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Problem: the social and civic situation of the youth from Lithuanian regions are not well: there exists a high level of migration, poverty, a high rate of unemployment, a low sense of citizenship, people hardly get involved in public and civic activities. There also exists a lack of inclusive and effective citizenship education programmes for the youth. The effect, which is wanted and coherence with the goals of the programme: the project is directly oriented into the main goal of APF – to strengthen the civic community, as well as the result – a strong civic community and active citizenship in Lithuania. The target group is one of the most vulnerable ones in Lithuania – the youth from regions.
The goal – to promote active civic participation of Lithuanian youth in multiple social and public politic processes, as well as contribute to making the quality of public education better. Project activities and results:
- Ready-to-use methodical tool „Citizenship education for the youth – BeACTIVE“; board game for the youth „Active citizenship“;
- Training for specialists, working with the youth – they will be introduced to the methods of active citizenship education. In total there are going to be 10 days of training for 200 specialists from 10 Lithuanian regions;
- Creative workshops for the youth, which include creativity-based activities, civic education and involvement in problem solving of local issues. In total there are going to be 25 workshops organised for 400 participants;
- Creation of an online platform „BeACTIVE – 100 ideas for Lithuania“;
- Festival of ideas „BEACTIVE“.
Summary of project results
Problem: the social and civic situation of the youth from Lithuanian regions is not well: there exists a high level of migration, poverty, a high rate of unemployment, a low sense of citizenship, people hardly get involved in public and civic activities. There also exists a lack of inclusive and effective citizenship education programmes for the youth.
Project activites and results:
- Ready-to-use methodical tool „Citizenship education for the youth – BeACTIVE“;
- Training for specialists, working with the youth – they were introduced to methods of active citizenship education. 225 specialists working with youth from 10 Lithuanian regions participated in the activities;
- Creative workshops for the youth, which include creativity-based activities, civic education and involvement in problem solving of local issues. 417 participants from 10 Lithuanian regions attended the workshops ;
- Creation of an online platform „BeACTIVE – 100 ideas for Lithuania“;
- Festival of ideas „BeACTIVE“ was organized and the results were presented.
The project was directly oriented into the main goal of APF – to strenghten the civic community, as well as the result – a strong civic community and active citizenship in Lithuania. The target group is one of the most vulnerable ones in Lithuania – the youth from regions. The goal was to promote active civic participation of Lithuanian youth in multiple social and public politic processes, as well as contribute to making the quality of public education better.