Shoot for the Future

Our goal is to organise a training course between 29th April – 6th May 2024 in Elniakampis, Lithuania on developing knowledge, abilities and attitudes of youth workers from 8 organizations on videomaking to empower young people to increase their employability.

The Erasmus+ Training course "Shoot for the Future” consists of facing the problem of low employability of youth and introducing the digital field of videomaking for youth workers that can foster their contribution and support in the integration process of youths in the labour market.

Objectives of the project are to increase the level of knowledge, abilities and positive attitudes of youth workers in in engaging youth in videomaking 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 videomaking that can higher their chances to access the labour market.

The host organization will provide and cover the accommodation and food.

Our project will take place at a rural tourism homestead in the region of Vilnius, Lithuania. The venue is located in the regional park, surrounded by nature, beautiful green forests, river and ponds.

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 videomaking as a tool for enhancing youth employability and what competences youths need to increase for getting a job.

Phase 3 – Strategy and planning through group work, creating and designing own workshops for the students from local school in Vilnius County by using non-formal methods and techniques on videomaking as a tool for enhancing youth employability in order to increase their competences.

Phase 4 – Work visit to Vilnius to interact with the local community by performing for youths non-formal workshops videomaking to enhance the employability of young people designed to increase their competences in accessing the labour market after the graduation. Constructing the guide of videomaking to enhance the employability of young people.

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