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About the Digital Competence Check
This playlist is directly linked to Competence Area 1 of the Digital Competence Check, which is based on the European DYW SNAC Model. The Check covers 5 areas, 14 specific competences, and 38 indicators, helping you to map your starting proficiency level. By following this playlist, you will specifically target and improve the skills identified as areas for development.
This playlist features activities from the platform, all directly connected to this competence area. It is up to you to decide which activities are the most interesting and relevant for your professional development.
Within each activity, you will find four different badges. One badge is specifically intended for the Youth Worker. There are also badges for the Youth Worker's Manager and for Young People, should you wish to involve them in your development. This joint growth path is essential and is rooted in the Digital Systemic Team approach. Evidence shows that digital youth work is best realised when these four roles (Youth Worker, Manager, Young Person) collaborate.
Theme: Competence Area 1: Supporting Creative Self-Expression
Welcome to the fundamentals of digital youth work! This playlist focuses on your ability to inspire young people to create. It is about deploying the right digital tools and methods to help young people produce their own digital content.
Whether it is video, music, gaming, or other digital forms, the goal is to create an environment where young people view technology as an accessible and fun means of expression. In this playlist, you will learn how to encourage this "Do It Yourself" (DiY) mentality and establish the necessary conditions for young creators.
Key Focus Areas in this Playlist:
- Effective use of devices and digital tools (C1.1).
- Stimulating and guiding the production of digital content (C1.2).
- Creating a digital 'playground' where creativity and fun converge (C1.3).
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Join the Cities of Learning blended course to advance your expertise in building unique digital youth work strategies guided by a systemic approach to facilitate digital transformation.
Cities of Learning partners invite your organisation to an exclusive opportunity to learn how to build a digital youth work strategy. Benefit from our 10 years of expertise in facilitating digital transformation in the youth work and NFE fields.
Course was held on the following dates: 5-26 June 2025
The blended course will include interactive online workshops with valuable expert input. Course participants will also have access to self-paced activities to transfer their learning and advance their organisations' digital youth work strategy and practice. Self-paced activity examples are available on the www.digitalyouthwork.net platform. Estimate 2-4 hours a week to complete additional tasks on the Digital Youth Work platform.
Complete the following course activities:
Watch the presentation on the digital competences for youth workers and young people by Nerijus Kriauciunas (Cities of Learning Network):
Take action:
Watch the presentation on digital infrastructure by Nejc Benčič (Creation Hub, Slovenia):
Take action:
- Involve young people, youth workers and organisation managers to explore what it takes to build and sustain meaningful digital infrastructure for digital youth work.
Watch the presentation on Innovative working culture by Uršula Butkovič (UrsuLab, Slovenia):
Watch the presentation on Broad-minded and innovative working culture by Louise Aniba (Dynamo Amsterdam, The Netherlands):
Take action:
Watch the presentation on Leading (digital) transformations by Deva-Dee Sillie (Reshapers, Curaçao):
Watch the video The wisdom gap in digital leadership by Nermin Zejnilović (Quantum WorkFlow, Bosnia and Herzegovina):
Take action:
- Explore Leading for Change and continue to learn how to leader a successful digital transitions in a way that it builds confidence, embraces innovation, and creates immersive, inclusive learning environments.
Watch the video Quality Assessment of Digital Youth work by Michele di Paola (Spazio Giovani - Impresa Sociale, Italy):
Take action:
- Explore the Digital Resource Hub online library and continue to learn how to assess and ensure quality of your digital activities for young people.
Inspiring resources:
The course organisers will provide additional on-site or online activities to participants from Curaçao, Lithuania, the Netherlands, and Slovenia.
Highlights of this online training activity:
- Self-paced online course with an opportunity to meet and learn from the Digital Youth Work experts and Cities of Learning partners
- Focuses on developing digital youth work strategies and practices in youth work and non-formal education;
- Certified training: The Cities of Learning Network will offer opportunities for course participants to assess, validate, and recognise learning.
- Digitally friendly: The training and learning methodology and activities will include digital tools, platforms, and Open Badges.
- Although the initial phase will be brief, the course will offer opportunities for long-term involvement in the Cities of Learning Network activities in the follow-up.
- Endorsed by the broad partnership of Cities of Learning members.
Participants profile:
This course is for people who are:
- Youth workers* and non-formal educators
- Group leaders in youth projects
- Trainers, facilitators and educators
- Youth programmes and projects managers
- Mentors and coaches
- Career counsellors and advisers
- Organisation managers
Age: from 18 years.
Language: A sufficient level of English is necessary to participate in this course.
Eligible countries: any
*A Youth worker works with young people in various non-formal and informal learning contexts, typically focusing on young people's personal and social development through one-on-one relationships and group-based activities.
Digital credentials and certification
This training activity is a unique opportunity for participants to use up-to-date and digital recognition solutions, such as digital Open Badges (more about badges here). A badge certificate will be offered to participants who complete 60% of the training programme activities (e.g., attending online workshops, completing badge tasks).
Participants' recruitment and selection
Cities of Learning partners will make the pre-selection and invite you to join this course based on your profile and interest.
Costs
This course is free, as it is part of the Erasmus+ co-funded cooperation partnership “Digital Systemic”, which aims to support digital transformation in the youth work sector and beyond systematically and strategically.
Project partners address the needs, interests, and potential of young people, youth workers, and organisations' managers to innovate digital youth work services.
Youth workers will initiate and facilitate digital youth work developments in their practice. Organisations’ managers will lead their organisations toward integrating digital youth work services.
More about the project here.
An experienced team of facilitators will facilitate this training activity:

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Usted debe obtener 3 insignias de la lista siguiente
This badge certificate is awarded to people who engaged with the content and online activities offered during the Cities of Learning blended course to advance their expertise in building unique digital youth work strategies guided by a systemic approach to facilitate digital transformation.
Through the course activities, the badge earner could explore at their choice the following topics: 1) Digital Youth Work Competencies; 2) Infrastructure for Digital Youth Work; 3) Innovative Working Culture; 4) Leadership in Digital Transformation; 5) Digital Youth Work Quality Assessment. These capacity development areas are aligned with the digital youth work assessment tools developed by the Digital Youth Work Strategic Cooperation between National Agencies.
The blended course included interactive online workshops with valuable expert inputs. Course participants also had access to self-paced activities to transfer their learning and advance their organisations' digital youth work strategy and practice. Total course duration, depending on the learner's involvement, was 15 to 20 hours.
This course was part of the "Digital Systemic" Erasmus+ co-funded project.
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A badge certificate is offered to participants who have completed at least 3 out of 5 online course activities and earned badges (e.g., attending online workshops, completing badge tasks).