2nd PRIORITY Erasmus+ CBA workshop in Palermo, Italy

Thu, 07 Nov 2019

The second PRIORITY Erasmus+ Capacity Building workshop, which was hosted by project partner Centro Per lo Sviluppo Creativo Danuilo Dolci, took place at Palermo, Italy on the 28th to the 30th of October. The theme of the three-day workshop was “How to become a PRIORITY Hub Superhero”.

The first day of the workshop started with a review of the 1st CBA from Larissa that was focused on understanding radicalization and how it connects with marginalization. The objectives of this 2nd CBA were then presented, which included the following:

How to approach youth at risk of marginalization? / How can we…
What are the instruments that youth workers can use to identify the main risks and barriers to social inclusion of young people in the local community?
How to motivate young people at risk of marginalization to participate and engage? / How can we…?
How to create peer educators and multipliers among youth at risk of marginalization? / How can we…?

The session continued with the participants’ presentations of three case studies about youth marginalization and radicalization in their neighborhood. The theme of the presentation was “Map your area: How to approach youth at risk of marginalization?”

The 2nd day started with a theoretical session on “the role of the youth worker; how can youth workers work on behalf of social inclusion?” and “Formal education/non-formal education: an effective alliance for future youth educators”, then continued with practical/role-playing activities.

The 3rd day of the workshop was focused on interculturalism and cultural shock. The day started with discussions about the methodology of cultural shocks and working on intercultural relations and it ended with the conclusions of the workshop.

The PRIORITY Project is co-funded by the ERASMUS+ program of the European Union and submitted under key action: support for policy reform, action type: social inclusion through education, training, and youth, with the project number: 604571-EPP-1-2018-1-DE-EPPKA3-IPI-SOC-IN. In this program are involved 4 countries (Germany, Greece, Romania - represented by ASSIST Software and Italy) and 6 organizations.