Explore the Digital World

D(at)YW – Upgrading Digital Youth Work is an Erasmus+ Strategic Partnership for innovation and exchange of good practices.

The project pioneers to design a Complete Tool Kit and a Knowledge Pack for developing, implementing and monitoring various inclusive strategies for promoting deep digital skills.

Methodological Approach

UTILIZING THE NON-WORKING TIME

(i.e. after school/college, summertime, afternoon) available in a constructive way to set up a deep tech club.

CREATING SYNERGIES

between youth organisations, schools and the business world to bridge the skills-gap between education and the labour market.

INTRODUCING OPEN BADGES

as a method to validate and award the digital skills acquired by both young people and youth workers.

CREATING TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION

between partners for the organisation of competitions, events, C1 mobility, digital movement as part of the EU strategy.

Stages

Research

During the first stage the consortium is conducting various surveys to identify the existing digital skills gap between young people’s abilities and the existing requirements of the job market.

Research

Design

The second stage is about designing and developing all essential teaching and learning material to support the promote of deep-tech digital skills through synergies and hubs.

Design

Implementation

After testing, the feedback will be incorporated into the designed product and presented again to the wider audience.

Implementation

Dissemination

During the final phase of the project’s dissemination plan, which includes the completion of the planned activities and the implementation of the D(at)YW for digital literacy, each partner will organise a national conference in their country.

Dissemination

Current Numbers

Surveyed youngsters

Businesses interviewed

Modules developed

Deep tech clubs

Results

IO1: Focus group in Reus, Spain

November 23, 2019

The focus group conducted in Spain took place in November, 2019. After organising an informative session and two focus groups, OpenEurope collected participants’ feedback, and ...

IO1: Focus group in Milan, Italy

November 15, 2019

In November 2019, a focus group was conducted in Milan, Italy, with the goals of understanding the opinions, beliefs of the participants and investigate their ...

IO1: Focus group in Nicosia, Cyprus

November 9, 2019

Between the 5th-8th of November 2019, a number of Young People, Youth Workers and Employees were contacted to organise a focus group. Unfortunately, we could ...

IO1: Focus group in Lancaster, UK

November 2, 2019

The Lancaster and Morecambe College conducted their focus group for the Digital @ Youthwork project on the 1st of November, 2019. The experience had two ...

IO1: Focus group in Berlin, Germany

August 31, 2019

On August 31st, 2019 a German focus group was conducted at the Hertie School of Governance (Friedrichstrasse 180) in Berlin with 8 participants and 2 ...

Acknowledgement of youth work’s key role in acquisition of digital skills of youngsters

If you believe in the value of open non-formal education as a tool for the youngsters’ participation and their empowerment, it is time to take some action.

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Blog Posts

Internal Evaluation Meeting of Project Year 2019

December 12, 2019

The year of 2019 is about to end and the team of Plattform e.V. and CGE Culture Goes Europe – Soziokulturelle Initiative Erfurt e.V. are meeting again to evaluate ...