Title: DIGI tools and instruments for Better Youth Work
Dates: 28 May- 4 June 2022
Place: Turku, Finland
Project description:
According to a EUROSTAT statistics, 91% of young people in the EU make daily use of the internet compared to 71% of the total population. This number illustrates very well how important the online sphere for youngsters is. Online tools and services offer great opportunities for personal and professional life and development, but they can involve many threats and can endanger the well-being of young people in different ways. Examples are cyber-bullying, hate speech, loss of personal data and privacy rights, data theft, exposure to fake news, etc. just to name a few. In early 2020, the move to digital youth work was particularly prominent due to the confinements imposed by governments around Europe during the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many youth workers and teachers to move their activities online. This caused additional concerns to regard personal data and privacy of young people, and how this data is being misused. Because of these reasons we believe that it is important to increase the level of media literacy of youngsters by informing them about a healthy way of using digital media and to reach out to youngsters with means of digital youth work. This Training Course is for youth workers and youth leaders who want to learn useful methods of digital youth work for their target group (especially youngsters with fewer opportunities) or are working already with these kinds of methods and want to share their methods, get inspired, and complement their toolbox. This project contains a training Course and a monitored follow-up phase
Aims of the project:
-raise awareness about the own online behaviour; online threats for youngsters
-digital and data security and privacy rights
-increase the level of Media Literacy of the participants and their target group
-share methods for digital youth work and provide a toolbox for youth workers and trainers
-develop new methods for digital youth work
-empower youngsters to use digital tools for their personal and professional development
-set up an Action Plan on how to implement the methods in the home communities
-create network between youth workers and trainers from different European organizations
TARGET GROUP:
This professional development training’s target group consists of youth workers, NGO workers, youth leaders and media people working with youth. Participants should have at least good command of verbal and written English and be available for the whole project time (preparation, main activity, material development, dissemination, evaluation). Knowledge of non-formal learning and youth-related topics will be beneficial for a productive process and enhanced experience sharing.
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Finland, Romania, Bulgaria, Estonia, Italy and Turkey
PRACTICAL ARRANGEMENTS:
Accomodation:
The Project venue is in Merimasku, Finland. You will be accommodated in a camping area, which is 28 kilometres
from the Turku city centre. You will be living in shared rooms with three other participants of same-sex. Each
room has a separate bathroom. Bed linen will be provided, but bring your own towel. Please, note that there are
no shops close to the training venue and the internet access is limited. In case you have special needs (allergies, dietary needs) note them in the application form.
COVID-19 measures:
All travellers to Finland are upon entry required to provide 2 DOCUMENTS:
1.proof of vaccination OR overcome of the disease not older than six months and
2.a negative COVID-19 test result not older than 48 hours (it could be either antigen or PCR test – both are recognized)- the costs of such will be covered by the participants
Insrance:
The project does not cover travel insurance costs. WE STRONGLY ADVISE YOU TO TAKE OUT A FULL TRAVEL INSURANCE FOR THE DURATION OF YOUR STAY IN FINLAND. The insurance has to cover all possible Covid-19 related expenses as well. The organization will not be able to reimburse you for any losses. Please also note that private medical care in Finland is expensive.
TO APPLY:
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: asap
Contacts: If you have any further questions please contact us at: provisioninternational.office@gmail.com