PRISMA Seminar (Projects: Resources, Insights and Management - a Social Media Approach)

Aims & objectives

Objectives:
O1- to empower the participants in using social media tools for project management (collaborative work, time management, internal communication, visibility);
O2- to create a European network of organisations interested in developing their capacity through social media tools;
O3- to promote Erasmus+ framework in order to encourage participants to develop future projects together;
O4- promoting cultural diversity in a European context;

Target group & international/intercultural composition of the group & team

Target group: Youth workers, project managers, youth leaders from European and neighboring countries.

Countries involved: 22 youth organisations from 12 countries (Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Turkey - EU/Programme countries and Moldova, Ukraine and Armenia- Eastern Europe & Caucasus)

The pedagogical team included 2 facilitators on behalf of GEYC.

Training methods used & main activities

Methodology:
Nonformal education methods based on active involvement of the participants: ice-breakers, energisers, workshops, case-studies, debates, field study, conference, working in online environment - econferences, working in intercultural subgroups, , NGO fair, photo safari, treasure hunt etc.

Outcomes of the activity

Prisma European Network was launched (http://prisma-network.eu/) and the participants focused on future plans within the network.
Moreover, during the conference and European NGO Fair, the local young people were entitled to ask questions and to find out more about the activity of the organisations involved. The conference hosted by Cluj Napoca City Hall was dubled by a simultaneous eConference were the participants could follow the contents and address questions online.

Your tasks and responsibilities within the team

I was the leading trainer of the educational activities.

I worked on this training for 3 days as a full time trainer.