Our KA1 Youth Mobility project aimed to strengthen youth work across partners by enhancing learning, practice reflection and youth participation in the areas of inclusion and digital youth work. It also acts as a pivotal stepping-stone toward a larger KA2 initiative, aligning activities with national events and establishing groundwork for a sustainable, collaborative European partnership. Core Intended Achievements • Create meaningful staff learning and practice development through mobility activities: o Staff reflected on, captured, and disseminated practice and practitioner research related to of inclusion and digital youth work. o Exposure to European organisations will enable comparisons of experiences, deeper learning, and broader dissemination of effective approaches. • Elevate the status and visibility of youth work within policy and practice: o Position youth work as a coherent ideology and vital practice within policy frames through the Youth Work for All Conference o Showcase selected work from the federation, including EU and international examples, to promote youth engagement and participation. • Developed frameworks and plans to strengthen youth participation and advocacy through planned activities: o Engage young people to identify the most relevant youth and youth-work issues. o Enable direct youth contact with decision-makers to ensure youth voices are heard and considered. o Build collaborations with other youth-work organisations, policy influencers, and policymakers to amplify impact. • Respond to emerging training and developmental needs of Member Youth Services: o Provide opportunities for staff to reflect, acquire new skills, and develop competencies. o Address and focus on priority areas such as digital opportunities, inclusion, and participation through partnership with more experienced organisations. Specific Objectives ( KA1-focused) • Objective 1: Collaboration with the Federation to showcase the value of youth work, youth participation, and youth clubs. o Promote the practice of youth work as a central, coherent approach within policy frameworks. o Share and compare practices with European colleagues to deepen learning and broaden impact. • Objective 2: Respond to youth participation needs and advocate effectively. o Identify youth and youth-work issues most relevant to young people, in this instance the focus is on young people from marginalised backgrounds. o Support direct youth engagement with decision-makers to influence changes they seek. o Build and strengthen alliances with other youth-work organisations, policy influencers, and policymakers. • Objective 3: Address evolving training and reflective-practice needs of Member Youth Services. o Facilitate opportunities for staff to reflect on practice and gain new skills, competencies, and knowledge. o Leverage partnerships to expand expertise in priority areas (e.g., digital inclusion, participation). Planned Activities and What They Aim to Deliver • Our KA1 mobility activity firstly sought to elevate the visibility of and best practices in youth work, particularly digital youth work, as a means of supporting the inclusion of marginalised young people in society. o Purpose: Advance youth work practice and identify best practice and expertise within participants experiences of youth work. o Deliverables: Reflections, workshop reports, social media posts, brainstorming session reports describing best practices and summarising thematic issues in supporting the inclusion of marginalised young people in society through youth work. • Outputs and governance materials designed to support KA2: Our KA1 mobility activity aligned with the National Youth Work For All Conference (4 November 2024) and connected to Youth Work Ireland (YWI) Accreditation. o Purpose: Support the development of a broader KA220 Strategic Partnership proposal with partner organisations. o Deliverables: a mobility experience that feeds into a broader, strategic EU partnership and a shared understanding of future themes and needs and generates new knowledge and visibility of youth work beyond the partnership and the KA220 Strategic Partnership. • Thematic focus: “Youth Work Virtual – Creating Immersive Digital Spaces for Inclusive Youth Engagement” o Activities include sessions on partnership formation, EU project management basics, youth work practice and best practice and exploring immersive digital spaces as a platform for inclusive youth work. o Output: evidence, reflections, inputs into the Youth Work for All Conference and a foundation for future collaboration in a KA2 project. • Outputs and governance materials designed to support KA2: o A summary report for our KA1 and KA2, including project partnership details, mobility objectives, facilitator SWOT analyses, and recommendations. o A training summary with resources and a cloud-based folder for ongoing access. o A Project Roadmap , Team Canvas (roles and responsibilities), and initial branding