Youth Empowerment Support to Non-Formal Learning - YES to NFL is a European Project in the same line with Erasmus+ Program General Objective that contribute to the renewed framework for European Cooperation in youth field and the achievement of the Europe 2020 Strategy, including the headline education target. Western Balkan Countries and European Countries (Albania; Kosovo; Serbia; Belgium; Estonia; Italy; Bulgaria and Macedonia) with different backgrounds in NFL will come together and contribute in the promotion and recognition of NFL as an adequate methodology for youth work. Through this project the partner organiations aim to improve youth competencies and skills; to promote a modern education system through NFL; to strengthen the cooperation between all involved stakeholders and to improve intercultural dimensions in the youth field. Local and Transnational Activities will be organized during the lifetime of the project and more than 460 youth will be participating and gaining/improving skills in these activities.The Kick off Meeting will help to prepare the most satisfying and compliable with the current issues in the educational program sphere as well as outline the guidance for the activities and strengthening the partnership between all involved countries. The Study Visit will allow participants to build capacities for developing and implementing projects aiming to increase the recognition of youth work, to explore possible links between recognition of youth work and employability/employment of young people, to share and discuss experiences, examples and possibilities of working towards recognition and to develop partnerships for future actionThe Training Course will help to establish connections in the formal education sector in our respective countries. The representatives of the formal education sector, on the other hand, will broaden their horizons in NFL. They will be able to use non-formal education tools during their work and therefore diversify their pool of methods for working with youth. Training Course participants are also expected later to be involved in the Erasmus+ projects, and not just as part-takers, but as organizers of activities. Furthermore, it is expected that participants will design a module with Non Formal Activities. Participants will be in charge to lead local activities back in their community to validate all the designed activities within the module. Seminar is one important activity which is expected to contribute on finalizing and returning the module in a more professional manner which afterwards will be as a ready-tool for different entities.Attending the foreseen activities will allow participants to build capacities for developing and implementing other new projects aiming to increase the recognition of youth work in European and Western Balkan Countries as well.Planned project activities will start on November 2019 and will end on 31 December 2020.
Objective 1. To improve youth competences and skills in NFL.Objective 2. Promotion of awareness raising for modernisation of education system through NFL and sharing experience between participant countries.Objective 3. Strengthen the cooperation between all involved stakeholders.Objective 4. Improve intercultural dimensions in the youth field.
Project that is implemented for the validation of the nonformal education was in the line with the recommendation given by the Co. of Eu. for program countries, it was very important that in this line are adapted materials for the education sector onhow to work under formal and nonformal methodology together, this work is made step by step through mobility activities and capacity building activities, and the project has affected directly in the development of youth competences and skills in NFL.
<< Background >> Project that is implemented for the validation of the nonformal education was in the line with the recommendation given by the Co. of Eu. for program countries, it was very important that in this line are adapted materials for the education sector onhow to work under formal and nonformal methodology together, this work is made step by step through mobility activities and capacity building activities, and the project has affected directly in the development of youth competences and skills in NFL. << Objectives >> Objective 1. To improve youth competences and skills in NFL.Objective 2. Promotion of awareness raising for modernisation of education system through NFL and sharing experience between participant countries.Objective 3. Strengthen the cooperation between all involved stakeholders.Objective 4. Improve intercultural dimensions in the youth field. << Implementation >> The implementation of this project consisted of several capacity building activities as well as mobilities which brought together lots of inspiration, new skills and competencies which can be easily multiplied in the local level.The project started the implementation in November 2019 with a set of activities as planned and will be elaborated in details within the report. << Results >> •A study Visit with 11 participants from Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Italy, Estonia, Serbia and Belgium is organized.•An analysis of the current situation of Non-Formal Education in each country is created, drafted and finalized.•Recommendations how to validate the NFL by partners are given through the situation analysi.•An exchange information about the real situation of NFL provided by partners is given.•1 Manual with 3 activities by each partner, with NFL methodology