European Association “World-Our Home” organized the Erasmus + Youth Worker Mobility Project – Seminar “New Erasmus – New Opportunities” from 20-26 April.
35 participants from 11 European countries participated in the project – Latvia, Germany, Croatia, Italy, Malta, Bulgaria, Spain, Lithuania, Turkey, Macedonia, Greece. Project was financed by the Erasmus + programme.
The project aims of the project were to increase the capacity of European youth NGOs and their staff to organize youth activities and nonformal education activities and to involve young people in the new Erasmus + and ESC programs, ensuring the establishment of long-term, high-quality projects and partnerships.
The aim was reached and participants got a lot of new ideas, new partners, raised the capacity of NGOs, by providing youth workers with new skills and competencies in organizing events in the new Erasmus + program.
The project "New Erasmus – New Opportunities" was the Erasmus + seminar. During the project workshops the organizations discussed future cooperation, capacity building of youth organizations, active participation of young people in youth programs, acquisition and development of new knowledge and skills, as well as raising the knowledge of youth workers about working with young people with fewer opportunities, the digital environment, green thinking.
Within the framework of the project, we cooperated with the Eastern Latvian creative service center “Zeimuls”.
Many thanks to all people who helped to realized this project, also Erasmus + programme and Agency for International Programs for Youth for funding. And also many thanks to our trainer Stanistavs Babins, who created the wonderful space for learning in non-formal, creative way.