Europe Goes Local has been very busy in the last couple of months! Not only do we have our first European conference since covid next week, but we also launched a beautiful new website.
Take a look around! You’ll still be able to find everything you’re used to from us, but there are also new things to discover. Not only is the site prettier, if we may say so ourselves. But it’s also easier for you to send us good practices to share with all of us.
We’ve also revamped our general visuals to better match the needs of our platform, but we’ve kept our beautiful logo and name. We’ll start using our new visuals during our European event next week.
Activating Citizens: Municipalities Making Use of the European Solidarity Corps will go on from 21-22 June 2022. It will be two half-day sessions from 9:30 to 15:00. The deadline to apply is 22 May 2022.
The seminar will:
During this training course you will:
There will be 30participants from Europe and the partner regions (Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership Countries, and South-Mediterranean countries). The Bulgarian National Agency for Erasmus+ and ESC, European Solidarity Corps Resource Centre, and Europe Goes Local are hosting this training course.
More info and apply here.
Join us at Europe Goes Local Webinar – Introduction to Participatory Action Research in Youth Work. The webinar will take place on Thursday, 28th of April 2022, via Zoom from 10h CET to 13h CET.
Participatory Action Research (PAR) is a way to invite local communities to learn about their own needs and aspirations. Youth workers and local youth supporters can use it to involve young people and other stakeholders in reflection, collaboration, and social change processes.
It will include interactive activities, a presentation by an expert and practitioner of PAR, small group reflections, and plenary discussions.
In this Webinar, you will:
Apply by the 24th of April here.
The 4th European Event of Europe Goes Local is fast approaching! EGL is launching its platform for stronger cooperation on May 17th – 19th in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
But that’s not all. You will also:
We invite all local youth stakeholders who are committed to raising the quality of youth work and making a difference in their countries to apply and attend our event.
The application deadline is April 28th, 2022. More info and apply here.
EGL is looking for applicants for two study visits in Finland happening this May! The deadline to apply is April 19 2022.
The study visit “Youth Work in Schools” will happen in Lahti from the 15th to 19th of May 2022. You will learn how the role of youth workers is enriching the school environment, how youth workers are engaging with the youth and also with teachers and the wider educational community.
Apply for this study visit here.
The study visit “Municipal Work in Helsinki” will take place in Helsinki from the 16th to the 19th of May. You will learn how the city of Helsinki organizes its municipal youth work, what the structures are,
how administrative planning is done, how priorities are set, how the stakeholders are included, and what evaluation system is in place.
Apply for this study visit here.
Our colleague Judit talked about The Changemakers Kit and EGL at DYPALL Network‘s conference “Building Resilient Communities” and their training course “Youth Takes The Floor” in Braga.
The Conference was organised with the support of Agência Nacional Erasmus+ Educação e Formação.The training was organised with the support of the European Youth Foundation of the Council of Europe . Both activities were supported by Município de Braga.
Are you also curious about The Changemakers Kit? You can find it here.
EGL Project Coordinator Judit Balog was one of the keynote speakers at the transnational NET Activity “Rural Areas, Challenges and Solidarity” held this March.
The Hellenic National Agency for Erasmus+ and the Youth & European Solidarity Corps organized the NET Activity and hosted 35 participants from all over Europe. There were representatives of municipalities and youth organizations from rural areas, but also youth workers who work in rural areas around Europe. The participants were people who are interested in exploring the opportunities that the European Solidarity Corps and other programs can bring to these communities.
Ms. Balog presented the activities of the Europe Goes Local project, explaining how the participants could benefit through EGL, learn more about good practices in local youth work, and related resources for quality development of youth work.
This NET activity, and many others you will be able to find on the HOP Online Learning Platform. This serves as a learning resource center for online courses for youth work communities of practice. The HOP platform was launched in 2017 in cooperation between several SALTO Resource Centres and National Agencies of Erasmus+ as a base for their online course on volunteering activities. The platform also hosts other courses, creating a wide community of online learners.
Hop on here: https://hop.salto-youth.net/
Our steering group had their first residential meeting in 2 years. It was great seeing everyone off screen in Brussels after so long.
We went to talk with Democracy Reloading during their last training course, and we discovered what they do. Learn all about it in this video!
Are you sad that you missed their last training? Luckily, can still join them on their next training course in July!
It’s open to municipality officers and their local partners who want to improve their youth policies, structures, and programs engaging young people in municipal decision-making!
You can find more info here.
Are you a youth worker, youth leader, or youth policymaker from one of the EGL program countries?
Do you want to share good practices with colleagues from over the whole of Europe?
Then join this study visit in Vilnius (Lithuania) from 24 to 29 April!
Apply by 21 March 2022, and more info here.