are key assets to society and that they have a responsibility to participate in building equitable and inclusive communities where the human rights of all are respected. Objective 4: Environmental issues and education on sustainability. COPERNICUS in this accreditation realized projects to empower youth workers and communities to work together towards a more sustainable future through education about how the natural environment functions, how humans can manage their behaviour to live sustainably, how safeguarding the environments can improve the health and living standard for all. Youth workers how to address environmental issues in a holistic way and at same time how to transfer young people green skills and knowledge for their future social and professional life.

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