Europe of Culture

Study Visit for Youth workers

Vision of the project:

The partners of this project firmly share the same belief with the European commission regarding cultural heritage, its role in enriching people’s individual lives and its importance for the cultural and creative sectors, as well as the deeply-rooted role it plays in enhancing Europe’s social capital.

However, the partners are also aware of the fact that young people nowadays live in a very accelerated and increasingly globalized society, that offers them thousands of possibilities with a simple click away. Effortlessly accessing information online, socializing, or even using social media are constants in young people’s everyday lives. This phenomenon has promoted a very internationalized mainstream culture, which is gradually reducing young people’s connection to their cultural roots, sense of belonging and social capitol.

In Republic of Moldova, a strategical political effort and a network of local ‘cultural houses’ in all villages has successfully promoted and preserved the local traditions among young people. Young people are, in large scale, searching for traditional dance, handcrafts or music and in the local discos, between American mainstream music, you will still find that a traditional "hora" is getting most people on the dance floor.
By exploring this sense of cultural belonging in Moldova, this project aims to reflect on how participation and involvement of the youth in their own community can promote and strengthen cultural heritage.

Moreover, this project intends to build upon experiences, share practices from partners to stakeholders, and develop local and international strategies and methods to enhance the promotion of cultural heritage and practice of local cultural traditions among young people in the EU.

In order to achieve such aim, the following objectives have been identified:
1. Give youth workers from 8 programs and partner countries examples of best practices of how to preserve and promote local heritage
2. Make youth workers from 8 programs and partner countries reflect on the importance of cultural heritage in ensuring social capital and participation among young people
3. Explore youth work practices in combining mainstream and traditional culture
4. Create methods and strategies aiming at preserving and promoting cultural heritage amongst the youth, with inputs and practices across 8 partner and program countries
5. Strengthen and internationalize youth workers and youth organizations professional networks
6. Create visibility, dissemination, and local impact through the project for promoting local heritage amongst youth in Europe

Activities of the project: Study Visit, Moldova – September 2022

The study visit will take place of 7 working days with participation of 24 youth workers.

The activity will provide the youth workers with renewed competencies and new tools for promoting and engaging young people in cultural heritage.

See attached call for further details

In order to express your interest in this project, please fill this form by 03/04/2021: https://form.jotform.com/211171849115957