YOUNG JOURNALISTS IN ACTION

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The participants(40 from 6 countries) taking part in this Youth Exchange 10-17 April 2018 at Loutraki-korinthias , had a series of journalistic reports and directions and business updates according to their interests and professional plans Participants who have raised their skill level in how to promote their personal gifts through storytelling, so that their ideas and achievements have a better impact They also transferred their experience to other young people in order to develop their personal skills. At the end of the Youth Exchange the young participants learned different ways that could encourage the team to become an effective team in a multicultural environment.
The experience which they went through the YE helped the youngs participant support the youth colleagues in this field particually on social inclusion and differences among people more easily . They were more motivated for self-development and encouraged to be more active and support youth with new ideas and how to support the other youth in this field .
Through the creation and implementation of ideas the participants increased their abilities The participants who collaborated in various activities and whose adaptation was provided eliminated the prejudices. In this way, a sense of cooperativity and team spirit developed.
Young people were interested in activities with social implications and more interested in helping other young people to participate more actively in social processes. The language used constantly during the periods was English. Because of the daily communication in English, English communication skills have been greatly improved.
It was very important that the participants learned to work in international groups and in this way had more contacts and increased the capacity of other NGOs. There were strong relations and after the exchange they felt the desire to cooperate. The positive atmosphere created by international cooperation and a sense of self-confidence is reflected in the organization.
The expected impact on the target groups The target group was responsible for the important work in multicultural groups and the necessary skills for it. So young people created their own groups to support youth and organize work within the group. Incentives to improve their skills have increased.
They also improved their communicative skills in English as well as intercultural communication in general. In short, the participants improved the following abilities: 1) cultural awareness and expression – during the cultural evening the participants improved their skills to present their culture, learned about other cultures and became more tolerant of different cultures 2) collaborate in a multilingual environment 4) learn to take initiatives and develop their interests in entrepreneurship – creating ideas and implementing them.4) learned to learn – to learn new things with other people, to discover new learning methods that they could use in everyday life, learn to learn from mistakes.