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Accredited project in the field of youth

2023-1-PL01-KA151-YOU-0001339782023Mobility of young people for accredited organisationsfinalized
Countries: PL · Grant: €60,950

Objectives

Our project number 2023-1-PL01-KA151-YOU-000133978 involved two main mobilities, i.e. 1 youth worker mobility (training) and 1 youth exchange preceded by a preparatory meeting. The main mobilities implemented during the first year of the accreditation plan were: 1.) Youth Worker Mobility (Training, Action A1) entitled by us ‘Visual AIDs in Youth Work’ was implemented between 19 and 25 November 2023. 27 participants and 3 trainers representing 8 youth organisations from the programme countries participated in the project. The overall goal of the project was to develop skills and competences in the use of visual thinking techniques and graphic facilitation in and for youth work in 28 youth workers, group leaders and facilitators representing 8 different organisations. Both the ability to work and support non-formal education processes using manual tools such as markers and flipcharts and digital tools were developed. The specific objectives were: -develop among the trainees the practical ability to use graphic facilitation methods and visual thinking when working with groups of young people with different profiles supporting effectively the processes of learning, development, understanding, creative and imaginative thinking and communication, -development of skilful, effective and conscious use of graphic facilitation methods using both manual (flipchart, markers, outliners) and digital tools (graphic software, AI and tablets), -increase trainees' capacity to carry out high quality activities, actions and learning mobilities based on youth work and non-formal education using graphic facilitation methods, -acquisition of skills in the use of visual thinking methods and digital tools in the promotion and dissemination of educational actions and mobilities supported or led by project participants. 2.) A mobility of international youth exchange entitled. ‘Young Digital Guardians’, which involved 24 young people, 6 leaders and 2 facilitators representing 6 youth groups coming from Slovakia, Bulgaria, Romania, Spain, Greece and Poland. The mobility took place between 20-27 April 2024. And the youth exchange itself was preceded by a preparatory meeting which took place between 2-3 March 2024. The participants of the preparatory meeting were delegations representing each partner involved in the mobility (youth exchange) consisting of 1 leader and 1 participant. Overall objective of the youth exchange: To increase the knowledge, awareness and competences of the project participants regarding the opportunities, chances and risks related to the use of digital tools, social media and the internet. To support among the participants the competences and attitudes necessary to consciously use ‘information technology’ in the broadest sense of the term for the realisation of their life, educational and professional goals and to avoid or oppose the risks associated with these tools. Specific objectives of the youth exchange: -increase participants' competence to consciously use digital tools to achieve their life and educational goals, -fostering knowledge of negative phenomena such as FOMO syndrome, cyberbullying and hatespeech and strengthening participants' attitudes to oppose these phenomena assertively, -support of experiences and competences concerning the conscious use of digital devices, safe for us and with respect for the law and the dignity of others, -increase of social inclusion, active citizenship and development of participants' interpersonal competences by supporting the skilful and conscious use of our leisure time both online and in the “real” world. -development of experiences, competences and skills related to the preparation and implementation of the project and the conduct of cooperation of an international nature.

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