Projekt ma na celu stworzenie (wypracowanie) metod (sposobów) dzięki którym młodzież chętnie włączy się i zaangażuje w rozwój społeczności europejskiej. Projekt zakłada rozwijanie metod, które organizacje młodzieżowe i instytucje publiczne mogą stosować angażując młodych ludzi w rozwój swoich społeczności. Cele te będą osiągnięte poprzez współpracę pomiędzy młodymi ludźmi, organizacjami młodzieżowymi i bibliotekami.

W trakcie trwania projektu młodzi ludzie będą rozwijać (udoskonalać) narzędzia pracy poprzez wykonywanie zadań wymagających zaangażowania w społeczeństwo europejskie i jego rozwój w przyszłości. W szczególności dotyczyć to będzie: edukacji, możliwości pracy i zatrudnienia, instytucji publicznych.

Metody pracy będą tworzone i udoskonalane poprzez wymianę międzynarodową i stworzenie nietradycyjnej transnarodowej sieci pomiędzy uczestnikami; wypracowane metody będą służyć budowaniu potencjału, zarówno organizacji młodzieżowej, młodych uczestników, jak i bibliotek, aż do uzyskania przez wszystkich partnerów narzędzi do pracy służącej dalszemu ich rozwojowi.

Ten projekt został zrealizowany przy wsparciu finansowym Komisji Europejskiej.

Projekt lub publikacja odzwierciedlają jedynie stanowisko ich autora i Komisja Europejska nie ponosi odpowiedzialności za umieszczoną w nich zawartość merytoryczną.

This project aims to create tools for engaging young people in the improvement of the European society. Through a co-operation between young people, youth organizations and libraries the project wishes to improve the means, which youth organizations and public institutions can use when involving young people in the development of the society.

During the creation process the young people will develop tools by doing case work concerning involvement in the European society and development of the future European society, education, work opportunities and public institutions.

It’s a Boy Girl Thing The tools will be developed in an untraditional transnational network between the participants of the project and will lead to a capacity building for both, the youth organizations, the young participants and the libraries, since all parties will achieve tools for further development work.

This project has been funded with support from the European Commission’s YOUTH Programme. The publication reflects the view only of the author, and the Commission and Cirius, Denmark, cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.

Partnerzy biorący udział w projekcie:

The Main Library, Arhus, Denmark
partner wiodący, koordynator projektu

Skjoldhoj Ungdomsklub, Arhus, Denmark;

Deichmanske Bibliotek, Oslo, Norway;

Stovner Rock Factory, Oslo, Norway;

Stockholm Public Library, Stockholm, Sweden;

The Literary Association Ponton, Stockholm, Sweden;

SJ.U. Niemcewicz Public Library, District Ursynow, Warsaw, Poland;

Shooting Volunteer Emergency Formation, Warsaw, Poland;

Working methods
The work will primarily be done at the three international meetings: a kick off meeting, a transnational seminar and an evaluation meeting. However in the intervals between meetings the partner countries will have various assignments, which will be carried out nationally and afterwards discussed at the international meetings.

The working methods at the kick off meeting:
Team building of the group.
Collective planning of the project.
Development of Cultural Probe Packages .
Development of the premises for the workshops at the transnational seminar.
Getting inspiration and knowledge about the Danish society by seeing examples of how young people are involved in improving the society in Aarhus, Denmark.

The local assignment is to hand out and collect Cultural Probe Packages. The photos, postcards, painting etc. which will be used as working material at the transnational meeting.

The working methods at the transnational seminar:
Team building of the group – the young participants should get to know each other.
Interviews and discussions about how the young people would like to be involved in development of the society.
Group work: with inspirations from the Cultural Probe Packages, the premises given and the three experts the groups have certain amount of time to develop tools or scenarios for engagement.
Creation of guidelines for the desk research.
Discussion of transnational recommendations to premises for engaging young people.
Getting inspiration and knowledge about the Swedish society by seeing examples of how young people are involved in improving the society in Stockholm, Sweden.

The national assignment will be to make a desk research concerning, how young people engage in and get engaged in development work in the partner country. Some of the partners will try out the developed tools in their home cities.

The working methods at the evaluation meeting will be:
Gathering of the international experiences.
Gathering of the national experiences – the desk research, experience with using the tools and questionnaires from the test persons of the Cultural Probe Packages.
Evaluation by discussing the project – what worked, what didn’t?
Adaption of questionnaire material from the previous meetings.
Discussion of Best Practice in the project and in the countries.
Creation of guidelines for writing chapters to the Best Practice Report.
Discussions of the possibility of future co-operation.
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