From 28th of March until 5th of April, 2022, Asosicación PROJUVEN had the pleasure to host in Benalmádena, Spain, the KA1 training course “Good Jobs Green Jobs” (GJGJ). The project involved youth workers coming from 7 different countries – Germany, Slovakia, Belgium, Latvia, Italy, Bulgaria and Spain, and its main aims was to prepare them with the necessary knowledge and skills to guide young people along a green employability path, with a focus on those generic green skills and competences that youth organizations can provide.
The first day of GJGJ started with different icebreakers and non-formal games that aimed to help participants get to know each other. The group was introduced to the main project activities and the expected outcomes, as well as got to know more about the green economy and its advantage for the creation of different types of new jobs and career opportunities for youth. In addition, the good weather let participants enjoyed also an outdoor session on the beach of Benalmádena where they played a lot of teambuilding games.
In the next training days, participants were introduced to the European Green Deal, European Climate Law and Circular Economy Action Plan, their goals and strategies. Discussions about the importance of having green skills and knowledge were raised, as well as participants were challenged to create in international teams a product or a new green business following the inputs they received from the sessions. Through role play games they have the tasks to present current green jobs and their importance for our better future.
Moreover, youth workers had the task to spread their new knowledge through outdoor raise awareness campaign done in Benalmádena, Spain, where they could interact with local people and promote not only the project topics but also Erasmus + programme. In a group activity they had also the task to create local event plans in order to spread green knowledge in their communities, once coming back home.
In addition, during the training week, participants organized an intercultural night where each national group, presented their food, traditions and dances. The training course finished with the release of the Youthpass certificates to all participants, presentation of Erasmus Plus opportunities and final evaluation of the training week.
This training course was organized thanks to the support of our Spanish National Agency INJUVE through Erasmus Plus programme of the European Union.
