“Skillful youth worker: the best motivation for your volunteers” – the second study visit is held in Shkodra

In the frame of the project “Skillful youth worker: the best motivation for your volunteers”, where the Albanian Organization of the Order of Malta takes part as a partner of Erasmus+, an educational programme of the European Union, which aims the modernization of the educational systems and their adaption with the needs of the market work.

Its aim is to improve the (young) social workers’ competences and the motivation of young volunteers in their engagement in social activities.

The project “Skillful youth worker: the best motivation for your volunteers” is addressing to the youth workers from Order of Malta Organizations in Albania, Czech Republic, Romania and Ukraine, which are working with volunteers engaged in social work. The project is leaded by the Czechs partners, it ends at the end of this year and is financed by Erasmus+/agency of EU.

Therefore the objectives of the project are:
1. To foster mutual learning of 20 youth workers from the participant countries (Albania, Czech Republic, Romania, Ukraine) by the end of the project.
2. To develop a toolbox addressed to youth workers during 4 study visits in the participant countries.
3. To increase the awareness of 20 youth workers concerning the needs of the young volunteers in the social work during the project.
4. To update the practices of 20 youth workers from the participant countries in volunteer management by the end of the project.

There are 4 Malteser study visits to be held within this year. Two study visits have been held until now, in Czech Republic and Albania, with 5 volunteers for each country taking part.
In the study visit held in Shkodra, held on June 1-5, there were 5 Albanian volunteers taking part. It was mainly discussed about:
1. Motivation of the young volunteers to be part of social activities, giving responsibilities, their personal improvement.
2. Creating of a toolbox (activities where the volunteers feel more efficient and fulfill the organization’s goals.

 

The participants could also visit the headquarters of the Albanian Organization of the Order of Malta, where the participants were informed closely with the projects and activities the Organization holds, three projects and some touristic places of Shkodra were visited.
At the end of this study visit, the participants were delivered certificates and were informed about the next study visit in Ukraine.