Disability Youth Worker Erasmus Project

Project Title

Disability Youth Worker

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 : Strategic Partnerships for youth

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: ICT – new technologies – digital competences; Entrepreneurial learning – entrepreneurship education; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

Digital literacy and 21st century skills play a crucial role, because all young people will have to have technological and digital skills & a flexible approach at work for the future and in everyday life.
Therefor, the development and promoting quality of disability youth work is crucial for inclusion in socio-economical environments and promoting digital empowerment allowing greater synergies across all fields of actions concerning young people with special focus on autonomy, participation with active citizenship, notably for those at risk of social exclusion by enhancing critical thinking and media literacy, sense of initiative and promoting entrepreneurship education.
We have empowered the marginalised young people to take charge of their own life. During the online course they have learnt new technical skills like vlogging, but also intra/entrepreneurial skills & coaching techniques to make them more employable in the future and put ideas into practice. They cooperated in international group so it also empowered them to become active EU citizens & tackling challenges of discrimination and poverty through the aid of culture and vlogging and developed this into sustainability by promoting diversity, common values of freedom, enhancing critical thinking, media literacy & strengthening their sense of initiatives. We created two training pathways: Disability Youth Worker and Digital Enterprise.

This project also promoted quality youth work by developing youth workers/trainers to engage with marginalised young people & strengthen cross-sectorial cooperation. They are able to offer now education provision to marginalised young people, that is seen as relevant to their personal development & incorporate new learning methods. The trainers enjoyed developing practical learning activities as the young people developed skills and developed sustainable & innovative ideas with new technology. This type of project is only workable in association with partners who have the relevant skills and experiences.
This project develops a new approach to strengthen the education and training paths of youth worker by developing the capability to design, resource and facilitate entrepreneurial workshops & citizenship skill development with modern media usage like vlogging and coaching methodology that are attractive & educational for young people. The youth workers gained skills and competencies in innovative training skills for empowering young people and promoted active citizenship within young people across different cultures.
We also used Youthpass certification which promote high quality of youth work & training paths.

The partnership is between organisation which work with Youth and also develop professional pathways, there are from Italy, Poland and Spain.

There were 2 target groups:
1. Trainers/Teachers, Youth workers, coachers, mentors which work with Young people also from marginalised backgrounds.
2. DisableYoung people (15-26 year old) mainly from marginalised backgroud which are at risk of isolation.

Disability Youth Worker have all the skills to facilitator innovative youth work and use technology and digital skills to enhance the offer and programs.
Digital Enterprise Facilitator is able to guide the Young people into adutlhood with enterprise and digital skills for integration into the labour market.

We trained 4 Disability Youth Workers and Digital Enterprise Facilitator 27 Young people.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 47768 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundacja Wspierania Inicjatyw Spolecznych Pograniczne bez Barier & Country: PL

Project Partners

• INERCIA DIGITAL SL
• Tu F1rst Onlus