Youth Work for Citizenship and Democratic Participation in Political Transition contexts
Rationale of the Project:
Recent months have seen an increase on new non-conventional approaches to participation of young people in the public sphere. These changes have been often leading to creative transformations and socio-political transitions in a number of countries in our environment.
In some cases these changes have not fully succeeded and their transforming spirit has gone lost. The current course proposal wants to explore how youth work is capable to support the development of competences leading to a greater human autonomy and critical thinking as basis for full citizenship.
The Mid-Term Project “Citizenship and Democratic Participation in Political Transition contexts”
The mid term project “Citizenship and Democratic Participation in Political Transition contexts” aims at developing youth work strategies fostering inclusive democratic participation in the public sphere.
The Mid-Term Project
The mid term project “Citizenship and Democratic Participation in Political Transition contexts” aims at developing youth work strategies fostering inclusive democratic participation in the public sphere.
Through the project we expect:
- To develop competences based on the sense of justice, the wish to work towards the ideals of freedom, equality and respect for diversity, the sense of responsibility for one’s owns actions, and a commitment for personal and community development;
- To increase the eagerness and openness towards non-formal education methodology and the relevance of educational Youth Work as an important tool to promote social change;
- To establish cooperation among communities of practice and network with other educational actors.
The project wants to provide as well a reflection and a practice of the new spaces and opportunities for democratic participation that new media allows, its relevance and its limits. And at the same time, it intends to develop consciousness of social media limitations.
Project Phases:
This process includes the implementation of two capacity building courses, a practical phase with local activities developed by participants and the use of social media.
The first residential training course will take place in new year in Egypt. After the course, participants will have 8 months to develop a Practice Phase through local, national or international activities with the support of partners and team of trainers. In July 2013 the second training course will bring together all these experiences and further develop from there. The last months are going to be focused on planning and developing future follow up activities.
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Introductory Course |
Alexandria (Egypt) |
30th December 2012 – 6th January 2013 |
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Practice Phase |
Local, National, International |
January – July 2013 |
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Consolidation Course |
Tallinn (Estonia) |
7th -14th July 2013 |
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Follow up Projects |
Local, National, International |
August – October 2013 |
Methodological approach:
The whole mid-term project is designed as a space for mutual learning, where participants exchange and further develop their approaches to Youth Work based on the principles of inclusive democratic participation in the public sphere. The previous experience of participants, in the formal and non-formal sectors, will be the starting point of the programme and of the learning process.
A combination of non formal education methodological approaches (including experiential learning and outdoor experiential learning) and the experiences and support of practitioners in self-development will be used.
