The idea of this project, ‘‘The suitcase, the map and the voyage of a youth worker”, came from the necessities identified in the field of youth work by the coordinating team: no structure in Europe offers online training courses for people interested in becoming youth workers and there is a need for proper tools to be used in assisting young people in their personal and professional development and in connecting them with the updated job market. Starting from this assumption, we aimed at creating some online tools which could facilitate the process of planning one’s professional life, the non formal learning, informing young people and a European basic e-course for the future youth worker.The consortium consisted of 9 partners from 6 countries: Predict CSD Consulting, Millennium Center, “Aurel Vlaicu” University of Arad, Schultz Development (Romania), DACORUM (United Kingdom), Integra (Spain), OPEI (Cyprus), Fundacja CAT (Poland) and EURO-NET (Italy).During its 2-year implementation, the partners succeeded in rising above the initially established objectives which were: -To prepare 3 tools for youth workers; -To build and test an online training course for 50 people interested in becoming youth workers; -To allow 200 young people to test a full range of innovative tools of the project, in order to develop their personal and professional life plan with the support of youth workers; -To create and have 200 young people test an online training course for one key competence (Learning to learn);-To certify 14 people as youth workers; -To build a partnership network of 9 structures; All the main products were online and ready to be used, for free, on the website http://thevoyage.eu:1)The Career Box - Interactive career guidance guide: tools to be used in getting ready for a career nowadays, from discovering the inner preferences, to preparing for an interview.2)The Simulation box of jobs - Interactive area: this module can help people to figure out what kind of jobs would suit them best, at least from the first 10 which are proposed here: nurse, doctor, automotive operator, sales representative, manager, driver, teacher, engineer, IT programmer and sportsperson. 3)Online course - Learning to learn incorporating an assessment tool for this key competence. The main topics covered are: an overview of learning to learn competence, time management, information management and the proper lifestyle for quick learning.4)Online course - Youth worker: which covers basic elements in these areas: the youth worker profession, a short history of youth work, responsibilities of a youth worker in E+, group dynamics, communication, types of intelligence, learning, motivation, managing diversity, conflict management, personal and professional plan, SMART objectives, cooperation inside a community and informing young people. These modules/courses can be explored by young people and/or youth workers to support their learning process. In addition, youth workers can use these basic modules/courses, or a part of them, in their work with young people.The main final indicators reached during the project:-one e-learning portal with 8 active modules http://thevoyage.eu;-28174 unique visitors to the website;-2718 people from 60 countries registered themselves on the platform;-18 follow –up initiatives;-more than 4000 organisations informed about the results of the project;-23 certified youth workers on the Romanian Occupational Standard;-one authorised organisation to deliver youth worker courses for 4 years;-57 persons from 22 countries participated in the multiplier event;-2 networks created: Learning to Learn hanse/ Youth Worker hanse;-one FB page of the project;-one Youtube channel prepared;-1100 young people from high schools informed;-272 drawings/paintings especially made for this project;-3 manuals in 2 languages, 1 manual for the Romanian course;-265 usage confirmation of the 4 products available on the website;-330 personal development plans realised during the project;-Youth worker online course was explored by 940 users and 241 certificates were issued;-Learning to learn, the online training course and assessment tool was explored by 1168 users, 218 certificates were issued;-The Simulation Box of Jobs was explored by 526 persons;-The Career Box was explored by 1115 users;-a package of 28 badges used for the online modules plus another 14 prepared for the final event;-a gamified world was created in the e-learning portal: progress bar, course completion status, ranking, experience points, badges, e-games, videos, challenges, treasure hunt, secret areas, reflection zone, portfolios, feedback system etc.The e-learning platform is structured around a story about a journeyman (the user) who travels in different areas (the countries of the partners) in order to become a master. Enjoy the ride on http://thevoyage.eu!

As stated in the application, this project was created to better understand how hate narratives spread through traditional and social media, among other channels; and to design strategies to resist them. In the world of instant communication, we found the need to educate ourselves further as youth workers so we could create a fitting environment for our youth to be able to identify and act against hate narratives.Though we faced many challengues due to the COVID 19 pandemic, our work ethic, our flexibility and our experience with digital youth work allowed us to overcome the problems and create a meaningful and succesful project. We were able to meet all of our goals and a number of extra, high quality outcomes were produced within this projectThe objectives set for this projects were:-To improve the competences of youth workers on the topic of radicalisation, inclusion and empowerment-To promote empowerment of young people with fewer opportunities throughout carrying researches to create needs and interest based empowerment models for youth workers to practice related to hate narratives and radicalisation-To raise awareness on youth workers about hate narratives, radicalisation and empowerment and its implications in youth work-To create innovative empowerment models for the inclusion of young people and create educational material and theoretical framework on social, economical and cultural empowerment-To understand the challenges on inclusion in participating countries and address those challenges through upskilling youth workers on empowerment with the goal of combatting hate narrative and ability to make informed decisions-To qualify youth workers as multipliers and trainers in the field of youth to develop new empowerment models and implement trainings to empower the young peopleThe beneficiaries of this project have been both youth workers and young people. In this project we involved youth professionals and educators from youth organisations as well as formal and non formal education entities, moreover, due to the partner organisations profile, we were able to reach a large number of youth workers from a variety of fields: we've had participants with experience working with migrants, NEETS, refugees, minorities and youngsters with fewer opportunities.As the project developed, several actions and activities were planned and executed involving young people from our local communities. Since the pandemic we've observed a particularly worrying rise of hate speech, not only online (where it grew exponentially), but also in the traditional media, signalling how deep the hate narratives have implanted themselves in our day to day; and as a result of this, several actions were put in motion, such as the Let's Talk project, a dialogue based activity open to youngsters from all around the world interested in sharing opinions and ideas about intercultural awareness, mental health, communication an media, and more. This project was created as a space to allow youngsters to connect during the hardest months of the confinement and find common ground.Our digital magazine, Youth Work Today, our network for youth workers, the Education Umbrella Network; as well as our two Cross-Sectoral Transnational Exchange Projects CSTEPs (view results section in the Beneficiary Project Details page); are also examples of initiatives that have been heavily influenced by this project. We are now more aware than ever that, to be able to put up a fight against hate speech, we need to be able to learn from each other, focus on our similarities and have a space to share ideas and create common goals.Indirectly, we planned to reach the local communities of the partner organisations, as well as local media, institutions and entrepreneurs. Due to the pandemic, we weren't able to have a physical presence in each community, however, because we had to move our actions online, we took advantage of the possibility to widen our reach and allow our influence to move beyond our partnership and all across Europe.Through this project we've established meaningful and lasting relationships with other youth workers, we are now more aware of hate narratives and have a variety of tools, materials and experiences to withstand its growing tendency.

Based on several research findings, the project is based on a shared concern about the mobility of children and adolescents and its impact on learning outcomes. The aim is to increase common awareness of the use of functional methods in teaching and education and thereby increase physical activity in children and adolescents.Many research findings support international findings where exercise has been found to promote knowledge-based activity, especially activity management, which plays an essential role in decision-making, problem-solving and new learning. Versatile movement supports neuromotor development and learning of motor skills, and possibly cognitive function, as motor and cognitive skills develop in parallel and are controlled by the same central nervous system mechanisms. Exercise also provides social situations and opportunities for interaction that support the emergence of peer relationships. Such peer relationships promote pupil coping, school enrollment, and school success. In addition, exercise has been found to increase self-esteem, increase school enjoyment, attendance at lessons and work peace. These are other possible explanations for why mobility is good for school success and learning.Our project covers the age range from early childhood education to vocational training. The aim of the project is to collect and develop materials and to share good practice on learning through exercise.This will increase the professional skills of staff and students and thus improve the quality of early childhood education, basic education and vocational training. New teaching methods are being developed and old ones are being updated to reflect current researches. Seven organizations across Europe are involved in the project. Each has their own area of ​​expertise; early childhood education, education for children and adolescents, vocational training, university education, and rehabilitation and therapy methods.