Culturally Welcomed Booklet

Aims of the tool

The overall aim of the training course was to train youth workers, youth leaders to be able to work with young people with different cultural background, e.g. refugees, migrants, foreign kids or young people coming home from other countries and build up a successful intercultural team locally and European level.

Description of the tool

Culturally welcomed”

– training course on intercultural competence development of youth workers, youth leaders in or
der to run local youth work activities and youth exchanges with involvement of refugees, migrants and foreign young people

Themes of the training course: Make the following definitions clear: culture, multicultural, intercultural, intercultural education.

How to handle the phenomenon of intercultural connections and strategies: intercultural differences, stereotypes, prejudice, discrimination.

How to support the development of intercultural competences of young people we work with based on their needs.

How to communicate properly based on the different communication codes and understand the behavioural norms, schemes and forms of young people from different cultural backgrounds.

How to prevent stereotypes becoming prejudice and discrimination and bullying young people with different cultural background e.g. being 2nd
generations migrant or refugees.

How to avoid cultural challenges within intercultural teamwork and how to use its’ values for successful cooperation locally and European level.

Make solid partnership in order to realise youth exchanges according to the proposals of Erasmus+ programme.

The overall aim of the training course was to train youth workers, youth leaders to be able to work with young people with different cultural background, e.g. refugees, migrants, foreign kids or young people coming home from other countries and build up a successful intercultural team locally and European level.
To recognise stereotypes, prejudices and prevent or stop social stigmatisation of young people with different cultural background. By using appropriate intercultural communication, being able to understand the communication and behavioural norms, schemes and forms of young people with different cultural background.