Social Design Lab

Our goal:

To teach course participants how to write, organize and conduct their own youth exchanges for multigrade groups within the framework of the Erasmus+ program.

What shall we do? 

Let's familiarize ourselves:

• with such a tool of youth work as youth exchange under the Erasmus+ program;
• with social inclusion;
• with the algorithm of writing a youth exchange;
• with practitioners' advice on developing ideas and writing projects;
• with the nuances of organizing youth exchanges specifically for youth exchanges specifically for multilevel groups.

Additionally:

• Explore what adaptation is and what methods of adaptation can be used to create a program of multilevel youth exchange program;
• Try to create a safe environment to discuss barriers to conducting youth exchanges for different-level groups in different countries; and multilevel groups in different countries;
• Offer a compendium of useful resources and methods for for future work.

Course Program:

The course program is intensive and includes 4 sessions daily.

Within the program we will cover the following topics: Understanding inclusion and disability; fears and barriers to communication within an inclusive group; youth programs within Erasmus+; YouthPass; youth exchange - from idea to realization; tips from the experienced and secrets of the experienced; practical tips for the organization of youth exchanges for for different levels of young people.

A detailed program can be found at the end of the info-package.

We want to attract Russian-speaking people, people who find it easier to communicate in Russian, and Russian-speaking communities in these countries to introduce them to the Erasmus+ program.

Please read our infopackage carefully before filling out the questionnaire.