TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Ayhan Feraset
The aims and objectives of the training course which were achieved were:
• Fostering reflection on different dimensions of migration and mobility, understanding the theoretical framework of migration trends and new migration in Europe and its global effects
• Exchange of experience and good practice in youth work, related to international/local migration and mobility and its influence on young people in Europe
• Preparing youth workers and youth leaders in addressing the challenges and opportunities resulting from migration for young people /society as a whole
• Raising the competence of youth workers and youth leaders about the push and pull factors of migration and causes and consequences of migration and how to prevent negative effects of migration (such as discrimination) in society
• Understanding the EU policies towards migration and mobility and local realities in participating countries and learning good practices
• Improving competences about different (youth) mobility opportunities in Europe
• Promote European cooperation between youth organisations to promote youth mobility and engage youth with immigrant backgrounds in organizations’ activities
• Develop new initiatives in the field of migration and mobility for young people within the framework of Erasmus+ programme
Countries involved; Germany, Turkey, Greece, Hungary, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Estonia, Czech Republic and UK
Our project’s topic was migration and have focused on 2 main issues – Firstly, immigration related issues in connection to refugee crisis and discrimination towards immigrants, secondly – emigration of young people in connection to youth unemployment.
Mobility of youth workers was in the format of training course. We started the programme with getting
to know each other, breaking the ice and group building. We set together common agreement about
rules we are going to follow, shared personal and professional learning goals and get to know each
other’s (and organizations’) background. Activities in town not only helped to contribute to teambuilding,
but also to understand local reality in the area in connection to the topic. We also learned about nonformal learning, Youthpass and 8 key competences and Erasmus+ opportunities. After that we started
to go into the topic, by defining the key terms and concepts in migration area. We learned to understand
the issues connected to refugees, the main reasons behind it and contributing factors. We also learned
about the push and pull factors and discovered the situation in the destination country and main
challenges there. Participants could share their local and country realities in the world café. From there
one we went deeper, by discovering where participants themselves stand on certain issues, and to
create empathy and understanding about refugees we used a movie. Finally we made a role play, to
make participants understand various sides, and feel themselves how it is to be in refugees’ shoes.
Participants could share their best practices in open space. On last day, follow-up plans in participating
countries were done, also new joint project initiates were made and it was followed by learning reflection
(filling in Youthpass) and evaluation. Additionally each day there were learning reflection sessions (with
buddies and additional tools) and daily feedback groups. In the evening various social activities took
place, coordinated by participants and social committee.
All methods used were non-formal, such as group works, role-plays, guided visualization, debate, work
in pairs, individual tasks, theatre tasks, tasks in town, etc.
We consider all our results worth sharing, as they created impact on participants, participating
organizations and local communities. 42 people participated in training course and gained experienceand new competences. They implemented action plans in their countries involving local communities
(mainly youth) and refugees after the project.
Our main result of the project were participants with new knowledge, skills and attitudes, who were able
to take these competences back to their organizations, and with motivation gained from the training
course, implement various activities as follow-ups. So as the result we would first bring out the personal
and professional development of participants, and experience gained by partner organizations.
Additionally, information about the project has been shared in social media and in all partner networks.
Vidoe link: https://youtu.be/fFo8um8SMD4
Blog link: https://migrationproject.tumblr.com/
Mentoring and supporting participants.
Designing and implementing workshops on migration and inclusion.