Digital Media Skills for Inclusion - Training course - EUROTEAM CZECH ...

Digital Media Skills
   for Inclusion
    Training course

   Kemer, Antalya, Turkey
    1-9 November 2021

Project context

New media is the most powerful force in forming our perception of reality in our
days. Taking into account the current media trends in Europe, we propose to
analyse the role and impact of online and social media in creating a stereotypical
image of a disadvantaged person. In line with the Erasmus + programme
objectives, our project is envisaged to prevent the violent radicalisation of young
people and to reach out to young people with fewer opportunities, like minorities,
people living in less developed rural regions, LMBTQ people, migrants and their
children, etc., either directly or indirectly through youth workers working with
these groups.

The project objectives are:
   to understand how and why media content is produced - to make distinctions
   between different types of media content (news journalism, propaganda,
   promotion, entertainment, etc.);
   to explore the crucial elements of a reliable journalist’s craft (balance,
   reliability, usage of proper sources;
   to learn to evaluate the reliability of sources and to approach any information
   critically and guide young people in this process;
   to    explore     the    interrelation    between     media    messages    and
   tolerance/intolerance in our societies;
   to learn how to distinguish between media and audience bias and how to
   support youth in these issue;
   to promote the core EU values and cooperation under the Erasmus+
   programme.

We aim to develop critical thinking skills of youth workers and raise the
organisations’ capacity in the field of new media literacy to contribute to the
quality of life of young people, emergence of new approaches and development
of a more inclusive, tolerant, peaceful society and develop the quality and
potential of digital youth work.

Project information

Date: 1-9 November 2021

Location: Kemer, Turkey

Number of participants: 24

Type of the project: Erasmus+ training course

                                 The Erasmus+ is the EU's programme to support education,
                                 training, youth and sport in Europe. Its budget of €14.7 billion
                                 will provide opportunities for over 4 million Europeans to
                                 study, train, and gain experience abroad.

Accommodation

Kemer Uygulama Oteli
https://kemeruygulamaoteli.business.site/

Located on the center of Kemer, Antalya. The hotel has its own pool and you can reach
the beach by walking from the Hotel. The hotel has a garden and a terrace where you
can have a pleasant time. There is free wifi available. Bed linen and towels are provided.

Participants will be accommodated in two bed rooms mixed by nationality but divided by
gender.

Organisers & Partners

Coordinator
                   Youth Bridges Budapest was founded by three youth workers in order to
                   help young people to deal with challenges of the 21st century, with
                   special regard to skill-oriented learning, development of transferable
                   and intercultural competencies, encourage active citizenship both
                   national and international level, prevent youth alienation and support
                   early career planning.
                   https://www.youthbridgesbudapest.org/

Hosting partner
                   Lykia Scouting and Nature Sports Club Association (LIDOSK) is a non-
                   profit and non-political organization. The main objective of LIDOSK is to
                   improve the living conditions of young people, promote, support,
                   develop and use them efficiently through social development in terms
                   of economic, social, educational, cultural, sports, environment, tourism
                   and entrepreneurship among young people.
                   http://www.lidosk.org/

Sending partners

 Czech Republic                     Georgia                           Montenegro

    Portugal
                                    Kosovo                       Republic of Moldova

Participants

This activity supports the professional development of youth workers to contribute to capacity
building for quality youth work of the participating organisations and have a clear impact on the
participating youth workers' regular work with young people. The learning outcomes, including
any materials and innovative methods and tools, should be further disseminated in the youth field
to contribute to quality improvements of youth work and/or foster youth policy development and
cooperation.

We are seeking for 3 participants per organisation with the following profile:

    aged above 18;
    legal citizen of his/her country or have a valid residence permit;
    youth workers, youth leaders, youth activists, volunteers working with youth;
    able to work in English;
    willing to share the new knowledge with the members of his/her organization
    once he/she gets back, act as multipliers;
    active learners - available for the whole duration of the training course and
    ready to share their experience and knowledge;
    tolerant, open-minded and abstains from any exclusionary behavior.

Please keep in mind that at least one participant per country should be a
disadvantaged youth worker, e.g. youth leaders and activists with migrant or
minority background, POCs, coming from less developed rural regions, have
economic or geographical obstacles, etc. They will have several opportunities to
share their personal and/or professional stories about biased new media contents.
Understanding these experiences will be an important part of our learning process.

About Turkey, Antalya & Kemer

Turkey, a country that occupies a unique geographic position, lying partly in Asia and partly in
Europe. Throughout its history it has acted as both a barrier and a bridge between the two
continents. Turkey is larger than some European travel countries such as Italy, France, Germany also
the UK. Turkey offers a wealth of destination varieties to travellers: from dome-and-minaret filled
skyline of Istanbul to Roman ruins along the western and southern coasts, from heavily indendated
coastline against a mountainous backdrop of Lycia and wide and sunny beaches of Pamphylia to
cold and snowy mountains of the East, from crazy "foam parties" of Bodrum to Middle Eastern-
flavoured cities of Southeastern Anatolia, from verdant misty mountains of Eastern Black Sea to wide
steppe landscapes of Central Anatolia, there is something for everyone's taste.
The westerly region of Turkey's Mediterranean coastline is especially popular and sandy beaches
around Antalya and the Konyaalti Bay are in abundance. With a particularly diverse landscape, it is
actually quite feasible to enjoy a morning swim, and then head to the Taurus Mountains for a spot of
skiing in the afternoon at the neighbouring resort of Davras.

                                         As for beaches in central Kemer, with a 4,2 km. of coastline,
                                         there are variety of great beaches along the beautiful coast
                                         of central Kemer. Holidaymakers may also find variety of
                                         water sports activities in Kemer such as parasailing, jet-
                                         skiing, banana boat rides, snorkelling, scuba diving and more.

Currency: TL (Turkish Lira), 1 EUR ~ 10 TL.

Weather: The climate in Kemer is warm and temperate.
November is still warm, we expect to have very
pleasant temperature.

Health & safety: Kemer is very safe to visit, with a low
crime rate and and hight safe index. Tap water is
drinkable. We recommend to use sun protection when
going out.

Travelling & administration

Travel days are 1 and 9 November. Participants are allowed to stay 2-3 days more before and/or
after the training course. Accommodation and meals will be not provided for the extra days.

We recommend to arrive to the Antalya International Airport but Dalaman Airport and Alanya
Airport are also at an acceptable distance. About reaching the venue, we will provide additional
information after the selection.

Please keep in mind that only the reasonably cheapest tickets can be reimbursed. We will not cover
tickets with any detours and unnecessary stops, layovers. Please avoid seat reservation fees, leisure
plus tickets, flexible tariff tickets, extra travel insurances, priority boarding fees. One piece of
checked-in baggage of maximum 15-23 kg will be covered. We do not cover taxi or private transfer
either. Please try to avoid travel agencies and book your flights directly.

Please collect and send us your participants' travel plans before ticket pruchases. To avoid non-
refundable costs, do not buy anything without our confirmation!

Please keep every tickets, boarding passes and invoices and send or give them to us. If you use
smartphone application for flight boarding, please make a screenshot about the boarding pass. We
recommend to copy or photograph every travel document just in case. In case of missing
documents, refund is not possible!

                           Direct international flights to Antalya are provided by:

                           Turkish Airlines
                           Pegasus Airlines
                           Sunexpress

Please note that every participant should hold a valid insurance for the whole duration of the
training course. In case of missing insurance, organisers cannot take any responsibility for the
participant health and safety.

We will collect the travel documents on the training course. Boarding passes for the return journey
should be sent to us by email or by post. Based on the travel documents, we will reimburse the
travel costs (as soon as we received every document) via bank transfer to the organisations'
accounts. The travel cost limits per participant are:

       Czech Republic - 275 €                            Montenegro - 275 €
       Portugal - 530 €                                  Kosovo - 275 €
       Georgia - 275 €                                   Moldova - 275 €

Practicalities

COVID-19
Participants are expected to submit:
    the documents/certificates issued by WHO (World Health Organization) or T.C. Ministry of
    Health at the first point of departure that they have been administered minimum two doses of
    vaccine (one dose for Johnson and Johnson) within minimum 14 days before entering Turkey or
    have had COVID-19 disease within the last six months starting from the 28th day of the first PCR
    test with positive result; OR
    a PCR/rapid antigen test report with negative result taken within maximum 72 hours before
    entry. We are able to pay the costs of the PCR tests up to the travel cost reimbursement limit
    (the total cost of travel and the test must not exceed the limit).

If you feel sick during the training course, do not hesitate to inform the trainers or the organiser!

Contribution
Please prepare to the training course with the following:
    Collect and bring some examples of biased media or propaganda messages from your country,
    as well as portrayal of disadvantaged groups or individuals in the new media, like online media,
    social networks, blogs, video-sharing websites, streaming sites, etc. You will be asked to present
    these findings.
    Bring some promotion materials, leaflets, intros, short presentation about your sending
    organisation for the NGO market.
    Bring typical food, drinks, promotion materials about your country for the intercultural evening.
    Please note that there will be no space for long presentations or quizzes, only for short
    perfomances!
    Take part in the distribution of the project results! You should actively show in social media
    what you have gained during the project - set an example of inclusive social media use.

Application

Please contact the relevant partner organisation in your home country as they are
responsible for the selection of the national team.

Turkey - Lykia Scouting and Nature Sports Club Association
Czechia - Euroteam Czech Republic, z.s.
Portugal - Associação Sójovem
Georgia - International Center for Peace and Integration - ICPI
Moldova - MilleniuM Training and Development Institute
Kosovo - Kosova Young Lawyers - KYL
Montenegro - Mladiinfo Montenegro

Our contacts

                projects@youthbridgesbudapest.org

                https://www.facebook.com/youthbridgesbudapest

                https://www.instagram.com/youthbridges_budapest/

          We look forward to meeting
                you in Kemer!