MULTIMODAL LITERACY

MULT-LIT project focuses on the integration of young refugees in the local communities with the support of local youth and youth workers and the innovative methodology. The partnership consisted o...

Project partners: * produced project results in order to bring Multimodal Literacy skills to the target audience with innovative methodology by using the values of media literacy, creative drama, and digital storytelling; * met the needs of consortium members and young people exposed to multiple messages in the multimodal world; * developed and improved multimodal literacy competences of youth workers, youth leaders, trainers and young people, including refugees, involved in this project; * raised awareness of Multimodal Literacy; * promoted the opportunities of the Erasmus+ Programme among young people and different stakeholders in the project partners and other countries. Project partners achieved all objectives and implemented this project in the best way. Partners creaded new materials, tested them with youth workers, youth leaders and trainers and also with young people, included refugees, and disseminated them. Project participants gained new competences. Members of consortium built strong partnership and plan to cooperate in future. Partners promoted the Erasmus+ Programme and its opportunities among young people, youth workers and different stakeholders.

There were three transnational meetings and nine online meetings organised for the project management, Joint Staff Event with the participation of trainers, youth workers and youth leaders from partners' organisations (LTTA1), Blended mobility with the participation of young people from partners' countries, including young refugees (LTTA2), local activities with the participation of young refugees and youth workers and trainers, multiplier events in all project partners' countries, promotional and dissemination activities, monitoring and evaluation activities.

Result 1: Youth Work Ensuring the Integration of Young Refugees Training Course Format. Result Leading Organisation: iTEACH INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND LEARNING INSTITUTE (Turkey). Partners conducted research about multimodal competences based on creative drama, media literacy and digital storytelling, tested in focus groups with young people and youth workers, created modules and get feedback during LTTAs in Turkey and France for the improvement. Result 2: Multimodal Literacy Tool Kit Result Leading Organisation: MITRA FRANCE (France). Partners created materials for the Tool Kit about three main project topics: creative drama, media literacy and digital storytelling. First draft of the Tool Kit was tested during the LTTA1 in Turkey and second draft during LTTA2 in France. This encouraged the active participation of both youth workers and young people in the creation of the project results. Partners worked with feedback and presented draft to stakeholders in own countries to acquire feedback over potential aspects of improvement and adaptation. Result 3: “Integration by Multimodal Literacy” Web platform Result Leading Organisation: ASOCIACIJA KURYBINES ATEITIES IDEJOS (Lithuania). Partners collected all created materials for the Web Platform and designed for the best way to be user friendly and attractive. There are text and video materials uploaded on the platform which were presented in all partners' organisations and also in other organisations during dissemination activities and multiplier events.