Remote control - digital youth work

“Remote Control – Digital Youth Work” is a project that consists of two mobilities, 2 residential Training Courses that will take place in the region of Trikala, Greece in November 2021 and February 2022, with the participation of 8 partner organizations from Greece, Croatia, North Macedonia, Italy, Romania, Poland, Portugal, and Cyprus, under Erasmus+ Programme (KA1 – Mobility of Youth Yorkers).

The first mobility, the Training Course “NGOs Online” took place in the city of Trikala, Greece, between 1-10 November 2021, and gathered in total 28 youth workers and youth leaders from the aforementioned countries, including 2 trainers and 2 support staff.

The main objective of the first activity TC “NGOs Online” was to equip youth workers with digital tools and knowledge regarding digital management and social media marketing, creations of websites and blogs, and new skills that will allow them to increase the visibility of their organization work and engage more new people in their activities.

The activity was developed after a needs analysis of the partner organizations that want to upgrade their digital skills and work towards the digitalization of youth work. The organizations involved expecting that after the implementation of the activity will be able to reach more young people and engage them in their local and international activities and will be able to disseminate better the results of their work and projects, helping thus also other NGOs and youth workers that can use the outcomes of their work.

Topics to covered during the activity:

-Digital management of NGOs

-Social media marketing and email marketing

-Design and creation of websites

-Branding of organisations

-Use of digital tools for graphic design

-Video and photo shooting and compilation

The second mobility, the Training Course “Virtual Facilitators” took place in the city of Trikala, Greece, between 25 February – 7 March 2022, and gathered in total 28 youth workers and youth leaders from the aforementioned countries, including 2 trainers and 2 support staff

The main objective of the upcoming second activity was to introduce the participants in distance education techniques in order to enhance distance learning and remote youthwork through common working spaces and learning platforms.

This activity has been the answer to the organisations’ need to provide qualitative youthwork and remote activities for young people with not necessary physical presence and regardless of where they are based at any time.

Topics to covered during the activity:

-Key concepts and benefits of using ICT to support and enhance learning and assessment in youthwork.

-Ways to use Social Media (Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter, other SM) for remote YW and digital activities

-Use of common working spaces (Zoom/WebEx), LMS (Moodle/Google Classroom), mobile apps, Video sharing apps etc

-Elements of Distance Learning and Remote Youthwork (theoretical part),

-Design and testing of new tools and digital workshops for non formal learning (practical part).