About The Project
A synonym for youth work and non-formal education represents Erasmus plus program, which has become very popular among youth organizations over the last 10-15 years. NGOs from all over Europe have the opportunity to apply for youth internationally projects and thus acquire international experiences and practices that they will later apply in their local community. Thanks to this program of the European Commission, the mobility of young people has been increased outside borders of their country. Unfortunately, a large number of these projects are thematically defined and do not deal with non-formal education for new trainers and workers. Most youth organizations apply for projects that are thematically defined, namely; youth entrepreneurship, religious diversity, youth radicalism etc. and who can't improve our capacity if we have inexperienced trainer and worker.
By returning to the basics of non-formal education, new youngest NGO are being helped to strengthen their human capacity, and older NGOs to improve their educational activities and workshop. Project – Youth Winter School, seeks to increase the capacity of new NG organizations, including itself, by developing knowledge and improving skills in the field of informal methodology and education.
We strive, after this project, for youth workers to be fully trained and prepared to initiate, develop, prepare, lead and evaluate an informal educational youth workshop in a multicultural environment.
Objectives
• To introduce participants with different learning styles and different approaches in learning;
• To develop a set of trainer skills (Communication, Facilitation, Coaching…etc) through non- formal education
• Provide participants with competences to be able to work individually or in teams as presenters, facilitators and trainers;
• To motivate and empower participants, future youth workers, to actively work with specific target group of young people (migrants, minority, refugees etc.);
• To develop participant training skills for planning and running a Workshop on the topics; Active citizenship, Human rights, Social inclusion, migrants;
• To increase capacities of youth workers to prepare and implement NFE activities where young people with different possibilities and different background will work together for better understanding among them and for stronger impact on society;
• To empower participants to work on different topics in youth work
• Create contacts with new organizations that work with diverse groups;
