Our contribution to the future of the Youth Work Agenda
The 3rd European Youth Work Convention has aimed explicitly at putting flesh on the bones of the European Youth Work Agenda while respecting its political framework and describing future steps, actions and measures to be taken under the Bonn process.
And the winner ideas of the Consumer Change Challenge are...
We want to thank all the organisations that took part in the competition and submitted their creative proposals. We are so happy to see that one ERYICA member organisation, the Estonian Youth Work Centre, produced one of the awarded ideas.
What is yet to be done on Media and Information Literacy
As a result of the deliberations during the MIL Weel, the Seoul Declaration on Media and Information Literacy for Everyone and by Everyone: A Defence against Disinfodemics was produced. Through the Seoul Declaration, partners and participants called for media and information literacy for all.
Your Voices - Back to School Covid-19 Survey
Meic, the national information, advice and advocacy helpline for children and young people in Wales, noticed an increase in contacts relating to mental health and the lockdown and was keen to capture the voices of young people on this matter.
Empower yourself
After several years of working on the prevention of violence and absenteeism through emotions with the most vulnerable students, the results are auspicious. Experience has taught us that working on emotions using artistic expression could be an attractive alternative, and it would reach teenagers.
Month of Gaming and Electronic Sports
The Portuguese Institute of Sport and Youth (IPDJ, IP), within the scope of the Safer Internet Centre, celebrated in November the «Month of Gaming and E-Sports». For the occasion, IPDJ organised a cycle of webinars in collaboration with the Grow uP E-Sports Youth Association and FEPODELE.
Campaign to reinforce self-image of youth in the covid-19 era
In June 2020, after easing the lockdown, staff working with teenagers and youth identified an intensive campaign to discredit the attitude of teenagers in conventional media as well as in social media. San Fernando del Henares Youth Centre thought it was their duty to counteract this situation through the social media campaign #elpoderdelajuventud.
The Charter Brochure available now in 8 languages!
This user-friendly document gives practical ideas for the implementation of the Charter principles, showcases good practices and includes testimonies of young people.
Trust Yourself to Talk
The campaign aimed to help break down stigma, whilst encouraging young people to seek assistance and attain reliable information for professional services and support that surrounds mental health.
Build your own drone educational workshop
The Youth Board of Cyprus in collaboration with the Technical School of Avgorou has been implementing since 2019 a skills development program for high school students through training in 3D designing, printing, assembling, programming, and flying drones.
The Philosophies of Happiness- Lecture Series
The main aim of this series of lectures was to help youngsters navigate the moral dilemmas of the Covid-19 crisis and cultivate the idea of personal happiness through the theories of the most important Greek Philosophers and Schools of Philosophy: Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Epicurus.
Everyday life in the city of Nicosia: from the Middle Ages to modern times
The Youth Information Center of Nicosia, in collaboration with Home for Cooperation, organised a guided bicommunal cycling tour. The cycling tour aimed to bring together, young people from both communities, Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot, in discovering the history of the city.
#GlobeScotters
Young Scot recently partnered with the Scottish Government and British Council Scotland to deliver 'GlobeScotters' – a campaign encouraging young people to embrace the international experiences available to them.
In 2021, youth information #mindmymind
he campaign aims to encourage young people to exteriorise their emotions, problems and fears, raising awareness of the importance of mental health and emotional well-being among them.
DesYIgn focus group report - ahora en español e italiano!
Eight focus group interviews with young people were carried out across four different countries, which formed the basis for the DesYIgn Focus Group Interview Report. It is our pleasure to inform you that the report is now available in Italian and Spanish!
Launch of the European Youth Information Quality Label
The result of the work in the Council of Europe - ERYICA partnership during the last two years is soon becoming visible to the public! The two institutions and the Working Group that built the contents are going to present the European Youth Information Quality Label in an online event on 1 December, between 10-13h CET.
Building a social media resilience toolkit- SMaRT-EU project
It aims to l provide tools, suggestions and resources to train young people, digital immigrants (+50) and also the intermediaries who work with them in how to read media - particularly social media.
Youth information vs disinformation: Media under the microscope!
This project aims to provide youth (information) workers with resources and tools to carry out MIL-related activities with young people and to equip them with the necessary skills to navigate the information they come into contact through different media
A new ERYICA Youth Ambassadors framework
The project aims to train young people to become ambassadors for young people’s right to information; to carry out local-level trainings with their peers; and to gain skills and competences in different areas that will help them to influence decision-making processes