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Youth Work Digital

2024-3-RO01-KA153-YOU-0002819062024Mobility of youth workersongoing
Countries: RO|IT|GE|ES|LT|SK|PT · Grant: €32,148
Digital content, technologies and practicesDigital skills and competencesDigital youth work

Objectives

In the ever-changing digital context, technology is transforming almost every aspect of life, including working with young people. For youth workers, keeping up with new technologies was no longer an option, but a necessity. OECD studies showed that a large proportion of adults, including those in the youth sector, did not have sufficient digital skills to engage effectively in modern online environments. At EU level, Eurostat data indicated that only 56% of adults had basic digital skills, which created serious challenges for those working directly with younger generations. The COVID-19 pandemic has further accentuated this reality, moving face-to-face activities online and leaving many youth workers unprepared to use digital tools effectively. In this context, digital literacy was becoming essential for real engagement, inclusion and support for young people, especially those facing barriers to participation. This training was designed for youth workers from seven partner organisations: RO, SK, PT, IT, LT, ES and GE. The mobility brought together 28 youth workers – project managers, facilitators and volunteers active in their communities. In a rapidly digitizing world, youth workers have had to adapt to new technologies and tools in order to be able to effectively support young people in their communities. Our project aimed to respond to these needs by developing the digital skills needed for youth workers to do better in this ever-changing context and to provide more effective support to young people. The training has been designed to address these challenges head-on, giving participants the opportunity to learn how to use digital tools such as collaborative platforms, content creation software, social media for engagement and tools for online learning. These skills have helped them create inclusive and engaging digital content and organize effective activities both online and offline. The aim of the project was to improve the digital skills of the 28 youth workers from Romania, Slovakia, Portugal, Lithuania, Spain and Georgia, so that they can successfully use and integrate digital tools into their work by the end of the project. O1: Improving the skills of the 28 project managers, facilitators and volunteers from partner organizations in RO, SK, PT, IT, LT, ES and GE to effectively use collaborative platforms, content creation software and digital interactive tools until the end of the project. O2: Increasing the knowledge and skills of the same group of participants for the integration of digital tools into their daily activities of working with young people. O3: Increase the capacity of the seven partner organizations to identify and obtain digital products, licenses or software necessary for their work, available free of charge or at low cost for non-profit use

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