Digital transformation of youth organizations

The TCA “Digital transformation for youth organizations’ was developed  to introduce youth organisations to the digital age and to train them to acquire their own digital footprint, which will have multiplier benefits in the impact of the Programme. Through the training. stakeholders will learn more about digital tools and good practices on how to have a more successful online presence.

Aims & Objectives

• To empower youth organisations and their representatives (who have basic or limited technological training) to be digital.
• To enable the autonomy of Youth organisations while saving resources, as they will not have to outsource technical tasks and outputs to external experts.
• To facilitate access of youth organisations in rural areas to decentralized technical and technological education services.
• To establish a cooperation network and exchange of good practices.
• To strengthen the pillars of empowerment, engagement and connection of the new Youth policy of the EU.
• To contribute to the digital action plan of the EU commission, via a thorough and affordable training program.

Target Group

Check out the criteria below and it might help you to decide whether you are the participant we are looking for: 

• Youth organisations: people in decision making positions (directors, managers, project managers, members of the board etc.), strongly affiliated with the organization, either through employment or in a volunteering position.
• Youth workers with a direct link to one or more youth organizations.
• Trainers, Educators and learning facilitators with a direct link to one or more Youth organizations.
• Young people interested in new technologies who have the possibility of disseminating their knowledge to a range of target audiences (volunteers of international networks etc)
• EU youth institutions, (National Agencies, SALTO Youth etc).

Training program

We will use a blended methodology, coimbining asynchronous learning through the HOP Online Learning Platform and  synchronous learning, via ZOOM meetings. 

Our intended working method will be Design Based Education (DBE) (Laurillard, 2012) which  has the potential to become a cornerstone of sustainable education, as it prepares learners for a rapidly changing world through a design approach. The focus of DBE is to study real-life problems in teams from an outside-in perspective, using methods and tools from design science. As a final outcome, the project will provide a learning journey and meeting point for youth workers and youth NGOs to train on digital transformation and digital competences. The Project will develop an online environment and so, a set of tools, tips, methods and templates to help.

The dates for the ZOOM meetings are:

• 29/11 -> 15.30 - 18.30 CET -> Getting to know ourselves, the team and the program: Self assessment of digital footprint. 
• 30/11 -> 15.30 - 18.30 CET -> Good practices of digital transformation: looking for networking and inspiration. 
• 3/12 -> 15.30-  18.30  CET -> Digital communication strategies: how to use social media for good. 
• 6/12-> 15.30 - 18.30 CET -> Digital inclusion: real life stories of digital accessibility
• 7/12 -> 15.30 - 18.30 CET -> Digitalization, services and simplification of ideas. 

YOUTHPASS

Participants are entitled to receive a Youthpass certificate from the HNA, for recognition of their competence development during the activity.