OUR PROJECT
This project is designed to train youthworkers on working with theater method as a tool for implementing attractive and effective social inclusion practices in their community but also internationally. This way the 26 youth workers will improve aspects of personality and enhance their own professional improvement but also will turn into multipliers of international mobility opportunities.
Theater based learning through NFL can be an effective tool for developing and improving ones competences and skills (social, creativity, digital, languages).
Thus through this project we wish to provide time, means, methods, examples, practices and share ideas through joyful learning using Theater techniques based on non formal approaches in order to empower them with the development of their basic key competences for enhancing the implementation of more successful practices for social inclusion.
We plan to create joyful and experiential learning environment for supporting our 26 youthworkers to:
- empower the implementation of successful practices of social inclusion within their organizations;
- assist youngsters within their society to turn into more persistent in building their future in the framework of innovation and entrepreneurship/creativity.
- learn how to work together with diverse groups (mainly refugees)
- increase their capacity as professional through the improvement of key competences and soft skills
- develop self confidence and open international networking with colleagues.
We will:
- implement tools and methods basically from Theater and Social inclusion based on Non Formal Learning (like simulations, debriefing, case studies, Role Plays, Theater based sessions, reflection etc),
- invite and cooperate with guest experts on theater as a method for enhancing learning and training,
- apply real time sessions with the participants in refugees center
- promote visibility and disseminate along with all partner organizations the power of E+ programme and results;
- bring and establish a stable and fruitful impact to the participants, to their organizations, to local, regional and wider LLL Society.
Main aims and objectives:
1. To suggest and share practices from NFL which increase awareness on social inclusion;
2. To provide examples through NFL on how Theatre can be a method for embracing diversity and supporting social inclusion;
3. To train them on how to design and implement NFL activities based on Theater in intercultural settings for social inclusion
4. To develop basic key competences (social, intercutural, soft skills, creativity, L2L) using non formal methods for improving their practice as professionals,
5. To broaden opportunities of qualitative networking for supporting further social inclusion.
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To achieve the project aims will be used during the TC followed methods:
* Games «Get to know each other» (name games, ice breakers).
* Team-building games. will help for future good cooperation.
* Role plays and simulations as enhancers for Social inclusion. Also we will use/present these ones as theatre tools.
* Reflection and debriefing «work with the learning diary-LAB'' on the base of 8 key competences
* Social event in the public place in Larnaca
* A session in refugees center to apply with them new skills and practices on theater as a tool for social inclusion