YOUTH WORK GOES SPORT!

PROPOSAL FOR PARTNERSHIP
(For 30th of April 2015 deadline)

“YOUTH WORK GOES SPORT”

PARTNERSHIP BUILDING ACTIVITY

THIS IS A PROPOSAL FOR YOU IF YOUR ORGANISATION…

-Has interest in stronger combination of youth work and physical education.
-Has links in local / regional / national level with sports organisations.
-Is keen to explore the possibilities of “Sport” in Erasmus+ as a form of youth work cooperation.
-Is willing to create long-term partnerships and proposals for innovative projects.

WHO ARE WE?

Hyvärilä Youth and Holiday centre (www.hyvarila.fi) is located in Nurmes, North-Karelia region in Eastern Finland. As a Youth Centre we belong to a national network of 10 Centres (www.snk.fi) coordinating, implementing and developing youth work and youth policy on regional and national levels. We were established in 1982, and in the past years we’ve been increasingly involved in youth work policy and practice discussions and implementation, based on our experience in the field, focusing increasingly also on physical and outdoor education. Our main aim is to support and improve the quality of youth work carried out especially in Eastern-Finland, as we are mandated also to do by the Youth law and Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. Through our activities and partnerships we have gathered a vast amount of experience, and a significant role in developing youth work quality and policy in the region, and also Finland.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

We have an extensive experience in cooperating on an international level in youth projects, and would now like to extend our networks and activities further with the aim of combining physical education with youth work. Therefore we are looking for new European partners that are interested to set up a “Partnership Building Activity” within the Erasmus+ Key Action 1. We are looking for partners that share our aim and interest, and are willing to contribute to a long-term cooperation through the Sport -programme in Erasmus+ programme in the coming years. The requirements for such partners are as follows:

Experience in youth work and/or physical education
Experience in international cooperation
Eligible to act as a partner / applicant for European funding lines
Motivated to pursue the common aim in a long term cooperation

WHAT IS THE PBA FOR?

The aim of the PBA is to bring together actors and organisations from the field of youth work and physical education, in order to create long term cooperation for supporting young people’s learning through sports activities. The specific objectives of the PBA are:

Bring organisations together to discuss the links of international youth work and physical education
To promote and initiate long-term of youth work and physical education
Learn about “Sport in Erasmus+”, discover its approaches in relation to our own ones and develop project proposals for 2016 deadline
Create a sustainable learning network of youth and sports organisations

The Partnership Building Activity will be applied in Finland, and hosted in Hyvärilä Youth Centre in October 2011. The duration will be 6 days (including travel)

INTERESTED TO JOIN IN?

If you became interested to become a partner or have further questions, please contact the Project Coordinator Mr. Antti Korhonen: antti.korhonen@nurmes.fi +358504398821