Erasmus+ Youth in Action Programme – Sub-Action 3.1 – Training and Networking
Funded by: Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA)
Project duration: 01/03/2013 – 31/07/2013
Activity dates: 14/05/2013 – 22/05/2013
Summary:
Training course “Intercultural acceptance through sports for all” aimed to empower our youth workers to explore and extract all the possible positive aspects of sports for developing consistent positive intercultural acceptance among our beneficiaries. It gathered 26 participants from 10 countries (Serbia, Montenegro, FYR Macedonia, Kosovo*, Poland, Croatia, Cyprus, Turkey, Slovenia and Italy). It lasted 7 days and was held in Novi Sad, Serbia in May 2013.
The themes of the project were: Intercultural dialogue and acceptance, education and youth work through sport and outdoor activities, physical and mental health of youngsters, anti-discrimination, inclusion of marginalised youth through sport/outdoor in youth work, Youth in Action programme and European level projects in youth field with using sport/outdoor activities.
Objectives were:
- Share opinions and experiences about cultural diversity and intercultural learning youth work in different European countries
- Promote intercultural dialogue as instrument in acquiring the knowledge and aptitudes for dealing with a more open and more complex environment
- Define sport and to raise awareness about our perceptions of Sport in our countries/cultures
- Promote and explore concepts “sports for all” and “healthy lifestyle” in relation with youth work
- Share methods for and understand and encourage usage of sport and outdoor activities in youth work with intercultural learning and dialogue aspects
- Explore possibilities of Erasmus+ Youth in Action programme as a tool in promoting intercultural acceptance in communities by using sport/outdoor activities
Training course was based on approach and principles of Non-Formal Education (NFE) with regular NFE methods and lots of sport and outdoor activities.
Project’s activities were: preparation activities (including the participants, venue and travel, etc.), the training course with active participation of participants and the evaluation of the participants and the partners, with meeting on the spot of the team and online evaluation meeting of all the partners.
Annex:
*Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.