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Sharing of what we want from this session :
- Challenge on how to agree on what to work on.
- When we are developing training- it opens up many other learning and development needs (first aid, working in nature, graphic facilitation )
- Graphic Facilitation:
- https://worksup.com/  - a nice tool that helps to deliver training.
- Prezzi for educators :  Nelli is a great advocate of it

How do we find areas of support for professional development :
- SALTO Trainer Skills Workshop /ETS
- Could trainers write an application to host a professional development community?
-Trainers are asking for mentorship /further training...people with good relationships team up, It is important to find like minded people, it is important to create these networks.
- How to fund our learning?

The new challenge of the new digital world... Connections, Engagement, Promotion.
- Mental Health & Wellbeing - what is within our comptences to support participants.
Trauma Informed Responses
It is also good to know that we are not alone, and that many are experiencing the need for support in Professional Development.

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Bring this topic back to our in-person meeting in Berlin, possibly invite other stakeholders to share and find solution.

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Despite the fact that the budget increases every time for E+ Youth, the allocation of it still doesn't help the quality for training activities (and trainers fees)

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Inequalities/unfair treatment within E+ - time to tackle the issues

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Inequalities/unfair treatment within E+ - time to tackle the issues

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- Why flat rates for different parts of E+ are lower in YOUTH part than all other parts (formal education, adult education, etc.) - do we need to recieve less funds for similar job that we do?!
- Why NA's / SALTOs have much higher budget for organizing the same type of trainings (TCA budget) than organizations organizing their projects. Lets swap ;)!
- Inequalities related to doing projects in "Neighbouring regions" (super low budgets, dependence on "European" partners to apply)
- Why there was such a lack of flexibility implementing all the projects that were "pending" because of COVID pandemics. Last year was a nightmare (TOO MANY projects), but there was no flexibility for NAs to prolong projects (more than 24 or 36 months). We felt that there was lack of understanding and solidarity from NAs/Comission...

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Trainers in Erasmus+: recognition and funding

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Trainers in Erasmus+: recognition and funding

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The trainers face a clear problem of the projects not having enough money to pay for our job, and thus there is a need of co-funding that, even though it is foreseen in the program, it is not as common nor realistic.
The reasons are many. However, these 4 factors have a great negative impact on the situation:
1) Lack of recognition of the role/importance of trainers and (quality) training.
2) social imaginary towards EU funds in general (including those for civil works: bridges, elevators, buildings, and so on).
3) the huge difference in budget between formal and non-formal educational Erasmus+ sub-programs.
4) the clear disservice that some youth organizations who promote E+ projects linked to the idea "free travelling" does to the actual idea that those participants (and the general public) has in relation to the E+ projects.

This 4 factors (among others) make it VERY HARD to keep the quality, but also to look for (and find) institutions willing to co-fund, as it is hard to break the idea that the EU fund does not stretch enough so as to cover everything!

(Or at least, this is how I (Rachel) see it).

We also talked about the trainers constantly leaving the field of non-formal, and looking for jobs in companies, as it is a much better paid and definitely a more stable alternative, and just that makes it being better recognized in a way.

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https://www.salto-youth.net/tools/european-training-calendar/training/mental-health-in-youth-work-inspirational-event.11088/

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Mental health awareness

Whether you are a young person or a youth worker, you can learn how to promote your own mental health and the mental health of others. In the event you can learn:

what are mental health skills

how we can all learn to take care of our wellbeing

how we can support other people's wellbeing

what kind of methods are used to promote mental health in youth work and young people's activities

You can choose from a variety of workshops that cater for both youth workers and young people. Choose the programme elements that are interesting to you and be inspired to promote mental health through your activities.

Peers interact with peers

We give space to young people to tell how mental health should be addressed by youth workers and youth organisations. Groups of young people from different countries have already been preparing content for the event and they want to involve other young people to explore, discuss and learn about promotion of mental health.

We want to create a dynamic space for collaboration, inspiration, and empowerment, with a strong peer-to-peer element.

Share and learn

You can also inspire others with your work! We hope to learn from different practices youth workers use in their organisations and what peers organise to their peers.

Pick and choose the positive mindsets, organisational approaches and working methods that you want to bring from your own organisation.

Adults and young people as a team

Create a team of 1 youth worker and 1-2 young people who are 16-24 years old. Fill in the application with the information on your team and tell us what motivates you to join.

If your team has young people who are under 18, make sure you will follow all the national regulations for safeguarding and parental consent. Please be aware that you will be responsible for the underage participants, not the organisers.

How to apply?

As the adult youth worker of the team, you will log on to your MySALTO account and open the application. Then you will add the personal information of the young people you are applying with in your application.

So every team will have just one application.

Large and international event

In this international event you will meet up to 120 participants from 13 countries!

Finland, Norway, Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, Portugal, Spain, Serbia and Turkey will send their teams. Unfortunately, the event is open only for teams from these countries.

Enjoy the colourful combination of cultures and respect the diversity. We respect you just the way you are, regardless of your background, culture, religion, or age.

Baby steps towards a better world

In our activities we support the principle of a safer space, where no one is discriminated or bullied because of their background or person. We want you to respect the same principle.

We want to support your wellbeing too. We offer an option to organise wellbeing sessions each morning and night. You can join relaxing moments, or you can offer a meditative or active session yourself.

We want to enable the participation of people with all kinds of abilities. Our premises are accessible. Knowing your individual needs will help us to provide the needed support.

We also strive to make the world a little bit greener. We encourage you to consider travelling to Portugal on land as much as possible. If you want to, you can sign up for a vegetarian or vegan meals.

Want to know more?

This event is part of a larger project that aims to promote mental health in youth work. We tell about our future events and share our material on this page:
www.oph.fi/en/mental-health-in-youth-work

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Mental Health in Youth Work: Inspirational Event

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Everything at a glance: training within the ERASMUS+ Youth and European Solidarity Corps programmes and beyond! Are you curious about what Europe has to offer in training activities in the field of youth and non-formal education? Would you like to contribute to the varied range to make it even more attractive?

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https://www.salto-youth.net/rc/inclusion/inclusionpublications/green-inclusion/

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About the seminar Green & Inclusion

Environment and climate action were added as a horizontal priority within the Erasmus+ Programme. By this, the Programme is considered a key instrument for building knowledge, skills, and attitudes on climate change and supporting sustainable development within the European Union and beyond. While this focus is crucial, it also draws attention to the challenges that young people with fewer opportunities (YPWFO) are facing. For example, young people with fewer opportunities are the first to feel the consequences of climate change, while they are often the last to be heard. Also, mainstream solutions to fight climate change are more easily available for well-off people, while young people with fewer opportunities often lack resources to use them. In the context of the Erasmus+ Programme, measures to make projects greener might raise barriers or even exclude YPWFO to participate. In short, there's a clear need to connect the fields of green and inclusion.

As a first exploration of this intersection, SALTO Inclusion & Diversity, the Netherlands Youth Intitute, BIj and Jugend für Europa organised the Seminar Green Inclusion. The seminar aimed to start discussions to understand more: what does Green Inclusion mean? What is this new field we are trying to envision? We looked for a better understanding of the struggles of young people with fewer opportunities and the barriers they experience to participate in Green projects, and also how to bring Green emphasis to projects with more vulnerable young people.

We hoped to discuss the different realities from these two sides; find some preliminary solutions (or a base for solutions) for organisations and projects; and find common ground between the two European horizontal priorities.

About the report

This report is a collection of inputs gathered during the Green Inclusion seminar. The seminar had 36 participants from 11 countries and ran over 3 days, 16-18 November 2022. An internal report is available here, which gives detail of what happened, and how the outputs were created. The external report aims to spread the discussions, recommendations and outputs to a wider audience, to continue growing the interest and action for green inclusion in European Programmes.

The report is structured in 8 sections. Each one focuses on a particular aspect, and it is hoped that the contents of each section could also be used in a standalone fashion, if needed. We are looking for the content of some of these sections to be built on, expanded; used for further activity, strategy, development.

With this report, we want to promote the development of more research on the subject; the creation of different trainings; the expansion of new networks; the deployment of political advocacy and lobbying for political change; and finally, more projects and activities for more young people. That hope is why we spent
time gathering the information and putting it here for you to read.

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This report presents a collection of inputs gathered during the Green Inclusion seminar, hosted in Amersfoort, Netherlands, 15-18 November 2022.

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11:09

As an AI language model, I don't have personal beliefs or opinions, but I can list some potential directions in which learning is heading:

1. Personalized Learning: Technology is helping educators to personalize learning for each student. With adaptive learning platforms, students can learn at their own pace and receive individualized instruction.

2. Virtual and Augmented Reality: Virtual reality and augmented reality can provide immersive and interactive learning experiences. They could make learning more engaging and memorable for students.

3. Gamification: Gamification is the use of game design elements in non-game contexts. In education, this could mean using game-like activities to engage students and make learning more fun.

4. Collaborative Learning: Collaboration is becoming an important aspect of learning. Students can work together in person or virtually to solve problems and share knowledge.

5. Lifelong Learning: With rapid technological advancements, learning is becoming a lifelong process. People will need to continuously learn new skills to keep up with the changing job market.

6. Online Learning: Online learning platforms are becoming more popular. They offer flexibility in terms of time and location, and they can be more affordable than traditional classroom courses.

7. Artificial Intelligence: AI-powered tools can help educators to analyze student data and provide personalized feedback. They can also assist with grading and assessment.

These are just a few examples of how learning might evolve in the future. As technology continues to advance, it's likely that we will see even more changes in how we learn and teach.

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small technical skills tips for trainers

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small technical skills tips for trainers

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Great resource about Digital Youth Work (Digi Snack): https://www.oph.fi/en/education-development-and-internationalisation/long-term-cooperation-projects/digital-youth-work
- A lot of potential in ONLINE COUNCELLING and support
- Young people are there - so this is a good way to reach out
- "The step back is no longer possible" - we all are already there
- Youth workers can help to decrease the feeling of isolation of young people and engage them (those who are out of radar)
- We need to learn how to balance digital-real life
- Need curiosity to explore different tools
- Security is a new concern (also data protection)
- Doubts - people disconnected from each other, communities, nature and their bodies
- Talked also about AI tools (for projects, reports, etc.)
- Potential - young people applying for projects in video and/or other digital formats (not so much based on texts...)

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A long-term project

Digital Youth Work is a long term projectof the National Agenciesof Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps. is a part of the continuing development of digital youth work in Europe, and it builds on the Council Conclusions on Digital Youth Work (2019).

Five targets

The project is divided into 5 targets, so called work packages, which are led by different partners. The active working periods of the work packages vary during 2021 - 2022.

1. National strategies for digital youth work

Makes suggestions on how to develop youth strategies to have a stronger link to digitalisation

04/2021 - 12/2021

Finland in charge

2. Digital competences and digital capacity in youth work

Creates an international and virtual self-assessment tool for digital youth work for youth workers and trainers

Gathers existing frameworks for digital youth work competencies

Gathers all current digital youth work training materials published after 2018

01/2021 - 12/2022

Estonia in charge

3. Enhancing young people´s digital competences

Analyses and promotes science, technology, art, engineering and mathematics (STEAM) activities in youth work

01/2022 - 12/2022

Ireland in charge

4. New practices for online youth work

Innovates new, appealing, inclusive and engaging practices for online youth work

01/2022 - 12/2022

Germany in charge

5. Quality requirements for virtual and blended mobilities

Innovates new practices for virtual and blended mobilities in the framework of EU Youth Programmes

10/2020 - 12/2021

Belgium Flanders in charge

Partners

The partners in this strategic cooperation are the national agencies of Erasmus+ Youth and the European Solidarity Corps in Belgium Flanders, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Ireland (coordinators) and Cyprus, France, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, and Turkey as well as the National Youth Council of Ireland, SALTO Inclusion & Diversity, SALTO South East Europe, SALTO Training and Co-operation and Verke the Centre of Expertise for Digital Youth Work in Finland.

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The importance of digital competences has been magnified in current times. For many young people life is fundamentally digital, while part of the youth are on the other side of the digital divide. However, digital youth work has a lot to offer for all.

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Some resources that might be useful to have (more) Green Inclusion angles in your projects and organisations. We have included tags to organise them. Search for what you need using Ctrl F: #Toolkit #ForProjects #ForOrganisations #Policies #Campaign #Network #Tips #Resources

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Questions/ topics:
*How to take care of trainers well being and youth workers well being- Is there a training available?:
Shared the IYWTG KA2 project on Wellbeing of Trainers/ Holistic trainers. watch this space!!
The importance of trainers being trained in the area of mental health or psychotherapy before delivering training linked to mental health.
Have we reached the point in our practice for the need for such training? so that we as practioners are competent enough to hold the learning space- that we know how to take care of a situation on the spot.

*Important to know the difference of the language used : Mental Health  &  Wellbeing.
To have clarity about both.

*How to deal with Burnout? - A culture of always being there ...being a freelancer and society having a culture of rewarding busyness ... being a parent/ carer
- creating boundaries-
-time in nature- (forest bathing as an example)
-balance of time/energy-
-priorities-
-consciously working on smarter not harder-
-having a healthy lifestyle.. what is giving me energy/ taking energy away-