Storytelling is a powerful tool for shaping experiences, emotions and understanding. As a social and cultural activity, storytelling incorporates techniques and narratives shared as means of own values, perceptions and beliefs. Nowadays, young people perceive information in new and modern ways and communication is based on visualisations rather than text. However, finding reliable, credible and interesting information can be challenging for any consumer of digital media.
The youth exchange My yEUth Story 1.0 focuses on storytelling techniques to spread EU values and young people’s experiences and beliefs and to bring a deeper understanding of the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2027) and the 11 Youth Goals. The main goal of the youth exchange is to collect stories and opinions on YG#1 Connecting EU with Youth and YG#11 Youth Organisations and European programmes. Through different non-formal activities, participants will enhance their soft and communication skills and raise-awareness of the importance of youth dialogue in the context of creating the new European youth strategy. The project will engage active youth through the use of emerging technologies, such as digital storytelling and video interviewing to collect opinions and views of other young people and to better promote and disseminate the European youth goals to their communities and encourage active participation in society.
The specific objectives of the project are:
- To raise awareness of the importance of active youth participation through the use of storytelling techniques and video interviewing
- To acquire new knowledge and skills on developing strategies and methodologies to engage more young people in youth dialogue.
- To promote the EU Youth Strategy (2019-2027) through digital storytelling and the collection of video-interviews
- To raise digital skills and new knowledge on storytelling and interviewing
- To raise awareness of the importance of youth voices in shaping new European strategies towards the better integration into society of young people.
Venue: Varna, Bulgaria
Duration: 6-12 May 2025 (with travel dates included)
Countries: Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Romania, Hungary
Participants: 26 young people
Infopack is available here.
Apply to 1 April 2025: Application form for Bulgarian participants
The project is funded by the European Commission under the Erasmus+ program.
Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.