Participation in the Human Rights Training of the educational teams of youth centers with the "Quality Label"

In the period June 13-17, the OP "Youth Center Plovdiv" team was represented by Kalina Damyanova during the Human Rights Training for the educational teams of the youth centers with the "Quality Label" of the Council of Europe. During the various modules, discussions and training sessions were held in order to acquire new skills and tools for working with the non-formal education method.
 Participants discussed some of the most relevant topics of the moment such as: challenges facing youth work in times of crisis, supporting young people and looking after their mental health, well-being and social skills.
 In addition, the youth workers had the opportunity to experiment with a new training method. As a result of its testing, they proved that the already familiar Escape Rooms can also be used in the field of non-formal education - while young people solve puzzles and go through challenges, they can subtly develop various skills such as teamwork and critical thinking and while learning more about a given topic.
 A major part of the training was the development of a tool for youth work, and the participants were divided into several teams. As a result, 3 prototypes were presented - two board games - one with the main focus - knowledge of human rights, and the other - developing decision-making and communication skills, as well as a role-playing activity with playing out real stories and discussing different cases. Each of them was successfully tested. Their finalization and implementation in the work of educational teams is pending.

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Project № BG06-103 "Establishing a Youth Centre in the City of Plovdiv" under the programme "Children and Youth at Risk", component 1 "Care for Youth at Risk" with the financial support of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2009-2014.

Project № BGLD-1.003-0002 "Youth Centre Plovdiv - a powerful factor for local development" under the programme “Local development, poverty reduction and enhanced inclusion of vulnerable groups” funded by the Financial Mechanism of the European Economic Area 2014-2021.