IP Brugges 2010 :: Formalnonformal

Intensive Program, Brugges 2010

03/03/2009 09:43

The partnership as applied for a new IP in 2010. Should it be approved it will take place in Belgium an include new partners as well. Here is a small description of what is planned.

The aim of the project is to integrate formal education and non-formal education in the training of social, community and youth (SCY) workers. For this purpose European trainers from NGO’s background will work together with University teachers.

The 4 main objectives of the project are to:

- Understand better the European Dimension and how it co-relates with SCY Work;

- Support Intercultural Learning (ICL) as a fundamental process for integration;

- Encourage the use of Non Formal education (NFE)methods in SCY Work;

- Promote the use of (new) tools in SCY Work.

The new tools will be introduced and implemented through a multi-disciplinary approach bringing input from ICT and multi-media, marketing and entrepreneurship, disciplines and approaches lesser known and used in SCY Work and adapting them to the Non Formal context. Other kinds of tools are the European Programs (like Youth in Action) that can enable SYC workers to create an Intercultural context for their target groups.

For this purpose, the IP will use formal and non-formal education (simulation games, group building activities, stereotypes and prejudices, the role of CSY workers intercultural groups, etc.). The introduced ICT and multi-media techniques will be implemented further in the program and also make use of peer-to-peer training by forming task groups (movie, blog, exploring interesting links in the Internet) composed of more and less experienced students. The products realised on the spot (and finalised afterwards) will be part of the output of the IP and linked or integrated in this website.

In working groups, students will develop their own Non Formal Intercultural Programs, including applying for Youth in Action and promotion and recruitment strategies.

On top of the input and facilitating of NFE trainers from NGO’s an extra confrontation with practise will be organised trough field visits.

Follow up

Romania

· The students wrote an article on the IP for the local newspaper “Cuvântul Libertății“ (11^th of March 2010) to inform about the main objectives of the program and about the general feeling they had after the IP.
· Two IP students, Giorgiana Neagu and Roxana Mărgineanu, gave interviews on the local television TVS Craiova in two programs about youth work and internationalism (March 2010, April 2010).
· Giorgiana Neagu organized a presentation of photos and materials of the IP to the students of the Communication and Public Relations Department. The main objective of the presentation was not only to inform on the IP, but also to promote proactivity in Youth Work (April 2010).
· On the 16^th of November 2010, the International Day of Tolerance, the students who participated at the IP 2010 used nonformal methods learned during the IP (icebreakers and role plays) to help their colleagues better understand and reflect on the topic. The activity was supported by the Faculty of Letters and there was a large number of participants, students and teachers.
· Nonformal methods were introduced to the academic staff within a workshop attended by teachers from several departments in the Faculty of Letters (May 2010).