INYOUS COURSE MODULES
This project is developed by Federation of Youth Clubs of Armenia and its partners. The project will ameliorate the recognition of youth work and non-formal education through the development of certified “International youth studies” curricula (and organizing a distance-learning course for youth workers) and open educational materials for European Higher Education Institutions.
The specific objectives are:
• Stimulating and strengthening the integration of non-formal education and formal education at universities through the establishment of a certified course on International youth studies.
• creating bridges between formal and non-formal education, youth policy and practice in order to release innovation potential to raise the quality of educational and social service to Europe’s young people, to promote career flexibility and mobility, and to assert the value and utility of evidence-based policy and practice;
• Strengthening human potential in youth field by building a critical mass of quality youth workers;
• Promoting international recognition of the youth work and non-formal education through developing and adopting award criteria that are in line with the formal educational system.
PROJECT TIMELINE

Conference
Yerevan, Armenia
April 20-23, 2018

Youth Exchange Czech Republic
September, 2018

Evaluation Meeting Brussels, Belgium
April, 2019
The Conference aims to compare non-formal youth work and formal youth studies taking into account different approaches, bringing together youth and university teachers, researchers and practical youth workers, decision makers, leaders of youth clubs.
By implementing this youth exchange the young people will develop and practice methods and exercises to run non-formal learning activities on local and/or national level. The first youth exchange will answer the question - Why to promote the youth work.
This international meeting will focus on the development of “International youth studies” program/curricula and open educational materials on international youth work to be included in HEIs study programmes based on the experience of the 3 previous Mobility Activities.
Training Course
Georgia
July, 2018

The training course will enlarge partners' skills with giving certain frameworks how to work with young people on local, national and international levels, what is the quality in youth work and what is recognition of non-formal education?
Youth Exchange
Ukraine
November, 2018

The second youth exchange will answer the question – How to promote the youth work. The practical outcomes of these youth exchanges will be used for the further development of educational materials and the final version of the International youth studies curricula.

PARTNER ORGANISATIONS
Northern University
Armenia. Yerevan, St. Aleq Manukyan 15a
Directory Phone Numbers՝ 57-33-17
Web-page՝ www.northern.am
E-mail address՝ northern@gmail.com.
(+37410)554092,
Northern University was founded in 1996 by setting an objective to ensure the principles of scientism, law abidance, humanity, equity and patriotism. The University has initially adopted a unique mission to organize higher education of Armenian immigrated youth, from former Soviet Republics, particularly Russia, in the homeland (this is how comes the name ''Northern”).
Northern University has been remained faithful to his mission during his establishment and 20 years activity. Northern University considers its mission to provide availability and transparency in education along with international advanced experience and best national traditions, implementation of education ensuring accessibility, availability, organization transparency and humanitarian values combining the best national traditions and international advanced experience-aiming at training specialists able to apply obtained knowledge for the following fields-enterprise economics and management, law, informatics, journalism, philology, psychology, education.
Belarusian Public Union New Faces
https://www.facebook.com/newfacesorg/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
e-mail: newfaces.projects@gmail.com
Umbrella
“Umbrella” is a multi-profile non-governmental youth organization based on liberal and democratic values, with the mission to promote the establishment of a modern, healthy, tolerant, inclusive and educated society. In order to meet this task, the association has been implementing the educational and youth development programs.
The main priority of the organization is to support the issues related to youth (from 14-35 age) in Georgia. The objectives of the organization are to support the young people’s physical, spiritual and educational development and to create educational initiatives developing young people’s competence in the field of civil society, environment, human rights and peace-building and to promote intercultural relations in Georgian society.
National Youth Council of Moldova
National Youth Council of Moldova (CNTM) was registered as a Public Association on 18th of February 1999 and is an umbrella structure of 61 youth organizations, and its mission is to empower young people to participate actively in the society, promote the interests of the young people from Moldova in its relations with government and international institutions, to develop youth associative structures through the implementation of program activities, trainings, information, advocacy and consulting services.
Vision: Promoting the interests of young people from Moldova, contributing to the development of the youth associations by organizing programs and activities of information, lobby, education and consulting.
Mission: CNTM is the organization that meets interests of young people in Moldova and it serves as a unique national platform of the youth associative sector.
The Federation of Youth Associations of the District of Porto (FAJDP)
The Federation of Youth Associations of the District of Porto (FAJDP) is a non-governmental, non-partisan and non-profit organization. Its mission is to fight against all forms of discrimination, promote youth participation through non-formal education and the construction of an active, tolerant and supportive citizenship.
Founded in 1986 by a group of youth associations is the first representative structure of the local associative movement to emerge in Portugal. FAJDP has more than 100 affiliated associations and represent more than 25 thousand young people directly and indirectly involved in associative activities.
Its main mission is to represent the youth associations of the municipalities of the district of Porto with the public and political powers, in defense of the interests of the youth association movement. Participating, therefore, in the definition of transversal policies directed to youth in general and the associative movement in particular.
Group of the European Youth for Change - GEYC
Group of the European Youth for Change - GEYC is a Romanian established non-profit youth organisation active at European and international levels. GEYC is a member of the Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs (European Commission) and PRISMA European Network.
Our mission? To empower young people to create a positive change in their community.
Liberty Forum
Youth organization “Liberty Forum” (LF) is non-profit, non-governmental organization which works mainly with young people aged 16-30, with the general aim of uniting of active youth of different social, cultural and national backgrounds in Ukraine. Our aims are to promote European values in
Ukraine and create strong network of active youth through the Europe. To develop young leaders, enhancing youth participation in local social, economical and political life and supporting youth initiatives, to foster the cultural exchanges between Ukraine and other countries, to cooperate with other organizations with similar aims, to turn ideas into actions.
European Confederation of Youth Clubs ECYC
National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia
Bulgarian Youth Forum
International Education Center GEMS
Institute of Research and Innovation in Education INBIE
Swenska Youth League