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Digital youth work for ESC

Embrace the digital future, amplify your impact, and ensure that your initiatives under the European Solidarity Corps resonate in today's interconnected world.

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Objectives:

To explore the essentials of digital youth work and its relevance to the European Solidarity Corps (ESC) projects.
To discover how digital transformation contributes to the enhancement of youth work quality and other priorities of the ESC.
To familiarise oneself with digital tools that support the preparation and implementation of ESC projects.
To define a digitalisation strategy for organisations and projects undertaken by course participants.

How this course can be valuable for you?

This course will help to deepen your understanding of digital transformation and review your organisation's practices in managing ESC projects.
You will learn various digital tools for project management, communication and engagement of volunteers and communities
You will have the opportunity to discover some good digital practices across Europe and decide on ways to enhance your organisation’s work by using digital solutions.

The course will consist of 3 online training sessions, each lasting 3,5 hours.

The first two sessions will take place on 21-22 November and the third one on the 11th December. In between the second and third sessions, you will have time to choose and decide which online solutions you would like to test.

There will be a support online space on the HOP platform to explore various digital resources and tools, which will remain available for your disposal at any time after the course.

European Solidarity Corps

Youthpass Heart Corps - Guiding the Learning Journey

Develop your awareness and competences to support learning processes within European Solidarity Corps projects.

This Online Course is for project organizers, mentors and coaches and other support persons active in the European Solidarity Corps.

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The background of this course

The European Solidarity Corps is an incredible opportunity for young people to demonstrate solidarity and contribute to their communities. It is also an empowering experience that helps them develop new competences.

Youthpass can help them become more aware of their learning and document the learning outcomes they acquire during their project. In order to make the most of this opportunity, young people might benefit from some support from their mentors, coaches, project organisers.

And as a mentor, coach, project organiser, you might need some guidance on how to make use of Youthpass, too!

At the end of this course, you, as a support person, will understand how the learning journey of a participant in a European Solidarity Corps project unfolds and how the Youthpass can be implemented along the way. You will develop the competences needed for supporting the participants, through self-assessment and reflection.

The course objectives

The course aims to empower and equip support persons active in the Eurpean Solidarity Corps – such as mentors, coaches, youth workers and others – with the information and competences they need to implement the Youthpass process.

Specifically, it aims to

› reflect on the learning value of the European Solidarity Corps projects;

› introduce the Youthpass process and how it fits in with the various actions of the European Solidarity Corps programme;

› discuss how to support reflection on learning in European Solidarity Corps projects;

› reflect on the competences needed for supporting learning through self-assessment and reflection;

› offer support for expressing one’s learning outcomes from such projects in words.

The target group

The target groups of this training course are project organisers and support persons within the European Solidarity Corps programme including mentors, coaches, tutors, youth workers as well as young people carrying out a Solidarity Project. Additionally, everyone who is interested in supporting learning processes is welcome to join and explore the resources available.

The structure of the course

The course is composed of the following nine modules:

1. Getting Started… Overview and Introduction to the Course

2. European Solidarity Corps as a Learning Experience

3. Youthpass and the European Solidarity Corps

4. The landscape: Who is Involved in Supporting Learning and Youthpass

5. Getting Started with Supporting Learning

6. Keeping Track of Learning

7. Writing it Down! Supporting Learners in Writing Their Self-assessment

8. Getting it Done: How to use the Youthpass Website

9. Summing-up and Looking Ahead

The methodology of the course

Each module is structured into several chapters offering different content. Participants learn through videos, texts, practical exercises and reflections.

The course is self-paced. Participants may go through the modules and chapters on their own pace.

Each module will require 2-3 hours to complete the activities.

Register/enrol in this course

Self-enrolment at the top of this page

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Course authors/facilitators: Anita Silva, Michael Kimmig
Course providers: SALTO Training & Cooperation Resource Centre, in cooperation with JUGEND für Europa (National Agency - Germany). The course was created with the support of Anefore (National Agency - Luxembourg) and Agência Nacional para a gestão do programa Juventude em Acção (National Agency - Portugal).
Course duration: self-paced (approx. 2-3 hours / module, nine course modules)
Course language: English
Target group: Project organisers and facilitators of learning in the European Solidarity Corps programme including youth workers, mentors, coaches and trainers as well as young people carrying out Solidarity projects
Requirements: none
Learning recognition: Youthpass Certificate

Last update: 30.09.2022

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European Solidarity Corps

Youth work, national policies and solidarity action in Euro-Mediterranean area

This self-paced course is for all youth practitioners in the youth field who are interested in creating projects in Euro-mediterranean area within the European Solidarity Corps Programme.

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What is this course about?

The online NET Partnership- Building Activity "Youth work, national policies and solidarity action in Euro-mediterranean area”, organized by the Hellenic National Agency Erasmus+/ Youth & European Solidarity Corps, aims, through its 6 (six) sessions, to provide inspiration for qualitative engagement and networking within the Euro-mediterranean area by providing good practices, ideas and space for interaction and networking

This course aims to:

create some space for opinion exchanging about solidarity and youth work and their understanding in Euro-mediterranean area
create a digital library of good practices in Euro-mediterranean area
create a network that contains organizations and youth workers active in Euro-mediterranean area
give a space to plan, create and develop a volunteering project by exchanging ideas

Units overview

Introduction to the Training Course

General Information about to the European Solidarity Corps Programme & the Concept(s) of Solidarity

Digital library of practices in European Solidarity Corps programme Euro-mediterranean area

Networking - Building a network to initiate projects

Project creating

Evaluation and next steps

Who is this course for?

This course is for both newcomers and experienced practitioners in the youth field such as youth workers, project managers, youth leaders, beneficiaries who are coming from organisations that hold Quality Label and are interested in creating projects in Euro-mediterranean area.

How to register/enroll for this course?

The course is an open access course for everyone who is registered to the HOP Online Learning platform. For any queries, please contact Natassa Dedousi

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Course trainers and facilitators: Agne Rapalaite, Sabrina Apritz and Konstantinos Stergiou

Course provider: Hellenic National Agency Erasmus+ Youth & European Solidarity Corps/ INEDIVIM

Course duration: self-paced (approx. 3-4 hours / module, six course modules for the course content)

Course language: English

Target group: Youth workers, youth project managers, beneficiaries involved in ESC and active in Euro-mediterranean area

Requirements: registration on HOP

Last update: December 2020

European Solidarity Corps

Intercultural Competence Training on European Solidarity Corps

This self-paced course is for youth workers, youth trainers, youth project managers, volunteering mentors who are engaged in the European Solidarity Corps Programme and are interested in joining a learning experience that would support them in exploring and developing their intercultural competence.

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