KEKS- Quality and Competence in cooperation, Sweden has been granted Erasmus+ funding from The Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society/MUCF for the project “YOUTH WIN! Youth workers improving youth work now” 2018-2019. The Erasmus+ is EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe, targeting young people between 13 and 30 years and youth workers.
The purpose of the project “YOUTH WIN!” is to develop and strengthen youth work in the participating organizations. The project mainly includes members of the InterCity Youth network and consists of job shadowing and study visits, youth exchanges and advanced planning visits and European voluntary service. The project aims at strengthening partnerships within the InterCity youth through building competences and exchanging best practices.
During the YOUTH WIN project (year 1) some of the following sub-activities took place:
- Hosting 2 European Voluntary Service volunteers in Gothenburg, Sweden. 1 volunteer from Italy and 1 volunteer from Turkey.
- Youth Exchange in Sodertalje (Sweden) in August, you can watch the video below:
Under 2018 och 2019 deltar Ung Fritid Södertälje i ett utbyte tillsammans med ΚΕΔΗΘ - Kedith - Κοινωφελής Επιχείρηση Δήμου Θεσσαλονίκης i ett Erasmus+ Ung och Aktiv-projekt. Under sommaren besökte grupp ungdomar från Thessaloniki oss i Södertälje. De deltog i workhops, föreläsningar och även teaterövningar där jämställdhet- och jämlikhetsfrågor stod i fokus. Under 2019 åker en grupp södertäljeungdomar till Thessaloniki för att lära av sina grekiska vänner men även för att fortsätta med projektet.
Publicerat av Ung Fritid Södertälje Måndag 12 november 2018
- Also 4 study visits took place in 4 different locations: Gothenburg (Sweden), Cinisello Balsamo (Italy), ‘s-Hertogenbosch (The Netherlands) and Puurs/Aalst (Belgium).
And 2 different Job Shadowing - in 2 different locations: Gothenburg (Sweden) and Dublin (Ireland).
You can see the full report of the sub-activities as well as the remaining activities in 2019 of the YOUTH WIN project HERE.
Read more about the YOUTH WIN project here!