IP Rennes

The project was born from the willingness of European trainers from both Universities and NGO’s to make a bridge between formal education and non-formal education in the training of social and youth workers.

More precisely, the 3 main objectives of the project are to

-          promote a better understanding of the new European Dimension and how it co-relates with Youth and Social Work.

-          support Intercultural Learning as a fundamental process for integration

-          encourage the use of Non Formal Education methods in Youth and Social Work

For this purpose, the intensive programme will use formal and non-formal education (simulation game, group building activities, role plays) methods to focus on areas such as the diversity of youth work training in Europe, European Youth Programmes, stereotypes and prejudices, the role of youth workers towards intercultural groups etc. These training sessions will be completed with visits of national structures working in the area of Youth and Social Work.

In terms of outputs, the main idea is that students, teachers and trainers contribute to the creation of an interactive website (and a DVD) containing information on the running of the IP, projects and good practices, methods for social/youth workers, job opportunities abroad, information about the European programmes etc.