Break the circle

Aims & objectives

The goal of this project is to empower youth workers with a set of
digital citizenship competencies to understand the problem of
electronic violence in order to pass this knowledge on to young people
in their communities. Youth workers will get the necessary knowledge
and skills for the positive use of digital technologies, ensuring privacy
and security in online communities and developing digital
responsibility.
The specific goals of the project, are:
- increase awareness of the problem of electronic violence
(cyberbullying) and the importance of digital citizenship competence,
- to exchange experiences and realities of countries and organizations
participating in the project,
- develop the knowledge, skills and abilities of youth workers necessary
to raise awareness of cyberbullying and
increasing the level of digital citizenship of young people,
- understand how to encourage and support young people to be
responsible digital citizens
- raise the quality of youth work in local/national and European
context.

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

There were 30 participants from 10 countries: Croatia, Turkey, Latvia, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, France, Romania and Italy.

Training methods used & main activities

Non-formal methods were used such as: role playing, simulation, brainstorming, experiental learning, creativity, debates, world cafe, six thinking hats...

Outcomes of the activity

Outcomes of the activity:
- 30 youth workers improved skills and methods in the field fo digital youth work
- 10 organizations improved their visibility and capacity in the field of digital citizenship
- 1 anticyberbullying reccomendation written
Organizations involved in the project:
- Increased ability to work at the EU / international level: better governance skills
- enhanced cooperation with partners from other countries;
- better quality of preparation,
- innovative and better way of working towards target groups
- increasing the qualifications of their members, volunteers and employees who participated in the project in project
management
- more effective action for the benefit of local communities
- better methods and practices for working with young people in the field of non-formal education and critical
thinking
- readiness to include new methods in everyday activities
Participants (Youth Workers):
- greater competencies related to their professional profile (teaching, training, working with young people, etc.);
- better understanding of practices, policies and systems in education, training or youth work in different countries;
- increased ability to initiate change
- better quality of their work and activities for the benefit of young people and volunteers;
- better understanding and responding to social, linguistic and cultural diversity;
- increased support for and promotion of youth mobility activities
- more opportunities for professional development and career advancement;
- greater motivation and satisfaction in everyday work.
Young people:
-at least 5 young people per partner country involved in the follow-up phase (dissemination activities)
-the improved ability for critical thinking
-enabled to critically analyse news
-enabled to fact check information from different media sources
Other target groups - associations, individuals:ž:
- greater awareness of the European project and EU values;
- greater motivation to participate in future (formal / non-formal) education or training after the period mobility abroad.
- more active participation in society
- better understanding of the problem of inclusion
- civic awareness

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was a full time trainer.

I worked on this training for 7 days as a full time trainer.