Acting Youth – Get SMACT Erasmus Project

Project Title

Acting Youth – Get SMACT

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building for youth in neighbouring and enlargement countries

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Acting Youth, Get SMACT (GeS) aims to increase the competencies of youth workers in EU and WB on media literacy. Our objective is to build the skills and the capacities of youth workers to assess and to have a critical understanding of the media, as well as to interact with the media. This will enable the youth workers of partner countries NGOs to navigate the modern news and to take informed decisions. Media literacy is very important for European Youth. As mentioned in the policies of European Union “media literacy is vital for economic growth and job creation. Digital technologies are a key driver of competitiveness and innovation in the media, information, and communication technology sectors”. The EU Youth Strategy 2019-2027 and its eleven European Youth Goals also indicate the need of young people to increase their competencies. The target groups of this project are youth workers working with young people and high school teachers. Youth workers especially from Western Balkan countries need to get more knowledge, improve their skills on media literacy and critical thinking. In this aspect youth CSO’s need to raise capacities by training their youth workers in media literacy. An important part of the project is the interaction with media, a necessity for the civil society to raise its impact in the community. Also, we are targeting high school teachers to raise their capacities in media literacy, aiming to reach more young people in each partner country through education system. Combining local actions and news technologies with non-formal education methodology and mobility activities will enable young people to have an inclusive and active participation in the local & European level and build their competencies.550 young people will benefit directly from the planned actions and over 50000 people will be involved indirectly through the activities in local and European level.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 85751,64 Eur

Project Coordinator

TOGETHER FOR LIFE SHOQATA & Country: AL

Project Partners

• UNITED SOCIETIES OF BALKANS
• ORGANIZATA PER DEMOKRACI ANTI-KORRUPSION DHE DINJITET-COHU
• MLADEZHKO EVROPEISKO OBSHTESTVO
• ASOCIATIA D.G.T