TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Edgar Rodrigues
General objective: to develop training activities for youth technicians related to gender equality, who work with disadvantaged young people, through the development of social, personal and professional skills
The specific objectives of the project are:
-Promote capacity building with digital and NFE skills and methodologies to raise awareness and implement initiatives on gender equality, social inclusion and diversity in youth;
-Empowerment of youth technicians, aimed at the balance of power between genders;
-Promote skills for action, namely in the face of stereotypes, prejudices and behaviors that contradict the principle of equality;
- Combat behavior that contradicts EU values, such as gender discrimination, hate speech, harassment, among others;
- Promote equality in access to non-formal education and that gender sensitive perspectives are integrated;.
-Reflect on and promote dialogue on diversity and gender equity in order to transform attitudes;
-Promote positive impacts on participants and their organizations to improve their interventions in the field of youth;
-Promote the sharing of good practices and increase the organizations' international partnerships;
-Promote the motivation of participants and their organizations to develop new initiatives within the scope of Erasmus+.
Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Hungary, Turkey, greece and Italy participants took part on this TC.
Participants with few opportunities aged between 18y and 30y
During the project, several activities were carried out using non-formal education:
- Brainstorming
- Small group work (Buzz groups)
- Digital group dynamics
- Plenary sessions / Aquarium
- Interactive debate and discussions
- Interactive or cooperative games
- Theater / Simulations (Role play)
- Between others
NFE tools are important to stimulate learning in participants. However, these were just support tools to allow awareness and training, so they should not be seen as an end in themselves, but should be associated with specific educational objectives. Here the participants were seen as genuine protagonists of processes in which they analyzed problems, took the lead and made decisions, as well as articulated proposals that generated action and change. In this way, youth technicians get involved in actions in a more creative and committed way and become active agents of change.
results and impacts for participants:
- Encouraging the development of initiatives and the creation of social responses to gender and social inclusion issues that are perfectly adjusted to the contexts of young people, especially those with fewer opportunities.
- Extending the European dimension and visibility of the Erasmus + Program;
- Empowering participants by developing social and personal skills, through NFE, increasing and improving social and civic participation;
- Development of inclusive attitudes and behaviours;
- Raising awareness of respect, interculturality, tolerance and European dialogue;
- Awareness of European policies and practices in the youth field;
- Elaboration of a manual of good practices.
- Greater capacity of youth workers to intervene to promote gender equality, social inclusion and diversity, based on the NFE;
- Knowledge and recognition of the NFE methodology as a promoter of inclusive learning processes.
- Empowerment of youth workers.
Expected results and impacts for partner organizations:
- Development of communication and cooperation skills in a European context;
- Ability to internationalize the initiatives generated, reinforcing cooperation with other organizations and promoting work of recognized quality;
- Greater capacity of organizations to intervene to promote gender equality, social inclusion and diversity, based on the NFE;
- Development of project planning skills;
- Development and expansion of contact networks at European level;
- Development of experience in implementing youth projects for gender equality and social inclusion;
- Development of innovative strategies aimed at the problems and needs of the target groups, with more appealing and attractive dynamics, with recognition and validation of skills and more efficient activities in working with the community;
- Development of youth empowerment strategies.
- Increased stakeholder awareness to combat the issue of gender issues and social exclusion;
In this TC I was the main facilitator, I led the activities and I was in charge of the logistical part as well.
I prepared the activity plan and carried out the activities during the youth mobility period
Edgar Rodrigues made an amazing job leading our group… we strongly recommend him.
We will work with him again in future projects for sure