Youth Digital Leaders - European youth workers as active agents in the promotion of digital resilience and online safety of vulnerable adolescents

<< Objectives >>Youth work has a key role to play in the field of Digital Education, going beyond formal education and establishing values, lifestyles and attitudes from a young age and in a very locally radicated way. For these reasons, we believe that youth organizations should endorse Digital Education in their activities, by training certified Digital Leaders able to guide and motivate youths to become more digital resilient and avoid adverse risks of social media.<< Implementation >>Definition of the European Qualification Framework of Youth Digital LeadersDevelopment and testing of a training and certification pathway professionalising Youth Digital Leaders (multilanguage, online, interactive and modularised), contents to be co-created with support from youth workers and leaders(accessibility)Production of a Policy Roadmap for the creation of Youth Contact Points delivering KA1 coursesLTTA training youth leaders to promote quality of services offered<< Results >>- The EQF (level 5) of EU Youth Digital Leader- A modular, on-demand, gamified online training pathway for the specialisation of Youth Digital Leaders, releasing a certification based on EQF learning outcomes, following the 4Cs risk model, created with the direct involvement of the target group at EU level- A Policy roadmap advocating for Digital Leadership of youth workers (+quality of services offered)- A Network of youth contact points active in promoting a positive online presence(KA1)