cREating a Safe sPacE for inClusiviTy, sexual and ReprodUctive non-forMal education for youth workers: reSPECTRUM
Agreement No: 2022-3-CY02-KA153-YOU-000092898
"cREating a Safe sPacE for inClusiviTy, sexual and
ReprodUctive non-forMal education for youth workers: reSPECTRUM"
Duration: From 1st of February 2023 till 31st of October 2023 (8 months)
Activity: Training of 36 youth workers (9 organisations, 4 youth workers from each organization, 4 stakeholders) about developing non-formal education tools for inclusive sexual and reproductive health for youth workers
Activity dates: 19 to 26 of June 2023 (including travel dates)
Activity Venue: Hylatio Tourist village, Pissouri, Limassol, Cyprus
Applicant Organisation: Active Cypriot Programs and European Learning Into Acceptance, ACPELIA, email: acpeliacy@gmail.com
Coordinator: Nikolas Nikolaou email: nicckolas44@gmail.com
Trainers: Victoria Tkachenko vika.tkachenko.mail@gmail.com Erma Georgiouermageorgiou17@gmail.com
Main Aim
The aim of the project is to create new tools for
non-formal education about inclusive sexual and reproductive health for youth
workers in order to build a safe space for youngsters in local and
international communitites to learn in about this topic.
The Project specific objectives are:
- Acquire a greater understanding of the various forms of bullying and deeper knowledge about impacts,risk factors and long term effects on victims and bullies.
- Create a work methodology based on exchanging best practices on preventing and handling bullying DM found at European level and applicable in educational centers.
- To promote the socio-educational role of the educator.
- To improve the quality of youth centers as a safe and supportive institution.
- To promote emotional education and soft skills as a way to compact bullying.
- Acquire a greater understanding of the various forms of sexuality
The idea is to enrich the knowledge of youth workers about methodology for sexual and reproductive education, as well as to develop tools that help to create a safe space and an inclusive environment, which is essential for sexual education.
The situation with sexual education in participating countries is quite challenging, since none of them has sexual education methodology incorporated in the school subjects, as well there exists a social stigma around the topic of sexual relationships. At the end of the project, thanks to the collaboration of the participants, there will be developed an action plan for an event, a digital booklet with the methodology and a social media material about sexual education.
Relevance of the project for Erasmus + :
- Improving the key competencies and skills of educators dealing with young people
- Promote participation and active citizenship in European level;
- To eliminate discrimination
- The right to be protected from all forms of physical or mental violence
- Increasing learning mobility opportunities for educators dealing with young people
- Enhanced cooperation
- Raising emotional awareness and empathy skills
Benefits of the project:
- To develop knowledge and understanding about the consent and communication, safe space, identity, as well as specific terminology around these topics
- To raise the awareness about the different types of violence and the possible solutions
- To develop skills to confront the problem
- To create empathy with youngsters of different social groups, gender identities and sexualities
- To develop skills to think creatively
- To develop values of tolerance and responsibility
- To reinforce confidence and psychological resilience among educators in preventing and handling any kind of violence
