Active Citizienship

The project's goal was to encourage young people's civic involvement and active citizenship so they could support socially viable societies. The youth exchange is highly participative and was designed to meet the unique requirements of the participants and partner organizations. Diversity, such as that found among the participants, was viewed as a resource for the sharing and transfer of skills, and the project's intercultural component received special consideration. The majority of the youth exchange was provided through practical workshops that the participants carried out in a learning-by-doing manner, utilizing the complete toolkit of non-formal education and experiential learning. There were just a few frontal lectures.

The participants in the project's self-confidence and young people's capacity for motivation. In order to encourage and guide participants as they tackle difficulties that promote their personal, professional, and organizational growth, the facilitators took care to create a secure and encouraging learning environment. The learning takes place both on individual basis as well as through synergetic team dynamics, all the while focused on the participants’ requirements. Transversal focus is placed on important supporting processes such as learning-to-learn, feedback, (self-)reflection, and self-directed learning.

Our organization uses the youth exchange's learnings in ways that are applicable, transferrable, and sustainable, such as by developing thorough documentation and offering templates for customized development and action plans at all levels. Our methodology's consistent and ongoing use of self-reflection tools allows participants to recognize their strengths, have a deeper understanding of the learning outcomes, and be inspired to develop further techniques related to the project issue.