Youth workers supporting youth participation and activism
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SPIN Association, a non-profit, non-governmental development organization, whose aim is to promote intercultural understanding, intercultural dialogue, sustainability as well as active and participatory citizenship and lifelong learning is looking for partners to embrace a new project under our Erasmus+ KA1 Accreditation (no application needed). The Training Course “Youth in Action” is a project aimed at youth workers, educators, mentors with proven experience working with youth or in the youth sector, that are available to create a safe space for reflection and shared learning around different ways to support young people coping with the world today. How can we as youth workers impactfully support engagement, connection and empowerment in a disruptive world.
Objectives:
Promote spaces for reflection, networking and shared learning among professionals (youth workers, educators, mentors)
mapping tools and practices around youth participation and activism to be used at grass roots level
Foster means to fully embrace in the daily work the EU youth strategy
among partners (engage, connect, empower youth)
Accommodation :
Spin Hostel is a social project of the Spin Association and it is supported by the local council, Junta de Freguesia de Carnide. It is one of the first “social hostels” in Portugal and it is mostly used to host groups of young people coming to Lisbon for intercultural exchanges, training courses, study visits, and for some other social and educational international activities.
This means we are all in charge of taking care of the space and have to function as a community for the extension of each project: make sure you clean after yourself, ensure everyone is comfortable around the space(s), help out during meals, take care of it as it was your home! The hostel is situated right next to our office in Bairro Padre Cruz, a public housing neighborhood located in the northern part of Lisbon, about 45 mins from the city center. You can find one of the biggest European urban art galleries in our neighborhood (and we will be happy to show you around)!
Participants Profile
- youth worker, educator, mentor with proven work with youth or within youth
organizations; - Natural or resident in one of the countries within the partnership
- At least 18 years old
- Interested in sharing knowledge about the topic
- Good working level of English
- Be an active participant of the project in it’s full extension (arrival on the 30th of
September from 5 PM and departure on the 8th of October after breakfast) - Able to take online preparatory meetings if necessary
- Be able to lead a multiplying event up to 2 months after the project implementation.
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