The project aimed to train social and youth workers, school guides, mentors, tutors and professionals working with youth in the use of community media as a tool to improve the quality of their work and communication. Also, increase digital skills and community media literacy among professionals working with youth. Activate climate change awareness through youth engagement in e-volunteering and activism activities, using community media as an innovative tool, by developing an e-learning platform.
This project was requested because it was recognized that in an increasingly digitalized world, there is a need for more skilled professionals to work with young people, and the consortium argued that professionals should play a key role in guiding young people to participate in volunteer activities, as they represent the “bridge” between youth and active society. The project consortium shared the need for better digitization of youth work and increased awareness of environmental issues, in particular climate change. Since digital youth work means using or addressing digital media and technology in youth work, the partners decided to develop this project in a way that responds to the needs of the addressed target groups: equipping youth and social workers, school guides, mentors, tutors and, in general, professionals working with young people, with useful digital skills and tools based on community media, to promote and raise awareness among young people about e-volunteering and activism in the field of climate change.