Capture The Future

The Erasmus+ Training course "Capture The Future” consists of facing the problem of low employability of youth and introducing the digital field of photography and photo editing for youth workers that can foster their contribution and support in the integration process of youths in the labour market. It is a project for beginners in the field of photography.

Objectives of the project are to increase the level of knowledge, abilities and positive attitudes of youth workers in in engaging youth in photography and photo editing to facilitate the access of youths to the labour market and to increase the capacities of the 8 partner NGOs in organizing events, activities and workshops for youths on the topic of photography and photo editing that can higher their chances to access the labour market.

Project Schedule

The structure of the training course will consist of the following five phases:

Phase 1 – Team building, getting to know each other, familiarizing with the context of the training course, Social Contract, Youthpass Certificate, Erasmus+ programme, special session about safety and protection, measures of risk prevention.

Phase 2 – Theoretical background and hands on experience in photography as a tool for enhancing youth employability and what competences youths need to increase for getting a job. It is a project for beginners in the field of photography.

Phase 3 – Strategy and planning through group work, creating and designing own workshops for students from local school in Vilnius by using non-formal methods and techniques of photography and photo editing as a tool for enhancing youth employability. Constructing the “Guide of photography and photo editing as a tool for youth employability”.

Phase 4 – Work visit to Vilnius to interact with the local community as well as performing for youths from local school non-formal workshops on photography and photo editing to enhance the employability of young people designed to increase their competences in accessing the labour market after the graduation. Final photography project.

Phase 5 – Dissemination and exploitation of the results of the project (DEOR) and follow-up; Youthpass certification and final evaluation.

Main trainer of the project

The main photography and photo editing trainer - experienced photographer Rugilė Maslauskaitė with extensive Erasmus+ experience. More information: https://www.rugi.lt/

Participants' Profile

The target group of this project are youth workers over 18 years old. The most important selection criteria is the motivation of the youth workers in being active in every stage of the project in order to discover non-formal methods specifically aimed to facilitate the access of young people to the labour market. The training course is aimed at youth workers working with youth from regions will high level of youth unemployment where young people face difficulties when search for a job and low access to digital education namely photography and photo editing. It is a project for beginners in the field of photography.

The training course comes as an answer to a common problem of all 8 partner organisations and their communities that is represented by the high level of youth unemployment and the limited competences of youth workers empowering young people to increase their access to the labour market.

Through this training course our focus is the personal and professional development of youth workers regarding how to support a learning group by applying photography and photo editing, and have a positive impact within their organisations and communities with the specific regard of empowering youth in achieving maximized results in their job search.

We are offering the chance for all youth workers from partner organizations to take part in our training courses to develop their knowledge, abilities and positive attitudes and share their own experience regarding photography and photo editing to tackle youth unemployment. Taking this into consideration, we facilitate an intergenerational dialogue by including participants of different age groups – contributing to the enhancement of the intergenerational dialogue.

All the selected participants will be asked to fill in the online application form where they will be asked to describe themselves according to above mentioned criteria, to self-evaluate their experience and competencies and to express their motivation to participate in the training course. An application form will be used to assess the participant’s profile and potential interest in the project’s topic and in subsequent dissemination activities. The participants who do not meet the participant’s profile will be replaced.

It is also important to select participants who have a clear understanding that the project does not end with the completion of mobility activities but continues with the dissemination phase and presentations of the results. Gender balance and group diversity in terms of different social and cultural backgrounds should be taken into consideration. There should be an equal number of males and females between the participants. The project welcomes participants facing fewer opportunities, facing social, economic or geographical obstacles. All the participants must attend all the sessions during the mobility and be part of dissemination activities after it.