Making the Difference IV: The North-South Partnership Building Activity

The PBA is organized in a small rural village in the very North of Norway. During the activity you will experience involvement of (and contact with) the local community. This will be a concrete and practical example on how this can be done during youth exchanges. Cooperation with the locals can multiply the outcomes and impacts of your projects, and lead to a profound intercultural experience. Objectives of the PBA • To create an opportunity to find good and reliable partners to organize youth exchanges with • To understand what is needed to plan a youth exchange of good quality • To create solid networks of contacts and partnerships • To equip the youth workers with insight in their role as coach and support • To experience the possibilities of local involvement • To understand the impact and social change a youth exchange can have within the local community Target group of the ‘Making the Difference IV’ Partnership Building Activity • Max 30 participants • The call is open for all Program countries, with a priority for participants from NORWAY, SWEDEN, DENMARK and GREECE, ITALY, PORTUGAL, SPAIN, MALTA & CROATIA • Being able to use English as working language • Having a true and real interest in establishing partnerships • Youth workers and youth leaders who represent their youth group’s interest • Both ‘newcomers’ and ‘experienced’ in the Erasmus+ YiA Program Expected outcomes Participants should leave the PBA with partners and ideas to apply for a youth exhange project in 2018 under the program Erasmus+ Youth in Action.