New Re-Generation: “A Virtual Youth Academy to Lead the Regenerative change” (New Regeneration 2.0)

Programme(s): Erasmus+ (ERASMUS+)
Topic(s): ERASMUS-EDU-2024-VIRT-EXCH
Type of action: ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants
Project ID: 101193651

Objective: The objective of the project is to create a Virtual Youth Academy to bring the transformative power of education to its full force and enable youth organizations and young people to become agents of their desired sustainable, resilience and healthy future. The Virtual Youth Academy will bring young people from the MENA region and Europe together for collaborative, team-based learning that meets their individual needs, unlocks their potential, and provides the tools to lead change. Therefore, the educational path for young people in our academy will be divided into three phases: Starting with activism, where young people will discover what drives them, followed by tools to put those needs and motivations into practice (entrepreneurship), and ending with a vision of community development, understanding how my needs relate to those of my community and how I can generate positive change in it. In a nutshell, the project logic starts with the creation of training content and methodology, followed by the training of youth workers. Later on, the Virtual Youth Academy will be launched. The Virtual Youth Academy will be divided into a first pilot phase of 6 months with the first batch of young people, which will be followed by a 2-month analysis, evaluation, and impact phase where the project team and youth participants will evaluate and improve the training, preparing for a second 6-month participant flow. This means that the training program for the virtual youth regenerative academy will last for 6 months. Upon completion, the impact of the academy and its training will be analyzed, leading to the final phase: final report and academy manual, open-source platform content, and dissemination among other youth organizations. Finally, the youth organizations will organize multiplier events to showcase the projects developed by young participants. These events may take different forms, such as project fairs, conferences, festivals and online human libraries.