PDA 2 CYPRUS
Time between the trainings: Between August and November 2024
Following, 4 months of work and international collaboration will take place with the participants turning their idea of a green company or project into action. Continuing the second training will take place in Cyprus. During the two Trainings knowledge, skills and abilities of the participants will be improved through methods of non-formal education. After each Training an evaluation will be held from the participants as well as one after the end of the project both from participants and partners.
A2 Activity: Training in Cyprus
The coordinating organisation will also evaluate the project based on the aims, objectives and other indicators set from the implementation of the project is expected to significantly improve the entrepreneurship and employability skills of at least 40 young people/youth workers /educators/ policymakers/ environmentalist/ activists/ teachers from the organisations/ municipalities / communities. Furthermore 10 green companies or projects (4 young people/youth workers /educators/ policymakers/ environmentalist/ activists/ teachers from the organisations/ municipalities / communities in each company/project from different organisations so to share their ideas among their organisations) will be created from the participants limiting the environmental pollution and increasing the environmental awareness of the public. Another result of the project would be the information of thousands of European citizens about the impact of human activities in the environment. The sustainability of the project will be safeguarded through the updating of the webpage and social media with news about entrepreneurship and environment as well as about the progress of the 10 green companies or projects the participants will create.
Cooperation between the teams
Preparation and follow-up activities will take place inside nation groups rather than intercultural groupings. This is because we believe it would not only be easier for them to connect and work, but it will also be lot more promising for their local communities. With the initial preparation, all participants will learn to operate as individuals in a team, and they will collaborate with their national teams in dissemination and post-PDA follow-up.
We will divide them into groups and create different nationalities and backup groups so that they all learn to collaborate (actually, groups will be created from the first day and will remain the same so that they can learn how to work and cooperate among themselves, including all of them in teamwork). Furthermore, participants will learn to work in teams as they build their own green project through group discussions. This will be accomplished through our main activity, which will educate participants how to lead their team members through activities, how to listen before answering, and how to operate harmoniously as a team.
The main focus is on green innovation projects and commercial ideas. Participants will work in intercultural groups to construct and maybe expand their project in real life as much as possible. They will prepare financial plans, timelines, or a SWOT analysis in the PDA in Poland, and they will have time between the two PDAs to extend their project. This project's groups will be international, and participants will be able to work online, increasing their digital abilities as well.
With this activity, adolescents will become more acquainted with their group on a daily basis, feeling more at ease to voice their ideas and even apply them in their local communities with our assistance. Since group work is a component of almost all of our programs, participants will learn to cooperate and work together within a team without negative competition. During the implementation phase, the TC will have plenty of opportunities to discuss and monitor how their implementation is progressing, as well as work individually and as a team on their own projects using their own creative ideas.
Given that the groups will be the same for the duration of the green innovation and business ideas activity, they will learn to work together, think together, improve their inner health skills, connect with the environment, and increase their intercultural awareness (groups of teams will have the opportunity to create songs, do theatre role-playing for their projects or throughout activities, while also becoming good friends). Because of the program's design, participants will be excited for the duration of the activity and will try their hardest to impress others with their ideas and thoughts, improving their skills in critical thinking, decision-making, theater skills, green innovation and entrepreneurship, or increasing their environmental awareness.
We desire to create a platform for participants to investigate the issues at the heart of this PDA and to motivate them to put their green projects into action.