EGL Project Labs Copenhagen

Aims & objectives

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT LAB
Project Labs in the frame of Europe Goes Local are international training and
networking events that bring together officials and practitioners in youth work
to strengthen the usage and exploitation of the possibilities offered by the
ERASMUS+ and the European Solidarity Corps programmes for youth work at
municipal level.
OBJECTIVES
• provide information and training on the possibilities of the European mobility
programmes, and how to use them.
• present and curate good practices in using the programmes, with a focus on
youth work at municipal level.
• support partnership-building and networking, with a focus on youth work at
municipal level.
• allow for project development with a focus on the usage of the European
mobility programmes, and provide coaching there of.
• provide direct contact and support by the network of National Agencies to the
potential project beneficiaries.
In the bigger picture, Project Labs contribute to the promotion of the European
mobility programmes, bring them closer to municipalities, and enhance the
impact, recognition and visibility of youth work at municipal level.

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

Trainer team from Norway and Finland
Participating in the PBA: in total 30 participants from 20 different countries:
Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Germany, France, Austria, Montenegro, Slovenia,
Croatia, Italy, Portugal, Iceland, Norway, Czech Republic, Greece,
Luxembourg, Romania, Serbia, Spain and Turkey.

Training methods used & main activities

Getting to know activities, organisation fair, networking and building the future project skeletons, Inputs and presentations from trainers.

Outcomes of the activity

THE PROJECTS
There were 8 projects made in the end. Training courses for youth workers,
youth exchanges plans and youth participation activity. Most of the participants
were eager to go home and start on these projects with each other and a lot of
them exchanged phone numbers and emails. We also provided them a list
with all the emails and a Discord server for further conversations and to store
materials

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

Planning and facilitating the programme with my colleague. Including the residential part but also the online activity before the residental meeting.

I worked on this training for 3 days as a full time trainer.