TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
This is a reference for Carly Walker-Dawson
• To raise youth organisations’ awareness of the benefits of youth mobility
• To support youth organisations in better dealing with visa obstacles in international youth work
• To share experiences in youth work with young refugees and migrants and equip youth workers with competencies to better include them in their organisations
• To share the experience of European youth mobility projects and transfer it to the Latin American reality and work in the region
• To use online tools to share results, offer online training and develop the partners’ ICT competencies
Participants: groups of three young people from Brazil, Peru, Nicaragua and Bolivia.
Team: four team members from Peru, Spain, Turkey and Belgium.
• Ice breakers
• Team building
• Small group work
• Simulation activities
• Discussion
• Case studies
• Manifesto writing
• Meeting with local decision-makers
• Film screening and discussion
• Action planning
• Field trip
• Daily reflection groups
• Evaluation and feedback
• Four localised projects on topic of migration, refugees, visas and regional youth work
• Strengthened network in Latin America on these topics
• Increased inclusion of migrants and refugees on national and local levels participating countries
• Raised awareness of online and print tools on the topics: the online platform, visa hub, online courses and resource manual
• Advocacy on social inclusion of refugees in Peru after meeting with the mayor's office
I had oversight of the programme planning and delivery, supporting the project coordinator who was leading on the logistics and team coordination. I delivered my allocated parts of the programme and offered direction to other team members, as well as liaising with the host organisation.