TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Marco Marinelli
This event brings together youth organisations from program countries and southern Mediterranean countries to enhance competencies and foster initiatives that empower and support young women.Participants had the opportunity to explore good practices in Morocco through interactive discussions, dialogue and study visits, including visits to two or three organisations dedicated to supporting women. The study visit had practical sessions, where participants can discover new methods,,as well as interactive discussions to share experiences, exchange ideas, and explore different approaches to implementing projects for women.
Specific objectives:
- Exploring and exchanging good practices for empowering and engaging women
- Exploring different examples of youth workers engaging with young women with fewer opportunities
- Explore how different organisations empower young women by enhancing their visibility and equipping them with essential skills across different spaces
- Encouraging organisations supporting women in Erasmus+ Youth opportunities, such as Youth Exchanges and Youth Participation Projects.
- Building partnerships for future initiatives and fostering international cooperation to enhance women's support networks.
The team was composed by 3 trainers, expert on the topic of social inclusion, civic engagement and gender equality.
Target group was youth workers working specifically with young women facing different societal obstacles from Programme countries and Southern Mediterranean countries.
We had in total 25 participants coming from:
Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Belgium, Lithuania, Morocco, Egypt
During the training course we used different group dynamics to foster networking among practicioners and organisations active in the field of youth and specifically in the work with young people.
As it was a study visit, we used mainly activities for debriefing and harvesting learning from the experience of visiting youth centers and meeting youth workers from morocco.
- Raised awareness about gender equality, challenges and cultural differences;
- Raised awareness about the political dimension of youth work and active participation of young women in the local community;
- creation of a network between organizations in Europe ad mediterranean countries;
- motivation to do make concrete actions in the local communities to promote gender equality and youth participation
During this training course I was part of the trainers team, being active in the different phases of the implementation:
- Collecting needs of participants and the ones outlined by the National Agencies involved, connecting to the principal objectives of the entire project flow.
We worked in team in the program design process, proposing activities and methodologies that fit the objectives of the project.
During the implementation I delivered the activities connected to the concept of intersectionality in youth work, by using graphic facilitation and activating group dynamics.
Overall, I was present by supporting my colleagues during the activities delivered by them by interacting with the participants, giving clarification if needed and by doing time management.
In the end of the training course we had our debriefing session, useful to asses the experience and outlining outputs for the final report.
One of the task was also to fill in the final report with the activities I delivered and giving my perspective on the learning outcomes and group process