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Training Course
5-13 November 2022 | Bansko, Bulgaria
The training course will focus on understanding the digital youth work, digital education and online activism for NGOs concept and elements, presenting innovative tools that can be applied in daily youth work, sharing good practices from across Europe, boosting the skills and competences of the youth workers for using digital technologies for better and more quality volunteer management, online activism, online communication and for reaching out more young people, even from marginalized communities.
The overall aim of the project is to provide youth workers and NGOs with the adequate and up to date measures-knowledge, skills, competences and experience in digital youth work in order to engage more effectively young people, even those who are marginalized. Project objectives:
-to provide deeper understanding of the concept of digital youth work
-to provide practical tools and increase the digital skills and knowledge for better volunteer management, online activism and online communication
-to strengthen the potential and capacity of the NGOs to better correspond to the nowadays needs of the young people by integrating technology and digital tools into everyday youth work
By implementing the project we expect to raise awareness among NGOs and youth workers about the importance of digital tools to reach out more youth in an easier, youth friendly and smarter way, which will also make youth work more efficient. The participants will be introduced to good practices of digital tools to help their daily work with youth-for volunteer management, communication with team members and volunteers, digital tools to online activism, for project management.
By introducing the concept of digital youth work, good practices in the field, concrete digital tools as well as knowledge and information about digitalization we expect to invest in the capacity of the youth workers thus the NGOs involved which will reflect in the quality of the youth services they offer.
By acquiring the knowledge, skills and competences in digital youth work, online activism and digital tools, the youth workers will become more efficient in their every day work with young people, will easily communicate, will be able to reach out more youth trough online tools, will become better in online activism. Moreover, this project can give an impulse for the NGOs involved to start transforming their youth services, to become more efficient and able to answer the needs of the modern youth accordingly.
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This Training Course is
for 20 participants
from Austria, Belgium - DE, Belgium - FL, Belgium - FR, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Türkiye
and recommended for
Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth project managers
Working language(s):
English
Sdruzhenie Alternativi International (Youth NGO)
Association Alternativi International is youth non-governmental, non-profit making organization working in the territory of Blagoevgrad region. The main objective is to encourage personal and professional development of young people through non formal education and also the building up and development of active citizenship among them. The organization is an alternative for young people in the region to realize their potential and become an active part of the society. "Alternativi International” is founded by people seeking the positive change for young people in Bulgaria. For that reason the main target group is youngsters aged between 17 and 30 years old. We also aim at providing equal possibilities for youth with fewer opportunities. The organization gives them the opportunity to develop their selves by participating in various initiatives and events at local, national and international level. The association organizes information days and campaigns, cultural events, discussions and debates on different issues, etc. The organization issues youth online magazine, to inform young people about career opportunities, trainings, work placements, internships, cultural happenings and so on. The organization is working with the aim to develop intercultural dialogue and understanding between young people from whole Europe crossing all the differences. We are developing initiatives fighting the racism and xenophobia among youth from different religious, ethnic, cultural, geographical or economical background.
Alternativi International is also accredited as hosting, receiving and coordinating organization.
Alternatives International is accredited for hosting, sending and coordinating organization for European Voluntary Service since 2011. The organization has implemented various projects under ,, Youth in Action Program, National Youth Programme and Erasmus+ program.
The organization has a wide network on local, national and international level. Alternativi is also a Eurodesk member and is proudly providing youth with quality youth information.
The organization`s team consists of professionals working in various dimensions including volunteering, active participation, youth development, entrepreneurship, culture, human rights education, employability.
Contact for questions:
Georgi Kuzmanov
E-Mail:
Phone: +359888122125
Contribution fee: There is no contribution fee of this project.
Covid-19 test- In case it's required for entering Bulgaria at time when the project will be implemented, we are able to cover maximum 50 % of the total costs of the Antigenic/PCR test only in case the participants keep the travel costs lower.
Accomodation and food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for the duration of the activities will be covered by the receiving organzation Alternativi International.
All participants will be accomodated in Royal Bansko aparthotel , located in Bansko Bulgaria at the follwoing address: ul. "Kosherinata" 2770, Bansko, Bulgaria
Travel budget:
Bulgaria - 0 euro
Italy, Slovakia, Poland, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Latvia, Estonia, Cyprus, Slovenia, Malta, France, Ireland - 200 euro
Greece, Romania, N Macedonia, Turkey, Serbia- 130 euro
Spain, Portugal, Finland, Norway - 280 euro