Do you ever wonder how to keep the young people you work with motivated, and how you can take your local youth work to the “next level”? Have you already led a Youth Exchange within the Erasmus+ programme and remained interested in how you can better discover its learning potential and dig deeper into specific aspects? Would you like to know more about the use of digital tools in a meaningful way in different phases of a youth exchange?
This 3-day training course will address many questions and try to open creative space for finding answers regarding different quality aspects of Youth Exchanges and their potential for non-formal learning in youth work. The course will also explore challenges that international setting brings to working with young people. The activity will consist of preparation exercises and residential training course.
The training concept has been developed as a means for systematic support for organizations working with young people from Erasmus+ Programme Countries and the Western Balkan region, who already have the basic understanding and experience in Youth Exchanges. The training is also an opportunity for contact making and partnership building for future cooperation among the organizations.
The aim of the training course is to deepen the understanding of the potential and possibilities of a Youth Exchange as a tool for non-formal learning in long-term work with young people.
The objectives of the programme are to:
- Explore the potential of Youth Exchanges for motivation, learning and empowerment in long term work with young people;
- Increase the participants’ understanding of the importance of involving young people in all phases of a Youth Exchange and the tailoring it according to their needs;
- Increase the participants’ understanding of the role of a Youth Leader in all phases of a Youth Exchange;
- Develop participants’ competences to recognize the potential for learning in all phases of a Youth Exchange and support the learning processes of everyone involved;
- Identify the challenges of international setting a Youth Exchange brings and reflect on how to approach them;
- Explore the use of digital tools in a meaningful way in different phases of a Youth Exchange.
This training activity is funded by: Erasmus+: Youth in action programme. Being selected for this course, all costs (accommodation, travel, visa, etc.) relevant to participation in the course will be covered by the NAs or SALTO involved in this project - except a participation fee which varies from call to call and country to country.
Αναλυτικές πληροφορίες - Δηλώσεις συμμετοχής: salto-youth.net