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Youth Workers Going Digital

2022-1-PL01-KA153-YOU-0000655242022Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: PL|UA|RO|DK|GE|AZ|EE|AM · Grant: €25,371
Digital youth workReaching the policy level/dialogue with decision makersKey competences development

Objectives

Overall aim of the project was the metamorphose of youth workers and project managers in partner organizations towards digitalization and preparation of effective online activities in their societies. Youth Workers Going Digital long-term impact oriented project aim was to raise capacity of youth work practitioners to deliver quality activities based on the knowledge and understanding of different youth work theories, digital tools and best practices shared during the training course and empowered them to act as multipliers, change makers in their local communities online and offline. Our project included following set of objectives to reach the goals of the training course: -To explore different youth work and policy approaches, tools and mechanism for participation and national/local youth council’s empowerment; -To familiarize with and better understand digital youth work approaches and to be prepared to introduce digital approaches to their youth work practice. -To identify innovative tools and develop ‘soft skills’ essential for being effective multiplier, communicator during the working with youth groups -To Up-skill youth workers' digital competences and to exchange good examples of how digital tools are used efficiently in youth work in Europe. -To provide space for exchanging best practices towards youth work and participation, networking and setting up new contacts for further collaborations. -To prepare youth-friendly Digital Manual - Youth Participation in Digital Community -To develop facilitating individual and group learning in an enriching environment competence All of our objectives were aligned with the priorities and objectives of Erasmus+, which works in the field of development of key competences, to promote participation in the labour market, to be more social inclusion. Erasmus+ project was developed also as one of the opportunities where youth workers and organisation would build the capacity and create partnership, implement new ideas. The training concept was developed to provide systematic support for organisations working with young people from Erasmus+ Programme Countries and Erasmus+ Partner Countries, who already had the basic understanding & experience in Youth Empowerment, want to learn more (mutual experience)

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