TOY - Trainers Online for Youth
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The need of such project it’s deeply incorporated in the recent situation in Europe, everyday more and more asylum seekers are seeking for refugee status, all this makes Europe place where solidarity needs to be show. The best way of showing solidarity and help is giving them the right tools and instrument in order to be able to find job in the labour market. In order to meet some of the needs of this marginalized community, this project will conduct a specialized Training Course to promote mobility within and beyond the EU's borders, non-formal learning and inter-cultural dialogue and encourage the employability and inclusion of young refugees, regardless of their educational, social and cultural background. It will aim to stimulate young refugee people’s spirit, their initiative, creativity and entrepreneurship by giving them useful tools in sharing models of good practice and creating international partnerships; raising awareness on this issue; educating and acquiring skills that will help young workers in the NGOs to increase creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, developing entrepreneurial spirit and skills-set and educating them on how to use existing income generation possibilities.
A key objective of this project and of Erasmus + programme is to motivate and involve young refuge people in entrepreneurship. Education determines future life chances, and is crucial for finding stable and decently paid employment. Non-formal learning plays a very important role in equipping them. It will enable them to become entrepreneurial thinkers by immersing them in real-life learning ventures where they can take risks, manage the results, and learn from the outcomes. Entrepreneurial skills can help youth refugee to adapt well to other non-entrepreneurial careers and improve their lives and communities.
The project activity - the training course, will also promote anti-discrimination, tolerance, equality and solidarity on every level, giving youth refugee the opportunity to identify common values with other youth from Europe in spite of their cultural differences, also to exchange and express ideas, information and experience between themselves. The training will also offer participants an opportunity to find ways to fight against poverty and marginalization, to fight for inspiration, initiative and inclusive society. Stimulating unemployed young refugee people's mobility and active participation is the main focus of this activity which will have even greater impact on national, European and International level as it will equip youth workers with necessary skills, experiences and knowledge which will be transferred to other youths.
The target group of the project were participants interested on the migration issue in Europe. Also we had participants with refugee background on the project. Countries involved in the project were: Macedonia, Denmark, Serbia, Poland, Italy, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Jordan and Albania.
The project was organized from and for young people. Our activities during the preparation, implementation, evaluation and follow up phase ensure active participation of young people in each stage of the project. We want the project to make a positive change in the life of young participants and thus we value their reaction, opinion and feedback at every step of this project.
Working methods of the project were based on:
• active participation in workshops, presentations, study visits
• personal and group discussions
• brainstorming, and sessions for enhancing creativity
• personal development activities and reflection sessions
• team-building activities, energizers, games (music, dance)
• intercultural dialogue and presentation
• role play
This project was not only based on a “one-way information-flow” but requires a pro-active participation from the participants. So, we encourage the participants to search about the issue in your country, local community, university, NGO.
The training was very successful as we had involved organization with a lot of knowledge in migration in Europe and the refugee question as new phenomenon in this century. The project outcome was a booklet with tools and methods for better integration of the migrant in every country. Also at the end there was a video made by the participants about migration experience from the participants.
I was a member of the training team, and I worked with my colleague to design the whole programme. As a full time trainer I also delivered the training course and all planned activities before and after the TC.