Outdoor academy: coaching and outdoor education in youth field Erasmus Project

Project Title

Outdoor academy: coaching and outdoor education in youth field

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 2016

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy) ; New innovative curricula/educational methods/development of training courses

Project Summary

The project “Outdoor Academy coaching and outdoor education in youth field” is a broad activities based on wide partners cooperation, involving organizations from Poland, Italy, Greece, Germany and Romania.

The project will run from 1 February 2017 to 30 August 2018, is aimed in frame of international partnership to work out a solutions, based on outdoor education and coaching methods, contributing to the improvement of the quality of work in the youth sector, as well as directly to the development of competencies and skills trainers, educators of youth.

The objectives are the development of leadership skills, communications, building an enterprising attitude and spirit of initiative and promote a healthy and active lifestyle among young people.

As an outcome of actions arise results in the form of innovative educational tools: 6-month educational program for young people based on the process work supporting the development of entrepreneurial activity, leadership skills and communication and also guide for trainers and educators in the field of outdoor and coaching.

The project will bring together over 100 young people, as well as about 20 experts, trainers and youth workers, and teams of partner organizations.

As part of the results dissemination tools developed will be tested and implemented in the partner organizations.

Prepared educational program will be implemented as the base of regular after project activities with youngsters among partner organizations, as well among new developing network of organizations working with outdoor education methods. Guide for trainers will be on of the main lecture during all planned trainings, exchanges and youth projects in international and local context.

On more effect will be developing regular youth exchange, youth initiatives and training based on outdoor education, involving network partners, as well new ones.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 55893 Eur

Project Coordinator

Fundacja Instytut Aktywizacji i Rozwoju Spolecznego & Country: PL

Project Partners

• Grüner Grashalm e.V.
• ASOCIATIA SOCIETATEA PENTRU TINERET OUTWARD BOUND ROMANIA
• ASD L’Orma
• Votsis Youth in Action Club