YEE-NCLUDE - inclusion in environmental youth projects

Youth and Environment Europe (YEE) is organising the training course “YEE-nclude: inclusion in environmental youth projects”. The project aims to provide youth workers with knowledge and skills in addressing inclusion in order to organise quality environmental projects and activities that ensure equal support, participation and learning. The objectives of the project are: - to provide theoretical knowledge and practical competences to youth workers on the topic of inclusion; - to explore ways that stimulate participation and volunteering in the environmental field; - to share experiences and exchange practices in dealing with exclusion of different collectives; - to explore appropriate non-formal educational methodology for working with young people with fewer opportunities (e.g. how can games be used for inclusion). In the programme of the training course we will explore the topic of inclusion, discuss about the various difficulties young people can face in their community and how organisations can reach such collectives. We will go through the sessions and base our learning mainly through non-formal educational methodology. So if you like games, brainstorming, working in groups, experiential learning or open theatre, this training course will have all these and more. Participants' profile: We are looking for participants who: -are 18-30 years old (according to our statutes, we can accept 10% of participants over 30 years of age); -are residing in one of the project countries: Albania, Armenia, Italy, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Czech Republic; -have a good command of English language; -are involved in youth work (youth workers in an organisation in one of the above countries, current or future project coordinators); -have experience with organising projects, especially if they are connected to environmental topics; -want to share and get experience on the topic of inclusion of young people with fewer opportunities; -will be able to act as multipliers back home by sharing the knowledge and skills gained during the training and be committed to organising or supporting similar, follow up projects like this one.