Title: Radical Education Online
Dates: 24- 29 June 2018
Place: Basnko, Bulgaria
Project objectives:
– Raise awareness of the treats that social media tools have for youth at risk of radicalization and how youth workers can use them to traverse the language barrier and to tackle the threat of online extremism.
– Know and learn methods of use and management of social media for reaching out youth, thanks both to the comparison with the other participants to the best practices shown.
– An increased network with colleagues from other countries and organizations with the common goal of developing quality projects in the future.
– Improved ability to deal with online and offline radicalism. Thanks to specific skills that they will acquire through the training event and e-learning programme (IO1).
– Act as multipliers of knowledge acquired in their local area, especially of other Erasmus Plus projects giving educational opportunities to the youth of the local context
Profile of participants:
-Demonstration of social sensibilities (socially active young people dealing with youth)
-Interested in the use of social media in their daily work of youth workers/volunteers.
-Experienced or interested in working with marginalized youth and youth at risk of radicalization.
– Age limit : 18+
-Having a Bulgarian citizenship
Once the participants are selected we will send Learning agreement that needs to be signed by each of them for attending the full duration of the course as well as completing the E-learning courses that will be launched by the consortium around September 2018.
Program:
The program of the training event will cover the following aspects:
– How to conduct a quick assessment and risk analysis of the situation in term of youth at risk of marginalization in youth worker local community.
– Discover and understand the motivation of youth at risk of radicalization, how to harness the potential of digital media tools and to recognize and interpret signs of radicalization in youth.
– How to use social media for tackling online radicalization and how to create and promote online counter-narratives.
-Exchange of good practices and information on the theme of youth radicalisation.
– How to promote and offer new opportunities to youth at risk of radicalization.
-Communication: in a resources scarce environment (limited time, staff and money) how to keep regular communication with youth at risk and how to deal with any escalating issues.
-Setup induction sessions, with can indeed be tailor-made to each organisation / projects but which can have a similar structure.
– Use of online collaborative tools and social media to ensure efficient communication with youth at risk.
– How to use Erasmus + scheme to offer development opportunities to the most motivated youth workers and young with fewer opportunities.
Accommodation and transport:
Accomodation and food (breakfast, lunch and dinner) for the duration of the activities will be covered by the receiving organzation Alternativi International. However the participants have to cover their travel expenses to Bansko.
If you are interested in and would like to take part in please fill the from here : https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduhBmS5FXONO3QkCiLOLJMbSpc5SOT-8EbaLIc_vAZW1ulOg/viewform?c=0&w=1
Deadline: 10 June 2018
