Sukaina El Outa

Current occupation

Youth Worker / Youth Trainer / Facilitator in Non-Formal Education and Advocacy

Work experience

I facilitated various Erasmus+ KA1 & KA2 Youth Projects, Europe | 2022 – Present

Key Responsibilities:
- Designed and facilitated training courses and workshops for youth workers, peer educators, and young participants aged 15–30 from diverse cultural backgrounds.
- Applied non-formal education methods, including interactive workshops, theatre of the oppressed, storytelling, digital media, role-playing, and simulation exercises.
- Supported marginalized youth and refugees to develop advocacy skills, leadership capacities, and access transnational volunteering opportunities.
- Coordinated reflection sessions, intercultural learning activities, and follow-up action plans.
- Mentored youth participants in human rights awareness, civic engagement, and gender equality initiatives.
- Produced content and campaigns for social media advocacy, video storytelling, and community engagement.

Detailed Project Experience
1. Training on Media & Volunteering – with The Youth NGO
Pamporovo, Bulgaria | Sep 30 – Oct 5, 2025
Facilitated workshops on digital storytelling, media literacy, video-making, cyberbullying awareness, and volunteer experiences.
Focused on engaging young Europeans in civic participation and media-based advocacy.
Outcome: Participants gained practical media skills for advocacy and learned to communicate social impact stories effectively.

2. Advocacy and Campaigning Online Module with Lebanese Women Democratic Gathering
Online | Mar 10–28, 2025
Developed skills in impactful video-making for advocacy.
Covered storytelling, visual techniques, editing, ethical content creation, and digital campaign strategies.
Participants crafted meaningful visual campaigns to amplify social causes.

3. Rising Voices Against Harassment – with E-Unity
Sicily, Italy | Nov 2024
Focused on political participation and gender equality, empowering marginalized youth against gender-based violence.
Participants developed creative social media campaigns addressing harassment, catcalling, and workplace inequality.
Favorite moment: Observing diverse, local-context campaigns with strong messaging.

4. MultiKulti + IFYD Event on Migration
Sofia, Bulgaria | June 25, 2024
Shared migrant stories, live performances, and discussions on migration challenges and integration in Europe.
Created an inclusive, empathetic environment for dialogue and understanding.
Favorite: Participants sharing personal or friends’ struggles as migrants.

5. LTTA – Mentor Me KA2 Erasmus+ Project with Migration Mitenainder
Parma, Italy | Feb 26 – Mar 1, 2024
35 youth workers and activists from 8 European countries participated.

Tested educational tools supporting young refugees in accessing transnational voluntary service opportunities.
Non-formal education methods used: workshops, discussions, reflection sessions.
Key topics: volunteerism, mentoring, intercultural communication, nonviolent communication, ESC structures.

6. “Care to Act” International Course with Y-PEER
Sunny Beach, Bulgaria | June 20–28, 2023
27 participants from 14+ countries, including youth workers and educators.

Practiced theatre of the oppressed and interactive theatre techniques to tackle gender-based violence, racism, stigma, and bullying.
Favorite moment: Witnessing theatre as a powerful tool for dialogue and intercultural empathy.

7. LTTA PAU – Mentor Me KA2 Project
Italy | May 9–15, 2023
35 youth workers from multiple countries tested project educational materials.
Covered volunteerism, mentoring, intercultural communication, nonviolent communication, event management, and dissemination.

8. Youth Advocacy Training Course – TACC Project with Y-PEER
Sofia, Bulgaria | May 22–26, 2023
25 youth workers and peer educators from Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, North Macedonia, Poland, Sweden, and Türkiye.

Focused on strengthening advocacy skills for youth participation in decision-making.
Methods: strategic advocacy planning, group dialogue, and simulations.
Favorite: Exchange of campaign ideas and approaches to energize participants in policy advocacy.

9. ACDC Training Course
Sep 18–25, 2022
Developed capacity in advocacy, digital storytelling, and youth participation.

10. Youth Leadership Training
Sep 8–14, 2022
Highlight sessions: European Youth Goals & EU Youth Strategy, leadership styles and adaptability in practice.

11. Ways for Youth Engagement Training Course
Aug 24 – Sep 2, 2022
Youth workers from Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Morocco, and Albania.

Strengthened leadership and advocacy skills in youth civic engagement.
Focus on engaging young people with fewer opportunities as partners in policy and program development.

12. We are All Storytellers Training Course
June 10–18, 2022
Targeted youth workers, peer educators, and teachers.
Focus: Creativity, youth participation, active citizenship, human rights.
Tools: Storytelling, digital advocacy, connecting stories to social media impact.
Favorite moment: Participants sharing personal stories about struggles as women, immigrants, or LGBTQI+ individuals.