Change Places Change Lives training course in Portugal

02 Σεπτεμβρίου, 2018

K.A.NE. has been part of the training course “Change Places Change Lives” between the 23rd to 30th of July 2018 by sending 2 youth workers to participate in the project.

The training course was organized by ProAtlântico – Associação Juvenil from Portugal and it involved Greece and 11 other countries (Estonia, Germany, Slovenia, Romania, Poland, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, France, Spain and Turkey). It was designed to explain and develop deeper understanding about migration in nowadays world.

Through the structures activities of the program, the training course aimed to develop methods and resources in order to work closely with international migration and its causes in the local community.

To fulfill the main aim, several objectives were set:

development of a more tolerant, inclusive and egalitarian society;

support the reflection among participants on the different dimensions of migration and mobility;

exchange of good practice in the field of youth related to international migration, mobility and its influence on young people in the EU and in the partner countries and the opportunities arising;

training of youth workers to better address problems and opportunities arising from migration;

transfer and development of knowledge of European mobility programs in youth worker;

promotion of European cooperation between NGOs that are in contact with migration and youth mobility;

the development of new initiatives in the field of youth and mobility within Erasmus +, to give migrants and local youth the same opportunities.