Learning in Youth Work of 21st century

Upon developing and refining the project proposal, the consortium once again engaged with the 245 youth workers to research about their needs and situations they face. A total of 216 responses were received, revealing a notable shift: a doubling (64%) of respondents had engaged in some form of educational work with youth using online platforms. However, a similar proportion struggled to develop structured online courses and educational activities. This data illustrates the increasing necessity, prompted by the "new normal" of the COVID-19 reality, for organisations to transition their youth work to online platforms, despite persisting gaps in skills, competencies, and knowledge. The project aimed to bridge these gaps by merging the fields of digital technology and youth work/non-formal education, two areas that have not traditionally intersected significantly within European youth work contexts.

Learning in Youth Work of 21st century, as an initiative developed by consortium covering areas of Germany, Balkan region and Scandinavia region, planed to achieve following objectives: - Bring positive and long-lasting effects on participating organisations and sector of youth work by enhancing knowledge management with new innovative resources for development of educational activities within youth work and training models/curricula in order to provide quality youth work educational activities that will address needs of each specific target group. - Support youth workers and educational trainers in acquiring and developing key competences as youth trainers (of other youth workers) in the field of developing and using e-learning materials and online courses in youth work; and marketing strategies and tools for higher involvement and promotion of activities for youth. - Engage into intensive dissemination and exploitation activities of existing and newly produced products and attract more youth organisations and youth workers on using the new innovative tools and approaches, and thus increase quality and quantity of educational youth work activities.