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Interculturality is our reality

2023-1-NL02-KA153-YOU-0001133592023Mobility of youth workersfinalized
Countries: NL|DE|ES|IT|SE|HU|MK|PL|EL|RO|TR · Grant: €38,257
Quality and innovation of youth workInclusion of marginalised young peopleInternational relations and development cooperation

Objectives

We live in a time when more people choose to live outside of their home country than ever. According to the UN Population Division report, 3.2 per cent of the world’s population live outside of their country of origin. Through the years, around 72 million migrants have made their home in Europe. Just the European Union itself is home to over 33 million people born outside of the EU. In addition, Eurostat figures show that in 2020, almost 5 out of every 100 people of working age born in an EU/EFTA country resided in another EU/EFTA country than their country of birth. Demand for migrant workers to fill gaps in local labor markets is set to rise as Europe’s population ages. The results of the past wars in the Middle East and now in Ukraine are forcing more refugees to seek safety in the EU. But as societies are becoming more mixed, the conflicts between the people from different cultures are increasing. This also increases the demand for competencies, methods, and tools which shall be put into practice from the youth workers who are already working with these people in order to improve communication and cooperation for peacefully living together. Because if not, the young people will continue to create stereotypes and prejudices which will lead to hate speech, discrimination, conflicts, and ghettoization. That is why we decided to bring various methods and tools which the youth workers from culturally mixed areas can effectively use and by that develop their competencies for working with youth from different cultural backgrounds. To combat this, the main aim of this project is to improve the competencies of youth workers to work with youth from various backgrounds on daily basis. Our objectives were: -To increase intercultural awareness and understanding about different communication styles and approaches in multicultural areas by exchanging views and experiences. -To experience the existing and alternative methods and tools for intercultural education in youth work. -To improve participant's facilitation skills, non- formal teaching methods and pedagogical approaches for working with youth. -To empower the youth workers to use different non-formal methods and be creative in order to improve their educational approach with young people. -To promote tolerance, equity and solidarity among different cultures, nationalities, ethnic and religious groups, etc. -To develop positive attitudes and behaviors for less discrimination and more positive intercultural relations. -To recognize the unique importance of each culture, emphasizing shared values and pluralistic identity -To inspire the youth workers to implement new projects and activities for intercultural learning and cooperation in their communities and organizations. -To promote the Erasmus+ programme and the EU developed tools and platforms as a resource for youth workers for mutual learning and cooperation. -To develop their ICT skills for better project management and larger spread of information to wider communities.

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