European

Youth Work Academy

Have you ever heard about non-formal education? What is the first thing you think about
when someone mentions non-governmental organization (NGO)? Where do these
particular organizations get their funding and support? These are the issues people from
different cultural backgrounds discussed during training in Belgrade (Serbia) the
previous week. The duration of the training was from the 30th of November to the 7th of
December and it was CET platform that hosted European Youth Work Academy
(EYWA) training. It was organized in the collaboration with 24 partners from different
countries while keeping the focus on NGO management.

The training was a process, which was carried out by dividing the week into various sessions
with relevant topics such as online communication and Erasmus+ project management
etc. The participants kept their focus on a concrete target group, which were youth leaders
and local NGOs. The main objectives of the project were as following:


1. To exchange examples of good practice and foster
international cooperation while aiming to
promote youth employment, European citizenship
and mobility.
2. To involve young people with fewer opportunities
in all activities and projects that the participating
organizations are going to implement in the future.
3. To contribute to quality of youth work, non-formal
education and recognition of youth work in Program
and Partner Countries of Erasmus+ program, thus
creating projects ideas, which could be potentially implemented,
in the nearest future.
4. To educate 90 youth workers and young leaders, staff of involved organizations, to
plan and implement youth projects, youth policy reform initiatives, youth exchanges
and trainings for young people and youth workers.
5. To raise capacity of involved organizations and other youth organizations for
management, fundraising, work with young people, communication with young
people and sustainable training of staff and youth.

All in all, the training was a tough process requiring not only background knowledge and
experience, but also creativity and management skills. It was a training for people who were
interested in the work of NGOs and Erasmus+ program and who wished to expand their
personal abilities. If you wish to apply and/or get to know more about the upcoming
projects, you can visit webpages of SALTO-youth and Erasmus+ program.