TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Dushko Radevski
The aim of the "Words Shape Identity" project (KA1, Mobility of Youth Workers) is to raise awareness about an inclusive LGBT terminology and its wider implementation in practical youth work. This aim will be achieved using diverse methods of non-formal education, primarily creative writing.
22 youth workers from 11 different countries Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey
We used the small group work method frequently during the seminar. This method always can help for the people to share their own opinions without limitation.
We used the open space method where the people can change their places after one discussion about the topic and during this time they can develop their knowledges.
All other methoded were based on non-formal knowledge.
Besides the fact that participant learned the most important terminology used in LGBT community. The added value of the project was a web page with blogs from the participants in which they shared their knowledge and experience gained during the training course and share it with other youth workers. This encouraged them to contribute their own blogs for the mentioned web page, therefore knowledge and experience is still spreading even after the project's completion.
I was trainer together with one more trainer from Serbia and Slovenia, all together we designed the project,program, we conduct the sessions, and we worked on the evaluation form.