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Accredited project in the field of youth

2022-1-RO01-KA151-YOU-0000578212022Mobility of young people for accredited organisationsfinalized
Countries: RO · Grant: €127,659

Objectives

The primary aim of the accreditation project in 2022 was to develop key competences and promote a healthy, sustainable lifestyle among young people coming from various backgrounds through non-formal education activities. The above-mentioned goal was reached through the implementation of three youth exchanges and a seminar designated for youth workers which all positively impacted the participants' personal and professional development, cultural understanding, and social inclusion. The project had a special focus on young people facing fewer opportunities such as educational difficulties, economic, geographic, social obstacles etc thus promoting equal opportunities and their integration into society. Each of the above-mentioned activities contributed to the organization's strategic goals during the accreditation in the youth field: O1:aims to develop key competences in young people through youth exchange mobilities, provide access to quality non-formal education and promote cultural understanding and a healthy lifestyle. O2:focuses on youth workers and aims to develop their key competences and support them in promoting non-formal education activities, enhancing cultural understanding, and encouraging a tolerant and inclusive environment for young people. O3:emphasizes the importance of youth participation in various activities and the development of key competences that benefit young people from rural or urban areas. O4:encompasses all the accreditation activities and addresses the collective needs of developing key competences, cultural understanding, promoting a healthy lifestyle, and encouraging participation through non-formal education activities The specific objectives of each activity where as follows: - A1 Borderless A1.O1. Facilitated an international non-formal context in which 42 young people, accompanied by 8 GLs from Romania and Macedonia discovered each other’s culture and were empowered to share and exchange opinions and ideas on the topics of social inclusion and cultural diversity, all while developing their competences (teamwork, cultural sensitivity, adaptability, empathy etc) A1.O2. Raised awareness among 100 youths from the two communities the participants came from regarding the importance of cultural and social diversity This activity is linked to O1 and O4 of the accreditation objectives. - A2 Connect to Culturality A2. O1. Facilitated an international non-formal context in which 44 young people, accompanied by 6 GLs from Romania and Slovakia discovered each other’s culture and were empowered to share and exchange opinions and ideas on the topics of social inclusion and cultural diversity. A2. O2. Facilitated a safe environment for 44 young people, accompanied by 6 GLs coming from both urban and rural backgrounds to encourage peer-to-peer learning and stimulate communication in English in order to develop their competences such as team collaboration, creativity, cultural understanding and acceptance. A2.O3. Raised awareness among 100 youths from the two communities the participants came from regarding the importance of diversity and tolerance. This activity is linked to O1, O3 and O4 of the accreditation objectives. - A3 Sustainable Green Europe A3. O1. Equipped the 35 young participants from RO, HU, SK and CZ with the knowledge and tools necessary to become environmentally conscious and active individuals while developing key competences connected to becoming culturally aware and understanding, use digital means effectively and increase their entrepreneurial spirit by using garbage to create something new in a nonformal learning context focused on participatory methods. A3. O2. Improved the capacity of the partner organisations to provide non-formal learning activities contributing to the EU Youth Goals and so increasing the quality of their youth work. Our mobility was correlated with our accreditation O1 by creating a nonformal learning contexts for youth, especially youth facing fewer opportunities, in which they can develop key competences useful for a wide range of life situations, as well as by fostering their creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. - A4 Seminar Facilitators for Learning A4.O1. Enhanced facilitation competences in youth international non-formal settings of 23 youth workers, staff members of youth organizations, and volunteers, focusing on the European Training Strategy A4.O2. Improved the capacity of the partner organisations to provide increased non-formal learning activities at international level and contributing to the EU Youth Goal #8 Quality Learning, by enhancing the competences of their staff. Our mobility was correlated with our accreditation O2, by ensuring continuous training of the staff of the partner organisations, facilitating the exchange of good practices between them and the staff involved, providing a learning by doing context for our and our partners’ youth workers in improving and learning new relevant activities.

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