Community element is not only essential among StayOn partners. We are actively practicing skills of empathy, sensemaking and flexibility, within and with participants & local and regional organizations, to ensure our project stays attractive, effective and relevant. Working on our mission to help young people recognize, develop and use their superpowers to StayOn rural communities opened up opportunities in our partners’ respective localities and we recognize this as one of the main opportunities of this project partnership.
Our Italian partner Atis is developing understanding for local communities by connecting with relevant stakeholders & partnering with local authorities and sector of trainers. For our Greek partner, Rezos Brands, the involvement of Regional Authorities is crucial when trying to increase job opportunities for the participants, in addition to showing them the benefits of learning.
Meath Partnership from Ireland & The Polish Farm Advisory and Training Centreare emphasising the role of flexibility and interpersonal skills in supporting and training individuals. The former is including the participants further, in the other activities of the organization, whereas our Polish partner is building more integrated communities & increased cooperation with all participating stakeholders.
The coaches of Cresaçor, our partner from Azores, facing youth’s demotivation and geographical dispersion, come to meet them in their localities to make them feel valued. An example of their community practices is Community Walking Week, a great opportunity for young people to identify, reflect on and build answers to problems in their communities, as well as meet inspiring local businesses and organizations.
By connecting to the community, we are more in touch with its issues as well as prospects. We can adapt better to make sure our trainings, coaching and other activities are in line with the real needs of our participants (and the region) & connect them to existing and potential opportunities, thus achieving our mission better.
Here two video interviews to our coaches Luigi from Italy, and Kamila from Poland:
https://youtu.be/EuV6V2aZUmA
https://youtu.be/gUCR5fWLNv0
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