Mobilising Youth and Youth Service Talent through Immersive Co-design

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Objectives Train youth workers and volunteers as 'Community Mediators' Train young people with fewer opportunities to become 'Community Leaders' Set up 'Co-Design Labs' for them to work together to address problems of trans-national yet local interest Consolidate project results and learning in an 'Open Toolkit' Activities Develop a blended training programme Pilot and evaluate the programme Run Community Co-Labs and action research projects in them Deliver outreach, dissemination and sustainability activities Project Beneficiaries Professional youth workers/volunteers Young people aged 18 to 30 with fewer opportunities Youth organisations, policy-makers, research communities Expected results 50 youth workers/volunteers and 50 young people complete the programme 25 community-based projects co-designed youth workers work more effectively with young people from 'left behind' communities EU youth organisations increase their innovation, reach, relevance and quality Young people with fewer opportunities become catalysts to improve the life chances of their peers increased community social capital better targeted and more focused youth policy Outputs MYSTIC developmental and training programme combining on-line Foundation course and interactive game, with an immersive residential mobility programme incorporating interactive workops, case-based practical exercises and an 'outward bound' element to challenge participants and get them to think out of the box 4 Co-Labs set up in different EU locations ‘Open Toolkit’ - including Catalogue of good practice cases on what works, policy recommendations, design templates and tools and detailed evaluation results