ERASMUS+, Klíčová akce 1: tréninkový kurz
Termín konání: 17.—26. leden 2025
Místo konání: Bran, okres Brașov, Rumunsko
Český tým: 2 účastníci (ve věku 18+ let)
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V rámci programu ERASMUS+ jsou následující finanční specifika: v rámci všech projektů je kompletně (ze 100%) zajištěno jídlo, ubytování, aktivity, a to vše je zcela pokryto z fondů EU programu ERASMUS+ a zařízeno organizátory. Účastníkům dále budou proplaceny cestovní náklady (reimbursement) (v případě tohoto projektu) z místa bydliště do místa konání projektu a zpět do max. výše:
- €309 – v případě letecké dopravy
- €411 v případě ‚zelené‘ pozemní dopravy (autobusy, vlaky)
Hostitelská organizace: Active Development Association (ADA)
Popis projektu:
The mobility „From Rural to Plural – Training course on [rural] youth policy making and media advocacy” is a professional development activity (a mobility of youth workers and professionals in the field of youth) planned to take place in Bran, Brașov County, Romania, between 17th and 26th of January 2025.
The “From Rural to Plural – Training Course on [rural] Youth Policy Making and Media Advocacy” is your chance to learn, connect, and take action. This event is designed for passionate and motivated professionals in the field of [rural] youth who want to explore how youth policies and media advocacy can empower rural communities. It’s a unique opportunity to gain new skills, share your experiences, and work alongside other youth workers from across Europe.
Our team is excited to share the story of the European Youth Village program and learn about your own initiatives in rural youth work. Together, we’ll exchange ideas, explore creative solutions, and develop tools to support young people in making their voices heard.
The training course will take place in the beautiful village of Șimon (Bran), Brașov County, Romania (5 km away from the Dracula’s castle) —a setting that will inspire and energize us all.
If you are ready to take your passion for rural youth work to the next level and contribute to crea3ng meaningful change, we encourage you to join us on this incredible journey.
We hope to see you in Romania!
CONTEXT OR THE “WHY”
Across Europe, young people living in rural areas face significant challenges. They often have limited access to quality education and job opportunities. Infrastructure like transportation and internet connectivity may be lacking, and there are few platforms for them to engage in community decision-making. As a result, many young people leave for cities, which leads to the decline of rural communities. There’s a real need to create policies that support rural youth. However, these young people often don’t have the resources or support to participate in policymaking or to advocate for their needs. The training course aims to change this. It is designed to give youth workers and professionals the skills they need to empower young people in rural areas, to give visibility to the challenges rural youth are facing and to get involved in developing relevant policies frameworks.
OBJECTIVES OR THE “WHAT”
• Help participants learn about the specific issues that young people in rural areas are dealing with across Europe.
• Teach participants effective ways to get involved in creating youth policies, so they can advocate for changes that benefit rural youth.
• Show participants how to use both tradi=onal media and digital platforms to raise awareness and promote initiatives for rural youth.
• Improve participants‘ abilities as youth workers and professionals so they can more effectively support and advocate for rural youth in their own countries.
• Provide opportuni=es for participants to meet others in their field, share ideas, and form partnerships to support rural youth empowerment, under the European Youth Village umbrella (in view of the 3rd edi=on of the European Rural Youth Summit).
TRANSVERSAL OBJECTIVES:
• Foster inclusion and diversity by ensuring that all participants develop strategies to engage and empower rural youth from diverse backgrounds, including those with fewer opportunities due to geographic, socio-economic, or cultural barriers.
• Strengthen participation in democratic life by equipping participants with the knowledge, tools, and methods to encourage rural young people’s active involvement in local, regional, and European-level policymaking.
• Advance digital competencies and transforma5on by enhancing participants’ ability to use digital platforms, social media, and online communication tools effectively and ethically.
• Promote sustainable and green approaches by encouraging participants to integrate environmental awareness, sustainability, and green transition considerations into their youth work.
• Reinforce european identity, values, and coopera5on by strengthening the sense of European belonging and solidarity by connecting youth workers and professionals fromdifferent countries.
• Embed civic education and critical thinking skills by empowering participants to foster critical thinking, media literacy, and responsible civic engagement among rural youth.
PARTICIPANTS’ PROFILE OR THE “WHOM”:
Participants must be YOUTH WORKERS or other PROFESSIONALS IN THE YOUTH FIELD, with the age above 18 years old, who are eager to enhance their professional skills in rural youth work, policy making, and media advocacy.
Ideal candidates are individuals actively involved in youth work, such as youth leaders, trainers, or project coordinators; interested in rural development and/or addressing rural youth challenges; eager to acquire new skills in policy making and media advocacy; available to attend the entire duration of the training from 17th to 26th of January 2025 and after (in the following activities), proficient in English (able to communicate effectively during the training course), ready to apply what they learn by initiating projects or activities in their home communities.
WHO IS A YOUTH WORKER?
Youth workers work with young people aged 13-25, encouraging them, providing them with support and helping them to achieve their potential. The primary focus of youth work is on the personal, social, cultural, and educational development of young people. Youth workers may also, on occasion, provide help, support, and guidance to people as young as 13, and as old as 25. These people are mainly employed in places such as (youth) organizations, council-run community centres, youth centres, youth groups, schools, colleges, and other educational institutions.
Youth workers may work directly with individuals on their personal issues, assessing their needs, listening to their problems, establishing goals, counselling them, and supporting them through tough times. They may also get involved with organising community-based projects, which provide young people with avenues to express themselves, raise concerns and discuss their aspirations. It’s all about empowering youths and giving them opportunities that they would otherwise miss out on. These programmes of support enable participants to make choices about their present and future options, regarding education, health, careers, drugs,
sex, and social situations.
Youth work also has a more administrative side to it, and youth workers are regularly required to draft reports and maintain administrative records, which detail the progress of the young people in their caseload.
Recommended youth workers’ profile: The youth worker has interpersonal and communication abilities; has a strategic thinking and is focussed on results thinking; has a positive and supporting attitude; has team spirit; pays attention to details and promotes a positive attitude among the participants; has coordinating, planning and organizing abilities; has English speaking skills (at least medium level); has experience in volunteering, non-formal education and youth working; is a good mediator; has facilitating abilities; has evaluating
abilities.
Please also read the info-pack about the participants‘ dissemination and preparation activities.
