TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Irakli Mzhavanadze
Erasmus+ "PLUS1Aid- Refugees Welcome"– aims to develop personal and professional skills of the trainers and youth workers, to prepare and motivate them to be actively involved in the migration-related issues and raise their awareness on that matter. Acquired knowledge and competences will help them to promote and defend solidarity and tolerance towards the migrants and refugees among their target groups in their countries of origin. Moreover, the training will inspire them to take active part in managing current refugee challenges in Europe and stimulate the idea of the integration among the youth. Overall objectives of the project are the following:
• Create a network of the organizations working in the field of migration
• Explore the migration policy of the EU and involvement of civic society in the process;
• Increase an awareness about migration among the youth workers and NGO workers;
• Stimulate the idea of social integration and peace building in Europe
• Share the best practice connected with the management of migration among Youth NGOs and youth workers
• Encourage young people to be actively involved in social life
• Motivate the youngsters to be active citizens in general
• Promote non- formal learning and present it as a tool for the participation and development
• Promote outdoor activities
• Promote inter-cultural exchanges, tolerance and solidarity in general
• Spread the information about the Erasmus+ and stimulate future cooperation
Participating Countries: Germany, Georgia, Turkey, Italy, Poland, Ukraine, Greece.
Recommended for Youth workers, Trainers, Youth leaders, Youth Policy Makers
Group size 28 participants from: Germany (4), Georgia (4), Turkey (4), Italy (4), Poland (4), Ukraine (4), Greece (4)
During the Training Course will be used different activities and methods such as group works, video productions, role play games, simulation games, brainstorming, team building games, workshops, debates, Meeting with representatives of EUMM, Festival in immigrant’s settlement - Exploring life between leaving and arriving, Country Reports: History of Migration in the participating countries, presentations and cultural evenings.
All partners will publish information about the project using Internet resources. All the participating organizations will use their contacts, websites, blog and newsletters in order to ensure a wide dissemination of the results of the project: The action plan of the network, mission and vision statement of it, the experience they've gained, the information they've acquired, important details that impressed them, manual created by the project participants` photos, videos, an importance of the activities, they’ve been part of. They will also try to encourage other civic society representatives to take part and develop projects via the Erasmus+.
After returning home the participants will organize an informational meeting with local youngsters, and share their experience and knowledge about the topic of the project. All used and created materials and manuals of the project done by the participants at the end of project, will be published on the blog of the project, web-sites of promoter organizations and different social networks.
The further ideas for the dissemination and exploitation of the project's results, will be initiated by the participants of the project and each promoter already took a responsibility to cooperate with them in case
of need. So, the active network will ensure that the follow up and a dissemination of the activities will reach a main target group and it`ll unite all other stakeholders willing to contribute the process. Network itself does not mean to be just a closed circle of the NGOs but a platform, which needs to be developed.
My role in the team was co-trainer, meaning that I had to take part in designing programme during preparatory meeting, selection of participants, running sessions during the training itself, evaluation of the TC and input to the final report.
I worked on this training for 8 days days as a full time trainer.