INTRODUCTION

" STEP4" is an Erasmus+ Training Course with the scope of prοviding youth workers and educators for tailoring methods and strategies to support the talents and competencies development of young people and the Organisations working with youth.  The project aims to design and consider sustainable, alternative and digital methodologies and approaches to adapt to the European job market and develop the entrepreneurial and employment competences of our young people through upgraded employability strategies.

STEP4 is about:

• Entrepreneurial learning
• Career development
• Green and environmental
• Digitalisation and hybrid education

OBJECTIVES

1. Empower youth workers fan of competences in the employability sector for supporting their Organisations and young people in developing adequate skills, attitudes and behaviours for the current job market.
2. Connect employability learning with digital elements and knowledge in order to be on track with the future of different European employment sectors.
3. Analyse and design models of enterprises that can support youth Organisations and young people to qualitatively build working opportunities.
4. Support younger generations in the transition from studies to the job market in the actual European scenario and Carve into the concepts of sustainable and digital/hybrid jobs of the future.
5. Collaborate with the relevant local, regional and European stakeholders to grow a better employability scenario for youth work activities aimed at harnessing efforts of both professionals and young individuals.
6. Boost employability through a set of high-quality methods and tools that can be adapted to diverse backgrounds and working environments in Europe and beyond.
7. Provide youth workers with professional training opportunities through the values of Erasmus + and the European Youth Strategy.

OUR ORGANISATION

Europejska Fundacja Rozwoju Człowieka is a non-profit Organisation, based in Łódź, Poland. We provide European and global opportunities for youth workers, young people and citizens based on holistic approaches and innovative non-formal education and design European mobility opportunities and different activities. As well, we do operate as researchers in the educational sector in collaboration with local and regional stakeholders.

CONTACT for the COURSE

Email us with further queries at eurofrc@gmail.com.

The main aim of the course is to motivate initiation and provide support for the establishment of national structures in countries where they don’t exist. 

How? Facilitated course with interactive content. Showcasing examples of 9 associations to inspire discussions regarding approaches and steps for participants countries. 

Who is the course for? Motivated youth workers and groups of youth workers, coming from Council of Europe and European union countries. 

Where? HOP platform

Language: English

Units and timeframe:

Recognition of learning: Learning badges are provided for completion of each unit. All participants that complete at least 80% of the course obligations are entitled to receive Youth Pass certificates.

In today’s rapidly changing world, guiding young people on their career and personal development journeys requires fresh, engaging, and personalized approaches. DIGIVOGUI provides a comprehensive learning experience tailored for youth workers and educators seeking to enhance their vocational guidance skills using non-formal education methods.

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Apply non-formal education techniques to vocational guidance.
• Facilitate self-awareness and personal development among young people.
• Support informed and confident decision-making processes.
• Develop communication and interpersonal skills essential for effective mentorship.
• Guide youth in exploring vocational interests and aligning them with future career paths.

Course Structure

The course is divided into ten  modules, each offering a blend of theory, reflection, and practical application:1. 

1. Introduction to the DIGIVOGUI
2. Vocational Guidance
3. Non Formal Education
4. Train Social and Personal Competences
5. Work WITH and IN the youth fielD
6. Laying the Groundwork: Materials and the essencials of  Session planning
7. From Blueprint to Action: Delivering Engaging Session
8. Communication Styles
9. Bridging Differences: Effective Conflict Management Strategies
10. Closing the Circle: Building Vocational Guidance Networks

This course facilitated in English is ideal for: 

• Youth workers and educators
• Career and guidance counselors
• Social workers and mentors
• Professionals in education or youth development
• Anyone passionate about guiding young individuals toward meaningful futures

Course Format

Language: English

Mode: Self-paced online learning

Activities: Interactive content, reflection exercises, case studies, and practical tools

Certification: Participants will receive a badge of completion after successfully finishing all modules

Join Us!

Embark on this learning journey to become a champion of youth vocational guidance. Let’s empower young people together—helping them make confident choices for their futures while unlocking their fullest potential.

Welcome to the Hybrid Phase of the Body Liberation Seminar! Embark on a transformative journey through three enriching modules, beginning with "Why Body Liberation Matters." Dive deep into the foundations of body liberation in "Building the Foundations," before navigating the intricate landscape of intersectional body politics in our final module. This online experience is designed to acquaint you with the subject matter, empowering you to explore diverse perspectives before delving deeper in person. Join us and embrace the liberation of your body and mind!

Welcome to MentorMe! 🤩

The project is developed by three NGOs from Poland, Greece and Romania. During the project adults educators from those organisations are going to meet and develop their competences during 3 training courses which will take place in Poland, Romania and Greece. Adult educators are going to develop the tools for English teaching based on improvisation theatre and ICT tools. The video guides would be published after each training courses on the website.

Welcome to Be the Change – an online course consisting of 9 modules prepared within the international project Be The Change, offering knowledge and ready-to-use exercises for youth workers who would like to introduce the topic of social entrepreneurship to young people in an inspiring, interactive, and comprehensive way.

The course was developed as part of a KA2 partnership project,“Be the Change”, aimed to create educational resources for young people and inspire them to engage in social entrepreneurship. The project is implemented by Zarika Association, Bulgaria, Zavod Aspira, Slovenia, and ICAD Foundation, Poland, and is supported and co-funded by the European Union.

Target audience:

• Youth workers.

• Youth educators.

• High-school teachers.
  

• Primary school teachers. 

• Mentors for young people.
  

• NGO representatives.
  

• Trainers and facilitators.
  

• People who want to explore social entrepreneurship.

Features:

• Practical, ready-to-use exercises.
  

• Inspiring advice by successful social entrepreneurs.
  

• Pedagogical advice for youth workers.
  

• Theoretical input.
  

• Reflection and evaluation insights.
  

• Comprehensive reading materials.
  

• Sustainability strategies.

As a facilitator, trainer or youth worker that works with interculturally mixed groups of young people you know that it is difficult to address this topic. Indeed, talking about war and peace is a challenge. 

This course aims at preparing and supporting you facing this challenge. The activities and reflections guide you through a process of self-clarification and introduces tools to work with young people locally or in transnational events. 

How to facilitate learning in times of war and crisis? 

To answer this, the course is focusing on three areas: 

• • • Me as a facilitator, trainer and youth worker (the personal level): This is all about how you can prepare yourself and create a safe space for yourself and the people you work with.
    • Me and others (the interpersonal level): This is about you, the young people you work with and the question of how to facilitate the learning process of individuals and groups in the context of war and crises.
    • Me and community (the local level): This is about you, your community and small actions that can be implemented by and in your community.
    • Additionally, this course has a toolbox with various approaches and tools on how to facilitate learning in times of war and crisis as well as a list of additional resources.

The context of this online course

This online course has its origins in the transnational seminar “How to talk about war? - Working with young people in times of war crisis”, which took part 11-16 of July 2022 in Toruń, Poland. The seminar offered a space to reflect on how to talk with young people about the war, its consequences and how it affects our lives. And it inspired participants to take small actions and be impactful in their work as facilitators, trainers or youth workers.  This online course also includes content from another residential event in Poland: “Social Inclusion of Young Refugees”, a training course from 27 till 30 September 2022 in Gdańsk. 

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Course authors: Michael Kimmig and Marta Brzezińska-Hubert

Course provider: SALTO Eastern Europe and Caucasus

Course duration: self-paced (approx. 3-4 hours / module)

Course language: English

Target group: facilitators, trainers, youth workers

Requirements: none

Learning recognition: HOP Certificate

Last update: 27. November  2022

This course is a self-paced, interactive, practical course for Youth Workers to learn how to support groups of disadvantaged youth in creating and realizing their own volunteering projects and use it as an experiential learning process for the volunteers.

You are going to learn about:

- how to approach disadvantaged Youth,

- how to mobilize and recruit them to create their own volunteer projects,

- how to work with them,

- how to inspire, connect, empower, coach and mentor them in this process.

About this course

In this course, you have a chance to learn about supporting disadvantaged youth who come from minority or socially disadvantaged background in the context of youth work. More specifically you can learn about how to support a group of disadvantaged youngsters in a non-formal learning program that is based on volunteering.

Dive into a diverse toolbox of 40 easy-to-use tools, spanning body and movement, art expression, singing, psychoeducation, role plays, and team-building activities. Learn to approach your workshops with a heartful yet professional touch, prioritizing safety and ethics. Craft customized workshop scenarios and emerge as a confident, empathetic, and skilled educator or professional, ready to make a meaningful impact.

General Aim

Improve the capacities of youth workers/organisations in the area of digital competences, stimulating debate about digitalisation paradoxes, and increase the quality of engagement practices of youth work in the fields of employability and entrepreneurship.

Specific objectives of the training course

• Train participants on the digital competencies required to increase the youth work’s impact.

• Empower youth workers to be innovative in supporting young people’s engagement in learning opportunities in employability and entrepreneurship skills.

• Improve the approach in the youth field in addressing the generations’ gaps and the update of the new young generation in using digital tools in life and work.

• Introduce relevant resources used in Y@W, such as Entrecomp and DigiComp, and how to be utilized.

Methodology

The methodology adopted is based on the non-formal learning approach (i.e. training sessions, group working, collective learning, group and panel discussions, field visit, and inputs from experts) and will offer space to closely engage participants in sharing their practices, tools, experiences, and relevant resources through Open Space Technology. The activity is also an opportunity to explore how the youth work can be effective in the digital era through visiting practices in the field in Greece and guest speakers.

Digital Youth Work Council Conclusions invite the Member States to “promote better access for young people, in particular those with fewer opportunities and those living in rural and remote areas, or where face-to-face access is not feasible, to youth work services through the use of digital technologies.” This has proven to be very important in Covid-19 situation for all young people. Youth work should be prepared to provide services via digital environments in such circumstances, but also create offers for day to day local as well as for international youth work, especially for those who usually have difficulties accessing these offers (young people with fewer opportunities and special needs)

This course is free, open and accessible at any time - go through it at your own pace. 

YDA is created within #EUInfluencers project that gives an active role to young people from Sweden, Croatia, Serbia, Italy and Portugal in being the influencers of the European project towards their peers, by increasing their understanding of the EU, development of critical thinking and combating fake news. We believe that young people are the key to reaching their peers, through peer-to-peer communication and non-formal education. The project aims to create an international network of young influencers who are well informed and critical about the European Union, can re-think, re-shape it, and have the capacity to pass this ability to encourage their peers by, giving them a platform where they can feel empowered to create change.

YDA consists of eight modules with the following structure:

- Module 1 European Union introduction - understanding how the European Union works and what it does for us in our daily lives. In particular, two questions are addressed: “What do we know about the European Union?” and “What does the European Union do for us?”

- Module 2 Intro to fake news - glossary of terms: fake news, misinformation, disinformation, propaganda, manipulation, etc

- Module 3 Exploring online tools for combating fake news and fact-checking

- Module 4 Critical thinking: tools to encourage and develop critical thinking among young people. Critical analysis of EU and rebuilding trust in the EU from a youth perspective

- Module 5 Peer education: how to lead a team of peers, facilitate discussions and workshops by young people for young people, how to create group dynamics, empathy and connection between participants

- Module 6: Inclusion and outreach: how to reach excluded groups of young people/young people with fewer opportunities through local projects

- Module 7: Use of social media in the context of local projects and campaigns: how to communicate attractively and dynamically with young people using social media

- Module 8: MAGI - “Mini Action, Great Impact” - how to organise a small but effective campaign activity that requires minimal preparation and almost zero materials.

This project is implemented during 2022-2024 by DYPALL Network in cooperation with Elios (Italy), Centar E8 (Serbia), LAG Zagorje-Sutla (Croatia) and African Empowerment Center (Sweden) co-funded by the European Youth Together programme of the European Union.

Dear learners,

We are happy to welcome you to the Basic mindfulness e-course You(th) in the moment!

This e-course was created in 2022 by an international team of youth workers, trainers and mindfulness instructors from Estonia, Greece, Italy, Latvia, Sweden and Ukraine within Erasmus+ Strategic partnership project ‘(YOU)th in the moment’.

This e-course is designed for specialists working with young people in youth centers, NGOs, schools, hobby schools, camps, and on all other different occasions.

Course authors: Vira Gruzova, Julia Dem, Ieva Ugne Ulianskaite, Kateryna Popkova, Karolina Mazetyte, Olga Samoilenko, Victor Shiryaev, Viktoriia Yablonska

Course manager: Julia Dem 
Course provider: NGO VitaTiim (Estonia), NGO Positive Youth (Sweden), Mindspot Centre (Ukraine)

Course duration: 

6 mindful skills to train

20 formal meditative practices to experience 

2 Non-formal practices to invite to your daily life

3 modules to listen and learn

20 hours to practice

9 mindful exercises to do with your youth community

You choose your time to complete the course

For fruitful learning you may need:

• laptop or smartphone with a good Internet connection
• quiet space with your favorite cushion and blanket for practices
• something to write down notes and personal reflections

Your future learning journey consists of three modules. We invite you to explore the e-course in your own timetable and sequence. For example, It’s OK to go from 1 to 3 modules and It’s OK to read some parts of 1st module and jump to some skills of the 2nd module, practice for a week, and later try other parts of 1 and 2, and 3 modules

and It’s OK to go to the 3rd module, explore it and find out, what parts you’ll see next.

and We expect you finally to go through ALL the modules in order to finish the e-course.

Are you looking for inspiration and new ways to reach out to young people? Look no further. This course will take you step-by-step into a journey through creativity, innovation and lots of fun

Objectives

What can I expect from this MOOC?

Learning Outcomes

1. Have a clear understanding of how innovation can transform your approach as a youth worker, enhance the effectiveness of your work, and create new opportunities for/with young people.

2. Understand a range of principles, strategies, and best practices for promoting innovation within youth organisations, including fostering a culture of creativity, encouraging collaboration, and spotting new trends in youth work.

3. Experience a range of practical and actionable innovation tools tailored explicitly for the youth field. Using these tools effectively to engage and empower young people, facilitate problem-solving, and drive positive change in your community.

4. Develop your ability to think creatively and approach challenges from new angles, using techniques to generate innovative ideas, overcome obstacles, and navigate complex issues commonly faced by youth workers and youth organisations.

5. Be able to adapt and apply innovative approaches to address specific challenges within your youth work context.

Target Group

Innovation Tools for Youth Workers and Youth Organizations was created for: 

Type of Course: Self-paced
Last update: 10 November 2023
Course author and manager: Anita Silva
Course provider: Edulabs Project, Team Mais (Portugal), ANEV - The Association of Non-Formal Education (Czech Republic), HUMAK – University for Applied Sciences (Finland), YouthWatch (Slovakia). 
Course language: English. Transcripts, handouts and video subtitles are available in Portuguese, Finnish, Slovak, and Czech (find all transcripts and translations in chapter 0.6)
Requirements: none

Certificate: A certificate will be issued automatically once you complete all activities (forums require a post written to be marked as completed)

NOTE: Some learners have reported that an empty screen appears immediately after you enter the course. If that happens, please re-login to the HOP platform and search for the course on the "Courses" tab.

Online kurzus segítő foglalkozásúak számára

Az alapozó kurzus segít:

- megérteni azt hogy mi zajlik benned

- feltérképezni, hogy mi az ami segít és mi az ami gátol akár a személyes életedben akár a munkavégzésedhez kapcsolódóan

- informálódni, a kiégésről és az azt megelőző állapotokról

- képzelődni álmodozni arról, hogy mit szeretnél megvalósítani

-  megismerni és megtapasztalni sok-sok feladatot, amely kreatív módon mutatja be, mi az amit a belső világod üzenni akar és megmutatni kíván

- megismerni a belső Tüzedet és, hogy mi táplálja azt.

Ha tovább szeretnél tanulni velünk, akkor a képzőknek, facilitátoroknak szóló  második kurzus segít:

- megismerni a HEARTLAND világát - a résztvevő nemzetközi műhelyek különleges módszertanait

- a kombinált módszertan előnyeit

- némi  nem-formális és tapasztalati tanulás alapokat

- és nem utolsó sorban megismerhetsz egy gyakorlat gyűjteményt amiből képzői szárnybontogatásod vagy továbbfejlesztésed elkezdheted

Gyere, tarts velünk!

In the course you will find tips and learning materials on connecting myths, legends and folklore to the narrative of the game. You will find examples of puzzles and links to resources to design your game. The course features digital platforms to support your game and learning.

• Information and practical assignments to design an escape game outdoors with regards to learning goals and target groups of your organization
• Tips and learning materials on connecting myths, legends and folklore to the narrative of the game.
• Concrete puzzles and resources to design your game.
• Digital platforms to support your game and learning.

• This course covers the basics of Social Entrepreneurship; What is it, difference between the generic entrepreneurship, basic principles, and existing enterprises around the globe.

• The course provides special tools to kick-start your social entrepreneurship process; Crowdfunding cause canvas, business canvas, marketing method etc.

• The course in the end will give you basics about sustaining and running your social enterprise; basic bookkeeping, sustaining your business

This project is supported under ERASMUS KA2 Capacity Building.

The course is available in 7 languages*; English, Spanish, Polish, Vietnamese, Nepali, Greek and Dutch. (* the interface is however in English).

We hope that you find what you are looking from this course and we hope to hear your experience through our Facebook Page

All the best,
The SETYP Team!

In the first chapter we learn how our emotions and feelings lead to our internal landscapes which reveal the secret of our well-being.

In the second chapter, the fairy tales bring us to an upside down world, to the border of reality and dream, where not all is what it seems. Through our investigations we learn how to observe our life in an open way, to be able to discover resources and those elements which are not supporting us any more.

The collection of well being and burn out videos raise our attention to see when it is enough, to feel when we cross our borders and we are about to go down on the vicious circle.

In the third chapter through the HEARTLAND activities we reach empowering self care habits through our inner creativity, internal silence, and positive thoughts which we can use in your group leading practices further on.