Worlds Future in Your Actions
Start date: Mar 1, 2016,
End date: Oct 1, 2017
PROJECT
FINISHED
Direct beneficiaries o 6 youth organizations that will build their capacity in global education field and in international projects;o 26 youth workers representing the youth organizations who will participate in the whole project to develop their competencies as global citizens and global educators;o 1800 young people that will be participating in the global education workshops and will develop their global citizenship competencies Indirect beneficiaries o 4000 friends and families of the direct beneficiaries (youth workers and young people) which will be inspired by the example and experience of the closes ones and will trigger changes in their lives as well o local communities of each partner by the changes introduced in the youth organizations active in those communities will become more active, green, sustainable, engagedo civil society in general (but specially from the target countries) which will benefit from the products developed and/or shared from this project.The main goal of the project is to increase the capacity of youth organizations to raise the level of global citizenship competencies among young people in European and African societies.More specific objectives are:• To trigger positive organizational changes in youth organizations (to have a more green and sustainable organization, to implement more sustainable and ethical projects and activities, to tackle more global issues in their projects);• To increase the level of quality and professionalization in local and international (focus on intercontinental) projects for the youth organization involved;• To encourage the youth organization to diversify their approach in working with young people by the inspiration they get from exchange of best practices in youth work (in intercontinental context);• To increase the knowledge level of youth workers and young people in topics like: global interdependencies (from cultural, economic and political approach), post 2015 agenda, social and global justice, intercultural learning, human rights, climate change and other environment topics, responsible consumerism and sustainable lifestyle, sustainable development• To develop youth workers skills in managing global education methods: experiential learning, non-formal education methods;• To develop youth workers advanced facilitations skills required in managing global education process and transferable to other type of educational activities; • To stimulate the internalization of global values (as solidarity, global consciences, responsibility, etc.) to young people and workers• To encourage participation and involvement of young people in global processes;• To develop youth workers practical skills in developing global citizenship competencies in their own communities; • To increase the level of sustainable life styles of young people, youth workers and organizations;• To empower and motivate the youth workers to act as global education facilitators in their own org;
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