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Exploring Erasmus+: Youth in Action The impact of the programme on youth workers’ competences Research project on competence development and capacity building in ERASMUS+: Youth in Action Transnational analysis of module (A): Self-perceived competence development of project participants (youth workers/youth leaders) Doris Bammer Andreas Karsten Sandra Müller Research Project Direction: Doris Bammer Andreas Karsten Vienna, 2017 Exploring Erasmus+: Youth in Action Erasmus+: Youth in Action is part of the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union in support of European youth projects. The research project on Competence Development and Capacity Building in Erasmus+: Youth in Action (RAY-CAP) is conducted in the framework of Research-based Analysis of Erasmus+: Youth in Action (RAY) by currently 16 partners* of the RAY Network, which includes the National Agencies of Erasmus+: Youth in Action and their research partners. This study contains the transnational analysis of the results from interviews conducted in 12** of the 16 RAY-CAP partner countries between November 2015 and January 2017 with participants of Erasmus+: Youth in Action projects aimed at competence development and capacity building. The study was designed and implemented by the Institute of Educational Science at the University of Innsbruck and the Generation and Educational Science Institute in Austria in cooperation with the RAY- CAP partners. it was funded within the Transnational Cooperation Activities (TCA) of Erasmus+: Youth in Action. National research reports can be requested from the respective National Agencies and their research partners (see http://www.researchyouth.eu/network. Further RAY publications can be retrieved from http://www.researchyouth.eu/research-results-publications. * Austria, Belgium (Flemish-speaking community), the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. ** Austria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Romania and Turkey. Published by the Generation and Educational Science Institute, Vienna CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 by Doris Bammer, Andreas Karsten, Sandra Müller This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 444 Castro Street, Suite 900, Mountain View, California, 94041, USA. This document can be retrieved from http://www.researchyouth.eu/results-erasmus-youth-in-action Version 20171219 December 2017 2 Competence development and capacity building in Erasmus+: Youth in Action Interim Transnational Report 2017 Contents Abbreviations and definitions ............................................................................................... 5 List of tables .......................................................................................................................... 6 List of figures ........................................................................................................................ 6 1 Summary, conclusions & recommendations .................................................................. 7 1.1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Involvement in the youth field and initial changes/ effects ..................................................... 9 1.3 Approach of (international) youth work and first changes/effects ...................................... 11 1.4 Expectations and motivation to attend the training/activity ................................................. 12 1.5 (International) youth work competences and development/changes .................................. 14 1.6 Transfer of learning/training outcomes: first effects on practice ......................................... 17 1.7 Future perspectives and outlook ................................................................................................ 20 2 The context, design and approach of RAY-CAP .......................................................... 21 2.1 The RAY-CAP project partners & RAY Network .................................................................... 21 2.2 Research approach and activities ................................................................................................... 22 3 Main Findings of the interim transnational interview analysis module (A) ................. 26 3.1 Involvement in the youth field .................................................................................................... 26 3.2 Approach of (international) youth work and initial changes/effects .................................... 32 3.3 Expectations/motivation to attend the training/activity ........................................................ 41 3.4 (International) youth work competences and development/changes .................................. 63 3.5 Transfer of learning/training outcomes into practice/initial effects on practice ............. 103 3.6 Future perspectives and outlook .............................................................................................. 125 4 Bibliography ................................................................................................................ 130 5 Appendix A – Methodology ......................................................................................... 131 5.1 Research method and instruments ........................................................................................... 131 5.2 Implementation of the interviews ............................................................................................ 134 5.3 Sample ........................................................................................................................................... 135 5.4 Presentation of results ................................................................................................................ 138 Doris Bammer, Andreas Karsten, Sandra Müller 3 Exploring Erasmus+: Youth in Action 6 Appendix B – Executive Summaries of country reports [optional] ..................................... 140 6.1 Executive Summary from Estonia ........................................................................................... 140 6.2 Executive Summary from Finland ............................................................................................ 143 6.3 Executive Summary from Italy ................................................................................................. 145 6.4 Executive Summary from Hungary .......................................................................................... 147 6.5 Executive Summary from Latvia .............................................................................................. 150 6.6 Executive Summary from Turkey ............................................................................................ 152 7 Appendix C – Conceptual framework ......................................................................... 155 8 Appendix D – Training description ............................................................................ 170 8.1 Training and Cooperation Activities (TCA) ........................................................................... 170 8.2 Key action 1 (KA1) – Youth work mobility projects ............................................................ 201 9 Appendix E – Research project partners .................................................................... 222 10 Appendix F – RAY-CAP framework for competences in youth work ........................ 227 4 Competence development and capacity building in Erasmus+: Youth in Action Interim Transnational Report 2017 Abbreviations and definitions Abbreviations EU European Union E+ European Union Programme Erasmus+ (2014-2020) E+/YiA Erasmus+: Youth in Action (2014-2020) FE Formal education FL Formal learning NA National Agency NFL Non-formal learning NFE Non-formal education ICL Intercultural learning PP Project participants: Youth workers, youth leaders, teachers or other actors who attended projects/training/activity within E+/YiA for/with youth workers/leaders, at least in an education/socio-pedagogic function, but frequently also with an organisational function. RAY Research-based Analysis of Erasmus+: Youth in Action. The RAY Network consists of the Youth in Action National Agencies and their research partners involved in the RAY project. RAY-CAP Research project on competence development and capacity building in ERASMUS+: Youth in Action consists of 16 Youth in Action National Agencies and their research partners YiA European Union Programme ‘Youth in Action’ (2007-2013) YPFO Young people with fewer opportunities YPSN Young people with special needs Type of activity (also ‘activity type’) YWM Mobility of youth workers (Key Action 1) TCA Transnational Cooperation Activities Definitions Activity start/end the dates when, within a funded project, the core activity starts/ends, for example a youth worker mobility (when youth workers from different countries meet in one country), a seminar, a training course, etc. Project start/end: the dates when a funded project starts/ends; the duration of a project is normally much longer than that of the core activity (see activity start/end) – the project also includes the preparation of and the follow- up to the core activity.