🇩🇪 Erasmus+ Training Course in Germany 📲 Digital Youth Work for Civic Engagement 🗣️

Description

The project is designed to equip youth workers with digital skills and tools to strengthen civic participation and engage young people through Information and Communication Technology (ICT).

Project Summary: Leveraging ICT and Social Media for Youth Inclusion and Participation

Aim of the Project: The project is designed to equip youth workers with digital skills and tools to strengthen civic participation and engage young people through Information and Communication Technology (ICT). A core aim is to promote civic engagement through digital tools.

Objectives:

Strengthen Digital Competencies: Provide practical training in ICT, social media engagement, and digital content creation. Youth workers will be trained to guide young people in critical media analysis, recognizing misinformation, and using digital platforms for youth activism and community participation.

Ensure Inclusion and Equal Access: Develop strategies to engage marginalized and disadvantaged young people who face barriers to digital participation.

Encourage Innovation: Introduce interactive, gamified, and blended learning approaches to make digital engagement more dynamic and adaptive.

Strengthen Transnational Cooperation: Establish a European Digital Youth Work Network for collaboration and knowledge exchange, and develop a Digital Civic Engagement Toolkit with practical resources.

Outcome: The project aims to significantly enhance the digital skills of youth workers and strengthen youth engagement through the use of digital tools for non-formal education and social participation. It seeks to expand civic participation through youth-led activism and make digital youth work more accessible and inclusive for young people from diverse and disadvantaged backgrounds. The project's sustainability will be ensured through the creation of a European-wide network of digital youth workers and an open-access toolkit, ensuring that the methodologies remain relevant and scalable.

Activity details

Activity type

Training Course

Activity dates

12-20 February 2027

Location

Hemmersheim, Germany

Application deadline

Application deadline (24h UTC): 29 December 2026

Selection date

12 January 2027

Participants

35

Recommended for

Youth workers, Youth leaders, Youth coaches, Aspiring youth workers

Working language

English

Organiser

Costs

Participation fee

No

Accommodation and food

There is no participation fee. Food, accommodation and local travel costs (only during the activity program) will be covered by the grant from the National Agency of Germany of the Erasmus+ Programme.

Travel reimbursement

Germany 285€ (must be green travel) Cyprus 395€ Czechia 417€ (must be green travel) Italy 309€ Serbia 309€ Norway 309€

Looking for participants from

6 countries can apply. The activity takes place in Hemmersheim, Germany.