"Global Footprints" is capacity building project with partners in Denmark, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. The project aims at building capacity of the partner organizations involved to provide Global Responsibility Education. In the context of globalization, challenges of the world have to be approached in a global context, whilst the young generation has to be educated in the spirit of global responsibility and respect. Non formal sector is facing a lack of educational resources in Global Responsibility Education. Through this project, the partners address the need to revitalize non-formal education and stimulate the professional development of the youth workers. The project entails 7 activities aiming at developing, testing and launching non formal methods in GRE, activities to create a global network of trainers in Global Responsibility education, as well as activities to secure the sustainability of the project. The project will create a compendium of methods in Global Responsibility Education aiming to promote global responsibility among young people, enhance their global solidarity and respect, and develop their skills to assess the impact of their daily activities. The compendium will enrich the non formal education globally and address in a global contexts the biggest challenges of our societies, such as poverty, health, environment and climate change. Additionally, a network of 22 international trainers in Global Responsibility Education, as well a network of 120 local trainers in GRE will be formed in Europe and Africa. Overall, the partner organizations will strengthen their capacity to provide global responsibility education, enhance their international network, renew their educational packages and strengthen the recognition of learning activities they provide, while non-formal education will be revitalized and new forms of youth work will be stimulated.
"Global Footprints" is capacity building project with partners in Denmark, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia. The project aims at building capacity of the partner organizations involved to provide Global Responsibility Education. In the context of globalization, challenges of the world have to be approached in a global context, whilst the young generation has to be educated in the spirit of global responsibility and respect. Non formal sector is facing a lack of educational resources in Global Responsibility Education. Through this project, the partners address the need to revitalize non-formal education and stimulate the professional development of the youth workers. The project entails 7 activities aiming at developing, testing and launching non formal methods in GRE, activities to create a global network of trainers in Global Responsibility education, as well as activities to secure the sustainability of the project. The project will create a compendium of methods in Global Responsibility Education aiming to promote global responsibility among young people, enhance their global solidarity and respect, and develop their skills to assess the impact of their daily activities. The compendium will enrich the non formal education globally and address in a global contexts the biggest challenges of our societies, such as poverty, health, environment and climate change. Additionally, a network of 22 international trainers in Global Responsibility Education, as well a network of 120 local trainers in GRE will be formed in Europe and Africa. Overall, the partner organizations will strengthen their capacity to provide global responsibility education, enhance their international network, renew their educational packages and strengthen the recognition of learning activities they provide, while non-formal education will be revitalized and new forms of youth work will be stimulated.