Main goal of the project ‘Empowering Rural Youth Organizations’ is to increase capacities of rural youth organizations to deliver quality activities to young people from rural areas. The project will take place in several Western Balkans and Programme countries including Albania, Montengero, Romania, Poland, Greece, Serbia, Kosovo, Republic of North Macedonia, Hungary, Italy, Bulgaria and Czech Republic. Main project target groups are organizations working with rural youth, youth workers in need of development of their competences to prepare and to facilitate youth activities, representatives of youth organizations, local institutions working in rural areas and interested to bring new opportunities to young people in their communities. The project will include mobility and capacity building activities reflecting following objectives: -To raise capacities of youth organizations to deliver quality activities in their communities;-To increase capacities of organizations to design and implement innovative programmes that effectively address specific issues in their communities;-To develop capacities of organizations, especially in the areas of project management, fundraising and advocacy making;-To enhance competences of youth workers to analyse the situations in their communities and to use various tools for empowerment, especially tools based on creative writing, storytelling and digital storytelling;-To increase social skills of youth workers to start processes supporting active participation of youth in life of their communities;-To raise knowledge of participants on Erasmus + Programme and support creating partnerships and ideas for future projects in framework of empowerment of rural youth. Key project results will be raised capacities of rural youth organizations in the field of project management, funding and fundraising and advocacy making. Moreover, youth workers involve in the project activities will increase their competences to deliver quality activities aiming to increase competences of rural youth.
To increase capacities of youth organizations to design & implement innovative programmes in their communities; To develop skills in project management, fundraising & advocacy making; To enhance competences of youth workers to analyse the situations in their communities and to use various tools for empowerment; To increase social skills of youth workers to start processes supporting active participation of youth in life of their communities; To raise knowledge on Erasmus+ programme.
The 'Empowering Rural Youth Organizations' project enhances rural youth organizations' capacity to deliver quality programs to young people in rural areas. Implemented in Western Balkans and Programme countries, it targets organizations, youth workers, representatives, local institutions, and individuals keen on creating new opportunities for rural youth, from twelve countries.
<< Background >> The 'Empowering Rural Youth Organizations' project enhances rural youth organizations' capacity to deliver quality programs to young people in rural areas. Implemented in Western Balkans and Programme countries, it targets organizations, youth workers, representatives, local institutions, and individuals keen on creating new opportunities for rural youth, from twelve countries. << Objectives >> To increase capacities of youth organizations to design & implement innovative programmes in their communities; To develop skills in project management, fundraising & advocacy making; To enhance competences of youth workers to analyse the situations in their communities and to use various tools for empowerment; To increase social skills of youth workers to start processes supporting active participation of youth in life of their communities; To raise knowledge on Erasmus+ programme. << Implementation >> Despite the difficulties from COVID-19 pandemic we managed the implement the foreseen activities in project application:Capacity Building Activities (Kick off meeting and Evaluation Meeting as well local trainings in 11 partner countries)Mobility Activities (3 training courses, 1 study visit , 1 Seminar on Development of Future Projects and Addressing Sustainability of Youth Organizations & job shadowings )All activities were based in non formal education and learning by doing methods. << Results >> The project fully achieved its objectives by empowering 12 partner organizations to deliver high-quality activities & innovative programs, while developing their capacities in project management, fundraising, & advocacy making. The project also enhanced the competences of 197 young people in analyzing situations & using various tools for empowerment, while improving their social skills & knowledge of the E+ program, enabling them to create partnerships & future projects empowering rural youth.