Supported by: Erasmus + programme
Period: 01.09.2017 – 31.08.2019
Partners: Project 2020 Community Interest Company (UK), MITTETULUNDUSUHING INVOLVED (Estonia)
Description:
Period: 01.09.2017 – 31.08.2019
Partners: Project 2020 Community Interest Company (UK), MITTETULUNDUSUHING INVOLVED (Estonia)
Description:
Main aim of this project is to provide an opportunity to emerging youth workers to gain knowledge, skills and practical experience necessary for supporting youth especially those from marginal backgrounds (ethnic minorities, low income families, etc.), vulnerable situations (disabilities, linguistic barriers, etc.) and NEET’s (not in employment, education and training). The project will contribute to the professional development of a group of youth workers in education and/or training in Macedonia, Estonia and the United Kingdom through involving them in training and practical working experience in all nations, as well as through developing tools both off and online that they can use in their future work in this field. One of the major aims of the collaboration is the development of accreditation and recognition of professional youth work both in the UK, Estonia and Macedonia as well as Europe and even on a Global context.
Activities:
1. Meeting of partners
2. Training course for 21 youth workers from the United Kingdom, Estonia and Macedonia
3. Three 2 month long-term mobility’s of youth workers (2 participants in UK, 2 in Macedonia, 2 in Estonia) before the 10 month long-term mobility’s. The idea of these ones are to offer management placements in different nations for those in year 2 studying Youth and Community Education’ in Cardiff Metropolitan University, Tartu and Tetovo University.
4. Second transnational meeting.
5. Long-term mobility (10 months) of youth workers – each youth worker will spend 10 month working with a variety of young people including NEET young people in another country.
6. Development of online support tool for youth workers working with a variety of young people including those mentioned (NEETs, Vulnerable young people, etc.) The tool will be developed in parallel to the long-term mobility’s of youth workers and will be based on their experiences of working with a variety of young people from a different back ground and in a unique situation.
7. Final events in the UK, Macedonia and Estonia to present the tools and other forms of intellectual output including a film developed over the whole project, physical publication of toolkit / manual and official publication of online learning platform.
8. Third transnational meeting for evaluation.
When it comes to the personal and professional development of the participants in this project, we expect the following results to be achieved:
– Youth workers will have developed their basic skills and competencies for working with young people,
– Youth workers will have acquired knowledge and skills of using progressive tools in the work with young people
– Youth workers will have developed their skills and competencies for implementing activities for young people in a different cultural environment and on intercultural level as well
– Youth workers will have developed their skills and competencies for preparing and implementing youth activities
– Youth workers will have acquired knowledge and practical experience of different youth provision disciplines
– Young people will develop their personal and social skills, as well as their abilities to communicate and cooperate with other young people in intercultural environment
– Young people and youth leaders will get inspired to get more involved in the field of youth work.