ERYICA Work Programme 2021 MEMBERSHIP Members Cooperating 27Organisations 5 Organisations 4 Organisations · Expand the network with 2 new organisations · Establish more targeted contact with our members MANAGEMENT General Assembly 4 Governing 2021 and Board Meetings Network Meeting ECTS Working Group Regional/ Language Cluster Working Groups ERYICA European YI Quality Green Policy Label Task Force STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS Research, Quality & Policy Capacity- Trends & Youth Info Advocacy & Building Innovation Ethics Cooperation PR & Communication 1. Capacity-building Activities 1.1 Developing an ERYICA Capacity-building and Training System for online and face-to-face training activities. • Establishing a new ERYICA Capacity-building and Training System Working Group; and • Incorporating the training experience and feedback from the first edition of the ERYICAdemy – Training of Trainers in the training programme. 1.2 Organising training and eLearning activities for youth information workers. • Organising a Jimmy eLearning course; • Organising an ALTYO eLearning course; • Piloting eTraining on Service Design (see Strategic Direction 2); and • Consolidating and promoting DOYIT online across the network. • Organising a series of webinars on topics on key topics for youth information services (see Strategic Direction 4) 1.3 Updating and translating existing manuals, training material and courses. • Updating the YoMIM training manual; • Updating the eLearning Guide. • Designing the layout of existing training manuals; • Re-editing Liaisons in French; • Supporting the publication of Liaisons in other languages; • Seeking institutional support to translate Liaisons into other languages. • Translating the guide on Greening YI services into other languages (see Strategic Direction 4) 1.4 Supporting networking and exchange among ERYICA trainers. • Disseminating information and training opportunities through mailing lists. • Applying for funds to organise an ERYICA Trainers’ Seminar 2021 (see below, Project Proposals). 1.5 Promoting existing materials and resources throughout the network and in countries willing to establish youth information and counselling services. • Promoting the Youth Information 2020 publication; • Promoting the OPIN.me eParticipation platform to ensure young people’s participation in times of pandemic; • Promoting and disseminating Liaisons within the network; • Promoting other existing materials and tools; and • Enhancing visibility in events organised by our stakeholders and partners. 1.6 Developing contacts with the formal education sector and other youth-related sectors in view of setting up common capacity-building activities and projects for the benefit of youth information workers. 1.7 Participating in training activities of our stakeholders and partners. Projects Promotion, re-edition and translation of “Liaisons” - ERYICA This practical resource for youth (information) workers, educators and youth organisations provides theoretical elements and educational tools to reinforce young people’s resilience and critical thinking through youth information and counselling principles. Besides promotion and dissemination activities, the main translation of LIAISONS – Toolkit for the prevention of violent extremism through youth information into English (1st edition 2018) was revised and re-edited in 2020. In the course of 2021, the same update will be implemented in the original French version (1st edition 2017, 2nd edition 2018). Besides, we will ensure the promotion and dissemination of the toolkit throughout Europe. ERYICA will also seek institutional support to translate Liaisons into other languages and support their publication. Projects Proposals ERYICA Trainers’ Seminar 2021 – Erasmus+ KA1 Following the success of previous initiatives that took place in Helsinki in May 2014, in Zagreb in May 2016 and in Luxembourg 2018, this seminar will provide an opportunity for ERYICA trainers to meet, network and develop their methodologies further, while learning about new developments in the ERYICA training system. The biennial seminar planned for 2020 could not take place due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The long-term aim of the event is to encourage an active network of trainers in youth information and to support innovative training methods. This edition will also welcome new trainers who participated in the ERYICAdemy - Training of Trainers’ Programme. The participants will learn about the new Training of Trainers structure, exchange good practices on training activities in youth information and learn about the outcomes of the DesYIgn project. A proposal will be submitted in May 2021 under Erasmus+ KA1. As ERYICA has been granted the Erasmus+ accreditation 2021-2027 for KA1, the organisation of the event is less dependent on a successful application process. The event will take place towards the end of 2021. 2. Research, Trends & Innovation Activities 2.1 Supporting the development of innovative services in order to address the information needs of young people and to reach them where they are. • Piloting an online course on youth information service design (see DesYIgn, projects below); • Finalising the development of a toolkit on youth information service design (see DesYIgn, projects below); and • Exploring ways to exploit OPIN.me (see Strategic Direction 1). 2.2 Raising awareness on trends and new media popular among young people. • Exploiting and promoting the outcomes of DesYIgn: Innovative youth information service design and outreach (see below, Projects); • Promoting research on trends and new media; and • Developing and promoting innovative tools and resources for youth information workers on media and information literacy (see below SmartEU and MedYIa project); and • Cooperating with media and information literacy experts (see below SmartEU project). 2.3 Exchanging best practices on youth information work. • Organising an online Network Meeting in September 2021; • Exploiting Sheryica Facebook Group/Page (see Strategic Direction 5); • Organising an ERYICA Iberian Working Group meeting; and • Organising an ERYICA German-speaking Working Group meeting; and • Supporting the work of the ERYICA French-speaking Working Group (see below MedYIa project). 2.4 Exploring trends and innovation in the provision of youth information and counselling across Europe. • Completing a Members’ Survey in the ERYICA network; • Survey on media and information literacy needs among youth information workers (see below MedYIa project); • Following up on the approval and publishing of the definition of youth information worker in ESCO (European Skills, Competences, Qualifications and Occupations Database) in cooperation with Eurodesk (see Strategic Direction 3 and 4); and • Survey and joint publication with Eurodesk about youth information work (see Strategic Direction 3). • Short suvey on mental health in the framework of the EYID 2021 campaign (see Strategic Direction 3) 2.5 Collaborating with the Pool of European Youth Researchers (CoE-EC Partnership) to ensure a wider dissemination of research results (see Strategic Direction 4). 2.6 Disseminating research results and publications among our members and stakeholders. • Promoting and exploiting the Youth Information 2020 publication; • Promoting the translation of the Youth Information 2020 publication; • Disseminating the DesYIgn Focus Group Interview Report; • Disseminating the report Future Youth Information and Counselling: Building on Information Needs and Trends with Åbo Akademi University; • Disseminating the Manual for Future Foresight in Youth Information; and • Disseminating other relevant research outcomes and publications concerning youth, information studies, and youth policy. Projects DesYIgn: Innovative youth information service design and outreach- Erasmus+ Duration: 01/03/2019 – 28/02/2021 (prolonged) Coordination: ERYICA Partners: ERYICA (LU), Youth Work Ireland (IE), Koordinaatti (FI), Agence Nationale pour l’Information des Jeunes (LU), Dirección General de Juventud y Deportes de Madrid (ES), ProMo Cymru (UK), Aġenzija Żgħażagħ (MT), Institut Valencià de la Joventut (ES), Åbo Akademi University (FI) Aims: DesYIgn aims to support youth information professionals in optimising their services and establishing efficient and innovative strategies and tools to reach out to more young people through service design. Intellectual outputs foreseen • Desk research considering current youth trends/needs and collection of examples of innovative YI service providers (using outcomes of the survey on communication and outreach to young people conducted in 2017, the Youth.Info survey (2018), the Eurofound survey (2018), and other information collected, as well as analytics and information behaviour from other tools); • Focus groups with young people to involve them in the production and designing of the tools; • Online course on innovative YI service design (using webinars, contributions from external experts, videos and other digital tools, particularly those used by young people. These should be easily adaptable to keep up-to-date with changing digital trends); • Toolkit to design innovative youth information services aiming to reach out to more young people, including quality indicators and measures; • Innovative youth information design pilots (3-5 pilots) that will test the resources developed at different stages; and • Work with young people to test the pilots, throughout the project and multiple times where possible. MedYIa: MIL in the context of youth information - French-speaking