Vital Information for Drugs Awareness – VIDA – Using interactive infographics to raise drugs awareness Erasmus Project

Project Title

Vital Information for Drugs Awareness – VIDA – Using interactive infographics to raise drugs awareness

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 2020

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics: Health and wellbeing; Youth (Participation, Youth Work, Youth Policy)

Project Summary

Mitigating the impact of substance abuse has been at the centre of front-line youth work for many years. While much attention these days is focused on climate change, fake news and radicalisation, the drug problems that were front and central of youth policy and action in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, are still considerable today and front-line youth workers are expected to respond to these persistent problems with little in terms of training support to develop new methodologies for addressing the problems that are somewhat exacerbated by the social media habits of youth today. For the youth of today technology is ubiquitous. Over time technology has fused itself with learning, both in education and personal development. Smart phones, tablets and laptops are just some of the devices that are frequently used by a large proportion of the population of Europe, particularly young people. In 2016, 91% of young people in the EU made daily use of the internet. (Euro Stat). As countries increasingly move toward more relaxed drug laws, the role of educators and in particular front-line youth workers will become the main focus of public services who wish to prevent drug abuse.

The VIDA project will develop and pilot a completely new type of drugs awareness training through the provision of innovative interactive inforgraphics addressing the 3 key themes of Problem Definition, Appropriate Response Actions and Prevalent Problems Today. 4 infographics will be developed for each thematic area resulting in a suite of 12 infographics each one focusing on a clear, succinct message. While these infographics will obviously have a direct impact as simple posters or images to display or share through social media, the real innovation of the VIDA project is that each of the 12 infographics will contain a QR code which leads directly to a fully interactive version with a range of different learning resources embedded as videos, audios, quizzes, puzzles, digital breakouts, WebQuests, etc. Each of the 12 interactive infographics will comprise a combination of at least 3 or 4 different learning resources that address the specific topic chosen. This will help to ensure that all learning styles can be catered for and that the learning outcomes can be reinforced throughout the learning experience. To support the implementation of these resources the project will also develop an In-service training programme for front-line youth workers to build their skills to develop interactive infographics; a Peer leadership programme to support a new cohort of peer leaders to harness the full potential of the interactive infographics developed and build their knowledge about the key themes being addressed; an Online interactive portal – VIDA MOOC that hosts all the learning materials developed and is accessed through QR code contained on the hard copy infographics developed.

By the end of the project:
– 12 interactive infographics addressing drugs awareness issues will be developed in 5 partner languages
– 30 front-line youth workers will complete the pilot of the in-service training programme
– 30 young people will complete the peer leadership programme
– 250 young people will engage with the interactive infographics developed through the online portal provided

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 187408 Eur

Project Coordinator

YAD Youth Against Drugs ry & Country: FI

Project Partners

• QUARTER MEDIATION
• AKLUB CENTRUM VZDELAVANI A PORADENSTVI
• Rightchallenge – Associação
• FUTURE IN PERSPECTIVE LIMITED