The application is focused on one Activity. This is a training programme that will take place over seven days in March 2017 in Cork with 32 people involved.Countries involvedIrelandnetherlandsHungaryUKThe training is coordinated by CIT CCAD but will offered to Irish youth worker/ young leaders across the country both from youth work Ireland and other youth organisationsThe training will provide a space to build skills, competencies, motivation and methodological approaches for Youth workers organisations who engage young people to nurture competencies of young people to enable them to grow a responsible, critically engaged and critical Global Citizens.THEMESThe engagement and exploration in the themes of .-Empathy-Awareness -ability to take action for change as key competences of Young global citizens.-the power of creativity to support the development of these competence.-How to nurture this competences in practices with young people.OBJECTIVES-To support youth workers to nurture young people’s sense of and understanding of active global citizenship-to support young people-To explore the power of creativity to nurture empathy awareness and other competences of young global citizens-To equip youth workers with facilitation skills and project design skills to support young people to take creative actions for change-To nurture youth workers own creativity and confidence in their creativity to enable them to support young peoples creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.METHODSthe pedagogical approach to the training aims to provide the learner • Deep learning experience exploring personal values, attitudes and behaviours.• Personal experience building on own experience and resources and learning goals• Practical learning experience, building confidence to apply learning to practice.• Peer learning• Creative learningThe practical skills based elements will provide specific tools to put the learning into action with young people (hands)RESULTS IMPACTSThe project aims to impact on the organisations involvedBy increasing motivation and confidence of youth workers to work creatively with young people and to engage them with Global Justice themesThe programes methodology seeks to support changes in knowledge, skills, values, attitudes and behaviours, considering the following mindsets to be important: critical /bigger picture thinking; empathy; imagination; awareness; curiosity; positivity; collaborative thinking; ethical awareness and the ability to act for change. The particular innovative and creative approaches facilitate a deep learning and transformative experience for the participantsThe learning and outcomes of the training will be useful for those directly engaging young people who want build the theme of global citizenship in their practice and who also want to develop a more creative approach to their practice both in the youth work field and beyondThe theme of the training related to young people growing as responsible Global citizens is theme that has potential for impact in change of behaviour and attitudes that can spread impact beginning on a personal level and reaching out to local, regional, national, European and/or international levels.The multiplier effect across young people in the partner organizations broadens this impact that begins on a personal level.The dissemination of the project methods and processes through a public blog will allow engagement at a regional, national, European and international levels. The project aims to impact on good youth work practice and also to promote the theme of creative and critically engaged Global citizenship.

'Street Wise- Urban art and critically engaged young Global citizens'-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------STREET WISE training brought together youth workers, youth leaders volunteers and young people. The programme focused on one Activity (the mobility of youth workers) and the training took place in March 2016 in Cork city.Countries/Partner Organisations involved:Ireland - Cumann Spraoi Ltd T/A Youth Work Ireland CorkItaly - Associazione Culturale MalikHungary - Pécsi Szín-Tér EgyesületUK - Tandem TheatreThe training provided a space to build skills, competencies, motivation and methodological approaches for Youth workers and organisations who engage young people to nurture competencies of young people to enable them to grow as responsible, critically engaged and critical Global Citizens and focused on skills for creating issue based public art.THEMESThe engagement and exploration in the themes of: • Active global citizenship• Global justice themes• Advocacy and campaigningOBJECTIVES- To support youth workers to nurture young people’s sense of and understanding of active global citizenship- To equip youth workers with facilitation skills to enable young people to find their voice and express their opinions advocating for local and global justice issues- To explore useful competences for young global citizens and explore how to nurture competences such as empathy, ability to advocate for self and others, curiosity, initiative/ participation critical thinking skills etc- To support youth workers to develop practical skills to support young people to create public street art expressing their opinions and ideas. eg Graffiti, Stencil, Paste-ups.- To nurture youth workers own creativity to enable them to support young peoples creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship.METHODSTraining in facilitation methods such as creative writing approaches to support young people to develop and articulate their ideas around themes that concern them.Training in specific tools for creating street art that enables young people to express themselves.• Making stencils• Graffiti Paste-ups• CollageACTIVITIESWorkshops engaging with the themes of • Active global citizenship• Global justice themes• Advocacy and campaigningMOTIVATION/ NEEDS AND ISSUES BEING ADDRESSEDWe are motivated to initiate this international training programme for the following reasons- The theme of global citizenship is important in our rapidly changing and in equal world.- Young people are the future of the planet and our hope of finding new solutions of how to live in a more viable way.- Creativity is a valuable tool to connect young people to global citizenship and for them to be advocates and engage others- Research of YWI and CIT demonstrates that youth workers feel challenged by the challenge of integrating development education into their practice. They find it hard to be motivated and to find connections and starting points. The find the term development education confusing and difficult to connect with.- We believe that creative processes can support the practice of youth workers.- Youth workers are often intimated and lack confidence in facilitating creative methods as they are not confident in their own creativity. Evaluation of programme delivered in collaboration between the Creativity and change programme and CIT CCAD have demonstrated an evidenced that by creating a space for youth workers to engage with the creativity and having hands on experience with creative methods significantly impacts on their confidence and motivation to work more creatively with young people- An intercultural learning setting prioritising the voice of young people is a useful place to explore the key questions around young global citizenship.Partners have all identified motivation of youth workers and young leaders to use creative methods and motivation to engage themes around global justice and global citizenship and have identified the training needs that were addressed by the project. The objectives above all contribute to the personal and professional development and employability of participants as they build skills useful in the work place.

Creativity for Change: Creative Approached for exploring Global Citizenship in Youth Work. FAST FORWARD training brought together youth workers, youth leaders volunteers and young people. It took place in Cork, Ireland over 6 days from Jan 3rd -10th, 2015We used creative processes to explore how they can be effective in building empathy and connectivity. Creative facilitation can engage us in deep and meaningful learning about our selves , the world around us and with different perspectives. We believe that integrating the exploration of global citizenship into mainstream youth work will equip young people with the skills to imagine the change they want to see in the world. Learning creative expression will enhance their experience in creating that change for themselves. Five countries were involved: Ireland, Italy, The UK, Hungary & MaltaThe programme used non formal learning methods, with a focus on learning by doing and reflection on application of learning.Best Practices: Creative Approaches for Development Education in Youth Work* Boost skills and employability* Modernise education, training and youth work* Focus on young people