If you have good idea, share it! (video)
“Youth work” concept is at the level of daily conversation in England. It is the type of work, which is carried out by the young by assisting people at their age and younger in different spheres. Thirty young people all over the world gathered in Birmingham for exchange of experience. Youth worker Mike Collyer says, “I really enjoy being a part of this project this week. I think it is exciting seeing people from all the countries committed to youth work and learn about youth work. As for me, what I enjoy about youth work is seeing new people empowered and enabled to do things for themselves. I enjoy the fact that young people choose to participate in activities. The youth work is unique as it is done with team people. So the power is equal. Each opinion is taken into consideration. My advice is to start smart. If there are issues the youth people face, they must start from those issues.” There were different issues the young people were concerned about. The participants from Armenia were mainly concerned about the educational issues. Non-formal education will be the best solution to all those issues. Răzvan-Victor Sassu from Romania stresses the importance of creating your own projects, “Such trainings are very important. We have new ideas. I hope that with the help of this training we will find partners and will implement our ideas.” Pauline Grace, organizer of “Youth work” training, has special advice given almost after all the meetings, “This training program is really trying to help people to create their own projects. My first piece of advice is to have good relationship with the team, as good relationship is a long way to solve all the problems. The next piece of advice is if you have a good idea, share it with your partners, as together you can make your ideas even better. And the third piece of advice is make sure you take a lot of time, which can be between 3 to 6 months together to complete the idea for the project.” “Youth work” training course was organized within the frames of “Erasmus +” program of the European Union.
