Inclusive youth work for community development Erasmus Project

Project Title

Inclusive youth work for community development

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 2019

Project Topics

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

Project Summary

INVENT is a multilateral Strategic Partnership that seeks to develop, test and promote inclusive and innovative approaches in youth work, with a focus on marginalized and vulnerable young people. Through this partnership, we aim at developing, testing and sharing innovative and inclusive youth work practices, training modules and support materials, which will improve the quality of youth work delivered by organizations involved in this project and beyond.
In the core of this Strategic Partnership project is the need identified among youth workers, youth educators, youth organizations, youth centres, local municipalities and other youth work providers in the communities of participating organizations. Inclusion and effective outreach remain a challenge among many organizations. That is why the project will equip the youth work providers with necessary toolbox, methods and practices, to help them increasing inclusivity and diversity-orientation of the service provision to young people and improve the outreach to young people with fewer opportunities, youngsters at risk of marginalization and radicalization.

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
A) Designing and testing innovative training modules, working models, learning and teaching events and support materials;
B) Fostering inclusive youth work in selected communities in Armenia and Sweden;
C) Promoting development and recognition of inclusive youth work through non-formal education in Yerevan, Armenia;
D) Training the trainers who will be able to carry out trainings based on training modules and developed methodology on local level;
E) Creating working and teaching models which will help participating organizations to provide continuous support to young people with fewer opportunities (focusing on NEETs, refugees, migrants, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ+ youth);
F) Building capacities of marginalized young people and providing personal and professional development through non-formal education;
G) Empowering youth workers, trainers, educators and youth work providers to develop strategies to implement effective outreach to marginalized young people and sustain fair inclusion policies;
H) Strengthening cooperation between involved partner organizations and exchanging innovative youth work practices.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 88303 Eur

Project Coordinator

Stiftelsen Fryshuset & Country: SE

Project Partners

• ARMENIAN PROGRESSIVE YOUTH NGO
• 125Procent BV