The Institute of Research & Training on European Affairs – I.R.T.E.A will host the Kick – Off Event for the European Project “SMART Youth Centre – Supporting Mobility Activities Running through Tech”, which is funded by the Erasmus + Programme of the EU for Youth, under Key Action 2, Strategic Cooperation, via the Youth and Lifelong Learning Foundation (INEDIVIM).
The Kick-Off Event will take place on the 29th of March 2022 at 12:00 – 13:00 at the Offices of I.R.T.E.A., 39 Favierou Str., Athens, 104 38 (Metaxhourgeio Metro Station).
During the event, all aspects of the project will be presented, including its aims and goals, the expected results, its impact, and products, while the partners will express their ambitions and expectations of the project and its successful implementation.
SMART Youth Centre – Supporting Mobility Activities Running through Tech is a 24 -month Strategic Cooperation (Key Action 2 – KA2) about Digital Youth Work (DYW). More specifically, the Project aims to support and empower youth workers by developing their digital skills and competences to develop their own digital activities for youth, thus, contributing to the youth workers’ professional development and evolvement.
The aforementioned will be achieved through the various stages of the Project which include the training of the participating youth workers through MOOC (Mass Open Online Courses), the development of a VR Application, and its pilot application by the participants to implement their own digital activities, and lastly, the development of a Digital Toolbox with useful tools and methods regarding DYW.
The consortium consists of 8 partners (including I.R.T.E.A.) from 6 different countries. The partners are the following:
- INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH & TRAINING ON EUROPEAN AFFAIRS – I.R.T.E.A, from Greece
- ZAVOD MLADINSKA MREZA MAMA, from Slovenia
- COMUNE DI CINISELLO BALSAMO, from Italy
- Vsl “Amicus Certus”, from Lithuania
- KEKS STODFORENING, from Sweden
- DYPALL NETWORK ASSOCIACAO PARA O DESENVOLVIMENTO DA PARTICIPACAO CIDADA, from Portugal
- Change Your Life Now (CYLN), from Greece
- BOLT Virtual Services, from Greece
In order to participate in the Kick-Off Event, please fill in the application form here. The participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance.
For more information about the Project “SMART Youth Centres – Supporting Mobility Activities Running through Tech”, as well as your participation to the Kick-Off, you can contact our project at the smartyouthcentre.eu@gmail.com