“Activate the Global Change” - Training for Multipliers in Street Campaigning on Global Issues

Climate change, environmental degradation, and unsustainable consumption patterns are among the most pressing challenges of our time. Young people play a crucial role in driving sustainable change, yet many lack strong motivation to adopt and promote environmentally responsible behaviours. 

A global citizen is a person who has a global perspective and mindset, understands the global implications of their actions, takes the responsibility attached to them and is constantly making changes in their lives in order to accommodate their impact on the world in a positive manner. 

Public spaces have a huge potential in terms of informing, raising awareness and fostering global citizenship competencies among community members. Street campaigning is an innovative methodology in youth work and is the key methodology tackled by this particular training course. Street Campaigning differs from “traditional” workshops and other indoor activities, and it is very flexible and adaptable to different contexts and topics.  

This training will offer the opportunity to different youth workers to explore deeper sustainability topics, responsible global citizenship and develop practical competencies in working with street campaigning. 

Some of the advantages of working with street campaigning are: 

• It can reach a large number of people in a relatively short amount of time 
• It can reach people who, maybe, wouldn’t be reached through other methods;
• It’s very diverse in terms of activities and methods used for engaging with its audience;
• It offers a great space for creativity and innovation in spreading various messages;
• It can be implemented in diverse and alternative public spaces;
• It activates a large spectrum of competencies among the campaigners themselves;
• It's very visible and attractive to the community members;
• It has a strong, fun/enjoyable element for everyone involved;

Methodology of the training course 

During the training course, participants will explore and understand better global interdependencies, sustainable lifestyle, responsible consumption and climate change topics and get motivated to make changes in their own lifestyle and actions. Further on, the participants will develop practical working competencies in working with the street campaigning methodology as a tool for introducing these topics to young people and general community members. 

All participants will receive a copy of a support manual on Street Campaigning, which was developed by one of the trainers!

The training flow:

1) Deeper understanding of various global issues relevant to the project context: global interdependencies, responsible consumption, sustainable lifestyle, climate change, etc. 

2) Street Campaigning Methods – discovering various techniques used in street campaigning and developing practical skills in concrete street methods: juggling, clowning, street theatre, games, etc.

3) Designing, Preparing, Implementing and Evaluating a Street Campaign - the participants will go through all the important steps of a street campaign, which they will deliver during the training and implement in a public space. 

The learning process will be guided and facilitated by an experienced team with a long history and practice in working with Street Campaigning methodology, as well as Global Education-based projects: 

• Andreea-Loredana Tudorache has been working with Street Campaigning and Global Education since 2007, trained numerous practitioners around the world and authored a manual on Street Campaigning and several on Global Education. (http://trainers.salto-youth.net/AndreeaLoredanaTudorache )
• Elena Stevkovska has been a youth worker and Global Education facilitator and trainer since 2021 and has been involved in several Street Campaigning Projects (https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/toy/elena-stevkovska.6009/ ) 

Do you resonate with this course and want to be part of it? Any interested applicant must check all the following requirements: 

• Active members or close collaborators of active Youth Organisations (staff or active members, paid or not) who are working regularly with young people. It is obligatory that the organisation has a valid OID number at the moment of applying!
• Enthusiastic youth workers who are motivated to work with the Street Campaigning methodology with young people.
• Have a strong personal interest and motivation to engage with sustainability and other global issues ; 
• Good command of the English language (to be able to engage actively and meaningfully in the discussions during the course).
• People older than 18 years and with a legal residence (proven by documents) in the country they are currently residing in. 
• People with residence in one of the Erasmus + Program Countries (EU Member States and third countries associated with the Programme that do not need a visa for Norway) 

Important: 

• The criteria mentioned are not optional or negotiable. We will not respond to any inquiries aiming to challenge these criteria stated previously.  
• If you are not part of an organisation as an active member, or cannot communicate actively in English, do not apply! 
• If you lie in the application process, are selected, and we discover the lie, we reserve the right to cancel your participation in the project and not reimburse any costs incurred until that moment. 
• Previous experience: The process is designed for beginners working with Street campaigning methods, regardless of their previous experience or engagement with global topics or global education. The final group may encompass both people who are currently more engaged with sustainability topics and people who are at the beginning, but have a strong profile and potential for multiplying the learnings from this course with various youth groups.