a)In many ways and more than one every time we have the great opportunity to carry out a project of this scope and density it allows as DIONE organization to have our skills in logistics, organization, accentuating the staff skills in every way possible. It gives us the chance to get to know ourselves in an ever-deeper sense that can only be had by the practical applications of the inner workings of such a variety of important tasks along with the multitude of details that are arising each consecutive day as the project unfolds. Moreover the project allows in a psychological sense as well as social a deeper awareness as who the others are and what makes as all Europeans which of course are the shared values of each one. Furthermore, it tests as, it teaches us our weaknesses and how to improve on them. It is almost like a baptism of will under the best of pretexts. In a sense and given the fact that Erasmus projects offer the chance of plurality at its best we wanted to achieve a better us. The devil as they say is always in the details.
b) Objectives of the project
Primary objective of the project was to improve the digital skills and digital knowledge at young people and volunteers so as to give them the chance to upgrade their skills in this domain in order to enhance their capabilities insofar as finding and retaining a job in today’s ultra-competitive work areas. This objective ties symmetrically in relation to the high unemployment data as per Eurostat. That is specifically for young people in their early twenties. European Commission study has shown that in order for a young person to become more easily employable he has to have good mastery of digital skills and digital knowledge.
Specialized skills that were taught in this project were as follows a) digital marketing and social media skills b) digital photography skills c)video editing and e-learning skills c) visual storytelling.
Added objectives were for the youngsters upon completing the course is to disseminatey as much as possible those skills in the wider community. They get connected with all other social strata, NGO’s, municipalities and in doing so they spread shared values. This we believe was achieved in great extent. Even participants that were either cautions, introverted and/or shy began to open themselves up to the stimulation by others and gained a wider and more positive context. Then again, we of course have to mention that a lot of interaction took place and discussions were vibrant and quite productive. Just the fact alone that communication skills increased we believe in a very good degree that by itself is an added objective.
Overall, objectives were met and if we are right because our views are by necessity subjective it was a very productive project.