To improve the skills of youth workers in the CIS the internship has been organized for the additional professional development program "Organization of youth work in the CIS". The internship program included the presentation of the activities of the National Institute for Higher Education, the marathon of successful practices of youth workers, the operation of interactive platforms, presentations of projects implemented on the territory of the Republic of Belarus. In addition to the main program, the participants were offered the excursion program and the visit to the Museum of Military Glory.
The distant learning course "Organization of youth work" was organized for the internship participants (preparation of accompanying documentation, training, information support based on the results of the training). The distant course was the basic program (24 academic hours) for youth workers. It was aimed at increasing the professional competence of youth workers and developing their understanding of state youth policy in the Russian Federation and other CIS Member States in order to achieve the level of theoretical training necessary for the organization of youth work in the CIS.
The course objectives: to present the basics of modern legislation, state youth policy in development and interrelation, to form an idea of a systematic approach to organizing youth work in the CIS, to introduce the main areas of activity of youth policy management bodies in the CIS Member States, to form the basic ideas about the essence and structure of social practices, about technologies for involving young people in social practices, to give an idea of the algorithms for supporting youth initiatives.
The participants
Youth workers from Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan. In total 25 people including representatives of federal, regional, municipal structures implementing youth policy, youth workers and employees of youth organizations and educational institutions, representatives of public organizations.
The key results
The main problematic issues in the implementation of projects in the field of youth work in the CIS, the basics of youth policy legislation and the possibility of integrating projects and exchanging experience among youth workers in the CIS were discussed.
Based on the results of completing the distant learning course "Organization of youth work" the participants were issued the certificates of advanced training.
