Empowering Next Generation Advocates for Global Education

Cooperation partnerships in youth

About

The ENGAGE project develop resources and actions, providing youth leaders (YL) with the necessary knowledge, skills, methodologies, and tools to educate youth on democratic processes and European values, raise awareness of the diversity and role of inclusion in Europe.

Identify YLs’ needs

Discover preferences and challenges of youths on democratic processes

Develop YLs’ skills

Increase values on human rights, social justice, diversity and inclusion

Experential learning

Stimulate young people’s active engagement in democratic life

Research

The research aims to identify Youth Leaders’ needs, preferences and challenges related the topic to ensure that the project results will be impactful and practical and enable Youth Leaders to inclusively and effectively stimulate young people’s participation and civic engagement.

Findings of the research questionnaires addressed to over 650 Youth Leaders’/Youths’ from Romania, Germany, France and Czechia.

Gallery of best practices examples of motivational actions for youth leaders.

Highlights of essential figures and aspects of civic engagement

Codes of ethical communication and inclusion, to deal with challenging situations within youths groups appropriately

Proposal of methods/actions/activities to ensure a more inclusive approach in the work of YL.

ENGAGE course

The online course aims to provide youth leaders withthe necessary knowledge, skills, methodologies and resources to raise awareness of the diversity and role of inclusion in Europe and motivate and stimulate young people’s active engagement in democratic life and promote European Union values related to human rights, social justice, and cultural diversity and inclusion.

ENGAGE Sessions

International session

2 days into action activity in Czechia, bringing together youth leaders /youths/facilitators/trainers from 4 countries.

National sessions

10 ENGAGE national sessions in partners’ countries with demonstrative into actions sessions for YLs and youths.

International session

Variety of resources to enable the YLs to increase inclusion, encourage dialogue, and engage young people in meeting community needs

Case studies

10 demonstrative videos with youth actions creating positive social change.

ENGAGE charts

Illustration of the applicability of the ENGAGE youth methods to encourage the exchange of ideas.

Dissemination

Ensure the visibility of the project results to key stakeholders from education and youth sectors, sustaining the fact that the project enables youth leaders to create inclusive opportunities for young people.