Science Tools for Youth

[Science Tools for Youth: S.T.Y] is a project consisting in 1 Seminar and 3 Job Shadowing
periods. Legambiente Prato is currently working to find 10 interested partner organizations to join us.
Specifically 10 partner organizations from “Partner Countries” are willing to join the 1° Seminar that will take place in Prato (Tuscany) aiming to exchange good practices in the field of Science Citizenship building new perspectives in Youth Work by setting up replicable activities based on friendly ICT approaches and applications, discover and defence of local/urban biodiversity

Please submit your application, as partner organisation, before: 24th September, 2015 at
evs@legambienteprato.it

Requirements for Partner organisations (that has to be highlighted while you’re applicating)

 We're seeking for 10 partner organizations who want to join the Seminar, among them, 6
partner organizations participate also in the 3 Job Shadowing periods (2 partner
organizations for each Job Shadowing period to spend in Legambiente Prato)
 Partner Countries are eligible for this project
 Be registered in ECAS Portal or have PIC Number
 Deal in at least one of the following topics:
-->Environment and Climate Change
--> Creativity and Culture
-->ICT - new technologies - digital competences
 Experience or Interest in the field of non formal education activities with youngsters,
citizenship, children and students

Requirements for participants
Seminar (10 partner organizations)
 2 youth workers for every Partner Organizations (NO AGE LIMIT)
 Good command of English Language
 Experience or Interest as a youth worker in the field of environmental education, scientific
education, ICT, outdoor activities, social animation

Job Shadowing ( 6 partner organizations among the 10 p.o. participating at the Seminar)
One participant (NO AGE LIMIT) for every partner organizations joining the Job
Shadowing
 Availability to spend a period of 14-16 days in Legambiente Prato
 Experience and/or interest in the field of Youth work through environmental
education, scientific education, ICT, outdoor activities
 Open to give his/her contribution to build new perspectives in Youth Work and
share the skills and abilities gained during the Job Shadowing among young members
and staff of its association

Contents and Methods
Some of the contents of Seminar are:
 Active citizenship; the biodiversity valorization
 Practice of promotion and inclusions of youngsters in Science Citizenship activities: the
use of non-formal education
 Who needs Citizen Science? Involvement, connection and responsibility of different
organizations and people
 Practice of Outdoor Investigations and activities in urban environment through the use
of new technologies
 Shared guidelines for Bioblitz in an urban environment and inside a natural area

These topics will be inspirational hints to develop key competences in the field of non formal education activities that every partner organization can run once back in their working context.

Some of the contents of 3 Job Shadowing periods are:
 organization of 1-2 events (Bioblitz) for local youth in Prato
 promotion and involvement of youngsters of Prato in the above mentioned Bioblitz trough
an advertisement local campaign (social network website)
 definition of place (urban green area) and materials needed to carry out the events
 Involvement of local organizations operating in the youth field
 Definition of guide-lines to replicate similar contents in the countries/associations of
participants

Non formal methods adopted
Ice-breaking games, group-building activities, cooperative learning, learning by doing, outdoor
activities, working in groups, open debate

Estimated dates and venues for the project
Seminar: from 1st April 2016 to 3th April 2016 – Prato (travel days excluded)
Job Shadowing: from 18th May 2016 to 1st May 2016; -Prato (travel days excluded)
from 17th May 2016 to 30th May 2016; - Prato (travel days excluded)
from 3th June 2016 to 16th June 2016 – Prato (travel days excluded)

Objectives
This project aims to set up new perspectives for youth work, in order to involve youngsters in non
formal education activities in a new way, empowering their learning experiences through
technologies. These achievements may result useful to build new way of
Volunteerism at local level and increasing ideas and project also in the field of Erasmus+

“Science Tools for Youth” will take place only if Italian National Agency will approve and fund the
projects.

Economic conditions
-->Accommodation costs are covered by Erasmus+ program. Travel costs will be supported according
Erasmus+ distance calculator provided below: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmusplus/tools/distance_en.htm
Participants joining the Seminar
-->Accomodation and food for the 3 days of Seminar will be provided. Location of the SEMINAR will
be the local hostel of Prato or hospitality structure of Prato to be identified
-->We will ask a contribution of 50 euros per participant (only for the Seminar). The contribution can
be partially deducted (max 10% of the individual travel grant) off from the quote for travels in
case the participant will spend less then the amount indicated according to distance calculator
tool

Participants joining the Job Shadowing will have
 Accomodation (apartment in the center of Prato belonging to Legambiente, to share with
local long term volunteers)
 Food Budget (100 euro) per participant for 2 weeks
 Local transport Budget – bus/train- up to 25 euros per participant per 2 weeks
 Support from local staff and volunteers of Legambiente Prato that will deliver supervision, task related support:
 2 totally free-days
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