Project NEON is a 24 months action aimed to build capacity for cooperation between European and Latin American countries in field of youth work. Partner countries involved in the project are: Poland (applicant), Portugal, Czech Republic, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. We believe the challenge of “building bridges” through youth work calls for systematic, long-term cooperation among European and Latin American organisations. This, in turn, requires effort in order for partners to generate necessary potential and expertise. The overall aim of the project is to create conditions and develop potential that will allow European and Latin American partners collaborate more effectively and on a regular basis in the field of youth work. This calls for framing specific standards of cooperation and methods for ensuring quality in the implementation of youth projects and volunteering activities envisioned in initiatives undertaken by European and Latin American entities. First of all, the project is designed to pool the expertise and experiences of all involved partners. Another goal of the project is to provide a chance for exchanging practices and experiences in Europe-Latin America youth projects. All partners wish to enhance their organisational potential for cooperation by developing a set of methods, tools, solutions and practices that will set a common standard of high-quality operations in the organisation of youth activities and volunteering, taking account of relevant cultural and social differences. In order to share experience, skills and tools and to create the final product of the project ( toolkit for international youth workers) we will use the following methods: transfer of methodologies and instruments, teamwork and cooperative learning. All in all, the experience and outcomes of this project will serve as an impulse and basis for a sustained Europe-Latin America collaboration model, where quality is assured through commonly developed methods and tools that allow for a better understanding of the impact of social and cultural differences.
Project NEON is a 24 months action aimed to build capacity for cooperation between European and Latin American countries in field of youth work. Partner countries involved in the project are: Poland (applicant), Portugal, Czech Republic, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. We believe the challenge of “building bridges” through youth work calls for systematic, long-term cooperation among European and Latin American organisations. This, in turn, requires effort in order for partners to generate necessary potential and expertise. The overall aim of the project is to create conditions and develop potential that will allow European and Latin American partners collaborate more effectively and on a regular basis in the field of youth work. This calls for framing specific standards of cooperation and methods for ensuring quality in the implementation of youth projects and volunteering activities envisioned in initiatives undertaken by European and Latin American entities. First of all, the project is designed to pool the expertise and experiences of all involved partners. Another goal of the project is to provide a chance for exchanging practices and experiences in Europe-Latin America youth projects. All partners wish to enhance their organisational potential for cooperation by developing a set of methods, tools, solutions and practices that will set a common standard of high-quality operations in the organisation of youth activities and volunteering, taking account of relevant cultural and social differences. In order to share experience, skills and tools and to create the final product of the project ( toolkit for international youth workers) we will use the following methods: transfer of methodologies and instruments, teamwork and cooperative learning. All in all, the experience and outcomes of this project will serve as an impulse and basis for a sustained Europe-Latin America collaboration model, where quality is assured through commonly developed methods and tools that allow for a better understanding of the impact of social and cultural differences.