DigiAddictions aimed to increaseon increasing the knowledge of the importance of the dangers related with the missusage of the technology and the digital addictions, combining the different knowledge in a consortium to create a tool able to support youth workers in their work. In particular the project had the concrete objectives of: 1) Increasing the capacity of the youth workers to prevent the missusage of technology in the youth sector, and improving the knowledge about digital competences and their importance when it comes to entering into the labour market. 2) Improving the knowledge and the problems related with the digital addictions and how they affect to the daily lives of the Youth. 3) Increasing international cooperation between 3 different organizations in Europe and all those organizations working in the field of digital skills, digital addictions, youth resilience by also promoting mobilities for staff and young people; 3) To deliver by the end of the project a set of best practices and a digital guide developed and piloted in the contest of DigiAddictions project as an Open Educational Resource. The DigiAddictions methodology took the form of a “learning by doing” lab for increasing youth.
We applied for this project to address the growing issue of digital addiction among youth and the lack of structured resources to support youth workers in this field. Young people increasingly face difficulties in managing their digital lives, affecting their mental well-being, employability, and social integration. Despite being digitally active, many lack the competencies needed to use technology responsibly and effectively. Our aim was to increase awareness of the risks linked to digital misuse and provide youth workers with practical tools to guide young people. Through DigiAddictions, we intended to implement the DigComp framework and develop open educational resources to help youth build digital resilience, self-regulation, and employability skills. The project also responded to the need for international cooperation and knowledge-sharing in the field of digital transformation and youth empowerment.