YES, U2 - Engage NEET with community

Participants : 25 youth workers, educators, volunteers and practitioners in the youth field, active at local level in formal and non-formal education.

➔ Do you work with young people in your community?

➔ Are you interested to work with unemployed youth?

➔ Are you interested in how to work with marginalized youth?

➔ Do you care about including NEET youth with your local community?

Topic : Innovative youth work approaches to engage NEET youth with local community

Aim : To build capacity and competences of people working with youth in order to engage NEET youth with local community.

This training course specially focuses on innovative learning approaches and developing competences in order to create safe and comprehensive spaces, supporting young people’s sense of belonging to society and empowering them to take an active role in the local community.

Objectives

1. To find a common ground about NEET youth in different communities;

2. To raise awareness on the youth worker´s role to empower NEET youth to be engaged with local communities;

3. To explore hopeful-future approach to support the inclusion of NEET youth in the local community;

4. To develop practical strategies in order to engage NEET youth with their local community;

5. To build a network among practitioners in order to explore further ways to cooperate within the

Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes.

Expected results

Participants after the training increase their competences:

● To promote and take action towards social inclusion of NEET youth;

● To encourage active participation of NEET young people;

● To empower young people to develop their sense of belonging in the local community;

● To build strategies and implement action plan with local communities;

● To prevent the enrolment of youth into NEET status;

● To create a network within practitioners at local and European level.

The outcomes of the training course are transferred to the young people by increasing their potential for active citizenship, building their capacity to be aware of their strengths and opportunities in local communities, the labour market and their personal life.

Methodology

The methodology is based on principles and values of non-formal education:

● Experiential learning

● Addressing different learning styles

● Variety of learning settings (indoor/outdoor)

● Diverse nature, art and body-based techniques

● Group atmosphere supported peer learning

● Learners co-create their learning process