Online Course: "Boosting the political participation of young migrants in Europe"

Online Course: "Boosting the political participation of young migrants in Europe"
E-learning
26-30 May 2020 | ONLINE, Portugal

The current context demands, more than never, a very conscious, informed, collaborative and supportive approach of youth workers, decision-makers and trainers, among other relevant stakeholders and key actors in the field while empowering young people to make the best and most ethical use of online spaces of participation, education and shaping our relationships and interactions. Online Participation of the most vulnerable groups of young people must be object of reflection, work and co-creation!

The objectives are:
TO EMPOWER youth workers and that are working with young migrants and young people with migrant background to better represent their interests and current challenges (such as integration, identity conflict, discrimination, employment, education, lack of youth policies and involvement in the decision-making process), making use of existing online tools, resources and platforms;

TO ACQUIRE KNOW-HOW on concepts and roles of youth work, youth policies, migration and integration policies and institutions relevant for the engagement of migrant youth at different levels (local, national and European level), understanding the value, ethics and role of online youth work and available tools, resources and platforms;

TO BECOME ACQUAINTED with state-of-the-art approaches and methodologies that can support youth practitioners and the young migrants and young people with migrant background, in tackling pressing issues such as inclusion;

TO INCREASE AWARENESS of developing strategies to increase sense of belonging and active participation in order to avoid the radicalization of young people in Europe;

TO INCREASE THE NUMBER & QUALITY of projects in the framework of Erasmus+.