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ICT&SM for Civic action

2021-1-DE04-KA153-YOU-0000215632021Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: DE|MK|CY|ES|EL|EE|TR|RS|IT · Grant: €23,963
Information and communication technologies (ICT)Quality and innovation of youth workDemocracy and inclusive democratic participation

Objectives

Ever since the appearance of the coronavirus living status quo changed radically for many people across the globe. The outbreak of the global coronavirus pandemic has caused many challenges world-wide on all health, social and economic levels with the daily safety measurements as necessary as they are being in the spot light of the problem such as social distancing and travel bans and restrictions. Due to the fact that coronavirus leads to an infectious disease Covid-19 it was evident that the youth work and mobility Erasmus+ projects will inevitably be affected and will have to be redefined to some extent. Difficulties to travel and ever present health concerns physically paused youth mobility for a period of time. The uncertainty is testing both international youth co-operation and implementation of Erasmus+ program across Europe at the moment in time when they are heavily needed, with so many raising issue on the daily basis. The development and growth of the young individuals is threatened and this definitely reflects on their everyday life. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and social media (SM) can be considered as pioneer and major growth fields today for the development of mankind in many areas, as it cannot be denied that it allows young people from different ages, background, and cultures to actively participate in the development of civic society. The next coming years may pose a variety of challenges and difficulties which unfortunately may lead to more lack of opportunities for effective civic participation especially amongst young people all around Europe and the world. ICT and SM are both fields which are easy to approach and offer many types of facilities that help to include the capability of young people to be useful in the near future for more active civic participation. Motivated by this context and reality, this project will contribute in redirecting the use of ICT and SM in a way that is collaborative and innovative, produces multiple learning outcomes and develops new skills, essential in the future employability skill set of the youth. Through raising our own awareness and improving our skills as youth workers, we can make stronger impact and have more positive influence on youth, within our communities and on a broader international level, utilizing the Erasmus+ framework. The main aim of our project is to equip youth workers with knowledge and skills of how to utilize the ICT and Social Media as tools to increase active participation, for inclusion of young people in society with a main focus on the youth with fewer opportunities. The main aim of the project is to develop competencies of youth workers to support active civic participation of young people in community contexts through productive use of ICT and social media tools and methodologies. The project has two main themes: Active civic participation of young people and ICT & Social media, and its main objectives are: • To explore civic participation from participants own experiences, resources and opportunities available to address issues of concern through democratic, civil and civic engagement; • Develop, improve and reinforce the digital skills of the youth workers and how to use them in the context of educating youth using non-formal methodologies; • Explore possibilities for utilization of ICT& social media for youth activism; • Reflect on non-formal education, its methods and their applicability within ICT sector and social networks; • Equip the youth workers and the partner organizations with the mindset and the ability of designing workshops tailored to the specific needs of their target; • Develop creative and attractive ways to apply ICT and social media solutions for youth activism, with a special emphasis on civic engagement; • Identify local opportunities for community engagement and to design and develop a booklet for use of ICT's and social media in the local contexts.

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