About Project

TC "Sensing Culture as a Bridge in Youth Work" is a project which gathered 34 youth workers ages 20-45 from 11 different countries in Tbilisi, Georgia between dates 15.10- 23.10.2019 in order to provide them with innovative tools and methods as well as competences and skills related to combating stereotypes and prejudices and educating youth on antidiscrimination.

Facing the objectives of Erasmus+ program, the project aimed not only at improving among youth workers key competences (communication in foreign languages, intercultural understanding, awareness, emotional intelligence, social and civic competencies) but also at equipping them with educational tools and at enriching their knowledge in order for them to become multipliers and promoters of youth activism in open and diverse society.

The project also aimed to make a conflict transformation into multicultural youth between the conflict countries such as Ukraine-Russia, Russia-Georgia, Armenia-Turkey, to make one step forward to peace, mutual understanding and respect by providing active citizenship, intercultural dialogue, social inclusion, solidarity. The TC "Sensing Culture as a Bridge in Youth Work" expected to increase learning, mobility opportunities for young people, those active in youth organizations and youth leaders within local regional and international level. The other aim was to make a step forward on recognition of non-formal and informal learning, transparency and recognition of tools and the dissemination of good practices, opportunity for promoting cooperation between program and partner countries.

The project aimed at producing high-quality learning outcomes for participants as well as at reinforcing the capacities and international scope of the participating organizations. The project was also addressed to young people with fewer opportunities.

The project was implemented between February 2019 - November 2019 and it consisted of following activities:

February 2019: Online kick-off meeting with partners March 2019: Recruitment and selection

August - September 2019: Travel arrangements

October 2019: Training course kick-off meeting, the training course, training evaluation meeting

November-December 2019: Final reporting

The objectives of the project was to make participants to:

-          get familiar with the mechanism of stereotypes, prejudices and discrimination

-          verify and reflect on their own stereotypes and prejudices in order to overcome them

-          better understand their role as youth workers in combating stereotypes among young people in local communities

-          enrich their knowledge about Open Space Technology as well as Forum Theatre method as useful and innovative ways of educating youth

 -          create, together with participants e-booklet with new activities using OST and FT for further dissemination

-          make solid partnerships for KA1 and KA 2 youth projects according to the proposals of Erasmus + programme

-          make proposals for local and European youth projects in order to use the talent and traditions of young people together in the sake of local communities

-          invent self – assessment tools in order to support young people to recognize their talents during non

–          formal educational methods and identify their learning outcomes